POND FILL UPDATE: Fish Spawning Bed Creation with Ultimate Dump Trailer & Ventrac Loader!
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- Опубліковано 16 гру 2023
- It's time for a new project on our pond! We're taking advantage of the beautiful weather to create a fish spawning bed using the Ventrac Loader. Stay tuned for updates on the pond's fill and enjoy the peaceful sound of it filling up in the background. Don't forget to subscribe for more amazing projects like this!
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Hey Tim, you could get a junk car, strip it down to bare steel and put it into the pond for fish structure. Another idea is to make box out of pallets and sink it .
I'm completely off grid. Having the constant pressure well pump with soft start is a game changer for making it easy on the inverters.
Collect some Christmas trees and weight them down with blocks for great fish cover. Blessings and Praises!
Let the pond freeze over this winter. Collect all of the live Christmas trees that people need to get rid of, set them in piles on top of the ice. When the ice melts instant fish habitat sink into pond.
The little mini dozer you featured from out west would have been the ticket.
yes,deere all the way for me....but it was great to see what a great fit Vennie was for this project..:)
I would say now is a good time to install a nice pier also. Fish will use it for summer cover plus I'm sure the future grandkids will use it for fishing. If you had access to nice driftwood or stumps with massive roots, those make excellent natural long lasting fish cribs.
After watching many of your videos over the years, there is no doubt the "Vinny" is the best tractor you have. And the coolest. Keep 'em coming.
Nothing wrong with admitting one is wrong and someone else is right. Keeps one humble.
honestly, fish structure sounds awesome..... tractor? even better.... if you could get an old 1750 Oliver 3020 jd flushed and made safe for fish habitat that would be cool
I was a little surprised you didn't use the mini-ex to push the gravel off the sides. Probably wouldn't work so well with a toothed bucket, but you have a grading bucket IIRC.
looking great guys and gals
Pond shaping up really nice Tim. I thought you may have been able to use the excavtor to assist with moving the gravel around but it is hard to judge exactly how much room you really have to work. Ventrac did a great job. It is a very useful machine and with the 8 wheel set seems very stable. Thanks for the video.
Tim I think your excavator would have helped here. Wishing you both a very Merry Christmas.
That was my thought, too. Several options : dump load at top and use excavator bucket to boom load out toward pond; dump load over the side, drive down to the bench, and scoop gravel onto bench.
I remember shoveling tons and tons of #57s for basement floors before concrete when my dad built homes. THAT was not fun! 🥵I believe the two types of shovels referenced are called a square point and a spade. The pond is looking very good!!
You are learning how to live peacefully with your wife. There are 6 words that also help “Please forgive me I was wrong”.
I’m much more efficient- I say “I’m sorry honey.” That 50% less!
HUGE difference from the old pond's shape. Will be good to see when you have the area sewed in grass next Spring. Christy is RIGHT!!!
I hope you will be doing a video on the constant pressure pump, there aren't many good videos on UA-cam about content pressure pumps. Keep up the good work!
I live in a neighborhood of about 100 homes all using well water. I did a lot of research in 2019 and pressure tanks stink. “Electronic” Constant pressure systems are ok but intended for housing developments and not single family homes although they market them that way. Then there are mechanical “cycle stop valves.” The electronic systems are very expensive And the circuit boards have a tendency to fail and that is a huge bill. The mechanical cycle stop valves have no electronic circuits to fail on dirty power and hold constant pressure even if a toilet is flushed while in the shower or under any additional load. Under $500. People who have an out of pocket circuitboard failure migrate to the mechanical systems. No compensation just seeing lots of happy users with the mechanical systems. I even have my irrigation hydrant solutions built into the system. Worth looking into.😊
Your pond is looking great, and you’ve got some good help with Dave. (Of course I might be partial) ;-) Blessings to all.
Dave needs a new cowboy hat for Christmas! (Hint hint).
Mmmm….
Very cool! And a surprise as well!
Yea, you know that guy!
A sheet of old plywood or 2 works great for getting small gravel or sand down a bank if you dump it on the plywood rather than the dirt bank.
Smart suggestion.
Pond is looking great, Tim! We got a bunch of rain this December after a 2 year drought, so our pond work is on pause! Tractor Hard! 🚜💪!
Hey I need to chat with you! Tim at tractortimewithtim dot com
I'm surprised you didn't try the excavator with a ditching bucket. Seems like you may have been able to reach over and push it down the slope with it.
I think that Vinny is probably the Swiss Army Knife of tractors. It is amazing how many tasks he can do.
The pond is looking great!!
Hope you and yours have a Very Merry Christmas!! Stay Safe and God Bless.
Signed,
The Other Tim with Tractors
Tim I was hoping to see a farming video from back home with the family. Keep up the great content.
Love my new well pump worth every dime. Constant pressure is game changer
Trench bucket on the excavator here Tim.
I am so glad my fish don't know that the y are missing pea gravel. They have been spawning in a lined pond for many years here in Ohio. Great job and your fish will say glub for all of your work.
Your pond is looking very nice. Maybe for Christmas someone will get a remote control boat. 😃 I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas!
Looks good yall.
Always well done guys!
Nice little project Tim and Christy!
Good job Tim. I knew you'd get it!
Pond looks great!
The pond is looking good!
Be a good time to set your dock up. Good stuff Tim
Very nice, the fish are going to appreciate it👍
Great video!
Those rocks are going to be great for snagging fishing hooks.
Merry Christmas to you all ❤.
Glad to see you creating some fish habitat! ;)
Those ventracs are badass
Awesome job the pond looks great can't wait to see the finished product God bless And Merry Christmas
Mr Rogers of tractors! Love it! ❤️👏🏻
Yep! Welcome to our channel. Stick around "our neighborhood".
I like your little manger scene at the end. Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Tim, does you tailgate also double as a ramp? if so, you may have scooped it out of the trailer with the loader and spread a bucket at a time.
Hey Tim been watching off and on you and Christie have done a great job it looks good
Hi Tim - nice to see a good Vinny video - it showed where it can be advantageous… keep them coming- happy holidays - take care!!!
I was screaming at my phone “use the ventrac to move the pea gravel!” So glad you did that.
However, once you were running the diesel ventrac, I was screaming at my phone “oh my God, that things is about to stall out spinning its tires in gravel!” So thankful we have the Z model ventracs. The fuel consumption may be a problem for some, but the superior power they deliver makes me thankful we never even considered a diesel model.
This is the N…the latest gasser. I just didn’t have the throttle high enough.
@@TractorTimewithTim that makes total sense. I had that thought, but I could’ve sworn it was more than that. I guess if you had the machine wide open you wouldn’t have nearly as good of audio as you did for these scenes. Thanks for putting me in my place! Keep it up
@@FayettepropertysolutionsI had the diesel until just a few weeks ago. The diesel at half throttle has lots of umph. It has been awhile since I had a gasser. Guess I forgot that I needed to wind it up for full power!
At full throttle, the gasser is terrific!
It IS loud! I was surprised the audio worked as well as it did.
Merry Christmas guys from SE Tennessee. If it works out to build a T shaped dock over those gravels the fish will use the shade of the dock and make them easy to catch.
Nice job building some fish habitat that turned into agreat looking pond build👍🏻have Merry Christmas🎅and a happy and healthy new year 🎉
Tim another great episode seeing Vinny with the loader makes me wonder how would Vinny do pushing snow with edge tamers on his bucket
Poor Vinny working wounded and kept right on going. Youight have one of the most expensive ponds ever made. Hope it all works out the way you want it to.
Merry Christmas
Ah, that is not true, Rod. We don’t have that much in the pond.
@@TractorTimewithTim all the time and fuel to get the muck out of it couldn't have been cheap. I wanted to drag my 1025 over just to help(or get in the way) . Love seeing what your up to. I need to get some coaching on flying a drone. That alone is cool in it self. Thanks for your response. Always nice to hear from you.
christmas trees work for fish structure too, help out your neighbors by taking their used trees
If only you had a mulch mule *cough cough* Christy🙄😅😂😂. I didn’t know NC had sand dunes??!😮
Looking forward to seeing what your stocking plan will be - are you thinking about traditional catch and release (like largemouth bass) or fish for the table (like catfish and crappie)?
Thanks I was concerned you had broken an axle
I believe that your excavator with a smooth blade bucket would of work great.
Merry Christmas 🎄🎁 to you and family
GREAT Video.... 😅
Not sure about Iowa but in Nebraska the Fisheries Division of the Nebraska Game and Parks will have Fisheries Biologists assist people with their pond stocking strategies along with structure recommendations. Back in the day they would also give away excess fish hatchery stock which was fairly abundant.
I think Tim, you really need a turbo kit for vini! It amazing what that nice tractor can do.
I just needed to give it more throttle.
Sure it’s been asked but what about all the power the well pump is drawing?
Solar doesn’t work at night😊
California we fill pools and ponds off a city fire hydrant using a water truck with a construction water meter that’s cheaper than house water.
It’s only money, right?
Hey Tim, while the pond is at a low point, why don't you add pipe to your geothermal in the bottom of the pond. Just an idea.
Greetings from northern Finland. When do we get more updates of the Pond? Great videos
No changes! Middle of winter. I DID ride the gator around on the ice the other day...that is about the only thing I've done there.
How long will it take to fill the pond with a hose pipe?
I normally drive up in my b wise with the 1025 and scup up the rock or dirt and then bring it to where I’m going out it. With the pee gravel I would have drove up there and scoped it out then drove down to where your putting it and spread it
Tim, It's been 2 months since the last update. Did all of the rain fill your pond? I'm guessing yes but I'd like to know for sure.
Feb 12:
Is It Full Yet? Tractor Time with Tim Pond Update
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Take the mini and sit on top and push it down
Does vinny have a float feature for the FEL?
How does pea gravel assist with fish hatching ? Thanks
Not the Well pump, but also electricity... Are you avoiding feeding the house downspouts to the pond? Or adjusting the swells for feeding the pond?
👍👍
As others have said, more structure for the fish.
Christy would have moved a lot more gravel if she ran off the top and slid down the gravel like she was sliding into home plate.😉
Well the Ventrac worked good for that job. But I’m still not a fan of articulated machines. 😁
Have good holiday’s. 👍🏻👋🎄🎄🎄
I would wait to try spawning fish until the spawning bed is covered with water, but I'm no expert 😉
My question is why didn't you use the excavator to push the stone down the hill
Excavator!
You should have used the mini excavator.... to move the pee gravel.
I saw the kid and that’s Dave isn’t he, Kenton’s granddaughters husband. I kinda thought he lived in Central America
If you want to add more gravel wait till it freezes over when full and add gravel? And I believe your excavator would have spread the gravel evenly too ok looks great the fish will love it we have several ponds we love them very enjoyable but are work maintaining them but worth it for sure!!!!
did nt you get a excavator with an arm to spread out piles
(loose rock)
The Pea gravel will silt in anyways over time.
Maybe…but no way for silt to enter.
@@TractorTimewithTim you may not think so but once it is full of water, it will take effect. Time will show it.
@@Itsa_Meawill be interesting to see. There may be erosion along the shoreline since I didn’t use rock or rip rap on the border. We’ll see.
Lol . Tim you must have a brain fart , the mini Excavator would of been the cats meaw.
now your selling me on Vinny more with a loader......... rear pto next?
They should have took the spare tire down . Also it should have been stick welded so it would be stronger also used thicker metal
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@@TractorTimewithTimthat was supposed to go to the video before I watched yours. I just hit the leave comment button.sorry
Landscape rake would have worked better by hand
The tool they use to move concrete while pouring would probably work well. Kind of like a 2 foot wide hoe.
What name brand of dump trailer is this?
BWise Ultimate Dump. Amazing trailer.
What happened to vinnies tire
If you don’t get the duals on tight enough, they can loosen and fall off. No big deal.
Really you are not building a pond but a small lake!!
Should have swapped jobs with Christy for this one, she is the Vinny expert.
She is…no question!
Tim is dangerous to be around.