Tim, when we bought our first house 45 years ago it was on a hill looking over a beautiful valley. From our living room we could look over the roofs of our neighbors. Well, I had a neighbor who wanted to put in a pool uphill from me. So one end of the pool would bite into the hillside and the end nearest me would be downhill. Neither of us had any money so we used my Troy Bilt tiller and he used his small John Deere tractor with a snow blade on the front and a grease barrel full of stone on a weight platform on the back to push the soil down hill. It took two or three weekends to carve out the space. Then he put in an above ground pool about 20 x40 pool (?) - it's hard to remember after all these years. But I am sure of the depth of the pool - 4 ft. It was really nice when we got done; he put 6" of masonary sand under the pool so it stayed stable. And since no one could afford A/C it was a blessing in the summer. Amazing what you can do when neighbors get together to do something and like doing a project for habitat for Humanity it is fun.
0:15. Spin around so your bucket is facing out the trailer. Before leaving the trailer you place your bucket on the ground and use that to keep you from rocking. Lookup letsdig18 he does with will full size equipment. I believe the most recent video is one with his hitachi excavator being brought home.
Seems like a good place to dig a pond , nice wet area , once you get most of it done you should bring in a big excavater and make it deep and put some big bass in there , if you stock it with minnows and crawfish bass will do good and grow big!!
For a pond that size a dozer is the machine for the job. I've dug holes that big with an excavator, but a much larger one and I loaded the spoils directly into trucks that removed them. Obviously Casey can do it, but it will take a while. You might consider a 3 ft bucket with teeth. Keep in mind the water table is likely artificially high due to the wet year so might want to go deeper. I will say it would be cool to see a heard of little Johnny's on site moving the spoils. As someone else mentioned definitely keep the topsoil seperate.
Dozer dozer dozer! Great video guys! I’ve come to look forward to seeing these! Around here we would dig that kind of pond with a small dozer, and just do the shaping with an excavator. Maybe a 2 day project that way.
Tractor time with Tim. Awesome videos. I love watching and learning at same time.. all machines are good.. I happy what ever use.lease get job done.. people should be happy... any size machines to do any job.. I use to be on farm. I am use of different machines, tractor's of any size..
don't know there Timmy if anybody suggested this yet but. load with the boom facing the other way so u can put your bucket on the ground then lower your self onto the ramp. It is not so tippy then. good work on the videos tho man. keep er up.
Most amazing thing was that you had footage of the hole a day later with no rain in the interim. Not too many times that's happened this summer. My tires are filled and I can hang a scraper box on the three point for additional ballast. I would be glad to haul my Kubota B2650 up there to help, so if it works out on your end, give me a shout!
All I have to say is.....can't wait to see if you go through with this project. A 100 X 200 X 5 foot hole is going to be fun to watch. Just stay safe and once again, GREAT VIDEO !!!!
so how many Johnny's will it take to keep up with Casey. I better get mine or see if I can borrow one. Looking forward to the Big Pond Dig. Do I see a Cat D8 in your future?
Talked about ballast with my local JD guys, they don't keep 3 point ballast attachments. I liked the Good Works Tractors box thing, but I may end up having to settle for tire fluid (they'll fill mine with water, which is fine where I'm at) and fabricate a concrete attachment. Meh, guess my Johnny will be a mower first, and a loader when I can afford the thousands of yards of fill (and ballast!) in my future! I'm not going to mess around with iffy ballast though, I'm living on a hell of a hill and I'm not dying in a roll over.
Thanks for another great show...Thoughts on the pond. Scale...the equipment has to be the right size to get the job done...how deep does it have to be and how deep can Casey dig? The second scale is does Casey match the trailer...can you load the trailer with a swing from Casey... or would it be faster to use Casey to pile dirt on the edge of the dig and use johnnys to load the trailer, or even carry the piles to the site of the dam...I'm afraid that with the wet ground, tractors might not be the right tools...but maybe. Or you could dig for a while, make a line of piles then load the trailer with Casey from the uphill (dry) side of the piles towing the trailer with the truck...Have to spend some time with the blade on Casey keeping the "road" passable...but what the heck...Sounds like fun. I like the suggestions about loading the trailer with the boom to the rear...steadying yourself on the ground with the boom might be much safer... I also like the comments about shifting the weight by moving the boom toward the cab, shifting the center of gravity and tipping the CG toward the ramp, but if you were to slide, you might want to have the bucket firmly planted on the floor of the trailer...then rather than "driving" down the ramp, you would "unload the trailer" from underneath you by letting the boom and bucket ease you down the ramp... Having the boom pointed down the ramp would make me feel better though...all depends on where Casey needs to sit to keep the trailer balanced for towing...Good luck...can't wait to see what you decide.
Wow! 100' X 200' X 6' pond. You're right. That's approx. 4,444 cubic yards of dirt! Fortunately that looks like easy digging dirt. What are you going to use for that project? I think you need a LARGE wheel loader. To put things into perspective (and to talk CASE since you have a relationship with them) a CASE 1021G can be equipped with a 5.5 cu yd bucket. So that's ONLY 888 bucket loads to dig and haul to where the spoils will be located! I wish I was nearby so I could help! ;)
If you can't dig this out very quickly, your going to need a few large pumps. In my experience, they installed pumps around the location to be dug, and pumped the water out for a few weeks. Water table dropped inside the circle so it could be dug out. Your little green tractors do not seem to be a good choice for this amount of work. Good luck on this one! You will need it.
I would absolutely love Casey on my property for at least a week. I’ve got to dig a ditch roughly 500 yards long for drainage. Some of which is in some mud and will be a long reach for mine. But it’ll do. All I have is my backhoe attachment on my JD 4120. It’ll do the job just a lot slower. Lol
Wishful thinking on this end. One would think a single hole in the lower back of the bucket would drain and would be a slight leak. Have a hog cutter on the back and the lever force is great. Weight is something he needs.
That will be a massive project for smaller equipment...but if many Johnny's show up it will get done and make for some awesome TTWT content. Short of that renting what equipment is really needed means bigger toys for the boy(s) haha.....then he can use it to play in his own sand box after hehehe
Another reason for proper ballast beside safety is to save the oil seals on the front axle. The Deere front axles, according to my dealer, should have been a little beefier for this series.
Great idea, partner with Bobby flay, Steven Raichlen, etc. They can cook in the background while you guys do all the work, and then you can do food reviews in between tractor work😁
Put on any piece of equipment on the rear. At least a box blade or brush cutter etc. Anything will work at least a little until you can get actual weights. I never use mine without something on the rear. Never. Whether it be my box blade (which is almost always on) or my brush cutter when I’m cutting the field etc. It is so easy to flip over from a heavy front loader bucket than we realize. And once it happens it’s way too late. Great PSA Tim. I’m glad you stressed the necessity of rear ballasts
With my 57 JD 520 i was moving a bunch of snow at moms so i tried putting my 3 bottom plow on. It helped a little but my 520 with dry tires cant lift enough to really need ballast. I opened the church parking lot up by moving snow back and i was maxing my lift out and my tires didnt lift up any and then i drove my front end up the pile to dump it up higher with no traction issues but i could use new chains. I keep breaking the crossbars. Been around a bit. Lol
Instead of ballast, a three-point to front loader attachment adapter and a telescoping top link. That way you use the bucket on the rear filled with dirt as ballast when using forks, or forks on the rear with a pallet when using the bucket. And for that size hole, its much cheaper to rent a large machine for that job instead of spending hours and hours.
Looking forward to this project! Oh and when you were talking about eating early on I thought you could change the name to Tractor Thyme... lol. Keep up the good work y’all.
Tim, for the tipping point unloading........can you pull the boom all the way to you and swing it all the way to left and turn to the back without your trailer being to wobbly? If so turn to the back and streach out your boom to the ground and just keep bucket off the ground as you track off. But if its too tippy i wouldnt do it tho.
Because I have not been able to afford buying any kind of ballast for my tractor, I improvise. I have my tiller hooked up to it and just tied a couple cement blocks to the top of it as well. That helps a lot when using the bucket.. Maybe someday the V/A will give us a raise and I will be able to buy one! LOL Wishful thinking!
Malakie Usn That is what I do my tiller is quite heavy and the fact its hanging off the back of the 3 point just gives it that much more effective weight. Also its hanging low so your ballast is not up at a high center of gravity.
Tracked machines are a bit scary loading and unloading. But their are a few things you could of done differently that would he alot less sketchy and alot easyier
After having dug my own pond with a 22 ton excavator, I would suggest you consider hiring an even larger excavator and dozer to do the job. It will be faster and cheaper in the long run as digging to any sufficient depth will be difficult and time consuming with small equipment. I realize that it isn't as fun this way though. Just my 2 cents worth.
I was next door rebuilding fences for my neighbour last week. I helped her buy a 1025r last fall. For fun, I used it instead of my 2755 for fence haul away. The 1025r has fluid in the tires but no other rear ballast. With about 400 lbs of old fence boards and posts on the forks the left rear wheel lifted half a foot in the air when I turned right. The ground was almost level. This was a bit of a shocker, I didn't expect a light load like that to lift the rear. Fortunately the load was being carried close to the ground, so danger was low. I'm thinking of making a ballast bar for this 1025r. This would consist of a standard lower link cross bar with about 300 -350 lbs of scrap steel welded on. This would be a lot less expensive than the suitcase weights and frame ($800?) and would be carried lower for a lower COG, which is always a good thing. Does anyone see a downside to this arrangement? 32 minutes ago (edited)
Tips for digging a pond. Compaction is key. Always find good clay or else your pond will never hold water. My dad has dug tanks and ponds for the past 10 years.
100 by 200 is 20,000 square feet, just under a half acre. Making the pond 6 foot deep, that'll be 120,000 cubic feet or 4,444.44 cubic yards of material that'll need to be removed.
As fun as it’d be after a few hours you’ll wish you never started that pond project if using that equipment. Renting would cost and arm and leg esp if you need it picked up and delivered. I’d suggested at least a d5 if it’s a smaller pond. A d7 could knock out a sizable pond rather quickly and plan on using a skid loader or smaller dozer for finish work. Those compactor tractors can do a lot but they’ll beat you to death.
Before you unload...spin around and as you get to the rear of the trailer. ..push the bucket all the way out and down to the ground. ..as you drive off of the trailer keep the bucket as close to the ground as possible. .. Should work a lot better for you. ..try to have a great day. ..stay safe... 😄😀
I find that a Bush Hog 286, at 942lbs, works pretty well as rear ballast, along with wheel weights (3-stack each side), on the 5320. Well, that or the HBL84-2 Woods adjustable grader blade, which is around 650lbs hanging out there 3ft. I can really tell when I load logs onto my car trailer, without ballast! 2-3 by 18ft logs out on the forks and you start having to move pretty slowly, even on flat areas!
YEAH GUY'S, YOU'RE GOING TO NEED A BIGGER EXCAVATOR, MIGHT I SUGGEST YOU WATCH (THE DIRT TUBE ) AND CHECK OUT THAT POND BUILDING PROJECT I DON'T MIND SAYING WE MAY HAVE HAD A LITTLE TOO MUCH FUN DOING IT, BUT IT WAS AWESOME WHEN IT WAS DONE
The gentleman who dug my lake used an earth scraper. It was a caterpillar brand but he pulled it with a large agricultural John Deere tractor instead of the car tractor you see being used in highway construction. I suspect he bought the scraper part used after the original cat tractor became inoperable. You might be able to rent one. If you live close you could haul the dirt over to the area on your pond that needs a higher dam.
That was the plan for me in a couple of years to create a pond for wild rice. I told I might need 3-5 acres just for the wind to blow across I am game to put my Johnny to work. Get some dump trucks that we can load
We are about to fill up our pond with sand. It's been here for the last 15 years, but it's too much of a hassle to keep everything around nicely maintained. It's around 60' by 25' and around 10' deep in the middle.
Tractor Time with Tim one mans trash is another’s treasure. Grandfather in the 50’s blew up a hand dug dam on the family property. 2012 my dad finally redug the pond bed and dammed up the creek again to get his little 2 acre pond. He had been wanting that pond back since his childhood.
I use a John Deere 1023 at work and we don't have ballist for it because I work at a cemtary for mowing and scooping dirt and I mow hills and the back tire comes up all the time
@@noahsaatkamp5301 This can fall under workplace and equipment safety. Keeping the back of the tractor on the ground is a whole lot cheaper than if something happens. Better balance with loads on uneven surfaces, greater capacity, better traction...
Hi Tim as a 360 operator because your trailer has sides you can't turn the machine from past experience reverse the 360 on to the trailer it will be much easier. Love the channel all the from Wales
once you get to that tipping point pull the boom toward you and the machine will gently tip onto the ramp. basically the same way i do it, and i load 50k machines on a low boy all the time, 12 wide onto an 8'6 trailer. what you have there is a toy.
Rent a Dozer, Bigger Backhoe, and two off road haul trucks and you will have the dirt moved in a day. will probably need the dozer for a day or two after for clean up. That is if you have professionals running the equipment. Speed will be key here as you will be fighting the ground water the entire time. it will be a one shot deal unless you want to run a water pump the entire time to keep it dry. There is no way you will be able to do this with a bunch of Johnnys and Casey. you will have the biggest mess especially with that type of wet slimy material. .5 Acre at 6' should be just about 5,000cy. That is what a competitive earth moving company can move in one day with a off road haul truck spread(cat 740s) with a cat 345-374 loading Good luck.
Can I suggest that next time you are confronted by an operator who does not have rear ballast, just have them go pick up an implement with that fancy I-match quick hitch. I always have my box blade attached.
not to be a backseat driver but I would rent at least a 160 case for the week, you'll be digging for weeks with casey. Helped a buddy of mine who owns an excavation company dig a pond half that size and it still took a day and a half with a 160 to get it perfect
i hope you know you will need a dozer for this project, or atleast to finish it out. not sure how youre gonna dig a smooth pond with that Mini. You need to consider soil compaction aswell.
Tim, when we bought our first house 45 years ago it was on a hill looking over a beautiful valley. From our living room we could look over the roofs of our neighbors. Well, I had a neighbor who wanted to put in a pool uphill from me. So one end of the pool would bite into the hillside and the end nearest me would be downhill. Neither of us had any money so we used my Troy Bilt tiller and he used his small John Deere tractor with a snow blade on the front and a grease barrel full of stone on a weight platform on the back to push the soil down hill. It took two or three weekends to carve out the space. Then he put in an above ground pool about 20 x40 pool (?) - it's hard to remember after all these years. But I am sure of the depth of the pool - 4 ft. It was really nice when we got done; he put 6" of masonary sand under the pool so it stayed stable. And since no one could afford A/C it was a blessing in the summer. Amazing what you can do when neighbors get together to do something and like doing a project for habitat for Humanity it is fun.
Great story, John!
Are y’all going to dig the core too
0:15. Spin around so your bucket is facing out the trailer. Before leaving the trailer you place your bucket on the ground and use that to keep you from rocking. Lookup letsdig18 he does with will full size equipment. I believe the most recent video is one with his hitachi excavator being brought home.
I watch Chris everyday!
FishFind3000 Yup was going to suggest that as well
I think it‘s not possible to turn around in the trailer
@@martinhausfeld6689 All he need to do is back it in
No need to turn around, he can put the bucket down in the trailer since the ramp angle is within the excavators capability.
FYI- add 20% to your raw dirt volume. Excavated dirt volumes are always larger.
Seems like a good place to dig a pond , nice wet area , once you get most of it done you should bring in a big excavater and make it deep and put some big bass in there , if you stock it with minnows and crawfish bass will do good and grow big!!
For a pond that size a dozer is the machine for the job. I've dug holes that big with an excavator, but a much larger one and I loaded the spoils directly into trucks that removed them. Obviously Casey can do it, but it will take a while. You might consider a 3 ft bucket with teeth. Keep in mind the water table is likely artificially high due to the wet year so might want to go deeper. I will say it would be cool to see a heard of little Johnny's on site moving the spoils. As someone else mentioned definitely keep the topsoil seperate.
Dozer dozer dozer! Great video guys! I’ve come to look forward to seeing these! Around here we would dig that kind of pond with a small dozer, and just do the shaping with an excavator. Maybe a 2 day project that way.
Tractor time with Tim. Awesome videos. I love watching and learning at same time.. all machines are good.. I happy what ever use.lease get job done.. people should be happy... any size machines to do any job.. I use to be on farm. I am use of different machines, tractor's of any size..
Luv dat u reinforced the balast issue it will save lives
Will you be purchasing a cat d11 for this project?
Watch Andrew Camarata unload equipment like this. Very good at running all types like this and bigger.
don't know there Timmy if anybody suggested this yet but. load with the boom facing the other way so u can put your bucket on the ground then lower your self onto the ramp. It is not so tippy then. good work on the videos tho man. keep er up.
Most amazing thing was that you had footage of the hole a day later with no rain in the interim. Not too many times that's happened this summer.
My tires are filled and I can hang a scraper box on the three point for additional ballast. I would be glad to haul my Kubota B2650 up there to help, so if it works out on your end, give me a shout!
Brian sent me the photo via txt
All I have to say is.....can't wait to see if you go through with this project. A 100 X 200 X 5 foot hole is going to be fun to watch. Just stay safe and once again, GREAT VIDEO !!!!
I must admit, I’m nervous about trying this.
Slow and steady wins the race. =)@@TractorTimewithTim
The smudge! lol. I was wondering about that. Glad you said something because I was wondering. LOL. Great video, gonna be a good project.
Just 13'334 cubic yards of material at 6 feet deep. You are going to need a bigger Casey
so how many Johnny's will it take to keep up with Casey. I better get mine or see if I can borrow one. Looking forward to the Big Pond Dig. Do I see a Cat D8 in your future?
Talked about ballast with my local JD guys, they don't keep 3 point ballast attachments. I liked the Good Works Tractors box thing, but I may end up having to settle for tire fluid (they'll fill mine with water, which is fine where I'm at) and fabricate a concrete attachment.
Meh, guess my Johnny will be a mower first, and a loader when I can afford the thousands of yards of fill (and ballast!) in my future! I'm not going to mess around with iffy ballast though, I'm living on a hell of a hill and I'm not dying in a roll over.
Thanks for another great show...Thoughts on the pond. Scale...the equipment has to be the right size to get the job done...how deep does it have to be and how deep can Casey dig? The second scale is does Casey match the trailer...can you load the trailer with a swing from Casey... or would it be faster to use Casey to pile dirt on the edge of the dig and use johnnys to load the trailer, or even carry the piles to the site of the dam...I'm afraid that with the wet ground, tractors might not be the right tools...but maybe. Or you could dig for a while, make a line of piles then load the trailer with Casey from the uphill (dry) side of the piles towing the trailer with the truck...Have to spend some time with the blade on Casey keeping the "road" passable...but what the heck...Sounds like fun.
I like the suggestions about loading the trailer with the boom to the rear...steadying yourself on the ground with the boom might be much safer... I also like the comments about shifting the weight by moving the boom toward the cab, shifting the center of gravity and tipping the CG toward the ramp, but if you were to slide, you might want to have the bucket firmly planted on the floor of the trailer...then rather than "driving" down the ramp, you would "unload the trailer" from underneath you by letting the boom and bucket ease you down the ramp... Having the boom pointed down the ramp would make me feel better though...all depends on where Casey needs to sit to keep the trailer balanced for towing...Good luck...can't wait to see what you decide.
Tim load with the bucket to the rear of the trailer. Use it to support the excavator as you pull off and then use it to lower the tracks to the ramp.
Wow! 100' X 200' X 6' pond. You're right. That's approx. 4,444 cubic yards of dirt! Fortunately that looks like easy digging dirt. What are you going to use for that project? I think you need a LARGE wheel loader.
To put things into perspective (and to talk CASE since you have a relationship with them) a CASE 1021G can be equipped with a 5.5 cu yd bucket. So that's ONLY 888 bucket loads to dig and haul to where the spoils will be located! I wish I was nearby so I could help! ;)
Ballast, Ballast, BALLAST!!!! And if in doubt.....MORE BALLAST!
If you can't dig this out very quickly, your going to need a few large pumps. In my experience, they installed pumps around the location to be dug, and pumped the water out for a few weeks. Water table dropped inside the circle so it could be dug out. Your little green tractors do not seem to be a good choice for this amount of work. Good luck on this one! You will need it.
I would absolutely love Casey on my property for at least a week. I’ve got to dig a ditch roughly 500 yards long for drainage. Some of which is in some mud and will be a long reach for mine. But it’ll do.
All I have is my backhoe attachment on my JD 4120. It’ll do the job just a lot slower. Lol
Wishful thinking on this end. One would think a single hole in the lower back of the bucket would drain and would be a slight leak. Have a hog cutter on the back and the lever force is great. Weight is something he needs.
Ballast is gold!
That will be a massive project for smaller equipment...but if many Johnny's show up it will get done and make for some awesome TTWT content.
Short of that renting what equipment is really needed means bigger toys for the boy(s) haha.....then he can use it to play in his own sand box after hehehe
I wouldn't have even noticed the smudge. Another great video!
Another reason for proper ballast beside safety is to save the oil seals on the front axle. The Deere front axles, according to my dealer, should have been a little beefier for this series.
Great idea, partner with Bobby flay, Steven Raichlen, etc. They can cook in the background while you guys do all the work, and then you can do food reviews in between tractor work😁
Put on any piece of equipment on the rear. At least a box blade or brush cutter etc. Anything will work at least a little until you can get actual weights.
I never use mine without something on the rear. Never. Whether it be my box blade (which is almost always on) or my brush cutter when I’m cutting the field etc.
It is so easy to flip over from a heavy front loader bucket than we realize. And once it happens it’s way too late.
Great PSA Tim. I’m glad you stressed the necessity of rear ballasts
With my 57 JD 520 i was moving a bunch of snow at moms so i tried putting my 3 bottom plow on. It helped a little but my 520 with dry tires cant lift enough to really need ballast. I opened the church parking lot up by moving snow back and i was maxing my lift out and my tires didnt lift up any and then i drove my front end up the pile to dump it up higher with no traction issues but i could use new chains. I keep breaking the crossbars. Been around a bit. Lol
My dad built a pond in 1986 it’s 20 acres and has 30,000 yards of dirt in the dam and is 26 foot deep he had some amazing equipment on the job
Instead of ballast, a three-point to front loader attachment adapter and a telescoping top link. That way you use the bucket on the rear filled with dirt as ballast when using forks, or forks on the rear with a pallet when using the bucket.
And for that size hole, its much cheaper to rent a large machine for that job instead of spending hours and hours.
Looking forward to this project! Oh and when you were talking about eating early on I thought you could change the name to Tractor Thyme... lol. Keep up the good work y’all.
Good bucket control
Tim, for the tipping point unloading........can you pull the boom all the way to you and swing it all the way to left and turn to the back without your trailer being to wobbly? If so turn to the back and streach out your boom to the ground and just keep bucket off the ground as you track off. But if its too tippy i wouldnt do it tho.
Because I have not been able to afford buying any kind of ballast for my tractor, I improvise. I have my tiller hooked up to it and just tied a couple cement blocks to the top of it as well. That helps a lot when using the bucket.. Maybe someday the V/A will give us a raise and I will be able to buy one! LOL Wishful thinking!
Well, you are getting the job done with your approach.
Malakie Usn That is what I do my tiller is quite heavy and the fact its hanging off the back of the 3 point just gives it that much more effective weight. Also its hanging low so your ballast is not up at a high center of gravity.
When I heard that a permit would be $350 I was shocked because here in Canada in my area if you want to build a small shed it’s $6500
You can use the backhoe and/or box blade for ballast. That's what I use.
That will be a good sized project!!
Coming from letsdig18, kinda hard to watch the excavator work.... here for Johnny it’s all good! Nice videos thanks TTWT
If you turn the boom around and use the bucket to stabilize you on the ground, it would be much smoother.
Good video Tim and Christy!
Tracked machines are a bit scary loading and unloading. But their are a few things you could of done differently that would he alot less sketchy and alot easyier
After having dug my own pond with a 22 ton excavator, I would suggest you consider hiring an even larger excavator and dozer to do the job. It will be faster and cheaper in the long run as digging to any sufficient depth will be difficult and time consuming with small equipment. I realize that it isn't as fun this way though. Just my 2 cents worth.
I was next door rebuilding fences for my neighbour last week. I helped her buy a 1025r last fall.
For fun, I used it instead of my 2755 for fence haul away.
The 1025r has fluid in the tires but no other rear ballast. With about 400 lbs of old fence boards and posts on the forks the left rear wheel lifted half a foot in the air when I turned right. The ground was almost level.
This was a bit of a shocker, I didn't expect a light load like that to lift the rear.
Fortunately the load was being carried close to the ground, so danger was low.
I'm thinking of making a ballast bar for this 1025r.
This would consist of a standard lower link cross bar with about 300 -350 lbs of scrap steel welded on.
This would be a lot less expensive than the suitcase weights and frame ($800?) and would be carried lower for a lower COG, which is always a good thing.
Does anyone see a downside to this arrangement?
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Tips for digging a pond. Compaction is key. Always find good clay or else your pond will never hold water. My dad has dug tanks and ponds for the past 10 years.
Racing that loader bucket will make it so it spills less and it will hold more material.
Looks like a fun project. Looking forward to seeing more video of it.
Wanna help me with a tractor review? Would require a trip to Indiana ...been trying to get you to email me!!
100 by 200 is 20,000 square feet, just under a half acre. Making the pond 6 foot deep, that'll be 120,000 cubic feet or 4,444.44 cubic yards of material that'll need to be removed.
You are correct with your cubic yards.
@@toddkratzer7953 Or 6666.66 tons of dirt to move. They might want to run a second and third shift if they want to move the dirt very far. lol
get a JD 4-wheel drive and a scaper pan. you can move some dirt that way
I was about to do the math but figured I read the comments first. Thanks. I wonder where they are going to put it?
As fun as it’d be after a few hours you’ll wish you never started that pond project if using that equipment. Renting would cost and arm and leg esp if you need it picked up and delivered. I’d suggested at least a d5 if it’s a smaller pond. A d7 could knock out a sizable pond rather quickly and plan on using a skid loader or smaller dozer for finish work. Those compactor tractors can do a lot but they’ll beat you to death.
Before you unload...spin around and as you get to the rear of the trailer. ..push the bucket all the way out and down to the ground. ..as you drive off of the trailer keep the bucket as close to the ground as possible. .. Should work a lot better for you. ..try to have a great day. ..stay safe... 😄😀
I find that a Bush Hog 286, at 942lbs, works pretty well as rear ballast, along with wheel weights (3-stack each side), on the 5320. Well, that or the HBL84-2 Woods adjustable grader blade, which is around 650lbs hanging out there 3ft. I can really tell when I load logs onto my car trailer, without ballast! 2-3 by 18ft logs out on the forks and you start having to move pretty slowly, even on flat areas!
Yep. Anything will work! ...but ya gotta have something heavy back there!
YEAH GUY'S, YOU'RE GOING TO NEED A BIGGER EXCAVATOR, MIGHT I SUGGEST YOU WATCH (THE DIRT TUBE ) AND CHECK OUT THAT POND BUILDING PROJECT I DON'T MIND SAYING WE MAY HAVE HAD A LITTLE TOO MUCH FUN DOING IT, BUT IT WAS AWESOME WHEN IT WAS DONE
Yes I believe you could dig a pond there 😀👍
Love this style of video! Keep up the great work
The gentleman who dug my lake used an earth scraper. It was a caterpillar brand but he pulled it with a large agricultural John Deere tractor instead of the car tractor you see being used in highway construction. I suspect he bought the scraper part used after the original cat tractor became inoperable. You might be able to rent one. If you live close you could haul the dirt over to the area on your pond that needs a higher dam.
That was the plan for me in a couple of years to create a pond for wild rice. I told I might need 3-5 acres just for the wind to blow across
I am game to put my Johnny to work. Get some dump trucks that we can load
Have you thought about spinning around and putting your bucket on the ground as you come off the trailer?
Great video I’m 11 years old and I’ve driven track machines on to trailers and I think it is actually fun
The younger you start the better
Keep it up young man we need more like you!
This is going to be an interesting project.
need a corn update video on what you planted last in your garden
You're definitely better off getting someone with bigger equipment in there Tim. You can do the finish work.
We are about to fill up our pond with sand. It's been here for the last 15 years, but it's too much of a hassle to keep everything around nicely maintained. It's around 60' by 25' and around 10' deep in the middle.
I’m thinking about filling ours in as well!
Tractor Time with Tim one mans trash is another’s treasure. Grandfather in the 50’s blew up a hand dug dam on the family property. 2012 my dad finally redug the pond bed and dammed up the creek again to get his little 2 acre pond. He had been wanting that pond back since his childhood.
Every time I watch your videos at work, it makes me want to take sick leave and go play with my tractor! 😂
Also definitely gonna have to bring Johnny 5!!
Gonna be a fun project, cant wait!
That's gonna be one big pond when finished
Me too, I hope you get to dig it👍
I use a John Deere 1023 at work and we don't have ballist for it because I work at a cemtary for mowing and scooping dirt and I mow hills and the back tire comes up all the time
Heavy hitch with weights is more compact than a ballast box to maneuver around grave markers. HH also has better ground clearance
@@fyrman9092 but I work for the township
@@noahsaatkamp5301 This can fall under workplace and equipment safety. Keeping the back of the tractor on the ground is a whole lot cheaper than if something happens.
Better balance with loads on uneven surfaces, greater capacity, better traction...
@@noahsaatkamp5301 they may have weights from other tractors. The frame is about $350.
@@fyrman9092 k thanks I will let my boss know
Great video!
Can’t have enough ballast, almost upset Johnny just picking up 60” mower deck with loader on and moving it to the side of driveway. Lesson learned.
A swivel bucket would be the best thing for this
Hi Tim as a 360 operator because your trailer has sides you can't turn the machine from past experience reverse the 360 on to the trailer it will be much easier. Love the channel all the from Wales
Looks like that part of the country needs a "BALLAST TROOPER"
once you get to that tipping point pull the boom toward you and the machine will gently tip onto the ramp.
basically the same way i do it, and i load 50k machines on a low boy all the time, 12 wide onto an 8'6 trailer. what you have there is a toy.
@Rob G youre amazing bro i wish i could be just like you one day...... LOL
I use my box blade, because one time I tried carrying a oak stump with roots attached it wasn't looking pretty. Scared me while bucket was high up.
Hey Tim, yes you can make a pond but it will take a while with the case and the Mr. Jonny you have
When you load Casey try backing on the trailer you can use bucket to stabilize its a a lot safer
Rent a Dozer, Bigger Backhoe, and two off road haul trucks and you will have the dirt moved in a day. will probably need the dozer for a day or two after for clean up. That is if you have professionals running the equipment. Speed will be key here as you will be fighting the ground water the entire time. it will be a one shot deal unless you want to run a water pump the entire time to keep it dry. There is no way you will be able to do this with a bunch of Johnnys and Casey. you will have the biggest mess especially with that type of wet slimy material. .5 Acre at 6' should be just about 5,000cy. That is what a competitive earth moving company can move in one day with a off road haul truck spread(cat 740s) with a cat 345-374 loading Good luck.
I hope you get the job, would be an amazing project to follow.
Tractor cooking time with Tim lol
It's so much fun watching newbies attempt to operate equipment.
That's about 4500 yards of dirt , that's a ton of earth but what an awesome project.
Nvm I was off on my math lol
Oh well. LOTS of dirt!!!
Are going to stock your pond when you finish
Yes
It will be a good place to host church gatherings for the kids to fish and have church functions
Can I suggest that next time you are confronted by an operator who does not have rear ballast, just have them go pick up an implement with that fancy I-match quick hitch. I always have my box blade attached.
not to be a backseat driver but I would rent at least a 160 case for the week, you'll be digging for weeks with casey. Helped a buddy of mine who owns an excavation company dig a pond half that size and it still took a day and a half with a 160 to get it perfect
Didn’t even realize the smudge until you said something lol
I have a pond in my front yard about 1 acers what a pain Constant work to make it look nice
Tim you should take Johnny 1-5 out there when you dig the pond and both Casey's
Tim, it may feel awkward backing out of the trailer, but you're not going anywhere in that machine...you're safe.
I don't see no stinking smudge! What are you talking about? Lol!
Where do we get one of those money trees Tim?
Tim swing around and put your bucket down and control your pitch when you come out of the trailer please.
You could done with attachment for bucket to fix on it so can turn bucket around so can tip it better in a Johnny bucket
Wow that’s really soft dirt. Y’all going to use Jonny, vin and Casey to dig and move the dirt, or are y’all going to bring in a dozer.
i hope you know you will need a dozer for this project, or atleast to finish it out. not sure how youre gonna dig a smooth pond with that Mini. You need to consider soil compaction aswell.
Look up Letsdig18. Chris does good work... he runs that Volvo stuff though lol He's like a pond guru.
When your backing off the trailer swing the boom the other way and put it a foot off the ground then when it falls foreword the bucket will stop it
When using my loader I either fill my 40 gal sprayer up with water or use my box blade for rear weight.
Have you ever thougt about buying a mini excavater? Maybe you should test a kubota they are lovely!
They had a smaller casey in the beginning.
How much weight is good for ballast on a 1025r or kabota bx series?
The loader manual spells this out. Somewhere around 600 lbs on the rear if no fluid in the tires.
500 hours on my 1026r and just ordered my heavy hitch this morning.
WooHoo!