Admirable how easily he handles a bulldozer, a true master!!! Thank you for teaching us step by step the step many things that will help us in this operation! You the best teacher!
Johnny us a Very Talented Heavy Equipment Operator. You are so fortunate to have such a great person to do work for you. Can't wait to see the completed project. God Bless and Peace Be With You All
Greg with your grazing practices the water retention has increased in multiples. Your water table and the probability of springs has really increased. You may have more springs than you think. Love the show.
Greg I syphoned about 2’ of water out of my old pond in September, 2019 and put a ramp in. 12 x 40’. Dug out with my tractor loader, put geotextile, 2” rock and lime on top. Put 16, cattle panels down each side and across the end. Works real nice. Should have been done years ago.
we did some NRCS projects in the 90s on the ranch I worked on to fence out creeks and make high use areas like this for watering cattle. We had to put down the geo textile cloth and the percent grade had to be very slight. we had to use a large rock size so the cows would drink and leave and not loaf in the creek. it was all done to NRCS specks to get the matching funds. the farm owner also owned a large construction company so he had the people, equipment, and know how.
So we did exactly what you are doing about 10 years ago. We used geo textile material and large rock like you are planning. The issue we found was that the cows work the rock down the slope and into the pond. The little rock will dissappear and the cows will start having to walk on the large rock. You will start having feet issues like we have had from them walking on big rock. And because of the big rock, the created a narrow cow path down the ramp and into the pond which wore through the geo textile material and now one cow at a time goes down. I would advise putting the geo textile down and only small rock. I would also come up with some concrete parking barriers, they are like 6" tall, 10" wide and the width of a car. I'd stagger those down the slope first, then fill in your rock and it'll help keep the cows from kicking the rock into the pond.
I was also wondering about the potential for hoof injury. We have a muddy area at the gateway to our HUA and put some ballast rock (4” to 8”) there. I’m now second guessing whether that was a good idea and worried about hoof injuries. I’m thinking we’ll either cover the ballast with 3/4” modified (3/4” stone and fines) or straight 3/4” clean stone or dig out the ballast and fill the area with dirt.
most animals " 2 and 4 legged " like to take cover from the rain but I like to go out and walk around the area to inspect how well the rain water is flowing, of course you can always wait until it stop raining and then do the walk around but not all animals are 100% equal. Great looking place Greg and God bless all of you !!
I'm with you. Unless you can get out on the land immediately after it stops raining. If it's lightning not such a good idea. That previous sentence is my cya statement.
He does a great job. Does he have an excavator? It would be even faster and just as well seems to me. Letsdigbdoes ponds all the time with excavator and skid steer.
Why not fence the pond off from the cattle, hook up solar (or other) pumps that pump into a couple water troughs? Cheaper than all that rock and pipe etc. Keeps the water free of waste too. Thoughts?
Admirable how easily he handles a bulldozer, a true master!!! Thank you for teaching us step by step the step many things that will help us in this operation! You the best teacher!
Johnny us a Very Talented Heavy Equipment Operator. You are so fortunate to have such a great person to do work for you. Can't wait to see the completed project. God Bless and Peace Be With You All
We feel very fortunate to have a skilled operator like Johnny. He is a great friend and good fellow as well.
That Johnny sure can handle that skid loader. And as we could see he knows how to make it sing.
Excellent job, Johnny!
GREG, you and JOHNNY are real great friends! you sure found an expert machine surgon when you found JHONNY! great skills and video thank you!!!
Yes he is the best operator and a great friend and good person.
Johnny is magic with that equipment! So much fun to watch.
Greg, I love your comments. Johnny has a good friend in you.
I am an arm chair rancher ,I love your videos , have watched others but yours are the best.
No substitute for having the right tool for the job. Whatever $$$$ Johnny's making is money well spent.
Just like a surgeon with that skid steer. Bravo.
Thank you for putting another wrinkle in my brain.🌼
I love watching earth moving equipment! My hubby has a backhoe that he can make dance and he can pick up a soda can with it!
Jonny is a master for doing that work.
Nice touch. I love watching equipment work, especially with a good driver. Looks really good.
Greg with your grazing practices the water retention has increased in multiples. Your water table and the probability of springs has really increased. You may have more springs than you think. Love the show.
Yes your right, nice to be able to hold onto the water that falls on your farm!!
This process is fascinating. I think I understand what your final plan will be. This is a beautiful pond.
Cool video Greg. It’s sounds like you’re commentating the Super bowl. 😂 Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
He's an artist with the bobcat.
Very nice! Johnny's an artist for sure!
This goes on my project list. Thanks Greg
Greg I syphoned about 2’ of water out of my old pond in September, 2019 and put a ramp in. 12 x 40’. Dug out with my tractor loader, put geotextile, 2” rock and lime on top. Put 16, cattle panels down each side and across the end. Works real nice. Should have been done years ago.
Wow that sounds like a great watering site to me. Good job Kenneth!
That dude is pretty slick !!!!!!! Great Video
That's getting done insanely quick
we did some NRCS projects in the 90s on the ranch I worked on to fence out creeks and make high use areas like this for watering cattle. We had to put down the geo textile cloth and the percent grade had to be very slight. we had to use a large rock size so the cows would drink and leave and not loaf in the creek. it was all done to NRCS specks to get the matching funds. the farm owner also owned a large construction company so he had the people, equipment, and know how.
OMG. LOVE ALL OF THIS. I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS!
So we did exactly what you are doing about 10 years ago. We used geo textile material and large rock like you are planning. The issue we found was that the cows work the rock down the slope and into the pond. The little rock will dissappear and the cows will start having to walk on the large rock. You will start having feet issues like we have had from them walking on big rock. And because of the big rock, the created a narrow cow path down the ramp and into the pond which wore through the geo textile material and now one cow at a time goes down. I would advise putting the geo textile down and only small rock. I would also come up with some concrete parking barriers, they are like 6" tall, 10" wide and the width of a car. I'd stagger those down the slope first, then fill in your rock and it'll help keep the cows from kicking the rock into the pond.
Hopefully you topped up that small rock?
I was also wondering about the potential for hoof injury. We have a muddy area at the gateway to our HUA and put some ballast rock (4” to 8”) there. I’m now second guessing whether that was a good idea and worried about hoof injuries. I’m thinking we’ll either cover the ballast with 3/4” modified (3/4” stone and fines) or straight 3/4” clean stone or dig out the ballast and fill the area with dirt.
most animals " 2 and 4 legged " like to take cover from the rain but I like to go out and walk around the area to inspect how well the rain water is flowing, of course you can always wait until it stop raining and then do the walk around but not all animals are 100% equal. Great looking place Greg and God bless all of you !!
I'm with you. Unless you can get out on the land immediately after it stops raining. If it's lightning not such a good idea. That previous sentence is my cya statement.
@@davidsawyer1599 you nailed LOL !!!
Love it. I’ll try it on our pond.
I just learned a whole lot! Thanks!
Johnny is an artist a maestro. Do you anticipate the maintenance to be minimal say bring in a little bit of two inch rock in every two years?
Every farmer needs a Johnny.
Awesome job!
He does a great job. Does he have an excavator? It would be even faster and just as well seems to me. Letsdigbdoes ponds all the time with excavator and skid steer.
Maybe I'm just a homestead nerd" but this was so exciting for me" am I weird??? Now I desire to do the same project on our farm.
An Artist. Wow.
In case of ice you may need to put some small rock up top for better footing be aware of ice that may come your way.
This is why YT should allow us to "like" a video more than once.
Building a multipurpose boat landing 🤣
Let the ads play for Greg and Jan
Dang Greg, you guys do a lot of hard work, but you have some fun too. This looks like a blast!!
giving good ideas here to the pple
Why not fence the pond off from the cattle, hook up solar (or other) pumps that pump into a couple water troughs? Cheaper than all that rock and pipe etc. Keeps the water free of waste too. Thoughts?
Pumps break, skirts don't.
@@gregjudyregenerativerancher OK, but anything with pistons, or a skirt will eventually cost money...
Awesomeness 😉
If you want to fix a leaked pond put pigs in the pond area they will plug up the leak with their pigness.
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Nice tree spacing. Not a clearcut! Enough to help grass have water a bit longer, just spotty shade
I thought we'd lost him.
About how much does one of these cost?
$500 for the rock and the skid steer work is about $200.
how big is the pond?
3/4 of an acre
Pfttt, I'm much more talented than Johnny...I could have been twice as stuck in half the time. lol
Could have made a beautiful island.