 Re: My Pond Project
That slope is about all my dozer can handle back blading up the bank.
The pictures make it look shallower than it is. I will take a level and measure the slope, but by eye, looking at it in person, it looks like a 3:1 slope, 18 degrees. That is what was recommended to me by the county conservationist for safety & wildelife access. Some parts of the bank will end up steeper, and I'll have to spread out the clay with my excavator. I really have no way to pack it down however.
No, I don't want weeds all round the banks of my pond. However, any steeper and the dozer struggles to back up the bank.
I will measure it for sure to check.
The water level after I line with clay should theoretically be 1-1.5 ft below the basin.
I also wanted the tops of the bank shallow for mowing purposes. |