dooleysm
Platinum Member
This project won't directly involve my tractor, except to maintain the pond once it's dug, but I figured some of you guys out there might have some valuable advice.
I've got an area that's about 3 acres, I'm guessing, that is kinda between 2 hills. A great place to dam up and form a pond, which is exactly what was there when I bought the place (2 years ago). After some initial unsuccessful fishing expeditions, I decided there were no fish in the pond, tons of frogs, but no fish. This, combined with the fact that there are about 6-8 large Sycamores on the bottom side of the dam, made me decide to drain the pond and start over. After draining, it was obviously a good decision, the pond was only about 4 feet deep, filled in with years of runoff.
So, now I've got a dam with a big hole cut in it and some large Sycamores on the bottom side of it. My thinking has been that I need to get those trees out of there and recut a keyway and start over. But, the more junk that my neighbor moves in below the pond has gotten me thinking that I'd like to keep those trees there to block that particular view. I've got some room above that pond to dig a keyway and lately I've been thinking about moving the dam uphill from those trees. This would sacrafice pond size for being able to keep those nice trees. I think this would be a good tradeoff. The **** really needs to be moved uphill somewhat anyway, as the lower end of the dam is right at the very edge of my property line.
So, my question is, how far uphill from those Sycamores would I have to go to be safe from the roots eating away at my dam. I really have no experience in this area, other than knowing that it's not good to have trees roots eating away at your dam.
Any advice or suggestions?
I've got an area that's about 3 acres, I'm guessing, that is kinda between 2 hills. A great place to dam up and form a pond, which is exactly what was there when I bought the place (2 years ago). After some initial unsuccessful fishing expeditions, I decided there were no fish in the pond, tons of frogs, but no fish. This, combined with the fact that there are about 6-8 large Sycamores on the bottom side of the dam, made me decide to drain the pond and start over. After draining, it was obviously a good decision, the pond was only about 4 feet deep, filled in with years of runoff.
So, now I've got a dam with a big hole cut in it and some large Sycamores on the bottom side of it. My thinking has been that I need to get those trees out of there and recut a keyway and start over. But, the more junk that my neighbor moves in below the pond has gotten me thinking that I'd like to keep those trees there to block that particular view. I've got some room above that pond to dig a keyway and lately I've been thinking about moving the dam uphill from those trees. This would sacrafice pond size for being able to keep those nice trees. I think this would be a good tradeoff. The **** really needs to be moved uphill somewhat anyway, as the lower end of the dam is right at the very edge of my property line.
So, my question is, how far uphill from those Sycamores would I have to go to be safe from the roots eating away at my dam. I really have no experience in this area, other than knowing that it's not good to have trees roots eating away at your dam.
Any advice or suggestions?