Creating a Lake

[EddieWalker]

I'm at the worse spot to get my key way in. This is the lowest point, which is the wettest. The dozer is useless, so I'm using the backhoe and doing it a little at a time.

This is what it looks like before I start clearing.

[EddieWalker]

There was a stump that needed to come out which wasn't directly in line of the key way. That just means a little wider trench and more fill material.

Since this is the beginning of the deepest part of the lake, it will also be where the dam is it's tallest, which means it's also where the key way must be it largest.

I ended up digging down around eight feet to get to dry ground. I want the fill material to be on a solid base.

[EddieWalker]

The fill dirt goes in one yard at a time. One day soon I'm gonna have to get a dump truck, but for now I'm using my front bucket to haul it.

[EddieWalker]

You can see the differnt color of the dirt from what was there and what I just did. The darker material is the new stuff and has more surface moisture. Otherwise, it's exactly the same material.

This is as far as I got in one day. About 40 feet.

Once I get through this area, I'll have to come back and clean up the material on the sides. It' full of roots and could lead to leaking in time.

All the material that isn't clean will be used on the outside of the dike after I finish building it.

[Bird]

Carp have a bad reputation in this country, I think, because of the number of small bones (no more so than salmon) and especially the fact that they can live in a sewer pond. And I wouldn't want them either if they come from nasty water, but I've eaten plenty of carp that came from clean water and they're very good.

[Golfgar4]

I'm not a fisherman, so I might be wrong. But I think in Wisconsin if you catch a carp, by law you can't throw it back.

I guess it's a way to try to control the population.

[AndyM]

<font color="blue"> ...the wife and I kinda like to visit the "Oriental King's Buffet" on Arlington St. which is in the same building where the famous "Big Boy" resided for many years. </font>

Mmmmm... King's Buffet! We haven't eaten there since we moved from Lakemore two years ago! Now I'm in the mood for Chinese food tonight. [img]/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] Off to the Grand Buffet in Boardman... see you all later! [img]/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

King's Buffet? Sounds like a good location for an Akron/Canton TBN lunch! [img]/forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

[PineRidge]

Garry here in Ohio if you catch or snag a White Armor by law it has to go back in a public pond or lake. I'm sure the law isn't the same for private ponds since in that case the landowner purchased the fish himself. I think the state is just trying to prevent them from being harvested once they have paid the price to introduce them into the water to keep it cleaned up.

Andy King's is in my backyard. You set the date and we will be there for certain. I'm sure JASTN70D would be there and I think I could talk rswyan into making it as well. Or are you pulling my leg here? [img]/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[notamustang]

Really enjoying this thread [img]/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
What about getting a sheepsfoot for your back hoe. I know that will not be the ideal situation but cheaper than a 120k+ for a tractor. I was doing a new school and our electrical trenches varied from 18" to well over 96". These where all compacted with the BH mounted sheepsfoot.

[jim_wilson]

You could also buy a decent quality lawn roller and weld on some sheeps feet to come up with decent quality unit. I ended up buying a lawn roller from General Welding and Fabricating - Lawn Roller - it is pretty heavy duty and with some welding could be made into a sheeps foot roller.

The other company that I ran across a while ago that makes a nice sheeps foot roller is Hoelscher - you can see their sheeps foot roller here .