loulou61
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Around my area in South La. you cantact a local dirt hauler and they will dig your pond free. They are always looking for a place to dig up topsoil and clay dirt. They get free dirt , you get your pond. A win win solution.
Digging a pond
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ericstac
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Calling one right now to find out.
ericstac
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Got the skinny and loulou61 is correct.
They will come out and dig that sucker for free and take the top soil and clay.
They will come out and dig that sucker for free and take the top soil and clay.
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Id also go with the Slip scoop or pond scoop as its called. I have one on a 30 HP yanmar thats a 24 inch 30 wouldnt be a problem the way it loads up. They have such a thing edge and put your HP in a narrow spot it will dig alot better than a loader bucket. back45 50 years ago many a pond was dug with an 8n Ford 20 hp. A friend built a larger version 30 inches wide 18 inches deep and about 48 inches long and pulled it with a 60 hp Deere 2wheel drive and dug a huge pond.
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I built this pond about 2 yrs. ago with my yanmar 2210 and a 5 foot boxblade. Took every evening after work till dark and every Saturday and Sunday from sun up till sun down for about 3 months. Only spent about $80 in fuel. So my 1/4 acer pond ten foot deep took a lot of my time. but was pritty cheap I would say. The 3 pt. dirt scoop I bought towards the end of the pond build. I was not that impressed with it and stuck to the boxblade.
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firemen122
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Man you have a lot of patience, pond looks great...
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Three months to dig a pond? Yikes! It would take less than one day to do the same pond with a skid loader or backhoe. Rental in these parts would be a little over $200. Three months of my weekends are worth more than that. But I guess there's nothing else to do in Oklahoma. 
EddieWalker
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Three months to dig a pond? Yikes! It would take less than one day to do the same pond with a skid loader or backhoe. Rental in these parts would be a little over $200. Three months of my weekends are worth more than that. But I guess there's nothing else to do in Oklahoma.
It took me two months do dig my 3/4 acre pond with my full sized loader backhoe. I guess I'm just not as fast as you are with a skid loader or backhoe. How many yards an hour are you moving. It must be about 100 yards an hour to get a quarter acre pond dug in a day!!! My loader is one yard, so that would be about a load every 40 seconds, give or take. WOW!!!
Very impressive.
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OK, I missed he is in Texas and realize at least some of Texas is little dryer than our land we honestly call low lands.
I think one must define what one calls a 'pond'.
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Might want to do a little reseach on the people that you consider hiring to dig a pond for free, in exchange for the dirt. Neighbor lady had one dug, they took the dirt and left a big hole. They just packed up and left after the good topsoil was gone, leaving her the mess to contend with. No forwarding address, no phone number, probably no insurance, etc.
David from jax
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