Building Lake Corona

[ovrszd]

Smart to remove that tree no matter how nice it is. I've made that mistake more then once in trying to save an old tree that I should have taken out, only to have it die on my in a couple of years and make removing it so much harder. I've also found that once I get rid of a really nice tree, that I never think about it again, or miss it. I'd love to save every one of them, but they always grow back, and usually more grow back then you want anyway.

I agree.

I greatly appreciate the time it takes to replace a large oak.

 

[dragoneggs]

In my mind, as long as a beautiful old tree can be used for something other than firewood, it is not an injustice especially if it becomes something that people can/will appreciate for another long time.

 

[ovrszd]

In my mind, as long as a beautiful old tree can be used for something other than firewood, it is not an injustice especially if it becomes something that people can/will appreciate for another long time.

I totally agree.

Harvesting is natural regardless of species.

 

[jk96]

Muck day tomorrow. Hoping to get this cleaned out so I can get going on this project again. Guessing 3 to 4 feet of silt in here.

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[jk96]

Looks like my guess of 3 to 4 feet may be pretty close. I think this has been filled and drained 6 or 7 times since my last muck out. This much drainage on loose soil made for a lot of silt in.

2020-08-29_09-16-51

 

[ovrszd]

I always try to look at the positives.

If you hadn't had the opportunity to repeatedly clean out the pond it would have been half silted full all it's life!!!!

 

[Xfaxman]

jk96 your picture reminded me of mine, removing silt:

 

[dragoneggs]

Looks like my guess of 3 to 4 feet may be pretty close. I think this has been filled and drained 6 or 7 times since my last muck out. This much drainage on loose soil made for a lot of silt in.

2020-08-29_09-16-51

Wow.! I don't know if that looks like fun or not?

 

[ovrszd]

Friend of mine runs a dozer. He has cleaned out many ponds without completely draining them. Says he can turn off the hydraulic engine cooling fan. Knows where his gearbox ventilators are located. Stops going deeper just before the floorboard of the cab. Says keep solid clay under the tracks and it's no problem.

 

[jk96]

Got everything cleaned out yesterday. Here's a couple of pics halfway through. Ended up taking the pond base down a couple of more feet in the process.

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Looks like a small chance of rain tonight into Tuesday morning and then nothing in the forecast for at least two weeks. Kids and wife are back to school and work tomorrow so hoping to wrap most of this project up in the next couple of weeks.