1st project - waterfall

emery · Jan 1, 2002

Never though until today of posting the picture ofmy first tractor project - backyard waterfall. I used the kubotab9200 with backhoe to lift granite curbing into place and to dig the hole for the tub that the water drops into.
here is the picture link... http://www.tractorbynet.com/forumfiles/6-96272-falls.jpg

tbarber · Jan 1, 2002

All im going to say is it looks GREAT.

HR_Mutt · Jan 1, 2002

emery
Looks good/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.tractorbynet.com/forumfiles/6-96272-falls.jpg>http://www.tractorbynet.com/forumfiles/6-96272-falls.jpg</A>
I might do a water project in the spring, looking into ideas now.
regards
Mutt

toddwulf · Jan 4, 2002

Emery, Nice Job. I like to see what other folks are doing as it helps me formulate my plans. I have dreams of building a Water Mill at the top of our spring fed creek and cascading down into a pond. Purely aesthetic project however. Someday, maybe...

Todd in Placerville

pajoube · Feb 8, 2002

Just saw your post regarding the waterfall. Couple of questions. What type of pump and size do you use? Is there more than one pump bringing the water back up? The granite you show came from a used site? Or did you buy from vendor which I assume was very expensive.
I am working on a 5 year arbortium plan for my yard which will include a waterfall and I like your example.
Paul

emery · Feb 8, 2002

Paul, the granite is recycled curbing stones that I got for free from local road project. Around here they do not reuse curbing as it takes to long to clean old stones so they always replace with new. I used ordinary silicon chauking to seal the joints.
The pump is a $50 1/3 horse submersible that has run fine now for 3 years. It pumps just about the right amount up about 10' height. I use ordinary garden hose and split the flow with a Y valve to 2 streams up on top.