COUNTRY AIRE ESTATES-POND,ROAD BUILDING AND OTHER MISC PROJECTS

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The pictures came out great!!! And the pond looks just amazing!!! For me, there's just something about grass all around a pond that I really like.

Eddie
 
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And then I got the idea that I could make it twice as big! Then the work began. I started out by clearing off any trees that were in the planned pond expansion area. The next step was to strip off the topsoil and pile it out of the way for use later in covering the outside slope and top of dam. At the time there was someone getting a swimming pool installed in the neighborhood and the pool installer had an old JD track loader. It was in need of a carrier roller so I ask if I replaced the carrier roller for him could I use it some. The pool guy said " sure use it all ya want as long as its here."I was able to do the clearing and strip the top soil using the old JD loader.

Then a short time later a friend of mine that has a small excavating company was in the area doing some work with his Case 455 track loader. So he let me use it to get some dirt work done on the pond.

In the pic you can see where I started to tie in the new dam with the existing pond. Also in building a pond it is imperative to keep it dry during construction. So I dug a ditch as deep as the hoe would reach.(8') at what I thought would be the lowest point and put in some 4 inch SDR 35 gasketed sewerline to drain any water out of the work area. Thats my old 870w/ 8b hoe.

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Eddie, I'll trade you some of that green grass for some of that flat Texas ground you have. I would love to have been able to construct a lake as big as yours. We just don't have that kind of room in Wild Wonderful West Virgina.
 
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