Keeping character, or restoring a pond

[EddieWalker]

Harvey,

It's looking good!

I noticed that tree next to were your working and was wondering if it's staying in. If so, why? I'd think it's a problem waiting to happen and getting it out now is quick, easy and cheap.

Eddie

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Harv, there's a lot of places on this good earth that have been made even nicer from your hard work.

Keep up the photos...Kyle

 

[MF1455v]

Harvey, I like that rock. Behind pink Texas granite thats the prettiest stuff I think I've ever seen. Project is looking great.

 

[MF1455v]

Kyle, reading your post it reminded me of a quote by Lyndon B. Johnson. "The man upstairs gave us land to improve it, so we have a responsibility to do so". Harvey's more than got that covered. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

 

[wroughtn_harv]

Thanks for the compliments guys, undeserved I assure you, but appreciated.

Eddie the tree was munched on by a beaver a couple of years ago and has survived. The customer likes his trees. I think he said he has a hundred and eighty seven on the property. A hundred and eighty six would be a downgrade he probably wouldn't want.

Yesterday started off with me wanting to drill the piers where the wall's continuing along the bank.

There was a problem.

The tailings or dirt scraped down for the wall wasn't packed.

Evidently Iris (skid steer so dear) ticked the tailings off and they refused to support her in our endeavor.

Visions of being upside down in a pond in a skid steer made me a lot more cautious than normal.

I went in immediately with the mini hoe to have a discussion with the misbehaving tailings.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

It just shows to go that a little discussion works, even on dirt.

We're using a sixteen inch auger and going down eight to ten feet. (The variance comes from angle of attack. Straight on I can go down ten. At some angles we'll only get eight.)

Notice where the right rear wheel of Iris is sitting. She does like to live dangerously, bad girl.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

We went fishing for a hole and came up with dirt. Go figure.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

We shook it off so we could try again. We're optomists.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

As you can see, we do like to excerise the pucker string.

But exercising it is good for the heart.

At least I hope so.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

There's the proper tool for every job.

Then there's tools that work under just about any circumstance.