The gully to pond project

[jinman]

At the clay mine yesterday. Can you dig it?

 

[jinman]

While hauling clay yesterday, I timed myself for an hour to see how many loads I hauled. It was 14 x 1-1/2 sq yd, so 21 yards total per hour. I'll round down to 20 and calculate that I can haul 200 cu yds of clay in 10 hours if I don't waste any time. Now, if the heavy rain will hold off just through tomorrow, I may have a completed dam across my gully without dealing with runoff.

 

[LHS Inc]

You might want to go to your nearest Soil Conservation office to see if there are any programs you could get cost-sharing on some of your projects.

Altho most of their programs deal with cropland the Federal outfit NRCS has some cost-share for non cropland areas.

Depends on your tolerence of working with the goverment.


I didn't read all the replies so if someone mentioned this just disregard.

 

[pacerron]

While hauling clay yesterday, I timed myself for an hour to see how many loads I hauled. It was 14 x 1-1/2 sq yd, so 21 yards total per hour. I'll round down to 20 and calculate that I can haul 200 cu yds of clay in 10 hours if I don't waste any time. Now, if the heavy rain will hold off just through tomorrow, I may have a completed dam across my gully without dealing with runoff.

Too bad you don't have guide connect!
You could drive one and have your other mimic and follow you. You'd be done by dark:thumbsup:
Two tractors work as one

 

[jinman]

Depends on your tolerence of working with the goverment.

Yep, I talked with them years ago. When they have money, they will loan up to 50% on acreages less than 55 acres. Since I can afford to do it without them, why would I ever want to work with a government bureaucrat?:laughing:

 

[jinman]

Too bad you don't have guide connect!
You could drive one and have your other mimic and follow you. You'd be done by dark:thumbsup:
Two tractors work as one

I'll add that to my "Ron being helpful" file. . . nah! Maybe not.:laughing: That would be a hoot but I'm sure I'd do something silly like have it turned on while I was using the backhoe too.

Here's three quick pictures from yesterday. The first is the huge pile of clay (around 100 sq yds) I hauled yesterday. To speed things up, I haul the clay and dump if over the vertical side of my finished dam. When I get a pile big enough, I go down to the pond level and spread the clay on the dam. That way I don't have to navigate downhill (very steep) with a bucket full of clay. I'm cutting corners where possible to speed the process. The 2nd photo shows my clay layer spread before compacting. The final picture is after driving back and forth over the loose clay with a bucket full of clay to aid compaction. I put in three tiers of clay yesterday. With the 100 cu yd, I was able to raise the level of the dam about 2' yesterday. I'm going to try to make another 18" or 2' today. Gotta go. . .

 

[beppington]

Jim, I enjoy your pics but have a hard time telling what's what.

I wonder if you could save, & post for us here, a Google Earth overhead satellite view of your land, & circle & label the relevant areas so you can post like "Pic 1 is the current state of dam A (facing NW)" or "Pic 2 is the pile of clay sitting between future pond A and dam B (facing south)", etc.

That would help me understand your plan & how it's progressing. Now if you don't want to get that detailed on a public forum, I understand - I'll just have to be patient & await the finished product :thumbsup: (completed dams & full ponds)

 

[MarkV]

Jim, I enjoy your pics but have a hard time telling what's what.

I wonder if you could save, & post for us here, a Google Earth overhead satellite view of your land, & circle & label the relevant areas so you can post like "Pic 1 is the current state of dam A (facing NW)" or "Pic 2 is the pile of clay sitting between future pond A and dam B (facing south)", etc.

That would help me understand your plan & how it's progressing. Now if you don't want to get that detailed on a public forum, I understand - I'll just have to be patient & await the finished product :thumbsup: (completed dams & full ponds)

Check post #79.

MarkV

 

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lookin good :thumbsup:

 

[beppington]

Check post #79.

MarkV

I saw that, & that's a start, but I still can't tell which way is north, which dam he's talking about, etc. Heck, maybe it's just me - Maybe I'm not paying close enough attention.