too big?

SPYDERLK · Aug 1, 2014

Poopdeck Pappy said:
Sure you can. But how long will it take versus hiring a dozer to do it in a few days? And what will you do when you've got it dug a few feet deep and then it rains. Now you've got a mudhole until it dries out again. And then you get to go bog around in it trying to dig some more before it rains again.

I hired a dozer to dig mine. A few days later I had an approx one acre pond that was about 14 feet deep. A couple of weeks later it came a 7.5" rain and filled it completely up, and in fact overflowed around the backside of the dam. (7.5" in 12 hours will do that.) I stocked it with catfish, bluegill, perch and minnows, and I go feed them every couple of days.

If I had tried to dig it with my tractor, I'd STILL be out there bogging around. And I'd have a partially dug mudhole to deal with.

You describe the problem with a "hole in the ground" pond. Even so, a drain can often be incorporated so that it doesnt hold water til you want it to.

Poopdeck Pappy · Aug 1, 2014

SPYDERLK said:
You describe the problem with a "hole in the ground" pond. Even so, a drain can often be incorporated so that it doesnt hold water til you want it to.

Notice the first 3 words in my post, which you quoted. They were "Sure you can." I'm not saying it CAN'T be done. I'm just saying that a small tractor with a FEL is not the right tool for the job, and there are MUCH better/faster ways of doing it.

I could eventually do a lot of things with my BX23. I could mow 50 or 100 acres with it. I could figure out a way to move round bales with it. I could dig a mile long trench for a 24" sewer line with it. I could eventually knock down the hundreds of cedar trees I have to knock down. But there are much better tools for all of those jobs. Digging a pond is one of those types of jobs.

I notice you have at least 5 tractors listed in your profile, so you know what I'm saying.

3pedal · Aug 4, 2014

jaydee325 said:
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.....but some people just need that 707hp to make up for lack of skills or perhaps something else in other areas.

Sheesh! Since when did this website become a car enthusiast bashing website!

I enjoy anything with an engine, cars, motorcycles, tractors, even my weed whacker.

Right now I'm enjoying a very fast, non-descript 4-door sedan. Most don't know anything about it. Those who do are a car enthusiast like me.

Seems many of those who comment as above are lacking in other areas?

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Sounds a lot like m daily driver, 2003 Mercury Marauder. Most people think it is an old man's car. Most car enthusiasts know what it is, and I've surprised a few people at the autocross with it.

94BULLITT · Aug 4, 2014

3pedal said:
Sounds a lot like m daily driver, 2003 Mercury Marauder. Most people think it is an old man's car. Most car enthusiasts know what it is, and I've surprised a few people at the autocross with it.

Some guy comes to the drag strip on the all Ford day with a Marauder that runs 10's in the 1/4 mi.