Pond Building Pix

[Treemow]

A few pix from a pond we are building.

[Junior M]

are you building it or is someone else?

[dozerman21]

What are the approximate dimensions of the pond?

[Treemow]

are you building it or is someone else?

What are you asking. Me and the guy in the picture are building it.

[Treemow]

What are the approximate dimensions of the pond?

5 surface acres.

[Junior M]

What are you asking. Me and the guy in the picture are building it.
thats what I meant, are you personally building it or having a contractor build it..

[dozerman21]

Keep us updated on the pics... 5 acres is a big dude.

Is that your equipment or are you renting? I'm hoping to tackle a pond or two this summer.

[Treemow]

thats what I meant, are you personally building it or having a contractor build it..

We're building it for a customer.

[Treemow]

Few more .

[Junior M]

Woah, is that your truck? can we get some more pics? I really like the body on it!

[Treemow]

Keep us updated on the pics... 5 acres is a big dude.

Is that your equipment or are you renting? I'm hoping to tackle a pond or two this summer.

The equipment belongs to my friend in the picture. The pond business has been slow of recent. He is in to a lot of cool stuff. I will post some more pix of some new toys he acquired recently.

[Treemow]

Crusher and screen.

[1wezil]

:cool2::cool2::cool2:

[bobcat_ron]

Your friend has some neat looking toys!

[Treemow]

This is only part of it. He is not short on iron. It's cool because if I'm not grinding trees there is usually something do.

[stuvecorp]

Wow, that is some serious Big Iron. He must move some material to have a tracked crusher.

I like that box on the red Pete.

[ksss]

This is only part of it. He is not short on iron. It's cool because if I'm not grinding trees there is usually something do.


He is short on Power Tan machines. Although I must congratulate him on the lack of CAT equipment. Nice stuff. 5 acre pond that is a big hole in the ground.

[CAT powered]

That flatbed looks like one made by cmtrailer

http://www.cmtruckbeds.com/pages/tm_model.html

Very nice iron there. I bet he's paying some big bills on that stuff.

[Treemow]

Pix from today.

[Treemow]

He is short on Power Tan machines. Although I must congratulate him on the lack of CAT equipment. Nice stuff. 5 acre pond that is a big hole in the ground.

Yes he is . But he has about 4 Case tractors . I will post pix.

[Treemow]

That flatbed looks like one made by cmtrailer

http://www.cmtruckbeds.com/pages/tm_model.html

Very nice iron there. I bet he's paying some big bills on that stuff.

He's got the skillz to pay the billz.

[Dirtman2007]

ponds looking good, nice clay core. Overflow is looking good, got the anti seap collar around the pipe. Concrete in the truck to put at the base of the standpipe. keep us updated!

[Treemow]

ponds looking good, nice clay core. Overflow is looking good, got the anti seap collar around the pipe. Concrete in the truck to put at the base of the standpipe. keep us updated!

You know the routine. This pond is in very flat country. We hardly ever doze a pond. Usually excavators and off road trucks.

[Dirtman2007]

You know the routine. This pond is in very flat country. We hardly ever doze a pond. Usually excavators and off road trucks.

Yeap, dig, dig, and dig some more!
how deep are you planning on digging that thing. I mean 5 acres, 6' deep is close to 50,000 yards, that a lot of freaking dirt!

[Treemow]

It will be about 6 feet at the dam only. The rest will be 3 feet+. The top will extend further than what we have cleared. The customer asked that we complete what first agreed upon then come to terms on the rest. Yes I would say 40k yds.

[Dirtman2007]

It will be about 6 feet at the dam only. The rest will be 3 feet+. The top will extend further than what we have cleared. The customer asked that we complete what first agreed upon then come to terms on the rest. Yes I would say 40k yds.

yeah we try to get a depth of atleast 3' to keep the grass from growing in them so bad. what are you going to do with that mountain of dirt?

[Treemow]

Most of it is going on the back of the dam. The rest will be used to build raised aprons around the spillway. We are leaning the slope out on the back of the dam. That is one reason the overflow pipe was so long. Correct on the grass also need to maintain at least 3 to 1 slope on pond banks.

[John K]

Sweet! Nice little change ...

[Scag48]

Good looking dash 7 200, how do you like it? I am fond of the dash 7 400's but have only ran the 200 in a dash 6. Would like to get on the new dash 8's, in time I hope.

[Treemow]

Yeah they are really quick. He has a new PC400-8 new I'll get some pix.

[Scag48]

Yeah they are really quick. He has a new PC400-8 new I'll get some pix.

Oh boy! I'd go nuts! The dash 6's are workhorses for sure, but the cabs on the dash 7's are so much nicer. The pump output seems to be quite a bit better on the 7's, they're substantially faster. Couple things I don't like about 400-6 and 400-7 is stick breakout and lift capacity. The 400's I was running had medium sticks with Esco pin grabbers and 4 yard 72" buckets, that could definately play against both of those issues. However, I've heard from other guys who run them without couplers and smaller buckets that they have the same feelings about them, so I don't think it's just me. Maybe the dash 8's are better. Other than that, they are great hoes and they are definately fast. Tough to beat if you're just slinging dirt and they are excellent hoes for utility work that does not require ultra heavy lifting.

[Treemow]

The 400 is nice. A good hoe man can keep up with 3 thirty ton off road trucks pretty easily. A few more screen pix and Hitachi 450.

[Junior M]

There is something about 30ton+ hoes that just makes them dam sexy!

[P.Services]

junior your far to young to be using the word "sexy" once you get your wood ****** into a knot hole you will understand how to use the word.

[Junior M]

junior your far to young to be using the word "sexy" once you get your wood ****** into a knot hole you will understand how to use the word.
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Whatever you say..

[P.Services]

what i cant say p..e..c..k..e..r.. on this site? whats up with that?

hey junior dodge is gone!!!!!!!!! well not gone just parked down at the shop cuz i bought a new chevy 2500hd duramax. good god can that truck pull.

[Junior M]

what i cant say p..e..c..k..e..r.. on this site? whats up with that?

hey junior dodge is gone!!!!!!!!! well not gone just parked down at the shop cuz i bought a new chevy 2500hd duramax. good god can that truck pull.
And no pics? come on man! Jeez, freakin slacker! Lets see some pics, you got it outfitted with a tool box, headache rack and all yet? Your killing me!

[P.Services]

i bought it with 18k miles on it. its just a plain jane 4x4 work truck. cloth seat rubber floor. the kid who had it before me put a edge tunner on it and some gay rims and bigger tires . they are going to have to go back to stock rims and 33'' bfg's. i cant decide if i want to put the ez-dumper in it or not. i like it alot. will get painted green very soon.

[Junior M]

i bought it with 18k miles on it. its just a plain jane 4x4 work truck. cloth seat rubber floor. the kid who had it before me put a edge tunner on it and some gay rims and bigger tires . they are going to have to go back to stock rims and 33'' bfg's. i cant decide if i want to put the ez-dumper in it or not. i like it alot. will get painted green very soon.
I wouldnt put the dump insert in it until you really need it this fall. But thats just me..

But get us some pics before you paint it and after.. :cool2:

[Treemow]

Dug up some stumps today with the Mustang.

[P.Services]

daaaaaaaaaaang i would give my left nut ohhell i would give both my nuts to have a winch like that on my deere!!!!!! where did you get that?

[Junior M]

daaaaaaaaaaang i would give my left nut ohhell i would give both my nuts to have a winch like that on my deere!!!!!! where did you get that?
Your deere cant handle that winch! It spends to much time on its side or sitting in the shop.. :laugh:

[JosephLawnCare]

Whats on the top of the skid steer? And wheres the winch you're talking about?

[Treemow]

finished the pond today. Smoothing, liming, seeding, and mulched.

[kreft]

Looks Great!

[1wezil]

Now just add water .....:laugh::laugh::laugh:

[dozerman21]

Nice job! How many man hours do you think you guys had on it?

[Treemow]

Nice job! How many man hours do you think you guys had on it?

Probably 140 without survrying and mobilization. Some pix from the yard.

[Treemow]

Whats on the top of the skid steer? And wheres the winch you're talking about?

I built it myself.

[Bleed Green]

do you have a better pic of that maybe from the side?

[P.Services]

Your deere cant handle that winch! It spends to much time on its side or sitting in the shop.. :laugh:
huush junior your the only one that knew about that!! and it has spent no time in the shop!! only down time came from new tracks and i did them in the feild fast as shat

[Treemow]

do you have a better pic of that maybe from the side?

Hopes this is OK.

[P.Services]

is that a electric winch?

[Treemow]

Yes. It is a 15k Ramsey. It works fine if used in tandem with a 30k snatch block.

[P.Services]

im going to have to look into getting one of those. i take it you have had er stuck good in some nice mud and it comes out right?

[Treemow]

With all the rain we have had lately it's paid for itself this season alone. The problem used to be that when and where you stick it the only thing that will get it out is another machine. It saves a lot of time.

[P.Services]

so with the block it can pull it out no problem? what about when its in deep and a pile of mud is building up behind it and it has to go up a steep hill would it work then you think? i get my deere stuck in some crazy azz places. i broke a 1 ton wrecker in half at the frame behind the cab the last time i got it stuck. thats a loooooong story

[Treemow]

With the block it has no problem. Yes ,I mean very stuck. It has a wireless remote so I just hook to a tree and tug as I help it with the machine.

[Scag48]

Good looking 400. Short stick will handle that bucket like it's going out of style, especially with no added weight of a coupler. We slung buckets a little bigger than that with medium sticks and pin grabbers, things got hairy if you were in a hurry to load a truck, I can personally vouch for that.

[Treemow]

Good looking 400. Short stick will handle that bucket like it's going out of style, especially with no added weight of a coupler. We slung buckets a little bigger than that with medium sticks and pin grabbers, things got hairy if you were in a hurry to load a truck, I can personally vouch for that.

Indeed. Short stick on this size machine keeps the arc and spin smaller, facilitates faster loading of trucks.

[Junior M]

All that huge equipment and he's got a what, PC8? :laugh:

Looks like that 400 hasnt moved in a while..

[Scag48]

Indeed. Short stick on this size machine keeps the arc and spin smaller, facilitates faster loading of trucks.

Yes sir. Actually we had one of three 400's on site with a short stick. I liked that hoe, it was the only dash 6 we had on that job and for loading trucks the short stick was great.

Problem is, company I worked for has 2 divisions, mass ex and underground. They're run as almost completely different companies, but we all shared out of the same equipment pool which makes no sense. The underground would get first pick on the hoes, they had all the newer stuff, we got them spec'd for underground when they hit the dirt crew. So, a good majority of the 400's we had, which was 25, had medium sticks, not the best for loading trucks.

I don't understand that incredibly tall hood on the new 400's though, they're about half as tall on the dash 6's and 7's. I know that isn't a highly looked over spot on a hoe, but a guy's gotta wonder what Komatsu stuffed under there that would need that much hood.

[bobcat_ron]

I know that isn't a highly looked over spot on a hoe, but a guy's gotta wonder what Komatsu stuffed under there that would need that much hood.

A-T-T-I-T-U-D-E.

That's Komatsu's sock-in-the-crotch kind of thing.

[Scag48]

A-T-T-I-T-U-D-E.

That's Komatsu's sock-in-the-crotch kind of thing.

Yeah I dunno. Honestly I think it looks way overdone but whatever. I know they added the sweet camera above the counterweight so you can see what's back there.

[CAT powered]

Picasso what's this I hear about you putting that Deere on its ear?

[Junior M]

Picasso what's this I hear about you putting that Deere on its ear?
:laugh: :laugh:

Its a pretty great freakin story!