Building waterponds with a road grader.

The purpose of waterponding is to slow water flow down and give it an opportunity to soak into the soil ─ plants can only utilise rainfall when it becomes available as soil moisture.
A successful waterponding project involves four steps:
1) Planning,
2) Surveying,
3) Building, and
4) Management post construction.
It costs approximately $225 to waterpond one hectare (includes construction and survey) and this investment can be easily lost if ponds are not built to specification. For example, building past the survey end results in an increased depth of water been ponded and often results in a breakage, draining the pond of water.
Conversely, ponds built to specification can have a lifespan of 20 years with little maintenance.

[@donweber2895]

Good plans and experienced operator info,

[@dozerboy67]

Outstanding video gentlemen! Perfect presentation, and explanation of what you were going about creating! I applaud you for working on projects that contribute to the conservation of the rain water we do get on this little blue marble! Cheers, mate! 💪👍🙌🤟🤙

[@lydiaanderson6555]

@Hello Dozerboy67, Im Lydia Anderson how are you doing?

[@gabrielecampagnola8817]

Very important the survey, as follow the very good skill of greder operator, good video

[@jeffreyturck274]

You guys talk about getting a full blade and the cost of each pass, as an experienced grader operator my theory leans towards don't work the hell out of the machine and make that extra pass as the grader will certainly work as hard as you want it to but the wear and tear is unseen in the short term and what's the cost of an extra pass in fuel and labor? At a 200 meter pass = $.50 cents in fuel and 10 minutes operator pay and that is a heavy estimate. Now max the machine, spin the tires maybe you dont get the dirt where you want it and your grader's life erodes just a little faster because you saved a few dollars and a pass. The best way to save money with a grader is keep a good operator in that machine that takes pride in the machine and cares about his completed products accuracy, he or she will determine the best balance of everything involved and keep that bond with their machine. Your operator is obviously very good and cares about his machine and job outcome. Just saying that extra pass can save money in the long run.

[@adriannettlefold9084]

By no means an expert, but I whole heartedly agree. Infact I would've said you're time taken may even out if not be less if doing an extra pass at a quicker speed due to not loading up the machine. And I'm perplexed as to why they don't want to rip where the bank is being placed, as every road, channel, fill or contour bank that I have worked on the subgrade is always worked up so the fill binds to it. Anyway, I'm sure others may have reasons why they do it as shown.

[@Big-Show1]

She'll be right mate! He's talking about doing the job once and doing it properly so not to go outside of the required dimensions, increase costs to the customer. Trust me you can push those 16's pretty hard in this type of dirt as it's basically sand. I wouldn't be worrying about extra wear and tear. (Also, the machine is marked with mine inventory numbers, so I'd say it's a rental - Drive it like you stole it eh?) In saying that, It might not be a great Idea to push the machine hard in rocky, hard packed dirt.

[@Bennie32831]

@@adriannettlefold9084 it's obvious you haven't under stood the way the bank's work if you think that riping up compact soil you want to stay there is a good idea

[@adriannettlefold9084]

@Jumbls J happy to be enlightened, when I was in earthmoving in the 1990's we built roads and channels for the Haughton Sugar cane development and we always ripped and watered the subgrade before placing material. Mind you we were placing material with scrapers and compactor. The roads were the same. But if you have a different way of doing it, happy to hear. Cheers.

[@sipthewater]

Ben I'll get my 16G set up straight away and like you shown us. What a great idea and well thought out plan for Au beef. I've got to learn how to lock diff and treadle wheel sweep to control rear sway as I throw trough left hand pitch. Very professional. Thanks.

[@seancote5575]

Very cool video thank you for Sharing that , that 16 is a beast... I run a grader in Central Florida building subdivisions.

[@human3444]

Greetings and thanks to all those involved.

[@relaxingnature2617]

As a Canadian ..I'll trade you some water for some of that endless summer Australia has

[@brahimatifi9383]

Good job bro 👍👍👍

[@ActMatyai]

Good ponds iwant to make 12 ponds like those could you please send me notes

[@gsbaloch7031]

Good🇵🇰

[@kurrillosarmiento2038]

Muy interesante.... Desde luego que para mover lateralmente la tierra es de las mejores máquinas, es como hacer camellones o repasar las medianas de las autovías.