D8 T digging a pond in 12 hours

Used a 450 john Deere to clear all the trees and strip the top off down to the clay. the D8 did all the heavy lifting.

[@brianhendrickson4820]

A D8 is a big boy, but honestly a piece of equipment is only as good as the operator. This guy is extremely skilled. Tiny pond, but well done sir.

[@AnonYmous-kg4ht]

how doubt that "dam" holds up on the low side though

[@stanleyshults6427]

Grt wrk guys

[@diegos2594]

You saved the tree in the middle,God bless you

[@andrewboerder]

Is that tree still doing well?

[@ben8606]

That D8 is incredible

[@randyballew8795]

Very Nice work Gents!

[@CGMACHINE]

God job brother 👍👍

[@tjnelson4036]

I thought this dude a had a pet leopard at the beginning

[@vettepilot427]

What size is that small JD dozer? My Dad had a JD 450 about 20 years ago. Really handy to have a small dozer like that for finish grading a light duty work………although we dug our fair share of stumps with it too!!!

[@jeremyjohnson342]

It is a 450c. Has been handy to have around.

[@steveallison7940]

No compaction needed? I know an 8 is heavy but I would be afraid of seepage.

[@jeremyjohnson342]

I thought we would have needed a core trench, but it showed no sign of seepage. Even put dye in while looking. Drops less than a foot in summer.

[@abelardogreen]

How long would have taken you to do the same job with a D11? Good job, by the way

[@kennethney4260]

I guess technically the dozer did laps but that video was what is called time lapse... I only mention this because I noticed tou have several time "laps" videos

[@jackbarnes9728]

I have a D8H & Cat 312 trackhoe and was wondering how long it would take me to dig one

[@MikeUsrySouthland]

Wow! Size matters. Wonder how long that would have taken to dig with a D5?

[@sihilius]

Why not use ACCO Super Bulldozer? It will be faster.

[@cooperdanieltherancher]

Abt triple this

[@cooperdanieltherancher]

@@sihilius like they have one!

[@richardhead3211]

did the tree in the middle live?

[@TheDrrbc]

Can I hire that old man and his Cat?

[@jeremyjohnson342]

Sure you can if you were local!

[@jeremyjohnson342]

If I could ad a picture 1 year later I would.

[@lilfamfto2897]

How much did the build cost

[@orangechev79]

Wow a guy forgets how small a d8 is. I thought that was a d5 at first lol

[@anonymousandy3438]

Earth carving

[@royweatherford64]

Can this be dug down to 10-12’ with a dozer Or would I be better off with a th

[@jeremyjohnson342]

This pond ended up about 9.5 feet. We were into hard pan. Hit hard pan almost immediately.

[@davidgroff3355]

What size is it

[@jasoncampbell5518]

Wow just wow ?

[@onetoeinthegrave6506]

that is not how letsdig18 does it sir lol

[@NakedDave100]

Letsdig18 wouldn't make a scab on that ole man's ass!!!

[@LVSWRKINGATNITE]

What music is this?

[@LVSWRKINGATNITE]

I answered my own question. The song is Beasts by Max LL.

[@greatcoalition]

How is that pond holding up...

[@erikcourtney1834]

I’d be impressed if it held water.

[@doctormcboy5009]

@@erikcourtney1834 me too no core trench for dam real half ass

[@jeremyjohnson342]

Pond is full still, only dropped about 8"

[@erikcourtney1834]

@@jeremyjohnson342 dropped 8” after it filled completely? How long has it been since it reached the full mark? Had much rain?

[@jeremyjohnson342]

We dug it July 5th and It filled up July 19th of last year! We got about 4" in 4 hours and filled to the top

[@american_eagle_windmills]

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[@kimcooper1451]

....and the tree died

[@familyvid1]

No core trench? Oops.

[@jeremyjohnson342]

We consider one.. We stripped all the gravel down to hard pan clay. So the entire damn is clay. Few weeks after we dug it, we had a big rain that unexpectedly filled it. So we just went with it. Has held water since and have dyed the water. Never have found any leaks.

[@greggminkoff6733]

You didn't dig a pond. All you did was push some dirt around. There's no core trench in your dirt dam. The pond dam should have been made out of hard clay. 👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎