Digging My Dream Backyard Pond!! It's HUGE! We Hit Water 💦 DEEP!!

[@benbohannon]

Rumor has it that it never held water. But it’s the largest mud wrestling pit in Alabama now. It’s wild!

[@allston1971]

How is the pond going. I'll bet it won't hold water. My grandfather did the same thing back in the 50s. He had a pond built on top of wet spot. The pond would rise any fall with the water table. Fast-forward about 57 years, we had a major drought in 2010. The sod grass farm down stream from us pumped the aquifer slow it caused a trimmer. The pond dried up. Daddy's well pump started pumping black sand and the water smelled like rotten eggs. In 2020, I saw a convict worm come out of the bathroom faucet. The same convict worms that live in the pond. I am now trying to reverse the damage caused by the sod grass farm which went out of business when the trimmer happen.

[@G-pops-adventures]

New subscriber. Found you on IG. Can’t wait to see the pond.

[@twodeepupyours508]

Thanks for sharing

[@FishingwithNordbye]

Great vid bro!!

[@KayakUSA1]

Thanks bud! Now we just need rain 🌧

[@mikeryan925]

Looks great. Can’t wait to see the outcome. I’ll be waiting for my invite. 🤪🤙🏻

[@Fishin-mission1]

Love the 9 line shirt!! Adult goals! Back yard pond lol can't wait to see the finished project

[@lukeswain98]

I have a blade in front of my excavator cuts the job in like half the time. But nice work. Digging mine this week weather permitting

[@SouthWestCarpHunter]

That’s never gonna hold water without compacted base or key trench

[@scotabot7826]

That's a old John Deere!!

[@twodeepupyours508]

Cool video

[@brockdelorenzo7505]

How many hours of digging to get that size? I have a small pond on my property that I would like to expand. Debating based on price.

[@2reelyakrz481]

Looks good!! We have a creek and a pond (unfortunately not connected) and we really enjoy them. I think your deep hole would be an awesome place for some fish to go hide - wonder what it would look like on a sidescan/sonar image...

[@kerstinr.1]

Merry Christmas 🎁

[@trashpandaproductions864]

Merry Christmas

[@RedSinter]

Well, if it won't hold on one end u r going to line it? And don't forget plants for water treatment.

[@55azguy]

Merry Christmas to you

[@quietobserver4636]

Around here, if you hit ground water, the pond won't hold water. The hydrostatic pressure will force the water out along the same formation that holds the ground water.

[@zacharyruss1406]

Where are you from I think that’s the problem I’m having

[@quietobserver4636]

@@zacharyruss1406 southeast Texas

[@diesel4508]

That is one old excavator

[@svetlanapil8089]

The whole year has past. I looked in your videos but couldn't find an update. Did it ever got filled up with water?

[@BrianPhillipsRC]

Thanks for sharing this project. We're just getting ready to dig a pond, but getting high bids due to the complexity of our site ;( Wish I could just rent the gear and get working, which would save me a lot, but don't want to screw up a project of this magnitude.

[@BrownsSelfStorage]

Did the pond fill up with water ?

[@KayakUSA1]

Kinda … lol

[@dirkmoolman]

So how did it turn out eventually ?

[@randywilson6869]

Did he cut a core in the dam

[@MrMaxenen11]

For how long did the man dig for?

[@KayakUSA1]

3 days

[@jacobbuckley8232]

U think he would have left it looking better than that

[@spiritof75]

Enjoyed the video. What county are you in? Thanks.

[@jameswhittington2318]

Why would you have a well dug when you can simply do it yourself?

[@mgking77]

UPDATE??!!!

[@KayakUSA1]

I’ll film an update soon 👍🏼

[@MrBigblock3272]

Nice pond he could of dressed it up better than that 🤦‍♂️

[@robertjwilliams3532]

really - - -

[@cindyschnell]

Merry Christmas 🎅

[@brianrychetsky2377]

Merry Christmas

[@Larryt2kanz3007]

Learned that on the farm . Put a electric fence around it when you get it dug and put some feeder pigs in the pond they will seal the pond and can be sold at a profit when there job is done

[@robertyingling2150]

Merry Christmas

[@1wide9111]

Just so you know that super deep hole will not be so deep in a yr or two. It will fill with sediment real quick, which is a good thing, I alway dig a sediment ditch down the middle of the pond, otherwise, your 12 ft deep pond will be 6 ft deep in a few seasons.

[@scottsime5197]

TJ he didn't put in a overflow while he was there, you want to be sure to add it to the dam, now the time to add..also don't make the mistake of not having a wide dam either..

[@KayakUSA1]

It’s far from done, the dam is about 25’ wide all the way around. We are putting the spill way in once we know where we need it. 👍🏼

[@Longtail_edits]

Mine doesnt have an overflow. Its just not always necessary if you have evaporation and not tons of rain in the area

[@BigBaitPosse]

exciting stuff..congrats on getting it dug.

[@BobBohner4851]

Yes let’s have a weekly update if things progress

[@danielcastiglione5328]

It’s not going to hold water with that hole in the middle.

[@jacobbuckley8232]

Thats a nice old john deere excavator!

[@nathantoburen6770]

Keep us updated on the project, i want to see it come together .

[@jonnybkuehl878]

WOW!! That is HUGE!! Y'all goin to need alota rain to fill that pond!! Looks Great!!

[@derekblanchard4]

Dude the pond is coming along great, can't wait to see it done...are you going stock it with some bass? Thanks again for the video TJ...

[@KayakUSA1]

Thanks man! Yeah, I want to stock it with bass and blue gill. Maybe a few cats.. I just hope it hold water and it fills up this year lol

[@randywilson6869]

@@KayakUSA1 man those cats will eat everything in the pond even bass

[@RedSinter]

Yeah... Iol Big'n.

[@brodycampbell2990]

Why didn’t he slope the edges more gradual instead of so steep?

[@Becauseimme]

You remind me of Jake One.

[@DJWreckAlot]

Update on the pond. Also please give a varied estimate for poor people how much this may cost? Thanks for a reply!

[@stevedoty5841]

Just came across your channel. Hope to see the end and upcoming videos.

[@16scrub]

Are you going to stock it?

[@KayakUSA1]

Yep 👍🏼

[@theupstateangler]

Merry Christmas TJ..!!!

[@aidencameron1701]

Merry Christmas 🎁

[@keithpowell2786]

Merry Christmas

[@jeremyway800]

Merry Christmas!!!

[@jasonderthick6454]

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

[@cutweldngrind]

Machine looks antique but gets the job done, hey can you help a fellow youtuber and send me clay lol. My clay is 17ft below so to deep for me. I may need to haul close to 200yards and mix my 6000lbs of bentonite in there too. Cool video.

[@luckeychuckey70]

That's it GOOD LUCK!