It's Amazing what you can Accomplish with a Box Blade 

Here is a video of the problems we need to fix with the pond Our Pond is Flooding the Neighbors Property - 3 Step Plan to Fix it ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-a3uj6mJn7Vw.html If enjoy this type of content please subscribe to the channel, and if you are interested in a rock Hill Farms T-shirt check out our merch store rockhill-farm.creator-spring.com/listing/rockhill-farm-logo

I’m glad the tractor content didn’t stop after you got the skid steer.

Well done and the box blade is one of the most overlooked tools ! We keep one on a farm tractor year around for grading , pushing snow and sometimes I follow up after the bulldozer with it . Great tool !

You're a good neighbor! Mission accomplished. Hugs to Y'all Ü

Put an overflow pipe on one end of the dam, where it discharges toward the creek. Use a backhoe or mini ex. Then find any soft spots or leaky areas. Dig it out, then pack it back in. Nice work with the grader box. My favorite implement for sure. I like the weights and the tilt cylinder. Slick.

Buddy is a professional with that machine!

Okay, the purpose of a swale is to make a gradual dip in the ground where one can walk across it without tripping, so now your HALF done. Now tilt the blade the other way and do the other half next to that deep plow furrow you left! It will look remarkably better after a second cut, then seeding fescue and you're done!

I really enjoy your teaching.

I love the parallel mechanical linkage on the loader.

Nicely done Brock. Always enjoy seeing what you have going on and I'm really interested in the multi-phase pond fix! So far so good

why i like your channel my friend you don’t care to try different and new things, and love watching the john deere equipment work, got my 2022 john deere 1025r last week and i absolutely love that tractor!!!

Nice job. The box blade is a very effective tool. Like others have stated, not seen the weights inside the box blade before, but it looks like they worked well there. Now you are going to have me scrounging around the farm to see if there are any small spare weights around to add to mine.

Remember, those pans cut both ways. Every time you back up with your blade in the air, you are wasting fuel. And don’t forget to use your rippers, they loosen it up so you can cut easier. We used Massey Ferguson wheel tractors and blades to grade with commercially, and it those box graders are really the ticket for tight areas. Also, did you shoot it for fall before you began? Sorry, I don’t wanna be second guessing you, I’m an old dozer hand and used to push dirt crews, so automatically I’m like what can we do better? Good job for a little tractor like that, remember moving dirt is a thinking man’s game, do the job three times in your head before you put a blade in the ground. 💪🙏🤟 be safe out there!

Good news is it looked like dirt was fairly dry so maybe the dam isn't leaking too much. Good job helping neighbor.

Looks good to me...that little tractor puts in great work.

Looks like it will work out great

Good work man and great video. I’d consider adding an a scraper blade to your arsenal. I just got a new one that tilts too. You can set those aggressive angles in seconds. Having said that, I switched to a middle buster for building swale’s. Works amazing, have a perfect swale in like two passes and done.

Nice work, so far. Trying to be a good neighbor is often overlooked. I like your 3 step plan.

Nice job

You are absolutely right, the box blade is a very versatile implement. I hear guys complaining about them not working right but I always write that off to lack of experience. When you think about the number of variables to consider it is easy to understand why you need experience. Angle right and left and back and front, moisture content of the soil, whether you are pushing or pulling. Mine has never let me down and I have built a lot of road with it.

Good video. A sure method to seal up the pond is pasture pigs on it. Toss feed into the leaky areas.

Ive got a top n tilt on my l4060. Really nice high quality cylinders and hoses. I got OEM.

New follower here. Nice job. I need to install a drainage ditch as well. I’ve never tried it, but there is a first time for everything. Good job.

Appreciate the video, it looks good! From experience, as soon as you're confident that the pitch is correct and proven to work, you'll need to get seed on it or in the near future you'll have a deep ugly trench that's more problems than solutions. Also the water will be moving fast at the end of that trench. That might be a concern?? Slowing in down with big rocks or dispersing with couple diversion ditches could be needed. Trial and error 🙂

Love watching these videos, never thought about the weights on the box blade. Great idea, can’t believe I never thought about it. What’s the box mounted to your iMatch hitch?

Great work mate.. you didn't remove a lot of material plus it wasn't wet your dam should be fine.. use a laser next time less grade has so many benefits

pretty neat what all a box blade can do. It seems like the fence side of the swale has a big drop off. could you cut that side down so it's more gradual?

Looks good

Watching you with that box blade reminds me of my project for the day. We had a storm that knocked down a bunch of trees on my property. One big oak tree is laying right on top of my box blade. I had set it down out back to make room for my sawmill operation. Apparently, I chose the wrong spot! That big old tree has it driven halfway into the ground! I'm hoping that there is no damage. Those things are built pretty tough, but it must have taken a hard blow to drive it that far into the ground. I'll find out in a bit. Great video!

I think a grader blade would have finished that off just right. Good work and thanks for sharing!

Maybe consider running a deep trench on your side of the property line and put in an underground "fence" of 6 mil plastic. Earthwork damns are usually layered with a core of clay to prevent infiltration. Great work with the box blade, I'm going to have to ad weights to my box similar to yours.

I like your style of videos with the documentary talking to let use know what is going on thanks just subbed

Use the skid steer to cut swales.

i built golf courses in the 80s .... hydraulic center-link and on one side another cylinder for tilt , i saw a setup also once where you could raise and lower the ripping teeth. had some very good operators that could do wonders and put tractors in places few would attempt thats all they did so they were good but not everybody had a eye for it ,, no different than a steel rake.

How did you work out the flat level for the swale?

How long has the pond been there? Longer then you and your neighbor?

have a question could you of trenched it with a ditchwitch about 24 deep and tiled it ?

Damn that leaky dam!

Damm!

You’re on his property! Move that entire damn pond over 30 feet and put the ditch on YOUR property. You’re taking advantage of nice neighbors

The lowest part is now on the road you have to use to get back there. It may get real soft as water fills up your swale.

I’ve never seen (or, never noticed) the suitcase weights inside of the box blade before. Is that a Brock original idea? 💡 or is it designed to do that? Cool. -- J.Andre.

Good video. I like your “self evaluation” method. It makes a lot of sense. I have a similar project, albeit smaller in size. How did you determine the grade, to make sure the water flows where you want it to? Did you just eyeball it?

No drainage at the border of the road will cause destruction during the raining season.

Good job. I’ll be doing this next to my new driveway soon. Probably use the box blade and bucket as well. Are you in Rock Hill, SC? Dallas, NC here. Keep it up

I would have put in a French drain. Dig a trench and fill it with rock.

This will sound crazy. But look into using pigs to fix a leaking pond. It works and you get bacon as a reward 😋 😆

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I really appreciate your honesty here about not knowing if you did the right thing. How did it turn out? Is the dam keaking worse? How is the water draining? Any erosion issues, Cool vid. I subb'd

Is the box tilt function something you can add on to any blade or is integrated into that particular one?

I may have to go back and watch some of your previous pond videos. Where was the overflow/spillway on the original pond? On another note, down here they call any man-made pond a tank, and most have a spillway on one side of the dam or the other. After a heavy rain, you'd hear the ranchers say, "my tank ran around", which simply means the water went over the spillway!

Hey Brock, how does the box blade do with no tilting? I'm looking to just scrape the grass off an area to make a driveway. I have a back blade, but it's definitely not working well. Just wondering if a box blade would be worth buying.

Putting in a piece of tile would solve the problem, good work

I always thought there should be a "V" shaped bucket for trenching or making swales

Hey Brock. What weight suitcase weights are you using on the box blade? Does the extra weight make a good difference?

You need to look at a nice box blade like KW, Gannon or cammond instead of the cheap lightweight box blade. You would be amazed at what you could do. My 6' KW weighs 1800 lbs. It uses 3/8" steel end plates.

Would you please provide more information on the "tilt kit"?

Looks like you did a great job as far as the damn leaking go to Hometown Acres on RU-vid and check-out how he fixed his pain from leaking

All you need is an 1% grade and you're golden. Anything else is over kill. The ancient Romans knew that.

look up sealing a pond with bentonite clay...

Hi Brock, I was wondering if you have an update of this video. I have the same issue and I was wondering if it worked.

I just use my Model D grader, it would only take maybe two passes.

Why are you pulling the tool so little but what also happens to the material you remove?

I was waiting for you to tip the blade the other way, and taper out the dam side of the "swail"

now just hope you didnt cut the key out of the damn and it slides away lol

That’s a dang nice trench when you are done???

Is that a John Deere 506 brush/bush hog?

Using the box blade while backing up each time would have cut much better & then you would still have been able to make cuts going forward each pass too. Granted, there would have been a lot more dirt to pull with the box at the end but would have taken less time & wouldn't have had the crown in the middle either.

It's called a Gannon

The tree roots are the PROBLEM. Take out the trees fill root cavity with barrite. Not easy but trees should not have been allowed to grow in the first place

Seems like a bad spot for a fence.. on the side of the dam.

Seems like the swale should be reversed

did previous owner dig pond so close to property line? have to get permits by county or city? no setbacks? that seems stupid one would or be allowed to dig a pond to close to another property to prevent these issues you are dealing with...

Put a sealer gel in the pond! BamaBass fixed their issues with a two part polymar - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MeNjGeXtvqc.html Also, never have trees on the dam says my neighbor that builds ponds.

You should have tilted the blade the other way too and you wouldn't have had such one sided swail.

I am sure where you live at neighbors are different but neighbors can be fickle things! When they ask for a trench and you do something different...around my parts you end up getting sued lol. I am surprised you started on the neighbors side though...if you thickened and even raised the part near his property..dug that trench like you intended to...you might not have even had to do anything on his property at all. Is he paying you at all for doing that work on his property? In most states...if its across your property line..its the neighbors problem. I can see how you want to keep things problem free with the neighbor though since he did not have the problem before your pond work. Short but looking next to the next one!

I’m conflicted here and not trying to be a jerk but what does your neighbor think of all this? I mean, your dam is on the neighbor’s property line and then you dig a swale on the neighbor’s property to fix a flooding issue caused by said dam? In my mind, your neighbor is either family or the most understanding neighbor ever.

If you’re a true operator then you should know how to use a box there older than i am an ive been using them for sixty years

Why don't you just put a proper over flow on your pond so you don't affect the adjoining properties?

I fast forwarded it many times and still felt like I lost a substantial part of my life.

The army corp of engineers could have you drawn and quartered for fiddling with their water. Oh! You weren’t aware that they own every drop that falls from the sky or bubbles up from the ground? I saw the give a $45,000 dollar fine to had a permit to do riparian repair in Montana. He didn’t do anything with the water itself but the tires of his excavator went a couple feet into a river. Boom! It put him out of business. They are starting such measures in Colorado.