Tim that pond is impressive. It appears to a lot deeper than what you say it is. Love the use of your different tractors and implements. People have to realize that you’re showing us what’s possible and what type of equipment is available. Keep showcasing the compact possibilities.
Thanks Roy. Lots of viewers are upset that I didn’t show 1025r much this summer…but I simply couldn’t do this task with it. This task is ‘real world’. We have needed to fix this pond for many years. Thanks again for the kind words.
Considering everything else you've had going on, I think y'all have done a remarkable job and provided valuable information for anyone who may want to do this.
Having both of you on tractors, mic'd up and working together, with some bantering, was great!! Really made the video great, along with the project of course. Plus the kitties making their appearances, gold stars there. Have a good one!!👍
The pond looks fantastic.wow what a project it has been. Tim you worked through the problems you encountered and persevered with fantastic results and you have an excellent operator in Christy. You two are a great team. The pond series of videos have been very informative and enjoyable thanks sooo much.
That looks great for wintertime. I think it very cool how the bible always has something to say about our everyday lives. Its principles hold true if we are moving dirt or trying to relate to people. Thanks for sharing.
The pond is really taking shape! At 70yrs young, I would still go old school and use a box blade, back blade and york rake. I think it would have been done by now, but that's me.
@@TractorTimewithTim What I said was box blade, back blade and york rake. And yes, I think I could. Have dug two ponds that way, except I used a dozer to dig the hole. And like you was only one of many projects.
Tim, I think it is a good call to let the berm to go through a freeze/thaw cycle season. I am confident with that material and having used the tiller there will be some settlement of the placed soils.
Well guess that’s the end of the summer of the pond it’s looking great looking forward to some other fall projects and maybe some snow removal videos to come
I assume ... we'll see if we destroy it. We stopped at 6 days due to travel. Back home now. ...but haven't restarted it. Kinda muddy around pond right now. If we get a dry afternoon, we'll start it up again. Should be fine even in cold weather I think. We have another couple feet before we get to the level we desire for this winter. Hope you are doing well. Is there coffee available here in the states? Thinking of mentioning it in our gift ideas video. We need a TTWT discount :-).
Your hard work is paying off! The pond has really turned out nice! Can’t wait to see it at full pool!! Hey Christy, when you’re helping Tim by driving another tractor have you considered using the ‘Active Track’ mode on your drone with focus(spotlight) on either you or Tim? The reason I ask is because you commented about the difficulty of controlling the drone while driving, which is understandable. Regardless, you did an another great job filming!
@@TractorTimewithTim , Thanks Tim! She always does a great job with the videos. I don’t own a camera drone yet, but if and when I pull the trigger on one it’ll be a DJI.
As the water gets higher, there will be much more volume to fill with the increase in the diameter of the pond, so it may drop to 2 or 3 inches per day as it it gets fuller.
Tractor Time With Tim & Christy. A man that married a good woman is blessed beyond measure. My wife and I have worked and played together since 1982. We were both praying that the Lord would put us with who we were supposed to be with. It's obvious that God likes me better because I married up ! lol
@@TractorTimewithTim I love it. When a man is blessed he needs to be smart enough to realize it. Merry Christmas to you guys and thanks for the videos.
Your pond project is looking very nice. You've done a lot of work to get it this far as well as a lot of work done by helpers. How full are you going to fill it? Are you figuring on this winter's snow fall to do the rest?
The pond is looking great. I hope to catch you guys at Expo 24 and not during lunch. I am rooting for you guys! Is there such a thing as an offset tiller, such that you wouldn’t have to ride so closely to the edge of the pond?
@@TractorTimewithTim Same thing, basically, as the power rake, just AMI calls it a Ruckus Rake. Not sure if they have one for 3-pt use though, DP has one for his track loader, LD18 has one as well. So @MrRoadtrek at 19:45, TTWT said they thought about running the power rake around the top of the pond, so yes they did. Hope that helps, have a good one!!👍
Between blocking the springs in the pond and not letting any surface water run into the pond, how will you keep it filled? Most of the ponds I had experience with growing up either had a creek or runoff feeding them.
@@TractorTimewithTim Thank you for taking the time to respond. I hope your family had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Can't wait to see what you might have to say about using some of that special equipment you have for putting up Christmas decorations!
I notice it jerks as the leveling hydraulics adjusts. have you tried putting flow restricters to the hydraulic cylinders , hose connections? We enjoy you show. that a big deep pond. going to keep some fishes all year round?
Yes. We have tried flow controls, we also have the ability to adjust the length of time the valve stays open (in milliseconds) each time it tries to adjust. I have played a LOT with both of these options. The flow controls don’t work so well because it takes so little fluid to move a 2x6 cylinder…had to adjust in that minutiae. Anyway, after all the fiddling over the years, I’ve quit worrying about it. Overall, it does what I want…I just had to learn to ignore the jerkiness
Have been enjoying the pond build, but I'm curious why you didn't place any structure in it for fish habitat. Old concrete culvert pipe, weighed down cedar trees, etc.
The pros at naturalwaterscapes.com/ttwt said we could wait until spring. We didn’t have time to do the appropriate research and selection of structure. Only so much we can do at once. We don’t have employees or anyone to help us with all the work to keep this channel going.
I see it being great for anyone building a new house site, grading their entire yard, or has a crazy l9ng driveway that they maintain. Just a few uses and it would be free from what it would cost to hire someone one. Especially when you factor in the learning process as payment, or pickup a few jobs with it.
Could you explain about the compacting? I understand the laser leaves the dirt at exactly the correct level, but after it settles it will be lower. I did not see you compacting it? And you can keep compacting and refilling forever, because the top will always be fluffy 😅
@@xenophonnltires is the biggest part. However, I was surprised at how much the soil was as being compacted by the blade itself. By the second or third trip over, there wasn’t much left to compact.
I wonder if I can modify the laser control on that box blade to plug directly into the electronic SCVs on my 4720. Eliminating the need for a separate control valve
Question Tim You don’t want water flowing into the pond. I have seen a small River go through your front yard, where would that river go now that it’s not going into your pond? The same path it’s always has?
We have done lots of work to make sure that water gets routed off the property to the east. I know it has been scattered across many episodes over several years, but we have shown the entire process.
@@TractorTimewithTim That’s a great idea. I believe lots of us would love to see a quick recap of everything done to this point. It’s been quite a transformation from when you bought the property.
Looks like a smooth finish to that top to me - great work! 😎When you're using the laser level on the box blade, I can see that the lights tell you if you're too high or too low in each area - does it also have a sound indication too (a beep or similar), or would the noise of the tractor and implement make that unviable?
Well, remember that it attempts to maintain height. There are a few reasons why it might fail to do so. Most often, this is due to one of the cylinders being already at its extremity, where it cannot do more to achieve level. So, this is why I watch so closely.
@@jameyharviston2452 lots of other videos too. Lemme find another… This one is creating a sloping drainage swale. Longest Drainage Swale We Have Ever Dug! John Deere, Kubota Tractors, Tom, Randall, Laser Box Blade! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-80CQ-IkYlog.html
I have another question. Is there a chance water will collect in the swale you made and that ground will be wet and muddy all the time? Or is there a place for the water to drain out of the swale?
I hope your well holds out, your well pump holds out that is a lot of water you are pumping out of your aquafer. And most of all I hope pumping all that water doesn't bankrupt you and your wife.
If I wasn’t in Australia I would love to Tim Keep up the great work you guys are doing on the channel I never miss an episode I have even gotten my grandkids into watching the Johnny show as they call it
Yu' know, without all the bensonite your pond would have made a good drain for rain runoff on the property. Not the intended purpose, just something that crossed my mind. Anyway, thanks for sharing and good luck.
Laser Blade you say .... You got our hopes up, we thought you were going next level and had hired Lucasfilm and Industrial Light and Magic for CGI and sound effects and we were about to see some Jedi vs Sith tractor driving. And being on a green tractor, you would be required to pull out some Master Yoda level tractoring ... and of course since it's Yoda ... talk like him you must.
I'm trying to understand why you don't want drainage or rain runoff into the pond? A good healthy pond needs good natural water flow to prevent stagnation, it needs to renew itself to keep the aquatic life happy. A swale or plumbing for the overflow helps do this but you also need runoff to feed the pond. Taxing your well water may not help in the long run. Best Regards, Jay
Looks beautiful and one can never have enough tractors! My pond depends primarily on runoff to keep it filled. The property up hill from the pond is grass covered eliminating erosion and the gradual slope nicely directs surface water into the pond. My overflow near the uphill side which about 6 feet wide is also grass covered and takes excess water gradually away directing it around the berm with no erosion. Our grandchildren spend hours catching and releasing frogs every summer.
Too bad no one around you irrigates their fields. 600 ft from me is the 6 in well the owner uses to irrigate a 50 acre field. Wouldn't take long at 200 gal a minute.
Be honest Tim, the whole pond thing was merely an excuse to run equipment all day for weeks and weeks without Mrs TTWT fussing ya to get to your other chores lol. Or to get you off the piece of equipment she wants to run lol. Maybe a bit of both.
@@RCplanesrfun smart move. It’ll make ya look busy so the wife will leave you be. It’s also a good time to sneak them attachments for your tractor in too. This way it’s not a “want” it’s a “need” lol
I know that will ultimately be full of water, but right now that’s a butt-clenching 20+ foot drop-off that you guys are riding way to close to at least for me!