I Need Help/insights Into Digging My Own Pond?
i want to dig a pond on my property (8 acres in vt)
and want a website or a book with a how to..
This will be a pretty big one – think 1/2 of an ice rink size?
100 feet by 50 feet?
don’t know if i need to line it or not?
backhoe? excavator?
i want to do it myself by renting a backhoe type thing…
any tips would be greatly apprectiated!
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Number one, get ahold of the DNR and see if they object. If they do argue with whoever you must to change their mind. NUMBER 2 big letters: they call them backhoe operators because they are trained to operate a backhoe. Don’t try this yourself unless you want your kids skating over your corpse. I have seen pros flip, I have seen farmers roll tractors and I have seen people roll lawnmowers. This will be quite expensive even if you rent and maybe you can barter(not legal) with the operator to allow access to the pond. Do a contract either way.
all you have to do is dig it out(doesnt matter how) and just line it with a bunch if plastic tarp , your gonna need a lot and youll have to over lap it, and then just put a bunch of rocks on the lining and catch frogs and get fish and lily pads and things like that to go in it.
a bulldozer would work best if you want sloping sides. , according to what you want to use it for.