Pond Removal Project (2)

The second day of the project began by firing up the pump again to get the water level down even further.
It didn't take long to get the water down as low as we could get it with the pump.


Most of this second day consisted of moving earth. Jay had to dig down and build himself a "pad" so he could maneuver the trackhoe to a lower level to enable him to reach down deeper. Many, many tons of dirt had to be removed, so we began to stockpile the dirt a short distance away from the pond site.
Once Jay completed the pad it was time for him to move down lower to try to reach the existing blocked culvert. This meant the dirt he then dug was placed where he was previously sitting.

After enough dirt was moved, he came back up to the upper level to load the trucks again. After several trips doing this and moving around to try to dig deeper, a small mishap occurred.

The trackhoe was stuck! It wasn't a bad problem however. We simply used the dozer to winch the hoe back out. You can see the dozer's winch cable in the video.


Day 2 was a very productive day and we were able to get alot of dirt moved and were much closer to placing the new culvert, which will be posted in the future.