Digging a Pond with an Excavator

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The goal was to dig a backyard fish pond with an excavator. Time lapse video captures the progress of the two day dig and we also check in a week later to see the pond after the dust settles. Multi cameras and overhead footage with a drone detail the pond creation from start to finish.

There is a longer more detailed version of the dig here: https://youtu.be/xWpKnbwZANA

This video begins with frogs and turtles being removed from the "test pond" prior to the heavy equipment showing up to dig the new pond. The test pond was dug a year and a half prior in order to prove that water would hold in the pond landscape even in very dry years, and it did. A water flow test is done with a pump to see how much water is flowing back into the pond once pumped out.

A large excavator and a dump truck show up to get the pond dug out. Immediately, the dump truck spins it's tires on the soft organic material of the low lying grassy area. The excavator has to push the dump truck out and then remove all of the organic matter to expose a drier sand and gravel base for the dump truck to use as a road.

Once the site is set up, digging goes well and progress is made. The majority of the pond is dug in Day 1. On the following morning, the pond has filled four feet higher with water. It makes for more blind digging in day two as the excavator has to feel for bottom when digging in the deep murky water.

In the end, over 75 loads of clean sand are removed from the giant backyard pond.

We return a week later to see how the pond water has settled in. The aqua-colored water is a true surprise and an awesome surprise effect of the sand filtered water that has filled the pond. Crystal clear! A great landscape feature.

The overhead drone gives one last look at the pond project that in the end turned out absolutely splendid.

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Видео Digging a Pond with an Excavator канала Ryan Hoelke