How to Build Dam Slopes on a Pond

Added: 2026-05-17

[00:00:04]So guys, uh, a little different video right now. Um, Josh been here for two days, uh, running equipment. They've been getting the pond done, finished. So, watch this. Just it's going to be no narration. Uh, just be straight equipment, moving dirt. So, y'all watch that. After that, I'll come back in and do a little bit of a recap.

[00:00:28]All right. See y'all back in a minute.

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[00:49:46]All right, I'm back. Um, so you can see they've got the dam lifted. They've got top soil moved to the back. Still have more to do. We are not finished with the job. Um, what Josh is doing, y'all can see Josh way over there on the other end. He is shooting elevations.

[00:50:19]I might be in his way cuz his laser is right there. Um, he's shooting elevations. He's got his pad. Um, seeing how close we are on the down and getting all just double checking all that, seeing where we where we're at, how much more lift we need. We don't need much. We know we know that end is at elevation. We think everything right here in the middle needs to come up another foot or two and then somewhere right in starting right in here the rest of the way is at elevation.

[00:50:52]So he's probably going to confirm that.

[00:50:55]U most of the back slope is done. Still have to do some more dress up on it. Um we still got to do like I said we still got to build terraces out here in this pasture. The next field over we got to build terraces in it. That's what a lot of that top soil is left for. We still got to haul some more clay from that end here on top to finish filling in the middle, getting it brought up. And then we still have all these piles of top soil over here and through here. We'll have to get all that brought and just top soil the top of the pond, some of the front slope and the uh back slope.

[00:51:31]But um there's the original pine where it was at.

[00:51:38]and we've got quite a bit of lift on it.

[00:51:41]So, still a little bit of work to do.

[00:51:45]Uh we sent the off-road truck back. It's supposed to storm and rain about 5 in over the next three days. So, we sent the off-road truck back and we will finish up we'll we'll finish up with a dozer and uh our trucks.

[00:52:22]like it. Don't like it.

[00:52:24]>> All right.

[00:52:25]>> Yeah. How much lift does it need?

[00:52:29]Two foot.

[00:52:30]>> About two foot here in the middle.

[00:52:42]So that's where the original pond was.

[00:52:46]You see that water's dispersed out a bit cuz we filled in with front slope.

[00:52:53]Still got this lift back here and has to come up and start blending it in.

[00:53:04]Still got to fill in this back here with top soil.

[00:53:13]So, like I say, we still got a little bit to go. Oh, Josh, he's man of any words.

[00:53:22]But, uh, just want to give you a little bit of an update on it. Um, because I'm sure if we get 5 ines of rain, uh, most of this will be underwater. A lot of this will be underwater. Um, and you can see we're still cutting clay out of this bank over here that we're bringing on top to make this final lift, [snorts] but we'll deal with the rain and uh make the most of it is we'll do all we can.

[00:53:51]Um, I'm not worried about the top soil there, there, or even over there. Uh, we can get to it. And if it does rain and this thing fills up with water, no big deal. We'll just have to load trucks from the top side. We'll reach in with the excavator, dig the clay out, load trucks on top, come around. So, it's not going to shut us down. I mean, it is for a few days. We can't work out here while it's pouring rain, but uh man, it's down. I know y'all can't tell, but you can't even hardly put a dent. It is solid. I mean, it's like asphalt concrete.

[00:54:30]It's crazy how how hard this thing is.

[00:54:35]It is not going to leak. I can guarantee that 100%.

[00:54:41]This thing is got some crazy compaction on it.

[00:54:51]Anyhow, that's where we're at, guys. Uh the next time y'all see this, there's probably going to be a lot more water in the bottom.

[00:54:59]Um, so I will uh bring y'all back after all the rain. I went and looked at a couple more jobs today. Uh, we actually pretty it's a different job. It's a old house we got to tear down and push into a pile in a pasture and burn. Uh, so I went and looked at it today. Got that coming up.

[00:55:22]And then a massive wash out uh on a landowner's place. He's got a small pond right there close. We're going to dig the clay out of his pond and fill in this wash out. I bet it takes 60 loads of dirt, dump truck loads to fill it in.

[00:55:38]But, um, we still got several things, several small jobs coming up. So, I will bring you guys along where I can, when I can. And, uh, otherwise, I will see you all on the next one or back out here.