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 Originally Posted By: texcowboy4x4

Hi, I'm about to get started building a pond on my family Ranch in the next few weeks. However I was wonder if any one could answer a few questions before I get stared. The First questions I have; has anyone built pond in bell county Texas and if so did you have any problems with the soil? My soil is quit rocky. My second concern is the equipment I will be using. I'm no expert but I'm pretty sure that a dozer is the best thing to build a pond with. However I have a CAT 955L track loader. Will this be problem building my dam? What are the disadvantages or advantages to use a track loader over a dozer?
Any info will help.

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tex, i have really rocky soils too. a dozer by itself would have been a nightmare in my situation. to dig and shape i used a CAT 320C excvator (track hoe) w/ a 4 ft bucket and thumb, dozers to move all the dug dirt. if i had to do it all over again i would have definitely used the track hoe, but added a large rubber tired front loader to move excess dirt out of the area and dozers for compaction and final grooming. if you have a mud bog like what jersey showed obviously you'll have some issues w/ the trackhoe, but if relatively dry and rocky and the rock breaks apart relatively easily, a track hoe is the only way to go IMHO. the dozer i used was a CAT D4 w/ rippers on the back which was somewhat useful, but really hard on the machine trying to break out rocky material.

tex, i have really rocky soils too. a dozer by itself would have been a nightmare in my situation. to dig and shape i used a CAT 320C excvator (track hoe) w/ a 4 ft bucket and thumb, dozers to move all the dug dirt. if i had to do it all over again i would have definitely used the track hoe, but added a large rubber tired front loader to move excess dirt out of the area and dozers for compaction and final grooming. if you have a mud bog like what jersey showed obviously you'll have some issues w/ the trackhoe, but if relatively dry and rocky and the rock breaks apart relatively easily, a track hoe is the only way to go IMHO. the dozer i used was a CAT D4 w/ rippers on the back which was somewhat useful, but really hard on the machine trying to break out rocky material.

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