Hide Site/Bug Out Location Construction, Part 6

[Flyin6]

Almost to its final shape and depth

Scraping along the bottom to remove the loose stuff and got-away rocks yielded a lot of material

[Flyin6]

Six hours later and I think I may be finished the major digging. Shape is roughed in, and at this point I have start contouring and tracking in the embankment

[Flyin6]

I had planned to build a gazebo out in the water, but with the little duck island thing, I opted to build a circular wall overlooking the thing and perch a gazebo on it. It is two courses high, just starting on the "Curve" stone. It will be either four or five courses high when complete

[Flyin6]

The grub pile is quite a bit less after a day of moving it. I am thinking one good day and I might be able to finally put this project to bed.
The machine has worked faithfully and well. What a beast!

[Flyin6]

The road in/out continues to evolve and improve. Knowing Jimmy, the end result will be nothing short of spectacular

[TexasRedNeck]

That’s a lot of Machinery


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[Bigdave_185]

The boss was telling me we are trying to buy a 460 Deere this winter, the closest one is in Denver and we will need a new transport to bring it home

But 48k of lifting power is awesome!! That will Pick up most of our other tractors


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[Flyin6]

The boss was telling me we are trying to buy a 460 Deere this winter, the closest one is in Denver and we will need a new transport to bring it home

But 48k of lifting power is awesome!! That will Pick up most of our other tractors


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That's like the things you see over at GoldRush!
Much bigger and they can move small towns pretty quickly
I am amazed at the punch my 55,000 SK250 has. A 480 would like triple that or more!
Good luck hauling it

[Flyin6]

Adding a new machine to the stable...Kubota MX6000

Losing the Kioti RX7320 large frame

[JR]

Nice, I asked about the Kioti, what happened?

Now it needs shade and lights!

[Flyin6]

Nice, I asked about the Kioti, what happened?

Now it needs shade and lights!

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[Flyin6]

We have had a couple of wet days. Not any significant rainfall, just a wetting of the ground, if you will. That critter-habitat-improvement-pond I built down near the pistol range backstop is seeing some business.

Only deer prints, no turkey or coyote yet, but I do expect them to show up pdq.

With direct access from the woods, it will be a popular spot. And it occurred to me it is in direct view from the deck of my cabin, 200 meters away. SHould be able to sit there with a warm coffee and smoke a deer anytime I need some venison. No license nor deer tag required in the Tuck for land owners...Ah the abundance of freedom!

[Flyin6]

Ran into a bit of a problem Saturday. I made an all out effort to finish it and be done with the major dirt work for the year, but this little incident accounted for about 3.5 hours in the middle of the day.

But as you can see, I did resolve it. What a PITA to shove a heavy rubber track uphill and onto rollers that it does not want to conform to!

[Flyin6]

Working into the gathering dark, I was able to push it this far.
I am now within a day of finishing it enough to be called a pond. We will go purchase the fish within 10 days and toss them in for the winter. With bass about the significant collection of frogs I have in there are in for a rude awakening when the water warms up next spring

[Flyin6]

Coyotes yipping just down the hill...

I still have to carry off the remainder of this grubb pile, finish contouring the new circular overlook, then grade in the area where that pile of dirt now stands. After that, I'll toss down some rye/fescue mix and call it gud-enough.

That barn is screaming for attention and about to get it!

[Flyin6]

Tomorrow should be interesting

Going up to Jones fish hatchery to pick up the fish to stock our pond. Figure this is a good time. Fish will have 3-4 weeks before water temps fall into the 50's or below. Give the little critters some time to settle in then its nap time for the big freeze, during which time their world will be expanding as the pond fills.

I'll get some pics then

[stlaser]

Tomorrow should be interesting

Going up to Jones fish hatchery to pick up the fish to stock our pond. Figure this is a good time. Fish will have 3-4 weeks before water temps fall into the 50's or below. Give the little critters some time to settle in then its nap time for the big freeze, during which time their world will be expanding as the pond fills.

I'll get some pics then

How cool, we used to buy from them and they’d deliver too!

[Flyin6]

Tomorrow should be interesting

Going up to Jones fish hatchery to pick up the fish to stock our pond. Figure this is a good time. Fish will have 3-4 weeks before water temps fall into the 50's or below. Give the little critters some time to settle in then its nap time for the big freeze, during which time their world will be expanding as the pond fills.

I'll get some pics then

How cool, we used to buy from them and they’d deliver too!

That is cool!

[Flyin6]

So lets get busy stocking a pond. After doing some rudimentary calculations, I had to revise the size of the pond down to somewhere around .25 acre (1/4)

So we took the estimates from Jones fish hatchery and I halved that

We purchased maybe a thousand minnows, 30 large mouth bass, 30 Crappie, 30 Bluegill, 6 Channel cats, another grass carp and called it a day

Here goes the minnows. They will populate themselves, but also provide food for the carnivores as they grow.

[Flyin6]

Here are the crappie:

[Flyin6]

These guys are easy to I.D.

[Flyin6]

The bluegill did not want to disperse!!!

[Flyin6]

But the large mouth Bass were good with it. Out of the bag and off in thirty different directions:

[Flyin6]

So that was that. We also put a couple hundred minnows into the new wildlife shallow pond and the oldest "open-pit" pond. Hopefully they will work on mosquito larva and perhaps populate so i can use them as fish food later on

[Flyin6]

And...Finally...I am done with the pond work. With the exception of placing some boulders at the bottom of the spillway and spreading some grass seed, I will spend no more of my dwindling time building this fixture on my property!

[Flyin6]

A quick pan around:

Note that I cut the field below the camper location with a mower for the very first time. I guess the land smoothing and contouring from the springtime worked.

[Flyin6]

...And I finally got down to the open-pit pond and spread that huge pile of dirt/muck around the area and tracked all that in. Except for filling with water, that one is done as well, although I will probably come back and pull those cattails out before the springtime.

Here's the scene IVO that pond

[JR]

Sweet, now for someplace to live.

[Flyin6]

Sweet, now for someplace to live.

Indeed!

[JR]

Just think. You can hunt, fish, shoot, hide and play on man toys in your front yard.

[oklawall]

Just think. You can hunt, fish, shoot, hide and play on man toys in your front yard.

But the best thing is he can pee off his front porch and nobody will care but the Mrs. LOL

[Mrwoody]

Looking good Big D    talk to your county extension agent, some counties  have a loaner pasture seeder that you could use to put down something for next year. Agree Rye will hold you over till the spring.

[Flyin6]

Looking good Big D    talk to your county extension agent, some counties  have a loaner pasture seeder that you could use to put down something for next year. Agree Rye will hold you over till the spring.

I own one Steve.
And as luck would have it, I just reseeded today!

[Flyin6]

I cut three fields today with that tracked zero-turn. What a beast. Went through grass that's been growing since Spring!

[Flyin6]

Chorsey day today.

Cut a lot of grass

Repaired the shed doors. (Latches were not aligning/could not properly lock up)

Spread grass seed all over the construction zone areas

Burned the crap in the burn pile and disposed of the ashes

Dug in the ditch that supplies water to fill the pond

Measured for the wall I'm about to build in the barn

And

Laid in a bunch of stones in the spillway area where the pond fills from the drainage ditch. All of these will soon be underwater (I hope)

Oh and for some unknown reason the pics transferred in black and white!

[Flyin6]

Kat brought down her squad of Bernese Mountain Dogs. They had a ball!

[Flyin6]

Some "Classic views" in the old B&W:

[rpar86]

Don is getting artsy with the pictures.

Notice I didn’t say fartsy. Kat probably has enough of that already. ;)

[JR]

Don is getting fartsy with the pictures.

 

Thought it was snow at first. Looks great though.

[rpar86]

Hey JR you’re putting words in my mouth :P

[Flyin6]

END OF PART 6

Build Continues in Part 7

[JR]

Here I'll help out;

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Don: