Kinda funny sounding, I know. Basically it's going to be a shallow beach swimming area on one side and with a deep hole on the other for fish to survive the winter. I personally would make a more meandering natural shape like yours. I think it looks better than a round hole in the ground.
Good work on yours! I don't think I could dig my own with my tractor here, the water table is only about 6-8 ft down. I'd have to have an excavator do it.
I was totally joking, which I think you knew. It's nice no matter the size just to have something on your own property.
Since I shortened mine up I think it looks more like a square hole in the ground(with round corners lol. I think it's mainly because the deep end makes it look shorter. Depending on how much dirt it takes to fill the dam and grade everything else out I may have to make it even more square, we'll see.
If you have that high of a water table it's tough using a small piece of equipment unless you have a way to pump it while you work, I wish I had that problem out back.
Yea, I'm thinking a good size excavator. Major problem is I'm 2 miles in on a windy 4wd road with some steep sections, so no truck that can carry heavy equipment can make it, they would have to drive the excavator up, which is a lot of "track use".
Some guy (on the road before my place) tried to have them haul up a shipping container and they had to get a bulldozer to go up and finish the job! He is from NYC and has much deeper pockets than I have.
Even at a few miles an hr it wouldn't take long compared to how long some jobs take. I spent about 6 hrs on my Kubota yesterday and Friday evening, I'm down to a quarter tank of fuel and filled it Fri before starting.
Made some good progress though. The dam is way wider across the top bot from front to back and side to side, it's moving up and out, but slower now.