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    #16
    Originally posted by cosmiccowboy View Post
    Good luck with that. We've been on the list for over a year and they aren't getting any funding. The feds are too busy buying GM, bailing out the unions, banks, and AIG to help those greedy farmers and ranchers.

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      #17
      Go in an strip the area you are wanting to build the pond on of top soil so that there is no grass in the area you are gonna put the dam. You wont have to haul off any dirt if you build the **** wide enough and tall enough. Make sure you have an overflow spill way that is not at the end of the dam or it will cut the dam during a big rain. If you dont have a natural area for a spillway you can also do this with the dozer. Push the top soil you strip out away from the dam area then when you are done you can spread it back out on the front back and top of the dam. make sure that when you are done there is at least 6 to 8 inches of clay covering the pooling area of the entire pond and the dam face. I dont think you will be able to build a 1/2 acre pond with the dozer you are talking about in a week unless you start at daylight and end at dark everyday. I use a D6 to build ponds when I dont have a Cat 953 loader available.

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        #18
        Core your dam dam....worth the extra money. Dozers dont offer enough compaction IMO, dont care what anybody says. Ours was dug with a Dozer, Scraper and a Cat loader and we still needed alittle better compaction with the Clay.

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          #19
          shoot it out, then dig it. Explosives......cheaper then a D-9 and more fun to watch.

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            #20
            What do you dozer guys get an hour to grub/clear/pile up mesquite? How many acres can you clear in an hour? Maybe round the Graham area???

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              #21
              Dale, we were paying 125 an hour 2 years ago....I can find em lining up around our place under biddin to get any job for 75-80 an hour now.

              Standard rate is about 100 per hour but the economy has em fighting for work. Just make sure you dont get a real talkative one who likes to tell huntin stories on the clock.

              Oh and make sure they have some good equipment. No crappy little Komatsu's with worn out undercarriages. You need a big JD or Cat dozer to get your money's worth.

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                #22
                Originally posted by Bullydog View Post
                Dale, we were paying 125 an hour 2 years ago....I can find em lining up around our place under biddin to get any job for 75-80 an hour now.

                Standard rate is about 100 per hour but the economy has em fighting for work. Just make sure you dont get a real talkative one who likes to tell huntin stories on the clock.

                Oh and make sure they have some good equipment. No crappy little Komatsu's with worn out undercarriages. You need a big JD or Cat dozer to get your money's worth.
                I figure they are hurtin for $$ now and I may get a little bit of a discount. About how many acres can they clear in a day? It's solid mesquites on flat ground, no oaks or anything......pretty good sized mesquites though.

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                  #23
                  Dale I would say a 1.5 to 2 acres an hour grubbin mesquite. Figure in 10% more to be safe and to account for any large trees. Thats with a decent size CAT/JD dozer. If you have any hardwoods with big stumps, you need to add more time to clear said acre.

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                    #24
                    When we got our pond dug. They guy showed up with a big digger, a big dozer and 2 dump trucks. The pond is around 3/4 acre. The dump trucks took the dirt all over the property and the dozer did it's thing. They worked for a solid day and a half. I wish I would have counted the loads of dirt that came out of it. Without dumps trucks it would have taken forever.

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                      #25
                      I've had 6 ponds built. All dirt was used for the ****. never heard of hauling the dirt away. How do you make the **** without the dirt? Some have earthen spillways and some have double pipe overflows. I prefer the pipes. A D6 size dozer and a good operator should be able to finish a 1/2 acre in app 6/7 days. If there are trees to be removed in the gully it will take longer

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                        #26
                        Dale, DamonJ has a contact of a good dozer guy out of Graham.... I can't find his number now. He cleared my 2.5 acre food plot and did some additional work at my lease in Seymour real reasonably.
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                          #27
                          Hey - I have property in Datura/Coolidge.

                          Originally posted by DXTroughneck View Post
                          you can get a pro with a d6 around here with the economy for bout $70 an hour and let him dig it right. Thats what i would do but i couldnt set on a dozer for 40 hrs either!!!


                          Hey - I have property in Datura/Coolidge. I am looking for a pro in your area to run a Bulldozer for about a month - know anyone? Thanks

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                            #28
                            It took one of the guys at my ranch almost 3 weeks to dig a pond with my JD 650 dozer but then again it was over 30 ft deep (I don't have a clue what he was thinking, but I bet it doesn't go dry)

                            I would also suggest you dig your pond 12-15 feet deep, 20' at one end if you are going to have fish in it

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                              #29
                              I'd say at least 2 full weeks on that dozer if you know how to run it and you could run Ut every day a full day.

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