I need a pond dug in my back yard 8' x 8' x 4' - approximate

[mtnsmith]

Stick a piece of PVC pipe in the ground and start a seperate thread about the mystery of why it's there. Half of ODT will show up with shovels to dig it up.

Surprised the ground is that hard there as it doesn't appear to be red-clay type soil. I would rent a rototiller and go over the 8 x 8 area to loosen the soil to two or three inches, rake or shovel it out and fill with water and let it set overnight, repeat and see if it doesn't loosen the soil enough to use the rototiller. May have to do this two or three times. I helped my son dig a hole about 12 miles north of you in red clay to set out a 12 foot tree - tough go.

 

[Survivor Johnny]

Call the cops, and tell them you were digging a hole in your back yard and uncovered a bag of white powder at about 4 feet deep......

Bwahaha, that's funny right there

 

[JamesG]

20 lbs. of tannerite for the win!

 

[BamaFan]

Tannerite shoot at your place!! Might want to send the wife to mama's....

 

[eightnsand]

all joking aside call 811 before you dig.

 

[ItBeMe]

After reading all of this I would just say piss on it and think of something else to do.

 

[JamesG]

He already dug.

 

[BamaFan]

He already dug.

Gas line, tannerite, either will work!

 

[Triathloncoach]

Surprised the ground is that hard there as it doesn't appear to be red-clay type soil. I would rent a rototiller and go over the 8 x 8 area to loosen the soil to two or three inches, rake or shovel it out and fill with water and let it set overnight, repeat and see if it doesn't loosen the soil enough to use the rototiller. May have to do this two or three times. I helped my son dig a hole about 12 miles north of you in red clay to set out a 12 foot tree - tough go.

This is the answer. I've been filling the hole with water, letting it soak and then using the auger. It's working.

Thank you so much!

My house backs to some woods so with the dirt I don't use from the hole to build up around the edges with rocks I can just dump I'm the woods.

I will have happy kids. And sore forearms and back.

 

[Plinker66]

If you dig some whenever the rain has the soil soft you will get there but that is a very large hole to dig by hand in any soil.