Pond Grown Over
The tank is still there under the brush. Send photos and we will tell you what it needs.
What grown over means
A stock tank nobody has driven to in a few years grows willows on the dam, cattails and smartweed across the shallow end, and mesquite and yaupon on the banks until you cannot see water from fifty feet. The tank is usually still there and usually still holds. It just needs the brush off it before anyone can tell what shape it is in.
Ranch tank or backyard pond
Ranch stock tank
A small dam on pasture, built to water cattle. This is what we clear.
Landscaped pond
A lined or ornamental pond by a house. Not our work; a landscaper or pond company handles that.
What we do
Mulch the banks and the approach, clear the dam carefully in dry weather with the roots left in, cut trunk trees off the dam face, and leave you a tank you can see and walk around. If the dam needs real work after that, a pond builder can now see it. Pond and stock tank clearing →
Grown over tank questions
Will clearing the dam hurt it?
Done carelessly, it can. We clear the dam in dry weather, cut trunk trees instead of pulling them, and leave the roots in the face so it does not open up.
If the dam needs structural work, clearing is what lets a pond builder finally see it.
Can you dig the tank deeper while you are at it?
Clearing the brush comes first either way. We also cut and grade basins, and the walk decides whether yours is a clearing day or a clearing and grading job.
Do you drain the tank first?
Usually no. Bank and dam brush comes off with water in the tank. Work in the shallow end waits for dry weather or a low tank, and we would rather push the date than rut the dam.
What if it is a lined backyard pond?
Then you want a landscaper or pond company, and we will say so on the phone. We clear ranch stock tanks, not ornamental ponds.
Send photos of the tank
Dam from below, dam from the top, and one across the water.
Clearline Land ServicesPO Box 997, Elgin, TX 78621
512-575-4928
8am–6pm daily
Photos received
We'll look at the photos and call. If it's a tree only job (one backyard oak), we'll say so.