Digging a Tiny Pond with a Mahindra 1626 Compact Backhoe

An owner-operator documents a real three-and-a-half-hour backhoe job on a Mahindra 1626, deepening a nearly dry creek hole into a small family swimming spot. The video covers working in tight, wooded spaces, moving roughly 15 yards of dirt with a compact bucket, and hitting the water table mid-dig. It also touches briefly on legal considerations before digging near a stream. Best for compact-tractor owners curious about practical backhoe capacity on a modest real-world project.

Posted by the Farm Dad channel, where an owner-operator shares hands-on projects from what he describes as a 90-acre family property in Arkansas, so expect a personal, non-commercial perspective.