ddigger
Bronze Member
- Joined
- Jul 25, 2008
- Messages
- 94
- Location
- Northern California
- Tractor
- CAT 330l excavator, Kubota l39 backhoe
Just let it go wild for habitat. Plant a couple of trees on it as well.
Kinda figured it was a crazy idea, but figured I would ask... :laughing:
Island is a pain to maintain with weed growth and all. And it will probably be completely eroded in about 10 years or so. It used to be allot bigger. Kinda wanted to get it out now, but don't really have much options... May have to hand dig into a floating container and then pull to shore with tractor. I have thought about explosives, but that would put allot of the dirt into the rest of the pond.
I can only empty the pond by about 3 feet by breaking a dyke. The rest would need to be pumped. That would be allot of water to pump out as the pond is 2.5 acres and 9 feet deep.
I've seen LARGE excavators with concrete breakers pounding on frozen ground to dig foundations in the winter. Took like 3 days for a job that would normally be 1/2 day max, including lunch break!
I can only empty the pond by about 3 feet by breaking a dyke. The rest would need to be pumped. That would be allot of water to pump out as the pond is 2.5 acres and 9 feet deep.