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 09-28-2004, 13:24 Post: 97332
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  Digging out a pond

One of our larger ponds is just over two acres. We had it dug with a dragline. The big challenge with this is that even a dragline with a 90' beam will only reach about 70-80' and a one acre circular pond would be about 115' radius.

Our operator had to start with the machine in the swamp itself on hardwood pads so that he could reach the middle. These pads were logs cabled together to resemble a Tom Sawyer raft and would distribute the machine's weight over a larger area. He would crawl onto one and then swing the second in front of the machine, then crawl onto it, leapfrogging from pad to pad. Then when he finished the middle he moved the pads so that he could dig the pond edges (as well as the dirt he'd already moved).

Draglines and operators are still out there but they tend to be doityourselfers who bought an old machine that still runs.

I think an excavator could do the same job much faster than the dragline but weight may be an issue.
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bcripe, I'm not sure where you live in Montana but in many places the ground water level is right below the surface and the springs have very fast flow (such as around Bozeman). If your wetland is spring fed you may never be able to pump it down. Inflow could easily be much greater than outflow. This is the case with my ponds. If the pond is just standing water then you could pump it down.
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With the size of the pond, in the winter an excavator should be able to reach the middle and start digging there. That foot of frozen soil/mud should not be a big problem once the machine starts a hole and gets under the frost to break it out from below. They may also be able to truck the soil away from the pond edge right away.
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