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Digging out a pond
With it being wet, the only method that I can think of is getting a dragline in. If you are not familiar with nomenclature, it is basically a crane with long boom and big heavy bucket with big teeth. Drop it in the center and drag it toward the bank. Water runs off, back into pond.
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There is another way. Do you have access to two tractors and have a little time on your hands? You can make a dirt box which is to boxes back to back. It digs in both directions. You attach a long cable to each end. One tractor pulls it one way, the second tractor the other. If you make a yoke over the front of the bucket at each face and attach a plate with holes the cable can attach in adjustable positions to find the best dig point. Attaching at the front will pull the tip down for digging. Going back and forth digging in both directions and moving slightly at an angle each time will get you around the pond. It may take some practice but you will get it done.
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I have a used drag line bucket laying around if you are interested in purchasing one. It is in a real used condition with a number of repair welds! Its about half the size of a VW. If you wish to pursue this approach, tell me and I'll post pictures of it.
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How about dynamite charges! Weld extensions to 2" diameter wood auger bit. Float out to several positions (about 12) with generator and heavy-duty 1/2" drill motor. Drill to desired depth about 2 1/2'. Drop in 2 to 3 sticks each connect to electric fuses. Silicon around fuses. Tie leads together above water line and support with sticks beyond shoreline. Touch off simultaneously with generator about 250' away behind tree.
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The dynamite thing was kinda meant as a joke but is a labor saving method. You cannot purchase dynamite unless you are registered user, like an owner of a stone quarry. They pretty much are even then under tight control and must state each specific purchase. Do you have a quarry near you. They usually have the equipment that can dig it for you.
I wouldn't recommend driving a Cat in all that muck. You will screw it up bad and get it stuck. We have a saying up-north in our marsh area, if you get a D-6 Cat stuck the only thing that gets it out is a D-8. Our neighbor at the hunting property owns stone quarries in Northern Michigan. One late summer/early fall he cut a trail with the dozer. It sunk in and was their till a dry spell the following August when he brought the D-8 in. Said he didn't have anything bigger that he could get back there and was afraid of getting the '8 stuck.
I still think the draglink method is the best and cheapest alternative. Suggest running an ad in regional papers. They will haul them quite a distance to do a job.
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