The OP said no room for a new pond.

The bulldozer pushed my sludge with no problems since he started at the edges and always had the solid clay under the sludge to get traction. On one side of the bulldozer, there would be clean clay. On the other side, a wall of sludge higher than the tracks. My dirt guy had cleaned out ponds before, and he said set up the excavator at the edge and dig a big hole to receive sludge, dip it and throw it. My sludge had the consistency and look of wet concrete with a low slump.

I don't know what else to say, except it worked very well for my clean out project. The big thing at the end of the project is get all the roots out of the dam and recompact well.

It took three days to clean out and reshape my 1/4 acre pond. For a two acre, might take 2-3 weeks.

Last edited by John Fitzgerald; 08/05/18 09:51 AM.