it would really help to know how much watershed your pond catches in determing pipe size and feasabilty. i can see 3 or 4 ways to do away with the finger. like you described or dam at head of finger and cut to drain to existing ditch this would reduce length of pipe or dig finger deeper to do away with shallow water etc. no bigger than the finger is some of these could be a cheaper fix than a lot of large diameter pipe. i read your post again and it must not have much watershed or this finger would be washed out unless there is rock in it. some of the other things i mentioned would still shorten the pipe and make it possibly cheaper

Last edited by tim pinney; 07/15/10 08:03 PM.