Since I'm not keen on giving up some of my pickup bed to a permanent fuel tank, I bought a 50 gallon transport tank and 12V pump (15 or 20 gallons per minute) mounted on a pallet so I can put it in and out of the bed as needed.
BTW - make sure you're not paying on road taxes on your diesel fuel to use in these machines (ie. use or find the dyed stuff). Probably about .40 to .50 /gal cheaper.
Making sure the pond is dry enough to work is the primary concern and can take a while of being empty.
Our Catch22 is that the best time to dry out is also the time when we could need to use the water for fire protection. So if we empty it and then there's a fire .......
HERE'S A FREE COPY OF THE ARMY EARTHMOVING MANUAL MENTIONED
http://www.constructionknowledge.net/pub...-434%202000.pdf
