Sort of like working with a Home Owners Association.
With that many people in the club, does anyone know how to run heavy equipment? Rent a 3" trash pump. Pump pond down. Look into heavy equipment rental places. You can rent a long stick excavator, and it'll be quicker than dredging it out. If it's planned and coordinated, 2-3 days after the pond is drained the equipment would be turned back in. Here a long stick with a 70' reach rents for $1,350 day, then you have delivery fees, diesel and taxes. Then you might need a dump truck or wheel loader to spread out the spoils.
It all depends on the clubs goals.
One of the things we looked at was dealing with the spoils of the dredge. Normally you can haul it off and dump it, except we can't. They shot the turkey shoot over the pond for a couple decades. While there was a shield most of that time still much lead shot fell in the water. Plus they had a trap range that partly went over the pond.
I did take samples of bottom, I did find a good amount of lead shot. That makes the spoils of a dredge hazardous waste.
