I don't expect to have any such luck. My area is wet wet wet. I'm going to be pumping out for 3 months I'm told and not sure it will be dry enough then to fee equipment in.

I'm trying to get the contractor who dug this out many moons ago but the guy is way busy. Figured he'd be able to tell me if we could get it to the point where he can get equipment in it. He knows the area real well.

Right now I'm leaving towards coming up with the money for drag line guy. He seems to know exactly what he is doing as all he does is ponds. I don't think they need to drain it down all the way for a drag line to operate right.

Part of me wonders if I couldn't work at this with a smaller excavator. Once you start taking muck out, while parked at the shore, I expect I will reach gravel which ought to provide traction to let the small track hoe go in righ?

I don't know the darnedest about sealing a pond and packing the banks and time isn't exactly a luxury.