Hey I'm in Macoupin County too!! Small world.

You're going to be surprised how deep that muck goes if I was to guess, depending on the age of the pond...you might be better served to either rent a small track hoe or have someone come in with a larger excavator and clean out your areas for you. I buried my loader tractor several times trying to clean my smallest pond out some years ago.

The guy that built my large pond does good work reasonably...PM me if you want more info.

Dale

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