Pond Boss Forums POND CONSTRUCTION Renovating a Pond or Lake? 1 acre pond full of silt

My 1/4 acre pond (2 foot of water over 8 foot of silt at the deepest part) had the dam broke in april/may time frame and the 8' of silt was able to be removed in October. It was still very pudding-like, but was manageable. The excavator was a medium sized track loader (8-9 foot track width) that picked up/ pushed the muck through the breech in the dam. It only took a few days to clean the pond out and replace the breech with stored clay, but it took months of favorable weather to dry it out enough to work with.