Yep I don't think that method would be very practical if your pond is very big at all... This is probably for if you have no machinery at all. Seems like it would be much faster to hook onto a tractor or even a truck and pull your dredge bucket out... I'd like one of these about 8' wide and deeper, so it would get the job done in my lifetime... I might have to figure something like this out since we got a couple inches of rain and my pond is starting to refill... I was hoping to just take an excavator into the dry pond and scoop it out quick... Might not happen now the water level is coming back... Later J