ML,
Makes sense to me.
But according to Craig, he will be able to crawl into his pond (de-watered) to remove silt. That is rarely the case in my area. Silt (muck) is difficult at best to negotiate with any kind of machinery.
Another advantage of the longer boom besides the reach into the pond is the reach for disposal of material outside the pond. Many time I have seen silt removed too close to a pond only to end up back in the pond again through overland flow and erosion process.
This Operator (above pics) was removing silt at a rate of one bucket every 20 seconds. Thats about 135 cubic yards every hour with a 3/4 yard bucket! Impressive work at $100 per hour.
Ed
