i was moving logs this morning/afternoon down by my pond listening to the turkeys. when i got one wacky idea. i was lookin at where the banks of where my pond is when i thought wait i can double the size of this pond or triple it by pulling back the banks. i know its a simple concept but my mind hadnt seen it till i cut down a few trees and realized that this 3/4 acre meadow/grassland was that close. my plan is to rent a trackhoe and dumptruck let my dad use the trackhoe while i move the dirt with our tractor and the dumptruck. my question is this how difficult is a trackhoe to operate my dad ran the backhoe fine and my uncle and grandpa own a excavation company in conneticut so my dad has some exsperience but not with something this big. also what does has it cost some people to rent a trackhoe and dumptruck for a day (which here means friday evening, saturday, and sunday? this will push back all my stocking till late-summer or fall but it will be well worth it to make the pond 1/2 or 3/4 of an acre instead of barely 1/4 of an acre. even just 1/3 of and acre would allow it to be such a better pond for swimming and fishing.
Thanks

0.22 acre dam pond LMB, BG, and CC