HTNFSH2,
I think that would be the most efficient method for my upcoming pond project. However, I want maximum efficiency while spending that much money for heavy equipment.
Did you watch their operations? How did they get by with only ONE rock truck? (Basically, what did the excavator do while the rock truck was dumping?)
I tried not to be that hovering homeowner, but I love to watch heavy machinery and asked a bunch of questions. Plus I've a little bit of experience. The hoe was digging and creating loose piles of material while the trucking was running and dumping. The main foreman/owner ran the hoe and the dozer. He could load 8-10 54" buckets in about 2 minutes. There were two main sites they had to dig borrow pits and set up the route where the rock truck only used forward and reverse. Never once turning the truck around and wasting time.
Very smooth and efficient once the plan of attack was figured out.
