You're hired esshup! When can you start? :P

I do appreciate seeing that side of it. I've considered most if not all those things, and understand it all takes $$ to make it happen.

BUT what it all comes back to is what if there is nobody willing or able to do the job as apparently is the case in this area.

Do I wait for a slow year in the excavation business and maybe get lucky? Will this be before my kids are grown and out of the house and I'm too old and decrepit to be willing or able to make things happen myself?

I think not. I'm a pretty smart and resourceful guy. I'm not as MacGuyver'esque as some on here, but determined, willing and have a plan. Plus there are always the PondBoss forums! I will find a way to make it happen with or without a "professional" smile

Indygunworks sounds just as determined and I wish him the best of luck!