Be careful! I found out the hard way that tractors and bobcats don't float. Got a rented tractor stuck twice ( over the axle ) and a rented bobcat stuck once. Luck for me my father-in-law has a tracked-loader. On the positive side, digging out the tractor kind of forced me to enlarge the pond, what with the 10' wide by 100' trench he had to excavate to reach the tractor.
