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That's a good question and I don't have a concrete answer for you. I was talking to my cousin and planning 12 ponds each 1/4 acre and 2 ponds each 1/2 acre, max depth on the 1/4 acre ponds was 5'-6', 1/2 acre ponds 9 feet, shaped like a paint roller tray with 3:1 sides, 1/4 of the length of the pond at 1:4 then dropping @ 1:3 to max depth and holding that as long as possible. Ponds would be around 120' long. He said to get a D8 with a ripper and it'd take 2-3 weeks. BUT he's run heavy equipment all his life and has spent many hours on a dozer. He worked in the worlds largest open pit coal mine in Wy, running those HUGE machines. The one dragline had a 100 yd bucket and the smaller one had an 80 yd bucket.....