Hal wrote:
I don't know, but in your search for someone to clear growth from the
bottom of a 3' deep pond, you may find someone with experience of
either clearing vegetation or making canals deeper and equipment for
such tasks. A dragline comes to mind, but I haven't seen any such
devices in operation in years. The bottom will be churned well, no
matter which mechanical means you choose.

I asked about this EXACT same thing about 2 weeks ago. I spent about 6
hours sitting on the bottom of the pond pulling the roots out - clearing
about a 10-x20' area in that time.

It was exhausting work and I left the plants sitting in the water. My
plan is to take a 16' "cattle panel" (a very heavy gauge wire fence) and
drag it with my tractor to at least clear out the already pulled
weeds/mud.

My thought is, after I get the pulled ones out, to attach a heavy metal
angle iron bar to the bottom of the cattle panel and try to drag it
again - hopefully the roots will break before the cattle panel does....

We'll see.


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