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Is it reasonable to expect that a decent operator can dig out a pond 50 ft wide and 100 ft long and 8ft deep in a single week with nothing but a cat 305 excavator and a case international front end loader? Ground is mostly clay.
 
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I don't know if we have any heavy equipment operators that frequent the ponds forum, you might want to try the building forum.
 
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