Call a local contractor around there that does excavation. Ask if he has a Long stick excavator, and how much he'd charge per week. Explain to him what you're wanting to do (deepen pond and stockpile the spoil next to it). From all the information you've provided so far, and assuming you won't have to go through a big wetland permit process, one operator and machine can do what you need in a week. Let him spread the spoil, let it dry, and in about 6 months you can hire a dozer to grade and compact it, while hauling in the needed fill to get where you want to be once you see the results.

I'd think you should be able to get that done for about 1K/day. It may only take him 3 days if you monitor and direct the job.

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Posted by baldona

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Posted on 2/28/18 at 1:48 pm to SCwTiger

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I'd think you should be able to get that done for about 1K/day. It may only take him 3 days if you monitor and direct the job.

Good deal, thank you. If the land is wetlands and I'm told unofficially it's not and according to what I can find online it is not then I wouldn't mess with it. I agree that's a PITA and not worth it.

I knew hauling in dirt would be pricey I just wasn't sure what a ball park figure would be over escavating it. As said the dirt was sold to the DOT so the 10 acres is not all under water. There's a road frontage and it looks shallow. I'm not in a hurry so if it had to sit awhile to dry out and then I had to drop say $10k on dirt brought in from elsewhere that would not be a deterrent.

How often is dry land in which the dirt was sold privately get changed officially into 'wetlands'?

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