CNCEST Gas Engine Trash Pump, Water Transfer Pump 7. Wanted to try it out on a small patch of where there is a lot of muck first. Draining Our Pond With A PVC Siphon And A Trash Pump CityBilly Adventures 2.03K subscribers Subscribe 42K views 1 year ago Part 1 of a series on our backyard pond rehab. 5 dredge 4 hp engine with a 200 GPM pump with a 12 wide sluice box. Has anyone tried using a trash pump to pump out mud and muck from a pond? Any lessons learned, tips, or design suggestions? 301cc Gasoline Engine Full-Trash Water Pump - 23,000 GPH. Water depth is 2 feet in shallows up to 6ft. Ideal for draining flooded basements, ponds, pools and more. Goal is to deepen the water in some areas so weeds won't grow back so readily, and have more access for fishing boats. And make sure you are placing all the sludges and muck into a den far from your pond. Scraping all the slits and mucks, clear the pond. For digging the shallow part, use a spade to dig well. I have been beating back the weeds with combo of herbicides and tarping method, but wanted to start tackling the muck. Once you finish scooping up the sludges, you should dig your pond area for widening the area. I have islands of pickerel weed that trap more debris and sediment and they continue to grow over take the lagoon. Weeds are pickerel weed, pond weed, phragmites. Over the years, it has been filling up with muck & silt, creating shallower water allowing for weeds to take over now that its shallow enough, and the die back each winter is creating more muck which feeds this cycle. I have a 2 acre drainage pond/lagoon to manage. Appreciate all the knowledge and expertise in this forum!ĭoes anyone have any suggestions on how to dredge a body of water of muck/mud?īased on some threads in the forum, was thinking about using a trash pump to suction and another smaller pump to spray water to agitate and slurry the mud/muck.
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