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We've got a place at the end of a channel and the prevailing winds inevitably blow anything and everything down to the end of it. The channel was man made about 30 years ago and over the years the weeds and other material that have floated down have caused about two feet of sediment build up. The channel was originally only about 5 ft deep so now that were down to about 3ft in most places we've decided to see if we can do anything about it. We've been considering renting a 3 or 4" trash pump and pumping the material up to a ditch/containment area we'll make. The ditch would be about 300ft away and 25 ft uphill.
The area we'd like to move is a very soft mud with a sandy bottom we're trying to reach. The area we'd like to clear is about 20x30' and we'd be fine with just clearing a few spots if the 20x30 area ends up being too large. Does anyone have any idea if this will work? How big/powerful of a pump will we need? How manuverable is the pump head will it need to be attached to the dock? Any insight would be great, we're just trying to get any idea of what we could do.
The area we'd like to move is a very soft mud with a sandy bottom we're trying to reach. The area we'd like to clear is about 20x30' and we'd be fine with just clearing a few spots if the 20x30 area ends up being too large. Does anyone have any idea if this will work? How big/powerful of a pump will we need? How manuverable is the pump head will it need to be attached to the dock? Any insight would be great, we're just trying to get any idea of what we could do.
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