A friend of mine bought the 60' reach hoe I mentioned and was charging $180 an hour. He stayed fairly busy but wasn't making enough to keep it. The guy that bought it from him is the one charging $2,500 a day. He says it takes so much time to move it and get it in position he needs $2,500 to make it work for him. The pool I need cleaned out is about 1.5 acres. I got a bid for $5,000 to enlarge it by 1/2 acre and raise and widen the damn by 1-2 feet. I'm good with the $5,000 but it really won't help the silt issue. I really don't want to pump it out and have a dozer clean the bottom out. Guess we'll see, it's not a necessary project but I would like to get it done. Ihope we never have another drought but it would sure make getting this done easier.