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The other day I picked up a copy of Creation Museum News, thinking I might get a chuckle or two, and I wasn’t disapointed. It had an article about a proposed new exhibit. It would be a depiction of a desert landscape, and would have “satan” sitting on a John Deere backhoe, wearing a hardhat, digging a good sized hole. It will have artificial diesel “exhaust” coming from the backhoe, and the recorded sound of a tractor engine. Nearby on a pallet are some artificially aged, fake dinosaur fossils (one of them can be seen to be a T-Rex skull with a mouthful of bovine-like teeth, used for eating ferns, grasses, and on occassion, artichokes). On another nearby pallet is a big pile of paper sacks, each one labelled “360 million year old ‘rock’ — just add water.” Dr. Julian Spade, in charge of the new exhibit said; “we think this may be our most popular exhibit, even better than the robotic talking snake reciting the words to ‘Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree With Anyone Else But Me.’ ”

I have an 8×12 rectangular trampoline (about 3 1/2 feet high) and I want the jumping surface to be flush with the ground. I live in the tampa bay area of florida about 4 miles from the water. I plan on this being permanent, and safe. I am concerned with drainage. I dont want it to become a mosquito trap. so my sub-questions are:

Will I need to use railroad ties and/or other type of reinforcements to prevent cave-ins? Like a log cabin built inside a hole? Hopefully a simpler, cheaper solution is possible.

Is any extra drainage system needed or will it just soak in to the ground?

What is the best way to dig this, with a shovel and a lot of time? I cant afford a backhoe, and even if I could, there is no way to get large equipment in there.
Thanks

Could I use a rental bobcat with a backhoe attachment? Or do I need more power?

I was told that i could start this job using a backhoe that was large enough but that if there are going to be heavy rains i may want to wait because the ground could be to wet at times to continue working. Is that a real concern or will the right equipment solve this and allow the work to continue