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title: "Wetland Restoration: Mud Barge Design"
description: "Wetland Restoration: Mud Barge Design. Solving problems through engineering solutions."
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# Wetland Restoration: Mud Barge Design

[ Admin ](https://eng-pes.com/blog/author/admin)  July 10, 2026

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## Perceived Problem:

- The only way to perform wetland restoration projects is with a Marsh Buggy. (Image below)
- Operators have to settle with the lack of production of smaller Marsh Buggy type units.
- Operators are must deal with the problems of transporting the bulky Marsh Buggy unit. 

 

![Conventional Marsh Buggy](https://eng-pes.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/3096764_1463645091153_620x449-3.jpg) Conventional Marsh Buggy

 

## **Engineering Solution:**

[Engineer](http://www.stonewallco.com/engineering/), [Design](http://www.stonewallco.com/design-and-drafting/), and [manufacture](http://www.stonewallco.com/manufacturing/) an unconventional method to perform wetland restoration projects, increase production, and eliminate transportation issues.

[StoneWall](https://eng-pes.com/contact) provide and [engineering solution](http://www.stonewallco.com/engineering/) by designing a barge strong enough to withstand the full weight, under payload, of a 345 excavator while remaining light enough to be moved under the hydraulic lifting power of the excavator. (See story line below)

 

## **Design - Manufacturing - Product Testing**

![](https://eng-pes.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/mud+barge-3.png)

![](https://eng-pes.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/img-35.jpg)

![](https://eng-pes.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/img-31.jpg)

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