The Piranha Mini Dredge was developed in response to thousands of requests received from waterfront property owners. The Mini Dredge is a compact, highly portable, gasoline engine powered sediment removal pumping system, designed to provide the homeowner and contractors with the ability to excavate and transfer unwanted sediment. It is an efficient alternative to machinery such as: back hoes, excavators, and drag lines. These methods of mechanical excavation are expensive, have limited reach, are destructive to the shore, and typically deposit the material adjacent to the shore only to wash back in with the first good rain.