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I thought those fancy new cutter head designs were just for show
For years I stuck with the old tooth and ladder setup on my dredge, thinking anything else was a waste of money. Then we got a contract for a really tough stretch of riverbed near Pittsburgh, full of compacted clay and old timber. My boss insisted we try a new spiral cutter head he'd read about. I was sure it would just clog up. We ran it for a full eight hour shift last Tuesday, and I'll be honest, it cut through that mess like butter. The suction was way more even, and we didn't have to stop once to clear jams. It actually saved us almost a full day on that section. Has anyone else made the switch from a traditional cutter to one of these newer designs? What was your experience with different materials?
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fiona73721d ago
...actually read something about those spiral heads just last week in a trade magazine, said they work way better in mixed materials because the cutting angle stays consistent. @charlieo29 mentioned seeing it work and I think that's the thing, you gotta trust the physics even when it looks weird. My buddy in Ohio runs a similar setup up near the Cuyahoga and he swears by it for the old timber snags that used to wreck his ladder teeth. That even suction you mentioned is what got me curious, because uneven load was always my biggest headache with the old style.
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charlieo292mo ago
Know exactly how you felt, man (I was the same way about our old gear). Sounds like you and @milesrobinson both got the proof right there in the riverbed. Sometimes you just gotta see it work to believe it.
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