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Noticed a huge difference after switching to a 10-inch cutterhead on my dredge pump
Ran a 12-inch for years on the Mississippi near Baton Rouge. Swapped to a 10-inch last month because we hit a lot of clay and rocks. The before was constant clogging and slow digging. After the switch, we went from 3 hours of clearing blockages per shift to maybe 20 minutes. Anyone else seen a big change from downsizing cutterhead size on tougher material?
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the_joseph7d ago
Heard a guy in Louisiana say the same thing about his 10-inch on clay.
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spencer_wood7d ago
Man, 20 minutes a shift is a solid win. I gotta be honest though, I once downsized my cutterhead and it made things worse. Clay was clogging it every 10 minutes. Learned real quick that the material matters more than the number on the box. Sometimes you gotta screw up bad to figure out what works.
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