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Showerthought: Running a 12-inch cutterhead on the old Sacramento channel job showed me the clear winner
We had a 10-inch suction dredge and a 12-inch cutterhead model side by side for six months. The cutterhead moved 30% more material per day, hands down, because it could handle the dense clay without constant clogging. Anyone else had to pick between suction and cutterhead for a tight deadline?
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margaretk891mo ago
Our suction rig ate that clay for breakfast.
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james5331mo ago
Heard a friend at a field construction site say their setup turned that clay into butter, but yours ate it for breakfast - that's a whole other level of tough. That stuff is always a nightmare for vacuum systems, especially if it's that sticky blue stuff that clogs everything. Did the rig's filters hold up well after, or did they need a good washout?
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