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I finally listened to an old timer about my swing speed
A guy named Frank who runs a cutterhead dredge on the Columbia told me last month I was running my swing too fast, saying 'You're just making soup, not moving dirt.' I was hitting 12 feet per minute on a sand cut and thought speed was key. After a week of forcing myself down to 8 feet, my spoil line is way thicker and the pump isn't working as hard. It felt wrong to slow down, but the proof is in the pile. Anyone else have a simple tip that went against your gut but actually worked?
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young.kim21d ago
Twelve feet a minute on a sand cut is crazy fast. Frank was right, you were just stirring the river. Slowing down to move more dirt makes total sense now.
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patricialee21d agoMost Upvoted
Yeah "stirring the river" is such a good way to put it. I learned the hard way that going slower on my last job actually got me MORE done by the end of the day.
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tara_patel19d ago
Spot on, @young.kim. See this everywhere, like people rushing a task just to do it twice. Slowing down to get it right the first time is almost always faster in the long run.
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