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That old salt told me to run the pump at 70% instead of full throttle during a sand pocket job, saved my cutterhead from a rebuild
Working a dredge out near Gulfport last month on a tight channel. Hit a sand pocket and the whole rig started vibrating like crazy. This guy Leo who's been on the water 40 years yells at me to back the pump down to 70%. I thought he was nuts, but I did it. Vibration stopped, material kept flowing, and I didn't burn up the cutter motor. Has anyone else had luck running partial throttle in soft ground or is this just a Gulf Coast thing?
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