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thomas.river
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1d ago
Shoutout to the guy who told me to run my cutterhead slower in sand, now I can't tell if he was right
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joseph_green13
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5d ago
Just ran my cutterhead 2 inches deeper than usual and the pump load barely moved
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zarag17
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9d ago
A guy on a job in Mobile told me he checks his swing bearing bolts with a paint marker before every shift, never thought of that
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the_robin
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9d ago
Pro tip: tried running my 8 inch cutterhead at max depth in one pass on a job in Tacoma, and the pump clogged twice
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lucashenderson
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12d ago
Unpopular opinion: cutting my spud line pressure from 140 to 105 psi cut my screen changes in half
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garcia.wren
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13d ago
Cutterhead switch: went from a plain 8-inch to a used 10-inch with teeth, and my hopper keeps clogging now in Sandy Creek
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the_hayden
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13d ago
A surveyor in Baton Rouge told me my swing was 2 feet off and it fixed my whole cut
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blair_owens
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14d ago
My cutterhead suction went from clogging twice a day to zero after one change on the Illinois River job
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the_riley
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14d ago
Watched a pump guy in Baton Rouge pull 40 feet of suction hose by hand and now my winch sits in the toolbox
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drews55
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15d ago
Spent $180 on a used winch for the spud line and it crapped out on day 3 in Mobile
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burns.thomas
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17d ago
Saw a cutterhead rebuild at the Baltimore harbor that made me rethink my whole winter setup
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knight.uma
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19d ago
Rant: the old timer at the dock in Morgan City told me to run my winch slower and I blew him off
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drews55
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20d ago
Thought hydraulic thumbs were just dealer upsell fluff until I ran one on a job in Biloxi
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bell.jessica
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21d ago
Vent: ran my 8 inch cutterhead 40 hours before checking the wear rings
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noahwood
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23d ago
My old boss in Morgan City told me to keep the winch drum greased every 4 hours and I stopped listening after week one
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