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The difference a new cutter head made on our old Ellicott 370
We were running a 1998 Ellicott 370 on a sand reclamation job in Mobile Bay last year, and our production was stuck at about 150 cubic yards an hour. The old cutter head was just worn down. Last month, we finally swapped it for a new, heavy-duty head with different tooth placement. The first week after the change, we were pulling over 220 yards an hour with the same pump pressure. It was like the whole machine woke up. Has anyone else seen a jump that big just from changing a single part?
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patb1216d ago
Yeah, that's a huge jump but it makes sense. I mean, a worn cutter head is basically just pushing stuff around instead of actually cutting. Good call on the tooth placement too, that can make a crazy difference.
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