I finally picked a cutterhead pump vs. a standard one on a tricky job

Had this pond cleanup job near Baton Rouge last month where the sludge was full of roots and trash. I kept going back and forth between using our standard dredge pump or swapping to a cutterhead setup. Standard pump would have clogged for sure with all that debris, but the cutterhead takes way more power and slows you down on the feed rate. I went with the cutterhead after a buddy told me about his nightmare unclogging a pump mid-job in 95 degree heat. Honestly it was the right call, chewed through everything without a single jam. But man the fuel bill was higher than I expected, like $200 more for that 3 day job. Anyone else run into this choice and regret going one way or the other?

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fiona_murphy10h ago

Oh man, I totally feel you on that fuel bill sting...

rubys807h ago

Haven't noticed much difference myself, you sure it's not just the car?

shane_fisher377h ago

Used to think it was just bad budgeting, but this changed my mind completely.

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