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I spent a whole season thinking my ladder pump was the problem
We were on a job clearing a silted-up marina channel, and the dredge just kept bogging down, losing suction every 20 minutes. I was convinced the pump needed a rebuild, even ordered parts. Then my new guy, who used to work on a Great Lakes ore boat, points at the suction head and goes, 'Cole, you got the teeth on backwards.' I'd installed the cutterhead teeth facing the wrong rotation three months prior when we swapped them. Felt like a total rookie. Anyone ever make a simple mistake that cost you a bunch of time?
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hayden_nelson851d ago
Backwards teeth seems like a pretty quick fix though, right? Did it actually cause months of damage or just make the work slower?
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sandraflores1d ago
Man, that exact thing happened with a rock drill rig I was running. We had terrible penetration rates for weeks, blamed the hydraulics. Turns out the drill steel was assembled with the shank adaptor facing the wrong way. It was chewing itself up from the inside. Felt like a million bucks in lost time over a five minute assembly check. Now my whole crew does a full rotation check on every new bit or tooth change.
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