The Aquamog CCX-238 Cutting a New Channel Through a Dense Cattail Zone
This article is about the Aquamog CCX in action. The machine is perfect for making channels or removing nuisance cattail plants from wetlands. This is by far the quickest and most efficient Aquamog when it comes to just emergent aquatic weeds and cattail removal. Where other Aquamogs need to separate attachments to do the same work, the Aquamog ccx just digs right in to create new open water.
The Aquamog CCX with its 2 separate cutter blades in the front of the barge can uproot cattails to a depth of three feet. The blades propel the machine as well as do the root removal work. Removingthe roots helps to prevent and limit re-growth in the area.
After the roots are removed they remain on the surface of the water and are than easily picked up and removed from the lake using an aquatic weed harvester. The harvester transports the plant material to the shore for final placement and/or off site disposal.
Cattails are a beneficial plant that have alot purposes in wetlands. They provide filtering of heavy metals from ponds, as well as provide habitat and shelter for birds and other wildlife.
However, if not properly controlled they can quickly turn into a large water plant issues that can be very hard and expensive to handle. That is why the Aquamog CCX was invented.
The Aquamog equipment line was invented in the early 1980’s by Aquatics Unlimited (AU). The McNabb family founded Aquatics Unlimited in 1974. Both Tom and Dave McNabb created the Aquamog brand and line of equipment through out the 1980s and 1990’s while with AU. Tom continued the Aquamog line into the new century with the addition of the MarshMog. Tom’s new company Clean Lakes, Inc. (www.cleanlake.com) located in Martinez, CA and Dave’s company DK Environmental (www.dkenvironmental.com) in Lafayette, CA have been working together on the Aquamog CCX project for about 10 years and in February 2009 the Aquamog CCX 238 was introduced into the “Mog” line.