The Aquamog CCX-238 Cutting a New Channel Through a Thick Cattail Area

This post features the Aquamog CCX in action. The vessel is perfect for making channels or removing nuisance cattail growth from wetlands. This is by far the quickest and most effective Aquamog when it comes to only emergent aquatic weeds and cattail control. Where other Aquamogs need to separate attachments to do the same work, the Aquamog ccx just digs right in to make new open water.

The Aquamog CCX with its 2 independent cutter blades in the front of the barge can displace cattails to a depth of three feet. The blades propel the vessel as well as do the root removal job. Getting rid ofthe roots cuts down on re-growth in the area.

After the roots are removed they remain on the surface of the water and are than easily collected and removed from the water body using an aquatic plant harvester. The harvester moves the plant material to the shoreline for final placement and/or off site land fill.

Cattails are a native plant that serves a lot functions in ponds. Cattails provide filtering of heavy metals from ponds, as well as provide homes for birds and other animals.

But, if not properly controlled they can quickly turn into a large aquatic plant problems that can be very difficult and expensive to handle. That is why the Aquamog CCX was built.

The Aquamog equipment line was invented in the early 1980s by Aquatics Unlimited (AU). The McNabb family started Aquatics Unlimited in the 70’s. Both Tom and Dave McNabb created the Aquamog name and line of machinery through 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, California and Dave’s company DK Environmental (www.dkenvironmental.com) in Lafayette, California have been working together on the Aquamog CCX project for about 10 years and in February 2009 the Aquamog CCX was introduced into the “Mog” family.