This article is about the Aquamog CCX in action. The vessel is great for creating channels or removing nuisance cattail plants from shorelines. This is by far the fastest and most effective Aquamog when it comes to only emergent aquatic plants and cattail removal. Where other Aquamogs need to multiple attachments to do the same work, the Aquamog ccx just gets after it to create new cleared water.
The Aquamog CCX with its 2 independent cutter blades in the front of the barge can displace cattails to a depth of 3 feet. The blades move the vessel as well as do the root removal task. Removingthe roots cuts down on re-growth in the area.
Once the roots are removed they float on top of the water and are than easily picked up and removed from the lake using an aquatic weed harvester. The harvester moves the vegetation to the shoreline for final placement and/or off site land fill.
Cattails are an aquatic plant that serves a lot functions in nature. They provide filtering of nutrients and some heavy metals from wetlands, as well as provide habitat and shelter for birds and other wildlife.
However, if not properly maintained they can quickly turn into a huge aquatic plant problems that can be very hard and costly to handle. That is why the Aquamog CCX was created.
The Aquamog was invented in the early 1980s by Aquatics Unlimited (AU). The McNabb family started Aquatics Unlimited in the 1970’s. Both Tom and Dave McNabb developed the Aquamog name and line of equipment throughout the 1980’s and 1990s while with Aquatics Umlimited. 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, 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” family.