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

This article features the Aquamog CCX in action. The machine is made for making channels or getting rid of unwanted cattail growth from ponds. This is by far the quickest and most efficient 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 make new open water.

The Aquamog CCX with its two separate cutter blades in the front of the barge can displace cattails to a depth of 3 feet. The blades propel the machine as well as do the root removal work. Removingthe roots can cut down on re-growth in the area.

Once the roots are removed they float on top of the water and are than easily collected and removed from the water body using an aquatic plant harvester. The harvester takes the vegetation to the shore for final placement and/or off site dump.

Cattails are a beneficial plant that have a lot purposes in ponds. Cattails provide filtering of nutrients and some heavy metals from the water, as well as provide homes for birds and other animals.

However, if not properly maintained they can quickly turn into a large aquatic weed 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 created AU in 1974. Both Tom and Dave McNabb developed the Aquamog brand and line of equipment through the 80’s and 90s 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, California 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.