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

This article is about the Aquamog CCX in action. The aquatic rig is perfect for making channels or getting rid of nuisance cattail growth from wetlands. This is by far the quickest and most efficient Aquamog when it comes to just emergent aquatic plants and cattail removal. Where other Aquamogs need to many attachments to do the same work, the Aquamog ccx just gets after it to make new open water.

The Aquamog CCX with its 2 separate cutter blades in the front of the machine can remove cattails to a depth of three feet. The blades move the machine as well as do the root removal work. Removingthe roots can cut down on re-growth in the area.

When 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 vegetation to the shore for final placement and/or off site landfill.

Cattails are an aquatic plant that serves many functions in nature. Cattails provide filtering of heavy metals from ponds, as well as provide habitat and shelter for birds and other animals.

However, if not properly maintained 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 1980’s by Aquatics Unlimited (AU). The McNabb family started Aquatics Unlimited in the 70’s. Both Tom and Dave McNabb created the Aquamog brand and line of equipment through out the 80’s 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-238 was welcomed into into the Aquamog line.