cole356•22d agoProlific Poster

PSA: Cutterhead chain vs. plain chisel chain on soft ground

Ran into a job last week near the river delta where we were digging through a mix of clay and old root mats. I had a plain chisel chain on my portable dredge and it was just bouncing off the bigger roots, making a mess of the cut. Swapped over to a cutterhead style chain after 2 days of fighting it and the difference was night and day. That chain pulled through the roots like butter and the clay didn't ball up around the links as bad. The cutterhead design really lets the material flow through instead of getting packed solid. I figure I saved at least 3 hours of downtime just from not having to stop and clear the head every 20 minutes. Has anyone else run into this problem with a specific type of bottom material? What chain do you guys keep as a backup?

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sarah_hart22d ago

Cutterhead chain saved my ass on a job last month too.

hayden14422d ago

Noticed something similar with an old boat motor once @sarah_hart, right tool for the job makes all the difference.