Finally figured out why my cutter bar kept clogging after a job in Green Bay

I was running a 12 inch dredge up in Green Bay last week pulling heavy clay and sand mix and my cutter bar kept packing up every 20 minutes. I was stopping to clear it constantly and losing so much time. Turns out I had the suction too high for that material type, I was pulling harder than I needed to. Dropped the RPMs by about 15% and adjusted the ladder angle down a couple degrees and it ran smooth for the rest of the 8 hour shift. Anyone else find that adjusting speed makes a bigger difference than the cutter teeth setup in certain soils?

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thea_carter18d ago

Bet your pressure gauge was lying to you on top of that.

the_evan18d ago

Are you saying factory calibrations are always perfect and never drift?