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Serious question about that new dredge pump I tried last month
Everyone keeps saying the new electric pumps are way better than the old hydraulic ones. I swapped to a 12 inch electric model on my job near the Brazos River and my cycle times actually got worse. Took me 3 weeks of messing with speed settings before I realized the hydraulic pump handled thicker slurry way better. Anyone else find the old gear still beats the new stuff for heavy clay?
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dakota_singh3920d ago
Fair point. You made me rethink my whole setup.
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brookep6220d ago
Hang on a minute, I have to push back a little on that idea that electric is always worse for thick stuff. I think you might have been fighting the pump's impeller design, not the motor itself. I run a 10 inch electric on some real nasty silty clay from a pond job, and the trick was swapping to a wider, slower turning impeller made specifically for high solids. Once I did that, my cycle times dropped like a rock compared to the old hydraulic unit I was babying through the same material.
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