No Crane Needed: Self-Propelled Amphibious Dredge Cleans Ponds and Canals

No Crane Needed: Self-Propelled Amphibious Dredge Cleans Ponds and Canals
Self-propelled amphibious dredge cleans ponds and canal

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The self-propelled Mud Cat Traxx amphibious dredge from Liquid Waste Technology requires little setup time and eliminates the need for cables. “You just drive this machine off the trailer, hook up the hose, drive it into the pond and start pumping,” says Steve Panasuk, sales manager for Liquid Waste Technology. “You don’t need a crane to lift it into the water, so it mobilizes quickly.”

Made of durable saltwater aluminum, the dredge has a 115 hp John Deere engine, joystick controls and dual-track drive, enabling it to maneuver over ground and into lagoons, lakes, rivers or canals.

“It’s basically designed for dredging stormwater ponds, canals, wastewater lagoons and lakes. In Florida there are hundreds of miles of canals where people drive their boats, and the canals silt up. You can drive in the dredge and easily pump the silt and sand over the top of the canal.”

Pumpers looking to expand their revenue stream also can use the dredge for municipal sludge recycling, as well as removing the sand, silt and sediment that build up in reception ponds and canals.

The dredge weighs 13,500 pounds and is 37 feet 5 inches long with the boom extended. It is 8 feet 5 inches wide and 11 feet 2 inches high with the boom folded. Low ground pressure makes the machine suited for environmentally sensitive areas. “It has a very light footprint as it goes over material,” Panasuk says. “You can use it without destroying the grass on the bank of a lake, pond or canal.”

Safety features include six internal bulkheads, ROP rollover protection with sun shield, nonskid decking, operator vacant seat shut-off and safety railing.

Auxiliary tools allow mechanical and hydraulic dredging to 10 feet, as well as weed cutting, raking and collection. “If you have a lot of weeds, you can cut and basket the weeds, move them to shore and then go in with the hydraulic or mechanical dredge to clean out the pond,” Panasuk says. “It’s a multiple use type of tracked vehicle.”

Options include a cutterhead/slurry pump, auger/slurry pump, weed basket cutter, weed/trash scoops, 24-inch clam rake, 16-inch trenching bucket, 28-inch bucket, one-tooth rock ripper, 48-inch dredge rake and 12-inch stationary thruster prop. 800/243-1406; www.lwtpithog.com.



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