This press release features the Aquamog CCX in action. The vessel is ideal for creating channels or getting rid of excess cattail plants from shorelines. This is by far the quickest and most effective Aquamog when it comes to just emergent aquatic weeds and cattail removal. Where other Aquamogs need to multiple tools to do the same work, the Aquamog ccx just gets after it to make new open water.
The Aquamog CCX with its two 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 cuts down on re-growth in the area.
When the roots are removed they float on top of the water and are than easily collected and removed from the water body using an aquatic weed harvester. The harvester transports the plant material to the shore for final placement and/or off site land fill.
Cattails are a native plant that have alot purposes in nature. They provide filtering of heavy metals from lakes, as well as provide habitat and shelter for birds and other animals.
However, if not properly controlled they can quickly turn into a large water weed problems that can be very hard and costly to handle. That is why the Aquamog CCX was built.
The Aquamog equipment line was developed in the early 1980’s by Aquatics Unlimited (AU). The McNabb family created Aquatics Unlimited in the 70’s. Both Tom and Dave McNabb developed the Aquamog brand and line of machinery through out the 80’s and 1990s 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, CA and Dave’s company DK Environmental (www.dkenvironmental.com) in Lafayette, CA 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 family.
