This article features the Aquamog CCX in action. The aquatic rig is great for creating channels or removing excess cattail growth from shorelines. This is by far the fastest and most efficient Aquamog when it comes to only emergent aquatic plants and cattail control. Where other Aquamogs need to separate tools to do the same work, the Aquamog ccx just gets after it to create new open water.
The Aquamog CCX with its two separate cutter blades in the front of the machine can uproot cattails to a depth of three feet. The blades move the vessel as well as do the root removal task. Removingthe roots helps to prevent and limit re-growth in the area.
Once the roots are removed they remain on the surface of the water and are than easily collected and removed from the lake using an aquatic plant harvester. The harvester transports the vegetation to the shoreline for final placement and/or off site land fill.
Cattails are a good plant that serves alot purposes in lakes. They provide filtering of nutrients and some heavy metals from wetlands, as well as provide homes for birds and other animals.
However, if not properly controlled they can quickly turn into a large aquatic plant problems that can be very difficult and costly to handle. Thus the Aquamog CCX was made.
The Aquamog equipment line was created in the early 1980’s by Aquatics Unlimited (AU). The McNabb family formed Aquatics Unlimited in the 1970’s. Both Tom and Dave McNabb created the Aquamog brand and line of machinery through the 1980’s and 90’s while with Aquatics Umlimited. 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, California 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 “Mog” line.