The Aquamog CCX-238 Creating a New Channel Through a Dense Cattail Zone

This post is about the Aquamog CCX in action. The aquatic rig is perfect for making channels or getting rid of unwanted cattail plants from ponds. 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 many attachments to do the same work, the Aquamog ccx just digs right in to create 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 3 feet. The blades move the machine as well as do the root removal job. Getting rid ofthe roots limits re-growth in the area.

When the roots are removed they remain on the surface of the water and are than easily collected and removed from the water body using an aquatic plant harvester. The harvester transports the plant material to the shoreline for final placement and/or off site land fill.

Cattails are a native plant that serves many purposes in wetlands. They provide filtering of pollutants from wetlands, as well as provide habitat and shelter for birds and other animals.

However, if not properly controlled they can quickly turn into a huge aquatic plant problems that can be very hard and expensive to handle. Thus the Aquamog CCX was built.

The Aquamog equipment line was developed in the early 1980′s by Aquatics Unlimited (AU). The McNabb family started Aquatics Unlimited in the 70′s. Both Tom and Dave McNabb created the Aquamog name and line of machinery throughout the 1980′s and 90s 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 introduced into the “Mog” line.