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This post is about the Aquamog CCX in action. The vessel is great for creating channels or getting rid of excess cattail growth from shorelines. This is by far the quickest and most effective Aquamog when it comes to only emergent aquatic weeds and cattail removal. Where other Aquamogs need to more than one tools to do the same work, the Aquamog ccx just gets after it to create new cleared water.

The Aquamog CCX with its 2 separate cutter blades in the front of the barge can remove cattails to a depth of 3 feet. The blades propel the machine as well as do the root removal job. Removingthe roots limits re-growth in the area.

When the roots are removed they remain on the surface of the water and are than easily picked up and removed from the lake using an aquatic plant harvester. The harvester takes the plant material to the shore for final placement and/or off site landfill.

Cattails are a good plant that have a lot purposes in ponds. Cattails provide filtering of pollutants from the water, as well as provide homes for birds and other animals.

However, if not properly maintained they can quickly turn into a large aquatic plant issues that can be very hard and costly to handle. Thus the Aquamog CCX was made.

The Aquamog equipment line was developed in the early 1980s by Aquatics Unlimited (AU). The McNabb family started AU in 1974. Both Tom and Dave McNabb created the Aquamog brand and line of equipment through the 80’s and 1990’s 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, California and Dave’s company DK Environmental (www.dkenvironmental.com) in Lafayette, California 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 Aquamog family.