This press release features the Aquamog CCX in action. The machine is great for creating channels or getting rid of unwanted cattail plants from wetlands. This is by far the fastest and most efficient Aquamog when it comes to just emergent aquatic plants and cattail removal. Where other Aquamogs need to more than one tools 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 displace cattails to a depth of three feet. The blades propel the machine as well as do the root removal task. Getting rid ofthe roots limits 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 lake using an aquatic plant harvester. The harvester moves the vegetation to the shoreline for final placement and/or off site dump.
Cattails are an aquatic plant that serves many functions in lakes. They provide filtering of heavy metals from the water, as well as provide habitat and shelter for birds and other wildlife.
However, if not properly controlled they can quickly turn into a huge water plant issues that can be very difficult and costly to handle. That is why the Aquamog CCX was created.
The Aquamog was invented in the early 1980s by Aquatics Unlimited (AU). The McNabb family started Aquatics Unlimited in the 1970’s. Both Tom and Dave McNabb developed the Aquamog name and line of equipment through out the 80s 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, 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 was introduced into the “Mog” family.