This article is about the Aquamog CCX in action. The vessel is made for creating channels or removing unwanted cattail plants from lakes. This is by far the fastest and most effective 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 make new open water.
The Aquamog CCX with its 2 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 can cut down on 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 lake using an aquatic weed harvester. The harvester takes the plant material to the shoreline for final placement and/or off site disposal.
Cattails are an aquatic plant that serves alot purposes in lakes. They provide filtering of heavy metals from ponds, as well as provide nesting for birds and other wildlife.
But, if not properly maintained they can quickly turn into a huge water plant issues that can be very hard and costly to handle. That is why the Aquamog CCX was created.
The Aquamog equipment line was created in the early 1980s by Aquatics Unlimited (AU). The McNabb family founded Aquatics Unlimited in 1974. Both Tom and Dave McNabb created the Aquamog brand and line of machinery through the 80s and 90’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, 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 introduced into the “Mog” line.
