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Appreciation post: The difference a single new cutter head made on our 12-inch dredge after 800 hours of work

We swapped out the worn head for a new one from Thompson Marine last Tuesday and the suction jump from 14 to 22 inches of mercury in the same material was like getting a whole new machine, so what's the most dramatic single-part replacement you've seen on a rig?
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milestaylor
Remember swapping a totally shot hydraulic pump on an old excavator. The swing was so lazy it felt like moving through mud. Put in a new unit and the thing nearly spun itself off the tracks. It went from being the site joke to the first machine you'd grab.
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lily_singh2
Wish my crew's gear upgrades went that smoothly.
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sarah531
sarah5311mo ago
A new impeller felt like adding another engine.
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