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A dredge superintendent's comment on my slurry mix changed my whole summer
Ran a job on the Meramec River last July and kept getting flak for slow progress. A superintendent said my slurry was too thin, dumping extra water just to keep it moving. I fought it for two weeks, thinking thicker would clog the line. Finally tried his way, cut water at the pump and ran 12% more yardage per day. Anyone else had a boss whose offhand advice on viscosity actually saved their season?
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the_drew18d ago
A buddy of mine ran a small dredge outfit down on the Illinois River and had about the same thing happen. He was fighting a sand bar job all spring, adding water left and right because the line kept surging on him. His old man came out one Saturday, watched for ten minutes, and told him to quit drowning the mix. My buddy swore it would plug, same as you, and dragged his feet for a bit before he tried it. Turned out the pump was cavitating the whole time from all that extra water, and once he backed it off he picked up close to two weeks of work by the end of the month. Funny how the guy who has been doing it for thirty years can spot it in ten minutes while you are standing there overthinking it.
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