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Had a guy on the dredge last week who swore we could use a smaller cutter head
He was this new operator from the Louisiana crew, kept saying we were burning too much fuel with the 30-inch head on the Mississippi job. I let him run it for a shift and he barely moved half the sand we needed. Has anyone else had to deal with know-it-alls who have never run a tough spot before?
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samthompson8d ago
That whole situation reminds me of something I see all the time with younger guys in any trade. They watch a few YouTube videos or read a manual and think they know more than the guy who's been running the gear for a decade. I mean, book smarts get you maybe half the way there, the real learning is in the mud and the constant small adjustments you only pick up from experience.
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anthony_jenkins618d ago
YouTube videos can give you some basics, but they don't teach you how the machine actually handles when the sand changes or the current picks up. Running a smaller head in that Mississippi mud just digs a hole and burns fuel slower, not smarter. Experience is the only thing that teaches you when to stick with what works.
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