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Ran the cutter head at 22 rpm instead of 18 on some compacted clay in the Missouri River channel and the whole barge started shaking like a paint mixer.
The vibration was so bad we had to shut down and check the spud lines, but it taught me that extra speed on that material just turns the whole rig into a tuning fork, so has anyone found a sweet spot between 18 and 20 for that specific blue clay?
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betty_perry2417d ago
Reminds me of the time a jackhammer hit a gas line, whole sidewalk felt like jello lol.
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simonk9816d agoOG Member
That's the thing, it's like the ground is this thin crust we all agree to trust. You walk on it, build on it, then something like a gas line or a water main goes and the whole illusion just wobbles. Makes you realize how much random, shaky stuff is right under our feet holding up the normal day. We just don't think about it until it turns to jello.
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