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Vent: A job on the Mississippi near St. Louis completely changed how I check my cutterhead
Honestly, we were pulling up a lot of weird, twisted metal and old cable that had been down there for years. My foreman, a guy named Carl, told me to stop the pump and just look at the teeth for five minutes after every two hours of runtime. Ngl, I thought it was a waste of time. But after we found a piece of rebar that had cracked three teeth and nearly wrecked the drive shaft, I do it every single shift now. Anyone else have a specific schedule for cutter checks on tough material?
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jason_stone595mo ago
Why stop the whole pump just to look at it? That seems like overkill when you could just listen for a change in the sound. I'd rather keep the job moving and fix things if they actually break.
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the_robert5mo ago
You ever think that sound change means it's already breaking?
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derek_lee5mo ago
A worn bearing can seize and cost ten times more than a quick check.
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