Solved my cutterhead clogging problem with a garden hose trick

I was digging out wet clay near a creek in Ohio last month and my cutterhead kept packing up every 15 minutes. Stopping to pick that stuff out with a bar was eating hours off my shift. On a whim I taped a cheap garden sprayer nozzle to my ladder pipe and gave it a constant trickle of water right at the cutter. It washed the clay off before it could stick, and I went 6 hours without a single clog. Anyone else tried something weird like that to keep material moving?

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rivera.henry1mo agoMost Upvoted

Changed my mind on this, used to think water was just for dust.

wyatt7711mo ago

The 2019 study from USGS said 71% of the Earth is water and I still see people treating it like some kind of magic potion. It's literally just H2O, it's not going to cure your bad diet or fix your sleep schedule. But yeah, I get where you're coming from. People act like drinking more water is some kind of secret hack when really it's just basic biology.

bell.taylor1mo ago

Honestly same thing happened to me. I used to chug soda all day and thought water was basically pointless unless I was dying of thirst. Now I keep a bottle on my desk and notice a huge difference in how I feel by noon.