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Showerthought: Saw a crew working a suction dredge on the Ohio River near Cincinnati last week and the spoil line looked way longer than normal.
They had it running almost 800 feet up the bank to a settling pond. Ever had to run a line that far, and what's your max practical distance before you need a booster pump?
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caleb_ross124mo ago
Actually, that spoil line length sounds about right for a big river job... we usually call it a slurry line though. The real limit isn't distance so much as the vertical lift. You can push that slurry a long way on flat ground if your pump is sized right.
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jessica_hall494mo ago
So you're the one who keeps clogging the river?
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alexc934mo ago
Slurry line is the right term. Vertical lift matters more than distance for clogging.
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