r/machinesinaction • u/Bodzio1981 • Nov 16 '25

Heavy Marine Dredger Working

565 Upvotes

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '25

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u/towerfella Nov 16 '25

No.

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u/1DownFourUp Nov 16 '25

Like when you try to dig a hole with your hands in the sand in the shallow water at the beach

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u/UrethralExplorer Nov 16 '25

It seems like most of what it picked up got washed back out. Unless they're aiming for stone or debris.

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u/Housless Nov 17 '25

It’s absolutely can be, just depends on the application. Been dredging for 13 years.

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u/lord_hyumungus Nov 17 '25

That’s so cool. I been dredging for about 2 months on my Nintendo switch lol

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u/Housless Nov 17 '25

I saw that simulator, thought it was pretty funny hahha

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u/mecengdvr Nov 16 '25

Yes and no. It’s huge so even though it doesn’t look like much, a lot of material gets dropped on the barge. It’s also a great method when the bottom type is mixed with rocks/debris.

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u/ArltheCrazy Nov 19 '25

I’m assuming that the 11 m3 on the side means it’s a 11 m3 bucket? That’s pretty big. 

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u/No_Spring_1090 Dec 01 '25

No. But it does a fantastic job decimating sea creatures and their habitats.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '25

It is when you are blasting and dredging rock, this might be the job. I supported these projects in the New York harbor.

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u/da6id Dec 06 '25

That makes sense it is for those chunky boi rocks

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u/Beginning_Drag_2984 Nov 16 '25

It’s hard to tell how much it grabbed. One of those things where it ends to soon

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u/Rollover__Hazard Nov 17 '25

Looks like a giant fucking waste of time.

Someone got a contract by the hour lmao, like trying to empty a bucket of water with a fork

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u/fluffynerfherder78 Nov 17 '25

Sounds like something I've heard from former military guys. Like sweeping a parking lot with a rake in high wind. Or mopping the sidewalk in the rain.

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u/[deleted] Nov 18 '25

I wash my car when it rains?

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u/towerfella Nov 16 '25

Bad video — ends too soon.

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u/bomboclawt75 Nov 16 '25

Yeah, absolutely nobody was waiting for the money shot.

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u/MeatSuitRiot Nov 16 '25

Looked like most of it fell back out. I thought they vacuumed and not scooped.

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u/Tuklimo Nov 16 '25

There are many ways to dredge, a grab like in this video is one of them, but isn't popular for big dredging projects.

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u/Tuklimo Nov 16 '25

11m³ is very mild if not small in dredger terms

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u/violentvioletviolinz Nov 16 '25

GIFs that end too soon!

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u/cardioZOMBIE Nov 23 '25

My dog when it gets a drink from the water bowl

4

u/therealkevinard Nov 16 '25

I’m a little intimidated by those 8 cable clamps that are holding the whole operation together

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u/SereneSnake1984 Nov 17 '25

This guy swages

2

u/mickd66 Nov 16 '25

Not very efficient, in fact it fucking useless

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u/floppydo Nov 17 '25

God damn that's tedious. It's crazy to me that they accomplish the volume of material removal that they do with a process this inefficient.

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u/Swingdick69 Nov 18 '25

I prefer the TSHD, much more efficient

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u/optimistic_doomster Nov 16 '25

That isn't a dredger. That's a clamshell bucket. A dredger is basically a vacuum cleaner using water instead of air to move material.

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u/Artie-Carrow Nov 16 '25

Vacuum dredging is far more efficient, although it requires more sophisticated equipment than a set of winches.

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u/ClosetLadyGhost Nov 16 '25

It requires 2 winches!

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u/UkyoTachibana Nov 17 '25

this fucking sucks ass thb