DREDGE CENTRAL ATTENDS AGG1 CONVENTION!!

Dredge Central joined 500-plus exhibitors at the Nashville, TN Convention Center 03/22 through 03/24. There was 157,000 plus square feet of exhibit space presented to more than 13,000 attendees! Among the individuals attending for DC included Don King, James Morris, Larry Fleeman, Bobby Prince, John Sheets, and Tracey Lavell.

Above Larry Fleeman presents the Dredge Central Booth

The World of Asphalt put on numerous educational seminars including sales, operations, and production that enhanced the experience as more than just a 157,000 are foot exhibit. Below is roughly one-fifth of the exhibition floor.

Dredge Central was able to lend our expertise to more than 100 individuals from various companies that stopped by our booth. Below, Larry Fleeman helps to educate a would be dredge buyer of his options and fields questions of improving their company’s operations.

Being located to close to the convention, Dredge Central was able to take attendees to our facility and show the multiple dredges with differing functionalities on our lot. DC has a variety of used dredges including electric, diesel, horizontal auger, and cutter suction available for rent, lease, or purchase!!

Above, Don King and James Morris discuss dredging operations and reminisce on Dredge Central’s world wide foot print the two have helped established during their 40+ year business relationship.

Give us a call today. We would be happy to advise your company on the way Dredge Central can make your operation more productive.

Dredge Central once again outdid itself by taking a diesel dredge and completely reprocessing into a state of the art electric dredge. This dredge was entirely customized with a jib crane, water cannon, and filter system. Safety was of the utmost importance for Coalview and as such DC built winch stern locks, moved the original placement of the discharge pipe, and created a JHook device for operation of the A-frame.

From start to finish this process took up the greater part of 3 months to completely re-man the entire dredge. DC used it’s own standard dredge refurbishing procedure to ensure that each step of the process went through with perfection. Coalview’s agents made multiple trips to view this process and were pleased with the knowledge and progress each time they visited the DC facility.

Last week the dredge shipped on 4 different semi truck loads heading for the mountainous western region of the United States. Dredge assembly and training has started this week on site with the help of DC. We want to make sure our customers are comfortable through every step of the dredge purchasing process, which includes trucking and installation.

Coalview will use this dredge for the reclamation of coal reserves in ponds. This electric cutter suction dredge will be sure to do the job!!

Below are some pictures of the recent disassembly of the dredge and shipment preparation:

Dredge Centrals own Larry Fleeman and Sam Martin attended the engineering short course. The course includes a mixture of lectures, laboratories, and discussions on the Texas A&M University campus. The course is administered by the Center for Dredging Studies, the Ocean Engineering Program, and the Zachry Department of Civil Engineering in cooperation with the Office of Professional Development at Texas A&M University.

Larry was also able to attend the cutter suction simulator course. This course demonstrates hydraulic dredging using a cutter suction dredge. Concepts of cavitation, deposition of sediment in the pipeline, pipeline length limitations, pump power limitations, and swing winch limitations are simulated. Different sediment conditions and channel currents are also simulated. A PC computer is interfaced to actual controls for a cutter suction dredge.

After course completion, Larry met with the course instructors at the seminar to discuss the thoroughness of the course and the the actuality of the dredging simulator. A picture of their meeting can be seen below:

Dredge Central is strongly committed to their customers. As we continue to grow and further our education, we are dedicated to consistently producing quality re-manufactured products that stand toe to toe with any new equipment you can find on the market.

Coalview LTD has asked Dredge Central to convert one of their refurbished dredges into an electric masterpiece.

This dredge is being custom fit with a water cannon, jib crane, and new cutter-drive. This goes to show you that Dredge Central can custom fit any need to existing dredges to meet the requirements of our customers. Below our contracted electrician makes sure all the console hydraulic components are in order as we await the major electrical pieces to be fitted.

Below is the hold for the major electrical components. You can see that this will be easily accessible with plenty of space for moving around and also well lit.

Safety first! Below one of our experienced staff fits the winch line onto the customer built A-frame.

Whether you are needing an existing dredge, a custom build, or spare parts…Dredge Central is your one stop shop for expedient service and unparalleled knowledge in the field.

Ellicott Dredge came knocking and Dredge Central answered the door, when asked to complete a dredge tender that was unparalleled to the current market. When a company with over 125 years of experience asks for a dredge tender, they know what they are looking for. Dredge Central exceeded those high expectations with utmost profession quality on this 24 x 10 x 3.5 foot workboat (pictured below).

PO to shipment date was roughly two months for this masterpiece, besting the estimated production time by nearly a half month. It comes to stand that no one in the business can create a quality product and exceed their lead times quite like Dredge Central. Below our purchaser, Bobby Prince Sr. with over 50 years of experience, inspects the dredge tender one final time before shipment. Call Dredge Central today to inquire about our top of the industry Tender and Booster packages!