IMS Model 5012 LP Versi-Dredge®

IMS Dredger Model 5012 LP Versi-Dredge® w/ Weedmaster(patent pending) Cutterhead and Weed Rake

An IMS Dredge Model 5012 LP Versi-Dredge® w/ Weedmaster(patent pending) Cutterhead and Weed Rake cut through large mats of water hyacinths at a huge lake in Mexico. The Weed Rake provides the WeedMaster(patent pending) Cutterhead with a constant feed of hyacinths to maximize production. The Weedmaster cuts the vegetation into 3-5 inch pieces and then pumps them up to 1 kilometer or more away.

IMS Dredger Model 5012 LP Versi-Dredge® w/ Weedmaster(patent pending) Cutterhead

The Weedmaster(patent pending) allows the dredge to be converted into a high production weed harvester system. The dredge can continually cut and pump vegetation and never stop to unload unlike inefficient conveyor type harvesters that require a hopper, transport barges, and shore conveyors to unload.

IMS Dredger Model 5012 LP Versi-Dredge® w/ Weedmaster(patent pending) Cutterhead

An IMS Model 5012 LP Versi-Dredge® with the Weedmaster(patent pending) Cutterhead cuts through extremely dense water tussocks comprised of reeds, cattails, and small bushes.

IMS Dredger Model 5012 LP Versi-Dredge® w/ Weedmaster(patent pending) Cutterhead

An IMS 5012 LP Versi-Dredge® outfitted with the IMS Weedmaster(patent pending) Cutterhead cuts right through a dense mat of floating bushes on a project in South Florida.

IMS Dredger Model 5012 LP Versi-Dredge® w/ Weedmaster(patent pending) Cutterhead

An IMS 5012 LP Versi-Dredge® with Weedmaster(patent pending) Cutterhead cuts through thick vegetation.  Once the weed cover was removed from the lake, the contractor installed the standard Versi-Dredge® Excavator Cutterhead and deepened the lake several meters.

IMS Dredger Model 5012 LP Versi-Dredge® w/ Weedmaster(patent pending) Cutterhead & Broadcaster Discharge Attachment

An IMS Model 5012 LP Versi-Dredge® w/ Weedmaster(patent pending) Cutterhead & Broadcaster Discharge Attachment cut a clear channel through a dense field of cattails at Edwards Air Force Base in California.

IMS Dredger Model 5012 LP Versi-Dredge® w/ Weedmaster(patent pending) Cutterhead & Broadcaster Discharge Attachment

An IMS Model 5012 LP Versi-Dredge® w/ Weedmaster(patent pending) Cutterhead & Broadcaster Discharge Attachment broadcasts chopped cattails up to 75 feet away.  The system never has to stop to unload like a conveyor harvester and it can control where the discharge is sprayed unlike shredding systems that just spew material dangerously in every direction

IMS Dredger Model 5012 LP Versi-Dredge® w/ Weedmaster(patent pending) Cutterhead & Broadcaster Discharge Attachment

An IMS Model 5012 LP Versi-Dredge® w/ Weedmaster(patent pending) Cutterhead & Broadcaster Discharge Attachment cuts down and digests very tall cattails and reeds.  Note that the Weedmaster(patent pending) can cut all the way down to the root mass where a conveyor harvester can only go down to a limited depth and cut only part of the stem off.  Using the Weedmaster(patent pending) slows down and in many cases eliminates the regrowth of vegetation since the root mass can be removed.