We used both the electric and hydraulic style pumps for diver assisted dredging. Both pumps operated continuously for over 45 days at 10+ hours a day with no problems at all. The only issue we had was a large fishing net wrapped around the impeller. Although it was making one hell of a racket, the pump never lost production. We are extremely happy with the pumps and the service provide by Eddy. A must purchase for any diver assisted dredging products.

Marine ConstructionI’ve been in the marine construction industry for 26 years and have done my share of dredging using various sizes of submersible trash pumps. The project I’m currently on we brought a 6” Toyo pump because the seafloor was to be consisting of sand and silt, but it’s actually a mixture of sand, silt, and rocks up to 8” diameter. The Toyo removes material smaller than 1 ¾” and leaves a pile of clean rock below the intake that it’s unable to pass. Our dredge permit only allows us to hydraulically dredge the material and so a clam bucket is not an option. A few months ago, we were faced with the possibility of not being able to complete our project during this fish window, but I did some research online and found the Eddy Pump. We are now using the 6” Eddy Pump crane-controlled, or diver-controlled systems to move debris up to 5” diameter with no problems (that’s right… a 6” pump can pass a 5” rock). The Eddy pump has a unique attachment that allows 2 divers dredging using separate 6” suction hoses and suction heads that allow us to dredge debris 5” or smaller but expose the larger debris so it can be moved out of the ditch by the diver. When we enter an area that doesn’t have the large debris we remove the diver-controlled system, attach the jet ring, and dredge using the crane-controlled system. After using the Eddy Pump system it’s hard to believe I haven’t heard about them until recently. The Toyo’s are quit a bit cheaper then the Eddy Pump, but they don’t even come close to its capabilities.Mike

A great small company to work for. Eddy Pump is bringing great innovation to an old industry!