Lost a cutterhead bearing on a job in Baton Rouge last Thursday

We were digging through some nasty clay near the Mississippi and suddenly the vibration went from normal to shaking my teeth loose in about 30 seconds. Shut everything down and found the bearing housing had corroded through from the inside, nobody caught it during the last PM. Anyone else run into hidden corrosion on older dredges that the daily walkaround just doesn't show?

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matthewking14d ago

The bearing issue on that job reminds me of a water pump that went out on my buddy's boat. One minute running smooth, next minute the whole cooling system just gave up.

casey34214d ago

Damn, that sucks but a bearing going bad isn't exactly the end of the world.

anthony_jackson3114d ago

My 2002 Tacoma lost a bearing on the highway last month and it turned into a whole transmission rebuild. @casey342 just hope it doesn't snowball on you like mine did.