The Aquamog was created in the early 1980’s by Aquatics Unlimited (AU). The McNabb family founded AU in 1975.
Both Tom and Dave McNabb developed the aqua mog brand and line of equipment throughout the 1980s and 1990s while with AU. Tom continued the Aquamog product line into the new century with the addition of the MarshMog. Tom’s new company Clean Lakes, Inc. located in Martinez, California and Dave’s company DK Environmental in
Lafayette, California have been working together on the aqua-mog project for about ten years and in Feb 2009 the Aquamog CCX was introduced into the aqua-mog group.
The vessel know by some as the swamp cutter; swamp rig; cookie cutter; tule cutter; various other names was in “no name land” so to speak. It did not fit the mold of first aquamogs as being a multi-purpose aquatic maintenance machine. But is has now worked its way into the aqua-mog group of vessels.
With ten years of testing and rigorous evaluation Tom and Dave thought that the machine without a name had finally proven itself as a true aquamog. The Aquamog CCX had meet all the critical challenges to become an Aquamog. The Aquamog CCX-238 has now passed all the tests and is ready to stand side by side with the rest of the Aquamogs.
What makes the Aquamog CCX special is its ability to enter areas that can’t be accessed by the MarshMog or the Aquamog PRX and Aquamog SRX-109. As Well it has been found that the Aquamog CCX system of removing aquatic emergent vegetation such as cattails and bulrush can be performed in a fraction of the time and more efficiently than with the other aquamogs. This equates to a savings for clients and users of the vessels.
Like with the other Aquamogs the McNabb’s have a special way of naming the aquamogs after their best attributes. The Aquamog CCX-238 is no different. The Aquamog CCX-238 is named the 238 horse-power Detroit engine that it has rocking under the back hood. The CCX stands for “Cookie Cutter eXtraordinaire”. The “Cookie Cutter” part of the name was picked due to its ability to cut channels through any type of aquatic emergent weed with easy, just like a cookie cutter through dough.
The following is a list of some of the other aquamog names and how they where derived.
Aquaomg PRX-163 - 163 Horse Power and PRX stands for “Power Rig eXtraordinaire”
Aquamog SRX-109 - 109 Horse Power and SRX represents for “Small Rig eXtraordinaire”
HarborMog HRX-109 109 HP and HRX means for “Harbor Rig eXtraordinaire”
Aquamog WRX-225 225 H.P. and WRX stands for “Walking Rig eXtraordinaire”
So you see it was only fitting to give the Aquamog CCX-238 is proper name. All of the aqua mogs that where made by the McNabb’s will be featured over the next few months in a series at www.aquamogs.com. Please check those sites for additional info on the other Aquamogs and projects that they have done all over the world.