Had a weird vibration in the cutter head on the Lake Erie job last Tuesday.

It started around 3 PM, just a low hum you could feel in the deck plates. We shut down and found a chunk of old timber wedged between two teeth, must have been buried deep. Anyone else run into random debris that throws off your whole rhythm?

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betty_stone21mo ago

Oh man, timber's the worst! That hum you felt is spot on, but I've always heard that kind of vibration called a "chatter" more than just a hum. It's that specific shaky feeling, you know? We pulled up a whole rusted bicycle frame once that sounded just like that.

davis.emma1mo ago

Honestly, @betty_stone2, you're right about that chatter feeling. It's way more than a hum, it's like the whole ground is shaking.