Swore by my old cutterhead until I tried a wider one on a rocky job site

I always figured narrow cutterheads gave you better control in tight spots, but last month on a New Bedford harbor job I swapped to a 30-inch head and cut my time by nearly 40%. Has anyone else found big gear changes actually worked better than they expected?

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charlie26914d ago

That 40 percent time savings is huge. It reminds me of how I used to always buy the cheapest drill bits for home projects thinking I was saving money, but I'd burn through three of them on one job and get frustrated. Then I finally spent a little more on a good set and it was night and day, the whole mindset of "cheaper is smarter" just got flipped on its head for me. It's funny how we lock into one way of doing something because it's always worked okay, then a bigger change shows us what we were missing all along.

max47214d ago

Take a step back here @charlie269. I'm not sure a 40 percent time savings on drill bits is really that big of a deal in the grand scheme of things. I mean, sure, it's nice when you can get through a job faster without swapping out bits every five minutes. But I've been using the same cheap set for years and they get the job done, even if I have to push a little harder. I just don't see it as some kind of life-changing revelation. It's a drill bit, not a new approach to retirement planning. Sometimes the old way is fine if you're not in a hurry.