Dredge Sled

The Dredge Sled is a cost-effective dredging solution for your pond, lagoon, canal, tailings pond, and settling tank cleaning and desludging. The Dredge Sled lagoon dredge is a submersible dredge highly optimized for dredging ponds, lakes, canals, and other bodies of water by gently slide along the floor to pump highly viscous or abrasive sludge, mud, and sand.
  • Product:Dredge Sled
  • Ideal For: Dredging, Automated Dredging, Submersible Pump.
  • Production Range: Between 75-300 Cu. yd of material per hour.

Product Video

The Dredge Sled has been deployed across remote mining sites in Australia for over 15 years to combat mine tailings. This rugged yet simple design uses commonly accessible parts to ensure maximum uptime and easy repairs. The main components include a diesel-electric power station, floating barge attached to shore by a cable and winch system. The slurry pump is gently lowered into the lagoon via vertical risers and stabilized with a sled to begin dredging.

Optional high-pressure water jetting rings are available for assisting in the breakup of consolidated material.

System Components

  • Unmanned Lagoon Dredge
  • Easy to setup float system
  • Shore based winchs
  • Mobile Container houses entire system
  • 4-inch or 6-inch slurry pump options (More coming)

The Dredge Sled is built for efficiently removing sediment from narrow bodies of water, lagoons, lakes, or settling ponds. This dredge system is also commonly used for desludging projects such as digester or settling tank cleanouts. The Dredge Sled System is most often used to dredge bodies of water containing 20,000 square meters or less. The dredge pump can also be equipped with an optional high pressure water jetting ring to help break up consolidated material, allowing you to pump more solids.

The equipment is ideal for dredging lagoon sizes of 330 ft (100m) squared to 660 ft (200m) squared. Roughly 1.5 to 4 acres and up to about 16 feet (5m) deep. 5,000 to 20,000 Cy3 of material. Dimensions are rough guidance, call with questions.

Dredge Sled Overview

  • Electric powered pump – Never worry about oil, fuel, or hydraulic fluid spills
  • Hydraulic powered pump options also available
  • Low turbidity – low suspension of solids, reduce ecologocial damage
  • Rugged, simple design – ensures maximum uptime and easy maintenance
  • Quiet – Quiet operation to reduce noise pollution
  • Easily transported – Unit fits in a 20ft closed container
  • User friendly – able to be operated by person who rents equipment, 1 manned operator
  • No Downtime – Ponds can remain operational while unit is deployed
  • Liner-safe – Submersible gliding dredge which lacks a cutterhead greatly helps to protect poly/clay liners from damage
  • Automation – Unit can be operated autonomously using a rail system

Ideal Pond Sizes

All pond or lagoon shapes and sizes can be accommodated. The following are typical pond sizes for the 4 inch and 6 inch EDDY Pump Dredge Sled. Call with questions.

  • Minimum depth varies depending on size, between 24-38 inches is needed
  • Dredge 16-18 deet deep (5m)
  • Ideal for 5,000 Cy3 to 20,000 Cy3 sized ponds
  • Maximum area ranges between 330 ft (100m) squared to 660 ft (200m) squared
  • Made for lagoons roughly 1.5 to 4 acres in size
  • Requires open bodies of water with two anchor points accessible on each side of the dredging area

Dredge Sled Components

  • Dredge pump and sled with pontoons
  • Suction head with winches system
  • Electrical control panel
  • Main pump power cable, 311 feet (95 meters)
  • Handheld remote depth control
  • Battery 12V HD with solar power charging system
  • Cable and hose floats
  • Ropes, pulleys and shore anchoring system
  • Hydraulic Systems Include the HPU
  • Electric Powered Systems VFD priced separate

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No Project Too Big Or Too Small

Rent the toughest solids-handling slurry pumps on the market. Applications include:

  • Dredging
  • Marine Construction
  • Dewatering and Construction
  • Slurry/Sludge Transfer
  • Mine Tailings Removal
  • Drill Cuttings Transfer

Questions? Contact us Below!

Please contact our rental fulfillment team for product questions and assistance selecting the best dredging equipment or slurry pump for your application.

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