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Gold dredging operation on North Fork of FortyMile river in Alaska

A Proline 6 inch dredge is part of this package.
This comes with a DWX water heater and a T-80 air compressor and two GX270 honda engines and 2 spare T-80's are also included.
This dredge can be run with the 4 factory pontoons or it can be streched to 6 pontoons by using the 2 homemade pontoons and frames I built.
There are two suction hoses included. One is 9 feet long and the other is 12.5 feet long. The two hoses can be joined with an included connector for an 18 foot hose.
The reason for the two hoses is so that in very fast water I can use the 12.5 foot hose so that I can maintain control of the hose and I join them together when the water is not as fast or I need to work close to shore in very shallow water.
Only when using the dredge in the extended setup, a platform is available for holding a battery or whatever and an electric winch is mounted at the back of the dredge.
The included remote throttle controls are mounted at the front of the dredge and the electric winch (available only in extended mode) with the control mounted at the front of the dredge and the hot water control are all at the front of the dredge
This set up allows you to work all controls from one spot at the front of the dredge which reduces the amount of climbing around needed to dredge.
This makes it much easier for a single person to use this dredge.