The Beaver Bucket Boat
In restricted canals and waterways, as well as coastal areas, a variety of flora and silt deposits, among other unwanted deposits or trash, require removal, often of an urgent nature after nature disasters or after normal environmental or human dynamics. Such problems include the blockage of canals and waterways by debris both at the water's surface and on the floor of the canal or waterway, at bridge, weir or other construction structures and the like. Currently, there are independent vessels designed to perform some of these necessary tasks. Unfortunately, due to the design of these vessels and/or the specific area in which they are designed to operate, the vessels cannot be readily used for a variety of purposes, and should a situation occur wherein more than one of such hazards is present, multiple vessels must be used in an attempt to deal with the situation. Often such vessels also are oversized for the intended purpose and the costs of operations are prohibitive.
- a vessel which, by itself, can perform a variety of tasks simultaneously or individually.
- operate as a self-leveling grader for the bottom of any given working depth of bucket.
- a vessel not limited to close debris and fill removal and limited by slow repositioning actions.
- a vessel which can enter boat houses for debris and aquatic weed removal operations.
- a vessel capable of environmentally friendly operations in water-based debris removal
- a vessel that can herd and push debris onto shorelines, thereby reducing environmentally negative washouts
- a vessel capable of operating on water in a manner comparable to land-based compact track loaders.
- The Beaver also provides a cost effective vessel which eliminates the need for a variety of specialized vessels or land-based equipment