Posted on November 9, 2026
DredgeWire Comment: Make sure you check out the YouTube song link.
The song is frankly incredibly corny, (though the music has a good beat) but you have to admire someone who can put the words “mechanical clamshell Dredge” into a song.
DREDGING HAS A THEME SONG NOW
Move over, sea shanties; dredging has a hit!
The creative team at 20 Trucks wrote and recorded an original song about dredging, then turned it into a music video featuring real dredging operations and some familiar Manson equipment.
Brothers Jim and Rob Gardner founded 20 Trucks and Hammershark Media inspired by Jim’s twins who loved heavy machinery. What started out as a mission to create a fun song naming 20 Trucks morphed into two decades producing more than 60 music videos about machinery of all kinds.
On a recent visit to Oceanside, CA, Rob saw Manson’s HR MORRIS hard at work and was instantly inspired to create a song about this “cool piece of equipment.” Manson’s marketing team coordinated a visit for Jim and Rob to check out the dredge, meet Dredging Project Manager Max Oviedo and the project crew, and learn more about our different types of dredges as well.
Manson has been in the movies before, but this is our music video debut! It might be the marine construction industry’s first chart-topper.
Check out the song and pump up the volume! https://lnkd.in/gGagUi7M
