SHAKE PILES LOOSE
A VIBRATORY UNIT WAS USED TO PULL TIMBER PILES WHICH WERE TOO ROTTED TO UNDRIVE AND TOO LONG TO JET LOOSE. FOSTER'S VIBRO MODEL 2-60 DRIVER/EXTRACTOR, RIGGED WITH A JAW-LIKE HEAD TO GRIP THE BUTT OF THE PILE, WAS SWUNG FROM THE 120-FT BOOM OF A CRAWLER CRANE. THIS VIBRATORY HAMMER/EXTRACTOR CAN REMOVE AS MANY AS 16 PILES AN HOUR.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Vol 45, No 2, P 59, 1 PHOT
- Publication Date: 1972-2
Media Info
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Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Support piles; Timber; Vibratory equipment
- Old TRIS Terms: Extractors; Pile extraction; Timber piles; Vibrating equipment
- Subject Areas: Construction; Highways;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00215501
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Apr 23 1972 12:00AM