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.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 45, No 2, P 59, 1 PHOT
• Publication Date: 1972-2

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Construction Equipment

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