Re: Lego
This build will not be something that is recognizable by most people.
It is a vibratory hammer (pile driver) and power unit, built to the same scale as the trucks previously posted.
Specifically, it is an ICE Model 44. It is a 16,000lb vibratory hammer/driver, and the big green box that contains the Caterpillar diesel engine, hydraulic pump, and control panel. As of yet, I have not figured out a good solution for the hydraulic hoses that connect the hammer to power unit... so, as of right now, they stand alone.
I work for a foundation-pier drilling company, in an area where the ground is sand, and located in very close proximity to the coast... meaning, often times, we are drilling into a layer of quicksand. We have to drive a pipe into the ground, and drill inside that pipe. We then fill the pipe with concrete, and pull the pipe back out of the ground (before the concrete hardens). The pipe keeps the hole from collapsing before the concrete is poured.
This is the device that allows us to do that.
Here is the hammer and power unit together
Here is the power unit with doors open, showing engine and control panel
Here is the power unit with the engine exposed (US Quarter for scale) and the hammer in my hand, also for scale.
Finally... all loaded up for delivery
This build will not be something that is recognizable by most people.
It is a vibratory hammer (pile driver) and power unit, built to the same scale as the trucks previously posted.
Specifically, it is an ICE Model 44. It is a 16,000lb vibratory hammer/driver, and the big green box that contains the Caterpillar diesel engine, hydraulic pump, and control panel. As of yet, I have not figured out a good solution for the hydraulic hoses that connect the hammer to power unit... so, as of right now, they stand alone.
I work for a foundation-pier drilling company, in an area where the ground is sand, and located in very close proximity to the coast... meaning, often times, we are drilling into a layer of quicksand. We have to drive a pipe into the ground, and drill inside that pipe. We then fill the pipe with concrete, and pull the pipe back out of the ground (before the concrete hardens). The pipe keeps the hole from collapsing before the concrete is poured.
This is the device that allows us to do that.
Here is the hammer and power unit together
Here is the power unit with doors open, showing engine and control panel
Here is the power unit with the engine exposed (US Quarter for scale) and the hammer in my hand, also for scale.
Finally... all loaded up for delivery
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