I'm thinking about building a driver for sinking H-beam or pipe into the ground.
Maybe 6" beams or 8" pipe to be sunk about 4' in average soil conditions, nothing too rocky or solid.
The driver could be stand-alone, or it could be an attachment mounted to a forklift, backhoe, wheel loader, excavator. . . whatever. Power can be mechanical, hydraulic, air, maybe even steam :laugh:
I'm thinking that the simplest system would be to lift a very heavy weight and then repeatedly drop it on the beam's head.
But how?
Thanks in advance for your ideas.
Maybe 6" beams or 8" pipe to be sunk about 4' in average soil conditions, nothing too rocky or solid.
The driver could be stand-alone, or it could be an attachment mounted to a forklift, backhoe, wheel loader, excavator. . . whatever. Power can be mechanical, hydraulic, air, maybe even steam :laugh:
I'm thinking that the simplest system would be to lift a very heavy weight and then repeatedly drop it on the beam's head.
But how?
- A lift cylinder with large dump ports to allow for rapid fluid/air exhaust as the hammer drops?
- Or mechanical disengagement from the lift cylinder, allowing the hammer to free-fall?
- Or forget the cylinder and go back to the simple lift line on a winch drum?
Thanks in advance for your ideas.
