Thursday, April 16, 2009

The First Pier is Going in!

Hi All!

The first pier is going in . . . and in . . . and in . . .

Here the guys are bringing the machine which screws the pier into the ground to the site.

It has a long stabilization bar on the back which is anchored to the ground with a long stake.
It takes two guys to manage the business end of the machine.

The whole thing is attached to a large air compressor run by this pedal. I like this guy's job. Standing there pushing the pedal!


It does the job - they get the pier in and then add extensions to get it down to a "stable" depth. I don't understand that part but I think it just goes down until it won't go down any more!



Doesn't that look like fun?
Trisha




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