boring

[Les Freathy]

Here is a thread for all you engineers involved in piling and boring equipment the attached image shows a no12 cab 3 tonner with mounted well boring equipment in Italy. The poor old girl looks like a ragged arsed ranger, any ideas who made the boring machine
cheers
Les

[Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP)]

ALL sappers are boring by nature, didn't you know?

[sapper740]

Originally Posted by Les Freathy

Here is a thread for all you engineers involved in piling and boring equipment the attached image shows a no12 cab 3 tonner with mounted well boring equipment in Italy. The poor old girl looks like a ragged arsed ranger, any ideas who made the boring machine
cheers
Les

That's the first picture I've seen of a CMP with auger and you're right, it is a raggedy-ass veteran of a few bore holes I'll wager. I wonder if the power for the drive comes from a PTO or if it has it's own engine? I have a picture on my hard drive of a G7163 Chev 1 1/2 ton with an auger on the back, and surprisingly, railroad wheels also. I'll upload it for you. I had one opportunity to operate an auger truck while in the service. We deployed to the Combat Readiness Training Centre in Gulfport, Mississippi and one of our tasks was to built a pole climbing and Overhead Distribution training centre for them. They had no Auger truck of their own but fortunately there is a very large SeaBee base in Gulfport and in short order we had one of theirs. (Great SeaBee museum there too, I might add!) The truck was an '80's vintage Ford 5 ton and the auger was mounted on a turntable with it's own power...a great roaring diesel that nearly deafened me. Everything was hydraulic and made pole setting a cinch, a far cry from setting poles by hand, a skill we had to learn in CFB Chilliwack during our Overhead Distribution course.

CHIMO!

[sapper740]

Originally Posted by sapper740

That's the first picture I've seen of a CMP with auger and you're right, it is a raggedy-ass veteran of a few bore holes I'll wager. I wonder if the power for the drive comes from a PTO or if it has it's own engine? I have a picture on my hard drive of a G7163 Chev 1 1/2 ton with an auger on the back, and surprisingly, railroad wheels also. I'll upload it for you. I had one opportunity to operate an auger truck while in the service. We deployed to the Combat Readiness Training Centre in Gulfport, Mississippi and one of our tasks was to built a pole climbing and Overhead Distribution training centre for them. They had no Auger truck of their own but fortunately there is a very large SeaBee base in Gulfport and in short order we had one of theirs. (Great SeaBee museum there too, I might add!) The truck was an '80's vintage Ford 5 ton and the auger was mounted on a turntable with it's own power...a great roaring diesel that nearly deafened me. Everything was hydraulic and made pole setting a cinch, a far cry from setting poles by hand, a skill we had to learn in CFB Chilliwack during our Overhead Distribution course.

CHIMO!

P.S. I wonder what that old gal is towing?

[lynx42]

Guess you all noticed that it is a C60L, not a Ford doing all the work. (Radiator expansion tank on LH mudguard).

At Packenham, Vic. Aust.next to the Princes Highway, just where it crossed the creek there was a Yankee Joe complete with auger, it disappeared years ago. Have a photo somewhere but could take a while to find.

[Mike Kelly]

Originally Posted by lynx42

Guess you all noticed that it is a C60L, not a Ford doing all the work. (Radiator expansion tank on LH mudguard).

At Packenham, Vic. Aust.next to the Princes Highway, just where it crossed the creek there was a Yankee Joe complete with auger, it disappeared years ago. Have a photo somewhere but could take a while to find.

There was a Yankee Joe auger truck getting around the Ferntree Gully/Wantirna area for years . Reg prefix JJ . It was a dull yellow and it was still on the road in 1978 ( last time I spotted it ) . Don't know what became of it .

I well recall the Pakenham example , spotted it many times driving past that yard .

Mike

[Les Freathy]

Derek This restored example turned up at War and Piece last year, att all appeared to be in working order
Les

[Mike Kelly]

Originally Posted by Les Freathy

Here is a thread for all you engineers involved in piling and boring equipment Les

No 'pile drivers' allowed on the MLU forum, we are all 'straight' I hope.

Mike