And you thought the wind uprooted this tree when your bucket truck was called into take care of it!!!! :twisted: The bucket truck business can be pretty spooky as evidenced by some of the blogs we have written! So just in time for Halloween 2020, let us show you what we mean: Spiders and Buckets and Lifts, Oh My! This one conjures up visions of Halloween and spider webs, but then we remembered another one of our blogs about maintaining your bucket truck and pre-op checks. No spider webs on trucks allowed! Airing It Out … How to Bleed the System This is too easy. Bela … [Read more...]
Auger Bits & Pieces
The UEP Guys sat down with Robert Frost of Frost Auger Tooling, Inc. If we did podcasts, this would have been a good one. But alas, we thought having a blog for you to read at your leisure was even better than a podcast! Frost Auger is proud of their product, and they deserve to be – they use only quality, American-made steel. No shortcuts – their auger shafts are heavy duty DOM tubes, not piping. For you steel geeks out there, you know that DOM (Drawn over Mandrel) tubing is very high quality. You won’t see this little dinky auger anywhere near their factory. But what a clever idea … [Read more...]
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Digger Derricks
While many think of bucket trucks when they think of utility trucks; digger derricks play an important role in infrastructure and construction. A Digger derrick is a hydraulic powered auger which can create a hole up to 30 inches round and more 10 feet deep. Drill rigs can perform a variety of tasks including: digging holes for replacement telephone and cable poles lifting and setting new poles in place digging out stumps digging wells turning screw anchors No matter who made your digger derrick or drill rig; you need a dependable source of replacement auger parts such … [Read more...]
History of Digger Derricks – Part II
Modern Digger Derrick If you had a chance to read History of Digger Derricks, Part 1, you know that a digger derrick is essentially a mobile machine with a digger derrick mounted on a truck chassis. It is extremely large due to the physical dimensions and heavy weight of the attached boom pedestal and booms, the hydraulic motor, auger, and accessories. The digger truck has a powerful engine to multiply the torque and control the hydraulic system, which in turn directs the rotational capacity of the auger. We gave a brief digger derrick history starting in the early days of … [Read more...]