A Digger Derrick is a hydraulic-powered piece of equipment used to dig holes, set poles and work in a variety of materials such as dirt or rock. Digger Derricks are often used to complete construction and telecom/cable jobs.
Why Use A Digger Derrick?
- Digging holes for replacement telephone, electric, and cable poles
- Lifting and setting new poles in place
- Digging out stumps
- Digging wells
- Turning screw anchors
You may need to replace auger and auger parts:
- Auger heads
- Auger teeth
- Auger bits
- Auger shank plates
- Auger hubs and adapters
With the correct parts your drill rig should last a long time and keep digging through most materials from regular soil to solid rock. UEP carries a wide range of mission critical digger derrick accessories such as:
- Tiiger Pole Pullers and Accessories
- DICA Outrigger pads
- Manuals
- Nylaflow tubing
- Upper Control Valve Refurb
- Truck Lighting
- Winch Ropes
- Screw Anchor Wrench Accessories
Contact us today, we will help you find the right part at the right price!
Brand Name/OEM Digger Derricks Supported by the UEP Guys
Pengo is one of the best known suppliers of augers, and we also supply these brands:
- Terex
- Versalift
- Altec
- Frost Auger Tooling
While UEP specializes in Pengo and Terex augers, we also supply OEM parts for:
- Kenworth
- Freightliner
- Peterbuilt
- Skylift
- Bobcat
- International
- Ford
- GMC
- McElroy
Boom arms with augers can even be added to farm tractors and track construction vehicles.
Read Our Digger Derrick Posts
Diggin’ into Digger Derricks – Part I
The most common use for digger derricks is digging and setting poles for electric power transmission and distribution systems. Construction companies, forestry services, and farms find them useful too. Today we’ll focus on the digger derrick’s auger and its teeth. Different soils call for different approaches to digging. Digger derricks are designed so you can […]
Airing It Out … How to Bleed the System
Now that winter is over … time to “get the lead out” and the AIR!! What does that mean anyway … “get the lead out?!” Oh well, back to the important part of this blog. 😉 Have you ever tried working the upper controls of your bucket truck and the system seems sluggish? It’s a […]
