As long as we're talking piles.... We are supposed to drive some 2"shd80 pipe again, we usually just take a full 21.5 footer and cinch a 6' choker around it then use the hoe the pull it down and in about 5-8 feet in this farmland soil... then you reach the hoe bucket over top and 'tap' them down to where you can get the heel of the bucket on them and drive em' the rest of the way home.... my question is since we don't have a pile driving hammer unfortunately
what do you think about using a breaker hammer with a double ended sleeve - plate welded between the sleeves to drive with??? I figured a piece of 1/2 or maybe a couple different plates to conform to the moil on the hammer... ours is pretty well short and rounded anyways. This would only be used for finishing the drive because I don't think the hammer will reach very high and still be vertical.
We'll be putting in 20-25 of em' I think.... and we're going with half sticks because I don't think you gain much in the way of bending strength after 5-6 feet of good soil penetration. This is mainly for a side load retainer type of fence.
I keep trying to figure out a better way to do this
and we only do these once or twice a year so any thoughts or suggestions are welcome
Here are some parts I came up with earlier as I'd have to throw this together tomorrow on site If we go with it.
The left piece is 24 inches long to drop on the pile and already has a 1/4 cap welded on the right end, then I'd add a piece of 3/8th then the piece on the right which also has some quarter inch welded to it.. would also need to shorten the right piece up as I don't think the moil on our hammer is much longer than 5-6 inches anymore.