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Failures

Video: Foundation drill rig topples and strikes neighboring building

November 12, 2013 rockman Failures Comments Off on Video: Foundation drill rig topples and strikes neighboring building

A foundation drill rig toppled over at a condo site in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida and struck an adjacent building. No immediate cause of the accident has been reported, but the region had been experiencing […]

Big Stan, the largest foundation drill rig in the southwest
Miscellaneous

Big Stan – Biggest Truck Mounted Drill in the Southwest Busy near Las Vegas

July 31, 2011 rockman Miscellaneous Comments Off on Big Stan – Biggest Truck Mounted Drill in the Southwest Busy near Las Vegas

Big Stan is a drill rig like no other. Weighing in at 250,000 lb with a mast 90-ft high, it is the largest truck mounted drill rig in the southwest and possibly one of the […]

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Miscellaneous

Video: AMS, Inc – Geotechnical sampling equipment to drill rigs

November 28, 2011 rockman Miscellaneous Comments Off on Video: AMS, Inc – Geotechnical sampling equipment to drill rigs

AMS makes samplers ranging from hand augers to sonic drill rigs and direct push rigs for geotechnical and environmental sampling. This video gives an overview of the origins of their company in 1942 and their […]