Talk:Pile driver

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The link to the Deep Foundations Institute is appropriate in this article. Please do not remove it without explaining your reasoning and reaching consensus with other editors of this article. Argyriou (talk) 17:43, 13 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Uh. You might want to review WP:EL; links added to articles must have a legitimate purpose. Also, the addition of dead external links to articles serves no constructive purpose. --Fljm 01:31, 14 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The 'piling rig' section needs some work on the language. In it's current state, it's impossible to understand what the author is trying to convey. In particular, the sentence that starts "It generally applies hydraulic crawler chassis ..." does not make sense. --76.121.196.80 (talk) 20:25, 10 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

rotary piling?[edit]

My workplace is having a new extension built on somewhat soft ground requiring use of many deep piles... and the piledriving equipment appears to be screwing them into the ground rather than hammering them.

Is this actually a deceptive-looking version of the vibratory piler, some kind of auger device, or a type which has been mistakenly missed off this list for some reason? 193.63.174.211 (talk) 15:49, 11 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

piling rig section does not belong in this article on pile driver[edit]

This article, pile driver, is about mechanical devices used to drive piles into soil. The section on "piling rigs" is about mechanical equipment used to drill into soils so a cast-in-place pile (caisson, drilled pier) can be constructed.

A pile driver is used to drive a prefabricated pile into the ground by displacing the penetrated soil. A "piling rig," as described herein, is used to remove soil and replace it with poured concrete and, in most uses, reinforcing steel. The latter does not involve driving, so it is not a pile driver and it does not belong in this article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aw88 (talk • contribs) 23:31, 2 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

In popular culture[edit]

Pile drivers turn up in two classic Looney Tunes shorts, "Tree Cornered Tweety" and "Robot Rabbit". In both timing is essential to avoid being crushed by the machinery until the gag builds to its final payoff. --The_Iconoclast (talk) 21:53, 31 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Pile[edit]

In the introductory paragraph it says "it is placed onto a pile". What does this mean? A "pile" of what? Or does "pile" in this sense refer to an architectural term? Please clarify this sentence. Thanks. Dryphi (talk) 20:37, 26 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]