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Wood Pile Refusal

Wood Pile Refusal

Wood Pile Refusal

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Not my project.

A friend of mine was telling me about a job he did a few years back on the coast.  He does a ton of residential construction and we were talking about piles.  He told me about a project on the ocean where the pile driver was trying to place some wood piles.  The pile got about 8-10' of embedment before it hit refusal.  The pile contractor didn't want to drive another one and they got into a slight argument.  Well fast forward a few years...... this is the bottom of the pile that hit refusal.

I guess that just gives some reference to how much scour can really happen and what happens when a wood pile hits refusal.

RE: Wood Pile Refusal

I didn't know Franki piles came in wood <G>.

Dik

RE: Wood Pile Refusal

Thanks for sharing, interesting picture.

RE: Wood Pile Refusal

Wow! Turned solid timber into a frayed cigar!

RE: Wood Pile Refusal

I was crushed to see what happened to a good pile!   H#)) of a way to increase pullout...

Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
http://mmcengineering.tripod.com
 

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