Patent ID: 7112012

Claim:
A method of installing a piling system comprising the steps of: a) providing an anchor; b) providing a plurality of hollowed pile sections that are connectable end to end, and connecting a lowermost of the pile sections to the anchor; c) providing an internal drive system for transmitting torque to the anchor, said drive system comprising a plurality of sections that are connectable end to end and which extend inside the hollowed pile sections, d) thrusting the anchor into the earth; e) connecting a first pile section to the helical anchor, the pile section having a bore and an upper and lower end portions, each having a connector; f) connecting a second pile section to the upper end portion of the first pile section such that a lower end portion of the upper pile section matingly fits into an upper end portion of the lower pile section and engages therewith without threads; g) driving the anchor and the first and second pile sections into the soil with the internal drive system that includes a plurality of longitudinally extending connected drive members, and wherein the internal drive includes enlarged drive members that are placed at spaced apart positions and which each fit a drive joint between two connected pile sections, registering at the connected end portions of two connected pile sections.