Patent ID: 8919534

Claim:
A deep basement excavation system and truck loader, comprising: (a) at least two main auger assemblies, wherein said at least two main auger assemblies include a lower main auger assembly and an upper main auger assembly; (b) means for securing said upper main auger assembly to said lower main auger assembly, wherein a center longitudinal axis of said lower main auger assembly aligns with a center longitudinal axis of said upper main auger assembly and wherein said center longitudinal axes are vertical; (c) an auger blade disposed in a casing of each of said main auger assemblies, wherein said casing includes a hollow cylindrical shape, and wherein said auger blade includes a drive rod and a spiral blade attached to said drive rod, and wherein said drive rod extends along a longitudinal length of each of said main auger assemblies; (d) means for operatively connecting a bottom of said auger blade of said upper main auger assembly to a top of said auger blade of said lower main auger assembly; (e) means for rotating said drive rod and said auger blade sufficient to lift a quantity of excavation material from a bottom of said lower main auger assembly to a top of said upper main auger assembly; and means for supporting the weight of said at least two main auger assemblies and said means for rotating said drive rod and said auger blade and any of said excavation material disposed along said longitudinal length of each of said main auger assemblies.