Patent ID: 7134562

Claim:
A compact, self-contained vibratory sheet piling apparatus, comprising: a compact trailer, being configured to be towed for road transport, said trailer having a frame supported from a ground surface on at least two wheels, said frame including a hitch for being towed; a crane post and a hydraulically operated crane arm extendable from said post, said post mounted to said frame to extend upwardly from said frame; a hydraulic crane power unit for supplying pressurized hydraulic fluid to said crane arm, said hydraulic crane power unit mounted on said frame; a vibratory sheet pile driver suspended from said crane arm; a hydraulic driver power unit for supplying pressurized hydraulic fluid for driving said vibratory sheet pile driver, said hydraulic driver power unit mounted on said frame; a control station including controls for said hydraulic crane power unit and said hydraulic driver power unit, wherein an operator at said station is capable of reaching said controls for said hydraulic crane power unit and for said hydraulic driver power unit, the operator capable of controlling both said crane arm movement and said vibratory sheet pile driver from said station; and wherein said hydraulic crane power unit, said hydraulic driver power unit and said control station all are fixedly mounted on said compact trailer for both transportation and operation.