AGD Equipment recently redefined the term “restricted access” when we hired equipment to install two sheet piled basement walls for Zalman Properties near Vauxhall Bridge in London. Due to the dense gravels and hard clay a compact Soiltek S80-CFA rig was deployed to pre auger the soil ahead of the sheet pile installation which was done with a Giken F201 silent piler. It was serviced by a Sennebogen 643R 40 tons telescopic crawler crane. All of the equipment was supplied with experienced operators and Tier 4 engines to meet the emission standards for this part of London.

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Please click on the link below to view a drone video taken of our premises at Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire. The video showcases our facility so that you can fully appreciate the services we offer.

New and used crawler crane and piling equipment sales as well as rental with experienced operators nationwide. Fully backed up by factory trained mechanical engineers, welders, fabricators and painters.

All of these facilities are available for customers equipment, either within our workshops or on site as required. Our centrally based location together with close proximity to the motorway network gives us an excellent springboard to the north, midlands, east, west and south regions. We are also just 20 miles from the northern section of the HS2 contract and the remaining parts are only a maximum of 80 miles away. Making us an ideal choice for service from any contractors working in the ground engineering and civil engineering sectors. Also the majority of our equipment offered for rental is equipped with tier 4 and tier 5 engines.

You are welcome to visit us anytime you are passing. We are just 10 minutes from junction 15 of the M40. And we are available for a chat anytime on 01789 292227 our phones are manned 7 days a week. We are also available on Teams for video conferences as required.

We hope you enjoy the footage and welcome your comments and enquiries.

We were recently working together on a contract in Burton on Trent for Ivor King Piling on behalf of Galliford Try installing sheet piles for a flood alleviation project. The piles were being installed using the Giken GRB and Super Crush system. Our role was to supply the cranes and some of the ancillary equipment to the project. One of our Sennebogen 680HD 80 tons lattice boom crawler cranes was situated at the start of the pile line and was used for unloading piles from delivery lorries and distributing piles to the Giken TB3 pile runner. Which then delivers the piles down the line of previously installed piles to the Giken CB2 clamp crane. The clamp crane which also walks along the piles, slews around and pitches the pile into the chuck of the Giken super crush silent piler. All equipment supplied with experienced operators, available for hire anywhere in the world.

Click on the links below to see videos of the CB2 clamp crane and TB3 pile runner in action.

It’s the time of year when we donate to Cancer Research UK.  In 2012 we painted a brand new Marchetti Sherpa 70 tons telescopic crawler crane pink in memory of one of our founder members who we’d just lost to cancer.

Affectionately known as the Pink Panther we’ve donated a share of her income every year since. So this year is our 8th year and we are up to £75,000 in donations. Here are a few of the jobs she has been on over the years.

We’ve been helping out our customer DWM Civil Engineering installing sheet piles for a car park extension at Mytholmroyd railway station. One of our RTG RG16T Telescopic Leader Rigs with tier 5 engine first pre augered the pile positions, then a Sennebogen 643R 40 tons telescopic crawler crane pitched the piles for the rig to drive to depth with its 150 tons vibrator. 

The whole operation was supported by a Marchetti Sherpina 25 tons telescopic crawler Crane which unloaded and loaded the piles onto a tractor and trailer for distribution. The job went very well. 240 linear metres of 14 m long pairs of ZZ26 sheet piles were installed in 4 weeks. Here are some photos to show the finished result!

Recently we supplied two crawler cranes to Ivor King Piling for a job they were doing in Shuttleworth Road, Battersea, London.

The contract was to install a sheet pile retaining wall directly alongside the railway line in order to free up land for Network Rail to utilise for development. The site was extremely small and required he right size cranes to be selected for the space constraints.

The contractor used two Giken super crush silent pilers to install the sheet piles, and we supplied two crawler cranes to service them. Each crane has to pitch piles for the silent pilers to install, along with other duties such as unloading piles from delivery lorries, lifting the Giken etc.

The cranes supplied were as follows:-

Sennebogen 6100HD – 100 tons lattice boom crawler crane with virtual wall system and tilting / raising cab

Chosen for the heavy lifts and ability to reach to the furthest points of the site

Marchetti Roma – 55 tons telescopic boom crawler crane with virtual wall system and tilting cab

Chosen for the ability to work with its tracks retracted in a very tight corridor to service the silent pilers with piles.

Both cranes needed virtual wall systems to prevent working within the close proximity of the live railway line.

The job took about 4 weeks and progressed very well. We supplied both cranes with our own fully trained and directly employed operators.

Click here to download a case study of the job.

AGD Equipment are the UK & Ireland distributors for both Sennebogen and Marchetti cranes.

We've been busy this bank holiday weekend working 24/7 installing sheet piles near Hook, Hampshire for NW Rail with an RTG RG19T telescopic leader rig and two SMS SG80 side grip vibros, all with pre auger equipment. We supplied not only the machines but the specialist labour as well, 10 men in total working non stop until the job was complete.

Click below to watch videos of the machines in action.

We are currently involved in a rail improvement project at Werrington, Near Peterborough for JN Piling. The contract involves installing 10 m long pairs of AZ26 sheet piles through very stiff clays in between the tracks while trains are in use.

Two RTG telescopic leader rigs were chosen for the piling. An RG16T for pre augering, and an RG19T for installation of the sheet piles using a 150 tons resonance free variable moment vibrator. Two 70 tons telescopic crawler cranes were also required for servicing the project. Two Sennebogen 673Rs were selected. One for unloading and loading sheet piles in the steel yard and the other for unloading at the site between the railway tracks.

The sheet piles are transported between the yard and the work site during possession each Saturday night via tractors and trailers also provided by us. And then distributed along the pile line using the 673R crane on site.

We were able to supply all the plant and operators to handle this project efficiently. As all of our piling rig operators can also operate crawler cranes and some can even drive tractors too! Thus negating the need for each machine to have its own operator as pile distribution is going on at different times to pile installation.

The job is progressing well. After the sheet piles there was also a requirement for some 833 mm diameter tubes to be installed which the RG19T carries out using a twist bar attachment fabricated in our fabrication shop, see photos and video below. Finally some sheet piles we're installed under a bridge using one of our SMS side grip vibros.

Ivor King Piling chooses RTG for the second time. After their positive experience with their first RG21T which is pictured here drilling 600 mm diameter CFA piles in Leicester, a second rig was ordered.

It has now been delivered and you can read a case study here to learn about the success of the two rigs working together on the A14 in Cambridgeshire. The second machine is also equipped with a twin rotary head for dealing with hard ground and installation of secant walls.

A photo of the DKS 50/100 twin rotary head being handed over to Simon King & Andy King is also appended.

The 20 ton metre torque, versatile piling rig was on hire to All Foundations installing 450 mm and 600 mm diameter CFA piles to 20 m depth. Available for sale or hire nationwide with experienced operators.

Click below to see a video of it in operation.