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David White, son of President John White of APE has come home from China to finish his International Business Degree at Seattle University.

David lived in China for three years and received a Degree from Shanghai Language School. This is the same school that Yao Ming, the now famous basketball star for the Houston Rockets, attended.

David White and Yao Ming attended Shanghai Language School at the same time, David learning Chinese and Yao learning English.

David worked very hard to expand APE in China. He assisted in the sale of the Quad Kong, the largest vibratory pile driver in the world. He was responsibile for the initial test of Quad Kong, handling all the language issues as well as assisting in the assembly of the machine at the job site. David also participated in the driving of 44 foot diameter steel piles using the same Quad Kong. He will be greatly missed at APE.

David’s plans are to play for the Super Sonics once finishing his remaining two years at Seattle University.

David works out four days per week with NBA all star players such as Detlef Shrempf, Mike Dickerson, and James Edwards (Budda), the 7-foot 2 inch, four time NBA champion who received championship rings while playing for the Bulls with Michael Jordon and while with the Detriot Pistons.

David also plays with Nate Robinson, starting point guard for University of Washington.

Various photos of friends at the APE/J&M booth at Conexpo tell the story of APE/J&M’s success around the world. Thanks again for visiting APE/J&M.

Fraser River Pile and Dredge installs 30 and 36 inch closed ended pipe piles through very spongy, highly liquid sedimentary soil to reach a tip elevation of approximately 80′ in a glacial till lens with an APE D30-32.

FRPD is a leading land and marine foundation contractor in British Columbia. With their many years of experience and steadfast commitment to customers and their own employees, Fraser River Pile and Dredge is a company that you can trust to deliver their expertise through innovative approaches utilizing all of their capabilities.

Please feel free to visit Fraser River Pile and Dredge’s website at http://www.frpd.com/

The Hoh River, on the peninsula of Washington State, drains an average of 152 inches of rain a year from the Hoh Temperate Rain Forest to the Pacific Ocean. Every year the river damages the roadway linking Port Angeles with Aberdeen with some years worse than others.

Pile Contractors has a very tight working window based upon Salmon runs and workable weather days and with their years of experience in foundations, they have the ingredients to make it happen. Three Model 200 Driver/Extractors-one of which they own-utilize 100% readily biodegradable vegetable hydraulic oil. The hammers are driving the sheets, soldier piles and log jam H-beam anchors with their Berminghammer single acting impact hammer driving the anchors to final tip elevation.

Many countries around the world will be following the performance of these log jams over the next few seasons with the hope that these measures will reduce maintenance in remote locations such as this while benefiting the habitat.

For more information on environmentally friendly equipment give APE a call.

Kirk with Ruskin Construction is installing 700 wood piles for the Sooke Bridge Retrofit Project on Vancouver Island. Because of the limited headroom, conventional methods for installing the piles located under the active bridge would not work. The shortest hydraulic impact hammer available on the market was the best choice.

Kirk and his crew assembled the equipment making use of all available headroom-right down to the inch.

The 7.5 low headroom hydraulic impact hammer can be installed on an excavator or forklift in leads or flying.

Call your local APE/J&M office for more information on how APE can help your bottom line!

And See Latest News Below Regarding Super Large Piles the APE Tandem 400 is Installing on the Largest Bridge in the World. Scroll Down This Page to Read Whats Happening in China.

Using their APE 200T Driver/Extractor and Stabcat’s patented Stomper composite sheet pile mandrel, Laskey-Clifton installs 41′ long FRP fiberglass panels for a wetland dam in North Bend, OR. The two-stage template allows for easy interlock handling and precise vertical axis control.

Gene Cole with Knutson Diesel needed a piledriving leader system and hammer that could be cost effective for a small number of piles they needed to install at a Coos Bay Waste Water Treatment Plant.

Having only two available lines on his crane and the cost of a fixed leader not in the budget, two pendant lines from the crane boom to the top of a mid section of lead priced out just right. This freed up the lines to allow for a hammer and pile line.

A drag line was used to control the leads for pile splicing. By retracting the bottom of the leads, the need to lay down the leads to pick up and process the pile was eliminated.

Hammer: APE D12-42 with a standard throttle and small pipe insert.
Pile: minimum 65’x12 3/4″ x .375-wall conical tipped pipe pile for minimum 35 ton bearing.

Manson Construction installs 24″ pipe dolphin for the JA Jacks Concrete Facility in South Seattle, WA.

The 200-6 and 200-6T is THE hammer for your large diameter dolphin piles, heavy concrete pile extraction and high blowcount driving when the Kong is not available.

This hammer ranges in energy from 6,600 to 8,000 inch pounds and 150-tons of line pull utilizing our patented heavy metal technology and our patented two-stage suppressor.

With its unmatched dynamic force, 100% biodegradable vegetable hydraulic oil and revolutionary electronic engine APE engineering will get your job done.

The 815 Vibratory Pile Driver/Extractor with Model 570 Power Unit has been put back into production. The 812 and later updated version called the 815, was invented by King Evarts of J&M Hydraulics. J&M introduced the 812 in 1974. The 815 was replaced years ago by the newer designed Model 44 but this hammer is too wide to fit on many sheet pile sections. The machine has been updated with new features but still retains its narrow profile. Sale price for Vibratory Pile Driver, Extactor, sheet clamp, and Model 570 power unit is $225,000. Call APE or J&M for prices.

John White will speak next week at the DFI meeting in St. Louis. John will present his version of the fall and rise of the diesel hammer along with other hammer topics.