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（4）Lifting the PIle: Close the clamps and lift the boom slowly until the height where an
assistant can bind the pile. Fix a wire rope with pile.
(Binding the pile is a safety measure to avoid dropping a pile if the clamps fail. It is
important to always have a saftey rope no matter piling or extracting. ) AFter the
assistant leaves, the operator can lift the pile slowly, rotate 270 °, adjust the penetration
degree. Do not over rotate, otherwise the hose may stretch and break.
（5） Pile: Move the pile to the penetration position, start vibration, adjust boom and
arm, bucket cylinder, take the piling machine to a horizontal position. When the pile
reaches the rope-removing position, stop the vibration, remove the rope, keep
vibrating to maintain soil liquidation. When the pile reaches the penetration depth,
stop vibration, open the jaw, move away the clamp (see photo).
If there is a hard soil layer, activate the second stage vibration, the back end or
one side end of the excavator is allowed to cock up. Avoid high temperature of
gear box and bearings (temperature should not exceed 212 F (100 ℃) ), the
allowed working time for the machine with the max power is about 5 minutes
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