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		<title>San Francisco, The City by the Bay</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Cress</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[APE Western (CA)]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[San Francisco, the city by the bay. California is steadily rebuilding some of its world renown monuments. Pier 19 located in San Francisco California is one of them. The rebuilding of pier 19 has been long overdue with tourism still in full swing with cruise ships coming and going out of the port. After the demoltion of the pier, the first order of things is, of course, the foundation.
Seen here, Power Engineering of Northern California is antalling 72” diameter steel pipe pile 160’ long with a 1” wall thickness. Driving these steel casings wasn’t going to be easy with all the restrictions enforced on the job. Tight work space with little room to manuever and all the regulations involved made this job a chelleng. So when they decided to take on the job, they called APE to get the equipment they needed. With the tough Merrit Sands and the sticky Bay Mud here in the bay, they chose the APE 600 Vibro to do the job. And of course the 600 vibro wouldn’t let them down, it got the pile down!]]></description>
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		<title>Passing of Gary Kranz, Owner of Western Dynamics</title>
		<link>http://www.apevibro.com/wordpress/2012/01/31/passing-of-gary-kranz-owner-of-western-dynamics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:08:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John White</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I met Gary Kranz in 1987.  He was the instructor for a hydraulics course provided by Rucker Fluid Power.  My first day of the week-long class was a nightmare because Gary was a serious ass hole teacher and he jumped me for talking in class.

Gary was the best hydraulics person I have ever known.  He motto was “Be cautious of bull shit hydraulic sales people” because he believed they would change their stripes as fast as they changed jobs.  Gary told his class that all hydraulic sales people will sell you what they represent that day.  In other words the salesman might tell you that Vocac was the best hydraulic motor in the world because that is what their company represents but next week if the salesman leaves the company and now represents RexRoth then of course Rexroth is now the best product in the world.  Gary was fired more than once for bad mouthing the sales staff of the company he was teaching.  Gary never changed his ways and finally pissed off so many hydraulics suppliers that could not find a job so he ventured into his own business which he named Western Dynamics.  APE invested in his company and stayed with him to the end.

I loved Gary for sticking to his principals.   Gary was involved in designing the first APE power units which were built in Portland, Oregon at Rucker Fluid Power.  Those power units still run and are considered the best units APE ever made.  Many of the main components on those power units were not products that Rucker Fluid Power represented.  The owners and managers of Rucker would beg Gary to use what they represented but Gary would only use what he considered to be the best and was not swayed by pressure from Rucker Fluid Power or anyone else.  It was his way or the highway but his final product was golden.

Gary handled APE’s sales staff the same way.  He would tell them off in his own strong vulgar words.  He would say there is no god and use his experiences in Vietnam as an example.  He was hated and loved at APE.  I, for one, wanted to choke him several times and I pledged many times never to work with him again when he would do or say things that were so out of line it would make me scream.  But I would always come back to him because he was the best at understanding and troubleshooting hydraulic problems. 

Gary was a fighter.  He hated to lose.  He won far more bets than he lost.  One time when he lost a bet he could not come to admit the loss and finally said “Ok, you were right this time but that does not mean I have to like it”. 

Gary fought to the very end with his battle with cancer.  Just a week ago he was still working on a new manifold for our drills.  He still had that drive in him, saying “when this f%$king manifold is done it will be the best thing in the world”.  That was Gary.  He put the fight into it.  He was part of APE and we are all going to miss him greatly.  Gary- we love you and thanks for keeping APE on top of the world hydraulically.  God has to deal with you now and I am sure he has his hands full.  We all know he would be too much for the devil to handle.]]></description>
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		<title>Ferris Wheel on the Seattle Waterfront? You Got It! Courtesy of Manson and APE</title>
		<link>http://www.apevibro.com/wordpress/2012/01/28/ferris-wheel-on-the-seattle-waterfront-you-got-it-courtesy-of-manson-and-ape/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 19:23:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Wang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[APE Announcements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[APE Headquarters (WA)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[600]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crab pot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ferris wheel]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Along with the on-going demolition of the Alaska way viaduct, a Seattle landmark second only to the Space Needle, rises a new attraction on Pier 57- a 175-foot-tall Ferris wheel. Pier 57 was originally built in 1902 as a rail-loading facility for a saw mill. Today, it houses a plethora of marine-oriented shops, restaurants, and even an antique carousel. Hal Griffith, owner of Pier 57, fears losing business due to the viaduct replacement and hopes a new waterfront attraction will keep the publics’ interest alive. With the loss of the Fun Forest at the Seattle Center, this will be the only Ferris wheel available in the city. Once completed with 41 air conditioned gondolas, it should prove to be quite an accommodating attraction to locals and tourists alike.

Manson Construction, a major player here in the PNW, was chosen to drive the foundation piles of this soon-to-be “landmark” on the water ward side of the existing pier. With a total of 53- 36” x .5” wall and 30” x .625” wall pipe piles on deck, the Manson crew set out to drive these piles with the APE Super Kong.  What else would you want driving the piles for a 175-foot marine based Ferris wheel, right?

So far, the Manson crew has driven a dozen test piles. With some fine tuning of the equipment to account for the infamous Glacial till the Northwest is known for, the 150’ piles are down to grade. Some were driven only a couple of feet away from the Fisherman’s Restaurant &#38; Bar. Needless to say, some diners became spectators and spectators became diners.  Fair trade.

Today, the Manson crew is running production piles. Most are on 4:1 fore and aft batters. To accommodate the tight driving schedule and the layout of the pile driving grid, APE and Manson teamed up to outfit the Super Kong with a custom vibro sled fit for Manson’s leader system, as well as a custom swing arm pile gate. More pictures and updates to come!
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		<title>Us Wick Drain Drives It Home With The Largest Marine Wick Drain Job In The World</title>
		<link>http://www.apevibro.com/wordpress/2012/01/16/us-wick-drain-drives-it-home-with-the-largest-marine-wick-drain-job-in-the-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:18:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jimmy Deemer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[US WICK DRAIN a Leland NC based company has just completed the largest marine barge installation wick drain project that has ever been done in the world. This project is part of the first phases of construction for a new port facility at “Craney Island” in Norfolk Virginia. US WICK DRAIN under direction of president Mark Palmatier installed 12,150,000 lf of wick drains in 6 months using the APE wick drain installation machines.

Now that’s 6 months with 2 rigs 24 hours a day 6 days a week! That’s a lot of wick drains. The longest wick drains were 150 ft. in length. Great Lakes dredging dumped a drainage layer of sand in the proposed wick drain area with hopper barges. The wicks will be placed and more sand dumped on top of them.

In order to place the wick drains in the correct locations on the water 2 barges had to be converted to have a grid all the way through the decks of the barges using steel pipe from the top deck all the way through the bottom. Each barge had a wick drain machine / rig on the deck. The barges would be surveyed into position and secured in position, and then each machine would go down the deck installing a wick drain in each provided hole.

Once these wick drains are installed and pre-loaded the engineers predict they will have about 21 feet of settlement. These wicked areas will support a series of dikes for the new Craney Island port. If wick drains were not used the dikes would constantly be settling and would have to be maintained at a large cost. This project gives US WICK DRAIN the most marine experience in the wick drain industry. APE looks forward to working with US WICK DRAIN on the next phases of the Craney island port. If you have a current or upcoming job contact your nearest APE branch to see just how much APE can offer to you. GO APE.]]></description>
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		<title>Summary of Accomplishments for APE Mexico 2011 &#8211; Resúmen de Logros para APE Mexico 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.apevibro.com/wordpress/2011/12/29/summaryofprojectsmexic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 23:34:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Franki Segura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[APE has managed to catch the attention of Mexican Contractors regardless of the long term presence of other manufacturers such as ICE, PTC, BAUER/PILECO.

APE ha logrado captivar la atención de los Constratistas Mexicanos apesar de la larga presencia de otras marcas como ICE, PTC, y BAUER/PILECO.

Ever since our entry into the market on December 2010, APE have managed to provide the right equipment solutions for complex infrastructure such as:

Desde que entramos en el mercado en Diciembre del 2010, APE a logrado proveer soluciones de equipo para complejos proyectos de infraestructura tales como:

    The Construction of Port of Tuxpan, Veracruz Gas Terminal (Rental of APE D50 Diesel Impact Hammer for 7 months)
    La Construcción de la Terminal de Distribución de Gas Natural, Tuxpan, Veracruz (Renta de Martillo de Impacto Diesel modelo D50 por 7 meses)
    The Expansion of the Container Terminal for Port of Lazaro Cardenas, Mexico (Rental of 200-6 for 5 months)
    La Expasión de la Terminal de Contenedores del Puerto de Lazaro Cardenas, Mexico (Renta de APE modelo 2006- por 5 meses)
    The Construction of a New Major Naucalpan-Ecatepec Expressway accross Mexico, City (Rental of four (4) APE 200 vibros for 6 months each)
    La Construcción de la Nueva Autopista Naucalpan-Ecatepec inteseca la Cuidad de México (Renta por 4 meses de 4 vibrohincadores por 6 meses)
    The Construction of a New Marina in Los Cabos, Mexico (Sell of an APE 170 Variable Moment Vibro)
    La Construcción de la Nueva Marina en Los Cabos, Baja California, México (Venta de un APE 170VM de Frecuencia Variable)
    The Construction of a Walmart in Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico (Rental of APE 150T for 4 months)
    La Construcción de un Walmart en VIllahermosa, Tabasco, México (Renta de un APE 150T por 4 meses)
    The Construction of Shafts for Línea 12 Underground Train Project in Mexico City (Rental of APE 150T for 6 months)
    La Construcción de Túneles para el Tren Subterráneo de la Línea 12 en Ciudad de México (Renta del APE 150T por 6 meses)
    The Expansion of Port of Veracruz, Mexico (Rent of JM 66-80 &#38; JM 416 vibros)
    Expansión del Puerto de Veracruz, México (Renta de JM 66-80 &#38; JM 416)
    The Construction of a Mining Facility, Baja California, Mexico (Rent of APE 400 vibro)
    La Construcción de una Terminal de Minerales, Baja California, México (Renta de un APE 400 vibro)]]></description>
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		<title>Final 72&#8242; Pile Driven to Grade, OctaKong Project Finished</title>
		<link>http://www.apevibro.com/wordpress/2011/12/12/final-72-pile-driven-to-grade-octakong-project-finished/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:33:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David White</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[APE China]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On December 8th 2011, the APE "OctaKong" hammer drove it's final pile to grade in front of a crowd of 200 people on the South China Sea.  Many Engineers, officials, contractors, and China T.V. Stations came to witness the final pile drive to grade.  In total, 120 piles were used to create the east and west man-made islands for the HongKong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge project.  The largest pile was 72 feet in diameter, 180 feet high, and 660 US tons.  The entire project lasted just under 7 months, an incredibly fast time to make two full island foundations.  ZPMC, the Shanghai based company who fabricated the piles, could hardly keep up pile production with the driving speed of the project.  At the fastest point the OctaKong drove 6 piles in 3 days.  One of the biggest challenges of the East island was learning how to drive 72 foot diameter piles in complex soil conditions.  When driving large diameter piles the soil conditions on one side of the pile can be very different than on the other side of the pile.  At some points the right side of the pile was facing N47+ soil while the left side only saw only N15.  Soil layers are not flat, which is not usually not a problem when driving small diameter piles, but when faced with super large piles often times one full side of the pile will cut through a soil layer for 10 feet before the other side of the pile hits the same layer.  This creates a big challenge when trying to get the pile to go into the soil perfectly straight.  These new challenges forced us to learn a new pile driving method specific to large diameter piles.  No doubt a huge step for the pile driving industry for the future of even larger bridges, land reclamation, and wind power.]]></description>
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		<title>APE Photo Op with Carl Edwards</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:57:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Greisen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At APE today we are taking a moment to recognize Fastenal, which is a big vendor for many of the parts involved in putting together a diesel impact hammer, vibratory driver extractor etc. Jim Winn is our Fastenal representative at the APE headquarters here in Kent WA. For the most part he's an all around good guy, especially when he went down to Florida for a Fastenal convention and had a chance to get a picture and autograph with Carl Edwards. For those who don't know, Carl Edwards is the 2nd place driver in the Sprint Cup Series, following Tony Stewart. Jim Winn took his opportunity with Carl Edwards and got him to take a photograph with him holding a sign saying "GO APE!". All of us at APE have to say (including Wayne), that's pretty cool Jim, much appreciated!]]></description>
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		<title>Seattle&#8217;s Viaduct Replacement Project</title>
		<link>http://www.apevibro.com/wordpress/2011/12/05/seattle-viaduct-replacement-project/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 18:13:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Yingling</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alaska Way Viaduct]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[APE D100]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[diesel hammer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pacific Pile and Marine drives 5 foot diameter casing over 200 ft in length with company owned D100-42 for the Alaska Way Viaduct temporary detour off ramps. These ramps are ahead of the new underground tunnel that will be placed under downtown Seattle to replace the old viaduct. There will be 28 piles driven for the ramp pictured in this article. APE offers the only true D-series hammer available on the market.  The efficiency and reliability of the D-series single acting impact hammers have been in service since the early 40’s building the world’s infrastructure.  When a contractor needs reliability they call on APE Equipment.]]></description>
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		<title>APE in the Amazon Jungle!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:48:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Casavant</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[APE Southeast (FL)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[200T]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amazon River]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Costa Fortuna]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Costa Fortuna has taken delivery of  new APE 200T with a 700 HP Power unit for use in the town of Almerim, Brazil on the Amazon River. Our long time Customer is driving 800 and 1200 mm Pipe Pile for Electric Transmission Tower bases, the overall height of the Towers will be 280 meters.

The Pipe Pile are 48 meters long and are driven to 150 ton capacity with some Pile testing over 360 tons. The Pile are started with the APE 200T / 700 and finished with a APE D50-42 Diesel Hammer, in some cases the pile are taken almost to grade and then set checked with the D50-42 to prove Bearing Capacity.

Michele Corda the Equipment Manager for Costa Fortuna was very impressed with the patented APE  two - stage suppressor Housing and it's ability to dampen Vibration back to their new Liebherr Crane. While using their much older Foster 4150 Vibro the Crane computer would shut down due to the excessive Vibration from the old style Suppressor, not only did that shut down problem stop with the APE 200T but it also outdrove the heavier 4150 with ease at much lower fuel use.]]></description>
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		<title>EP Jarrett Goes APE for the Caltrans Highway 165 Project</title>
		<link>http://www.apevibro.com/wordpress/2011/11/28/ep-jarrett/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:07:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Cress</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[APE Western (CA)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[APE 200]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[APE D100]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ EP Jarrett Foundation Construction is all about quality. Every project that they tackle is a job worth seeing. They do their work with precision and they use APE as their foundation equipment supplier because APE delivers precision equipment.

Working on a Caltrans project on HWY 165 just North of Los Banos California Mike and Ed Cuneo tackle a job with some interesting parameters. Working off of a failed existing structure while using heavy equipment is enough to make anyone work softly, especially when working at the limit. The Cuneo boys from EP Jarrett are up for the challenge. Installing 36” diameter CISS pile 130’ deep, using an APE D100-42 diesel hammer while working off of a scoured bridge was a challenge that is never taken lightly, and EP Jarrett Foundation went at it with precision.

The piles got started with an APE 200 Vibratory Driver Extractor with caisson beam and clamps ensuring the exact location of the CISS pile. After the APE 200 Vibratory Driver Extractor finished its job the D100-42 single acting diesel hammer took over to finish the driving of the 130’ long 36” diameter pipe pile, then the pipe was drilled out 100’ deep and the rebar cage was dropped into position ready to be filled with concrete.

At the end of the day, when the sun goes down, The gang from EP Jarrett can go home with pride in a job well done!]]></description>
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