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Chapter 1 PLANNING AND SCOPE<br />

• Barrel auger; <strong>and</strong><br />

• Spiral auger.<br />

Figure 1.7 shows a selection of these augers.<br />

1.7.2.3 Wash Boring<br />

Figure 1.7 Selection of H<strong>and</strong>-Operated Augers<br />

Wash boring is a relatively old method of boring small-diameter exploratory holes in fine-grained<br />

cohesive <strong>and</strong> non-cohesive soils. It was widely used in the USA in the first half of this century, but<br />

has been largely replaced by power auger methods. It is still used in areas of the world where labour<br />

is relatively cheap, for example southern Brazil.<br />

A very light tripod is erected, <strong>and</strong> a sheave is hung from it (Fig. 1.8). In its simplest form there are<br />

no motorized winches <strong>and</strong> the drilling water is pumped either by h<strong>and</strong>, or by a small petrol-driven<br />

water pump. Hollow drilling rods are connected to the pump via a flexible hose, <strong>and</strong> the drilling crew<br />

lift the string of rods by h<strong>and</strong>, or using a ‘cathead’ (a continuously rotating steel drum, around which<br />

a manilla rope is wound).<br />

1-20 March 2009

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