Pile driving at the sport boat harbour, Geierswalde water world
A huge steel pillar hovers above the southern shore of the Geierswalder See. Slowly it approaches the water surface. It is suspended from the hook of an LTM 1500 all-terrain mobile crane. The purpose of the action: MAXIKraft helps to extend the new harbour basin. Two of these steel piers are rammed into the bank floor. They will later be used as dolphins for mooring sports boats and yachts. The crane carefully lowers the tip of the dolphin to the bottom. The actual ramming work begins. A hydraulic vibrating pile driver at the head end of the dolphin hammers loose. Meter by meter it pushes the steel pin into the depth. Including pile driver, sling and dolphin, the crane lifts 20 tons to the final position. In the process, it achieves a maximum outreach of 45 metres.
