Slide Rail Trench Box System

Aids in controlling difficult soil conditions.

Slide rail trench box system.

Icon s slide rail shoring systems are made of high yield grade 50 steel and are comprised of lineal panels rails or posts and bracing that enable the contractor to install 2 3 and 4 sided pits and trenches for a variety of excavations and different soil conditions. Designed with the contractor in mind the components of our slide rail shoring system allow contractors to use lighter more common machines during installation and removal than those that would be required to do the same project using tight sheeting or trench shields. Reduces size of your shoring crew. Shortens installation and removal time.

With its modular flexible design the system can work with a wide variety of shapes and sizes. Shore depths up to 32 triple rail shore large clear span pits. Provides slide rail trench boxes and more to the underground construction industry including utility contractors excavating companies and general contractors. A modular system that is installed as you dig slide rail offers many benefits.

Also wall to wall working space of a 4 sided slide rail system is greater than a standard trench box or other shoring installing slide rail causes minimal vibration to adjacent buildings and surrounding structures. When compared to traditional tight sheeting sloping or complex trench shield assemblies a. This dig and push feature in many cases can greatly reduce the risk of cave in and trench collapse that is common in open trench excavation methods. The slide rail system is a vertical sheeting and trench support system.

The pro tec equipment slide rail system is a dig and push style trench shoring system. The slide rail system by design is a modular component system that is used in place of driven tight sheeting or build in place timber shoring systems. Icon equipment is the original pioneer of this type of shoring system in the u s. In using the system the excavation may be shored from ground level to subgrade without soil movement.

Slide rail systems are a cost effective solution when you need to support trenches or pits at your excavation site. The gme e s slide rail shoring system is engineered to keep workers safe and save contractors time and money. It is used to replace the conventional application of wood or steel sheeting. An alternative to traditional sheeting methods slide rail systems are made up of steel panels which are similar to the sidewalls of a trench box and vertical steel posts.

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