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Shoring Equipment
Shoring Equipment
Excavation Support

Groundforce Shorco's equipment portfolio includes a full range of Trenching Equipment and Shoring Equipment including: Trench Boxes, Trench Sheets and Piles, light and heavy duty hydraulic bracing, hydraulic struts and other related products.
Piling Equipment
Piling Equipment
Piling Equipment Supplier

Piletec is the UK's specialist supplier of piling equipment to the construction industry. We are able to offer a fully comprehensive range of equipment for your driving, extraction and foundation preparation projects.
Pipe Stoppers
Pipe Stoppers
Pipe Testing & Flow Control

Stopper Specialists is the UK's leading supplier of pipe stoppers and pressure testing equipment to the construction, civil engineering and utility industries; offering an unrivalled portfolio of products for a variety of tasks from blanking off vessels to pressure testing pipelines.
Utility Equipment
Utility Equipment
Utility Equipment

U Mole offer high quality equipment and technical support to the Utility and Civils sectors, with innovative and tailored products to serve the Power, Water and Gas industries.

U Mole also have a proud history of bringing innovation to the market so please keep an eye out for our 'NEW' icons to show the products that have recently been added to the range.
Temporary Bridges
Temporary Bridges
Temporary Bridging

Groundforce Bridge is the temporary bridge hire division of Groundforce. Our temporary bridge structures cater for the construction, transmission, rail and events sectors. Groundforce Bridge provides an easily installed modular flat pack bridge solution to suit your requirements. A range of vehicle bridges and pedestrian bridges are available for hire from 4m - 12m.
Training
Training
Excavation Support Training

Groundforce Training Services offer a wide range of courses primarily for those working in utilities, construction and civil engineering. From short duration health and safety awareness to more complex or specialist safety consultancy solutions, we can help.

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Rod Bursters

About Rod Bursters

U Mole’s range of rod bursters are compact, highly efficient, simple to set up and easy to operate for effective replacement of gas and water mains. With use of proper methods and tooling, water mains can be installed and put in use the same day which eliminates the need for temporary bypass lines.

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Specification

Down Hole Unit	HB3038	HB5058	HB100	HB125
Pipe Replacement	2" - 6"	2" - 8"	4" - 16"	6" - 20"
Pulling Force (Tonnes)	34.5	45.4	88.9	113.4
Length (mm)	1520	1650	1830	3180
Width (mm)	510	560	890	1190
Weight (kg)	345	421	1423	3402
Rod Diameter (mm)	35/45	50	57	70
Rod Length (mm)	1000	1000	900	1000
Rod Weight (kg)	7.8/12.2	15.9	12.2	19
Standard Rod Kit Length (m)	100	100	150	150
Supplied on Trailer	Yes		No

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Hammerhead Rod Bursters

Technical Specification for the Hammerhead Hydroburst

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Burster Tooling Technical Specifications

Technical Specification for U Mole Starter Rods and Expanders

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