Lightweight Trench Box
- Two sided mechanical trench excavation support system
- Normally selected for installing utility pipes and services where the control of ground movement is non-critical
- Designed to be installed by excavator using either the dig and push or excavate and place technique
- Bottom cutting edge for ease of installation
- Top panels available to increase excavation depth
Description
Grdoundshore Lightweight trench boxes are mainly used for shallow trenches such as water pipes, cable ducts, sewer house connections and equivalent. Lightweight Struts are fixed to the box plates by two steel pins to allow an inner trench width of 660mm – 2450mm.
Specifications
| Description | Length (mm) |
Height (mm) |
Plate Thickness (mm) |
Inside Strut Clearance (mm) |
Strut Clearance (mm) |
Safe Working Load (kN/m2) |
Weight Per Box (kg) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base | 3000 | 2000 | 60 | 2600 | 950 | 31.90 | 910 |
| Top | 3000 | 1000 | 60 | 2600 | – | 31.90 | 500 |
| Base | 3500 | 2000 | 60 | 3100 | 950 | 27.30 | 1030 |
| Top | 3500 | 1000 | 60 | 3100 | – | 27.30 | 550 |
| Struts | Closed (mm) |
Opened (mm) |
Weight (kg) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | 660 | 860 | 9.5 |
| Extension | 500 | 5.5 |
