Drilling rig
Boring a well, a micropile, a soil investigation, an anchor.
A dedicated machine:
it does only that, and it does it better than an equipped excavator.
Other names for this machine: borer, sounding rig, drilling outfit.
- Category
- CACES R.482A category B2 (sounding and drilling machines)
- Status
- Partial carrier
What it does
it is dedicated to drilling — an equipped excavator does not do it as well.
Drilling a well, a micropile, a ground investigation, an anchor.
What it does not do. A dedicated machine:
it does only that, and it does it better than an equipped excavator.
it brings the soil up along the flight instead of pushing it.
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everything else can be made up for, that cannot.
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What governs the fitting of an attachment
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The boring tool and its diameter
Auger, chisel, bit, core barrel:
the tool follows the ground, not the other way round. - The torque and thrust available They decide what the machine goes through, and how fast it goes through it.
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The method of support
Casing, slurry, hollow auger:
it is chosen on the nature of the soil and the presence of water. - Access and headroom The mast governs access as much as the weight of the machine does.
One model, as a reference point
The values below hold for this model only.
They are there to give an order of magnitude to anyone who has none, not to serve as a reference.
- Maximum rotation torque
- 170,3 kNm
- Boring diameter
- 350 to 3,000 mm
- Boring depth
- 23 to 69.7 m depending on the configuration
- Weight
- 37 to 40 t
- Engine power
- 209 kW
Caveat. The spread in depth, from 23 to nearly 70 m, comes from the drilling method chosen.
A drilling rig is chosen on the ground and the technique, not on a maximum figure.
Source. Product sheet published in a trade catalogue,
recorded on 1 September 2026.
These values are those of one precise model, at one precise date. They do not describe a category:
there are no characteristics of a compact loader in general, there are those of the model you have.
They change from one year to the next and never replace the data sheet of your machine.
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