Like its Warrington-Vulcan counterpart, the #1, the 50C was a popular hammer and, along with the 80C, comprised a large block of Vulcan's production of these hammers. Specifications are below. Some general arrangements are below. Note that the hammer in the image above sports a bar-type head while these have a sheave-type head; this is … Continue reading Vulcan 50C Hammer: Specifications and Information
The Vulcan 30C was the differential-acting counterpart to the single-acting #2 hammer. Specifications are below. For use with the wave equation analysis, see GRLWEAP Accessory Specifications for the Vulcan #2 and 30C Hammers. The general arrangements are interesting not just for the 30C but to explain features and variants in the Vulcan product line. Like parent, … Continue reading Vulcan 30C Hammer: Specifications and Information
The 18C is the smallest of the Super-Vulcan hammers, designed to correspond with the Warrington-Vulcan #3. Specifications for the hammer are below. Like the #3, the small size made it lose popularity, and it lasted longer in Vulcan's literature than in active production. One interesting footnote to its history is that the 18C was the … Continue reading Vulcan 18C Hammer: Specifications and Information
The #4, another one of the early Warrington-Vulcan hammers, was the smallest one designed and produced. It was referred to as the "Fish Stake" hammer, because, as Vulcan's literature explained, it was "used for driving fish stakes for pond nets along the shore and in connection with sheeting cap, for small wooden sheeting." Specifications for … Continue reading Vulcan #4 Hammer: Specifications and Information
Background The Foster hammers are an interesting part of Vulcan's last years. The concept was to produce a vibratory hammer under a "private label" arrangement, a novelty for the pile driving equipment industry at the time (although the "Chimag" diesel hammers were a similar concept.) In the early 1990's Vulcan produced several vibratory hammers for … Continue reading Hydraulic Vibratory Hammer: the Foster 4200
The 012 was the largest Warrington-Vulcan hammer with a 3' (actually, 3.25' for the #0 series) hammers. It used a long ram, the same length as the later 010 hammers. It is a very useful hammer with its relatively large ram weight, although in practical terms it was soon overshadowed by the 5' stroke 512. … Continue reading Vulcan 012 Hammer: Specifications and Information
The Vulcan 08 was an upgrade from the venerable #0, increasing the ram weight from 7,500 lbs. to 8,000 lbs. The 08 experienced the upgrades of the other Warrington-Vulcan hammers, including cables and the Vari-Cycle, as shown above. (The cables shown above used the tapered lower fittings and are to the head; later Vulcan 08 … Continue reading Vulcan 08 Hammer: Specifications and Information
The #1 is, in many ways, the "flagship" of the line. Produced from the beginning of the Warrington-Vulcan hammers, it was and is a popular hammer. The last Chicago general arrangement is above; other general arrangements are below. Various versions of the specifications for the #1 are shown below. Other information about the … Continue reading Vulcan #1 Hammer: Specifications and Information
The #2 was one of the earliest "Warrington-Vulcan" single-acting hammers to be produced. The first one was S/N 6, made for the Marquette, Houghton and Ontonagon Railroad Company. The general arrangement for the hammer is above. The first extant layout of the Vulcan #2 Hammer, dated 9 February 1887. It's probably the first extant layout … Continue reading Vulcan #2 Hammer: Specifications and Information
Below is a sheet showing the recommendations Vulcan made to its distributors in gathering information for driving accessories. Driving accessory orders were (and are) generally custom orders; knowing this type of information made it easier for Vulcan and its distributors to fulfil their customers' requirements. This sheet dates from the mid-1960's, after the executive office … Continue reading The Information Vulcan Requested for Driving Accessory Purchases
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