Slope Safety
Rock Scaling
Loose rock and slope hazards brought down safely from a stable platform.
What this work involves
Rock scaling is dangerous work made safer by reach and footing. Anchored on all-terrain paws, the spider works steep faces and cut slopes to bring down loose material, eliminate falling-rock hazards and reopen the trails, roads and rail below.
Gravity-assisted excavating lets the operator work down an outcropping methodically, leaving clean, stable rock on either side of the hazard.
Discuss a rock scaling projectOn site
Rock Scaling in the field.
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This rock face is scaled with the spider to eliminate falling-rock hazards and reopen the trail.
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Gravity-assisted excavating — the finished, stabilized rock sits clean on either side.
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Working a steep face from a stable platform, well away from the hazard zone.
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