Hydraulic Trench Shoring
Vertical hydraulic shores provide trench-wall support while maintaining an open working area for underground utility, maintenance, and excavation crews.
Iron Lot supplies vertical hydraulic shores in multiple rail lengths and cylinder ranges for water, sewer, gas, electrical, telecommunications, drainage, industrial piping, and general utility excavation.
Shop Vertical Hydraulic Shores
Compare vertical hydraulic shores by rail length, cylinder range, weight, and configuration. Iron Lot carries options for narrow service excavations through wider utility trenches.
Featured Vertical Hydraulic Shores
Review popular vertical shore configurations or open the full hydraulic shoring catalog to compare additional sizes.
Request a Hydraulic Shoring Quote
Send us your project and equipment requirements and we can help review available hydraulic shoring options, current pricing, and freight considerations.
Helpful information to include:
- Trench depth, width, and length
- Job location or delivery ZIP code
- Required rail length, if known
- Required trench-width range, if known
- Estimated shore quantity
- Project timeline
- Shipping or delivery needs
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Call 336-516-8011Open Access With Flexible Trench Support
Vertical hydraulic shores can provide trench-wall support without the continuous sidewalls of a trench shield.
Open Working Area
Provides access to pipe, fittings, valves, service connections, existing utilities, and the excavation walls without continuous shield panels occupying the work area.
Flexible Configurations
Multiple rail lengths and hydraulic-cylinder ranges allow crews to select equipment around the actual excavation and protective-system requirements.
Outside-the-Trench Installation
Vertical hydraulic shores are designed so the protective system can be positioned and pressurized from outside the excavation before workers enter the protected area.
Learn More About Hydraulic Shoring
Use these practical guides to learn how hydraulic shores work and understand the factors that affect equipment selection, spacing, sheeting, installation, inspection, and safe use.
What Is Hydraulic Shoring?
Learn how vertical hydraulic shores support opposing trench walls and how the basic protective system works.
Read Guide → ComparisonHydraulic Shoring vs. Trench Boxes
Compare trench support and trench shielding, including working-space differences and common applications.
Read Guide → SelectionHow to Choose a Hydraulic Shore
Review trench width, rail length, cylinder configuration, soil, depth, clearance, and other selection factors.
Read Guide → System LayoutHydraulic Shore Spacing
Learn what affects horizontal and vertical shore spacing and how trench length affects the number of shores required.
Read Guide → Soil ConditionsSoil Classification
Understand why soil classification affects spacing, excavation depth, sheeting, and the overall system layout.
Read Guide → SheetingHydraulic Shoring Sheeting Requirements
Learn when sheeting may be required to control sloughing and raveling between adjacent vertical shores.
Read Guide → InstallationInstallation & Removal
Review the basic installation, pressurization, trench-wall contact, pressure-release, and removal process.
Read Guide → Safe UseInspection & Safe Use
Review loose shores, hydraulic components, changing soil, surcharge loads, inspections, and safe-use considerations.
Read Guide →Hydraulic Shoring Must Match the Excavation
A hydraulic shore should not be selected only because its cylinder range fits the trench or its rail length appears to match the excavation depth.
The complete protective system must be evaluated using the manufacturer's current tabulated data and the project Competent Person.
- Soil classification
- Excavation depth
- Trench width and length
- Shore spacing
- Cylinder configuration
- Surcharge loads
- Groundwater
- Sheeting requirements
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