JCD600 Crawler-Mounted Core Drilling Rig

800 METRES OF WIRELINE CORE. THE SAME FOOTPRINT AS A BAKKIE AND TRAILER.

The JCD600 is a robust full-hydraulic crawler core drilling rig for mineral exploration and geological investigation. It cores in HTW, NTW and BTW wireline sizes to a maximum of 800 m — the inner tube comes up on the wire, not on the rods, so you spend the shift cutting core instead of tripping pipe.

More power where it counts. A 92 kW YUCHAI turbocharged diesel feeds a 20 MPa / 220 L/min hydraulic system, delivering 450–1 300 N·m at the head. With a 16-ton pull-up and 8-ton push-down, it keeps cutting when the ground gets hard or the hole gets deep. Prefer Cummins power? The engine can be changed to a Cummins diesel on request — just ask when you enquire.

Walks itself to the collar. Steel crawler tracks travel at 3.5 km/h and climb 40° slopes, with dual manual and remote control for safe positioning on rough ground. The one-piece ground-touching mast drills anywhere from 45° to vertical with a 1 900 mm feed stroke.

Set up for deeper holes. The on-board BW-120 mud pump moves up to 120 L/min at 7 MPa for reliable flushing, and the rope hoist carries 700 m of wire for wireline work at depth. Same transport footprint as the JCD400 — 4.2 m long, on a drop-side truck.

Delivered drill-ready by Drillbuilders. We supply the JCD600 with commissioning support and back it from our Mokopane workshop. One supplier, one phone call.