Gab-Tail System
This is a Gabion basket with a mesh tail extended horizontally back into the back-fill embankment.
Why you need Gab-Tail System…
The Gab-tail is a reinforced soil system, with gabion unit facing, together with an extended hexagonal woven mesh tail, which extends back into the soil. Generally when your gabion structure is higher than 4 meters, and built in a fill(backfill) situation, the reinforced Gabion soil system becomes more economical and faster to install. The external gabion baskets facing provide the front internal stability to the overall structure. The mesh tails improve the lateral shear resistance (Tensile strength of the soil) providing improved overall stability improvement of the structure. A selected backfill is required meeting the requirements of at least a G6 or G7 backfill gravel, with no aggregate greater than 100-150mm that may damage the mesh. Normally this material is compacted in layers of not more than 150mm, normally to 95% ModAashto. Please contact us for any further information you require in this regard. Typical sectional and isometric drawings are shown below to assist with your understanding.
Typical Gab-Tail System
Mesh Specification
Typical Detail
Gab-Tail System Features
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What can Gab-Tail System be used for?
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For those with extra questions…
Do you do installations or supply only ?
We can indeed offer specialist experienced installers, or supply an experienced trainer to site.
Do you offer technical training on your product and design application support ?
We offer full technical product knowledge and powerpoint technical training and presentations.
Do you visit site and offer advice ?
We certainly can visit site, for which we charge a small fee to cover expenses for the site visit, full design (if required) and quotation.
Do you offer site practical support / training ?
We visit sites we needed, for friendly advice and also offer full site practical training for our products.
Do you deliver products to sites with rock ?
We can supply our range of products, including the whole range, with rock supplied separately to site, to make your buying process easier.
Do you have information on the correct applications and installation guidance for your products ?
We have a few options for getting the knowledge to install our materials, having a Youtube website channel, called Gabionbaskets, where we show installation videos and animations as well as printed A4 sheets showing the correct installation process. For applications we show some on our website, kindly contact us for more information in this regard.