An apparatus for driving a pile section having a central opening into the ground includes a mast attachment with roped hydraulic cylinders, a high frequency hydraulic impact hammer connected with the mast, and a drive cap. The mast with roped hydraulic cylinders provides for vertical movement of the high frequency hydraulic impact hammer, and the drive cap connects with the high frequency hydraulic impact hammer and a pile section to transfer the drive force of the hammer to the pile section. When the mast is connected with an excavator and the drive cap is connected with the high frequency hydraulic impact hammer, a pile section is connected with the drive cap lower end and the high frequency hydraulic impact hammer is operated to drive the pile section into the ground.
A system for driving piles into the ground includes an excavator, an apparatus connected with the excavator, and a plurality of base pile sections. The pile sections have an upper end surface containing a central opening which connects with the apparatus prior to driving the pile sections into the ground. The apparatus includes a mast with roped hydraulic cylinders, a high frequency hydraulic impact hammer connected with the mast, and a drive cap. The mast with roped hydraulic cylinders provides for vertical movement of the high frequency hydraulic impact hammer, and the drive cap connects with the high frequency hydraulic impact hammer and a pile section to transfer the drive force of the hammer to the pile section.