Advantages

 To prevent soil entering the sampler tube before the sampling position is reached.
 To reduce losses of samples, by providing an efficient airtight seal to the top of the soil in the
tube during withdrawal.
 To reduce the entry of excess soil into the tube during the early stages of sampling.
 To increase the acceptable length to diameter ratio

Comparison of void ratio (e) and relative density (Dr) for samples using ground freezing and fixed
piston tube sampling methods.

(C.E. (Fear) Wride, B.A. Hofmann, D.C. Sego, H.D. Plewes, J.-M. Konrad, K.W. Biggar, P.K.
Robertson, and P.A. Monahan 2000)

(November 2000 ). Ground sampling program at the CANLEX test sites. Journal of Geotechnical and
Geoenvironmental Engineering.