The invention discloses a novel piling head for a piling machine. The novel piling head comprises an impact piece in an impact piece guide sleeve, the outer wall of the lower end of the impact piece guide sleeve is connected with a back pile sleeve covering the upper end of a timber pile in a screwed mode, the internal diameter of the back pile sleeve is larger than that of the impact piece guide sleeve, the inner wall of the lower end of the back pile sleeve is connected with a pile cover sleeve in a screwed mode, the top of the pile cover sleeve is provided with a base plate, the diameter of the base plate is larger than the internal diameter of the pile cover sleeve but smaller than the internal diameter of the back pile sleeve, and a spring is arranged between the bottom of the back pile sleeve and the upper surface of the base plate. According to the novel piling head for the piling machine, the piling acting force is more balanced, the novel piling head can be suitable for piling small piles and can be more suitable for piling large piles, and the piling machine is more stable and more efficient.