Horizontal Directional Drilling

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Obscured_by_Clouds

Discussion Starter · Aug 17, 2015

Kind of a neat machine. Crew is drilling under a couple of nearby creeks for a water line. Haven't talked to them, but I did glance at the machine from a distance while they were gone.

Did a quick search and found a few pictures of various machines and this:

Directional Drilling Explained - Jackson Creek Enterprises - Directional Drilling and Remediation Specialists

Anybody use one that can explain the process more?

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Obscured_by_Clouds

Discussion Starter · #3 · Aug 17, 2015

I only see three or four guys here and they're using something about like this:

Punching right through the turf, no trench.

Pipe extends up to the surface at both ends of another one they did down the road. I'm guessing another contractor will be in to dig down to the water lines and make the connections.

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