HOW CATCH RIG TECHNOLOGY TRANSFORMS LONG-DISTANCE BORES
Richard Levings, product manager American Augers, tells GDI about the company’s catch rig technology for HDD set-ups that are ideally suited to river crossings and lengthier bores that require a lot of time, machines and prep work on the trail pipe at the exit hole. Since its inception in the 1970s, maxi horizontal directional drill […]
AMERICAN AUGERS’ CATCH-RIG TECHNOLOGY SPEEDS UP INTERSECT DRILLING PROCESS
By Tom Jackson, Contributing Editor Today’s maxi-HDD installations often require contractors to operate on both sides of the installation to mitigate risk. Additionally, a two-side operation can help operators intersect pilot bores, manage fluid cleaning or pumping, assist exit side pipe handling and offer power assistance in difficult bore hole conditions. The practice of employing rigs […]
AMERICAN AUGERS’ DD600 HDD MEETS EVOLVING JOBSITE REQUIREMENTS
Horizontal directional drill (HDD) operators can improve their jobsite uptime and meet a variety of new jobsite requirements with the new DD600 maxi-rig directional drill from American Augers. Replacing American Auger’s DD440T, the DD600 is designed with customer-focused features to enhance the power and performance of the current industry standard in HDD maxi rigs. “The […]
NEWLY DESIGNED MAXI-RIG DIRECTIONAL DRILL FROM AMERICAN AUGERS® MAXIMIZES PRODUCTIVITY AND UPTIME TO MEET TODAY’S JOBSITE NEEDS
The new DD600 features customer-driven design and an engine strategically selected to meet evolving jobsite requirements. WEST SALEM, Ohio, Sept. 26, 2023 – Horizontal directional drill (HDD) operators can improve their jobsite uptime and meet a variety of new jobsite requirements with the new DD600 maxi-rig directional drill from American Augers. Replacing American Auger’s DD440T, […]
AMERICAN AUGERS MACHINE TO AID RESCUE EFFORT FOR INDIAN WORKERS TRAPPED IN COLLAPSED TUNNEL
LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Officials trying to reach 41 workers who have been trapped in a collapsed tunnel in northern India for eight days were contemplating alternative rescue plans Sunday after snags with a drilling machine caused them to halt digging. A new drilling machine arrived at the accident site in Uttarakhand state on Saturday […]
THREE WAYS FLUID CLEANING SYSTEMS KEEP HDD JOBSITES EFFICIENT
As featured in Trenchless Technology Horizontal directional drill (HDD) operators know that drilling fluid is a key element to jobsite success. However, clean drilling fluid is an operator’s bread and butter. Drilling fluid, or “mud,” is used to lubricate downhole tooling, cool electronics, carry cuttings to the surface and stabilize the borehole. However, if the […]
FLORIDA CONTRACTOR OVERCOMES LAND AND SEA CHALLENGES FOR SUCCESSFUL JOB OUTCOME
As featured in Dig Different Florida’s Earth View takes on a directional drilling job with a wet exit to install seawater intake lines for a nature center’s sea turtle habitat. Earth View is accustomed to challenging directional drilling jobs. But no matter the obstacles a given job may present, typically the company has a bore […]
HOW TO EMPLOY A SUCCESSFUL AUGER BORING JOBSITE
Here are three key factors contractors should consider when looking to complete an auger boring project on time and on budget.
HOW GLOBAL DEMAND AND TECH ARE BOOSTING ROADBUILDING GROWTH
Whether you are a contractor, OEM, technology company or a government agency handing out the money, it’s a good time to be in the roadbuilding business.
WHY AN ELECTRIC AUGER BORING MACHINE IS A GOOD INVESTMENT
A switch to electric auger boring machines offers multiple on-the-job benefits — from quieter and safer job sites, to enhanced equipment performance.
