Having a daily inspection routine can help keep a machine and a jobsite running efficiently. Here are the steps you should follow to inspect your Vermeer horizontal directional drill daily.
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Have you ever wondered how you’re going to navigate through a congested area? Creating a bore plan gives you specific depths to follow and allows you to efficiently execute the pilot bore. Here’s how to create your own HDD bore plan.
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McCall Drilling enlists two Vermeer dual-rod utility drills to install 5G fiber around Austin, Texas. Read how it all came to be (and how it went).
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Learn about roles and responsibilities of everyone working on a large-diameter HDD jobsite.
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How you drill depends on the ground condition you’ll be drilling in. To help you know what you should consider in clay or loam, soft rock and hard rock, read (or watch) these tips.
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New to HDD? Follow these tips to help get your career off to a good start and share it with your friends.
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How you use your horizontal directional drill (HDD) in pipeline projects can impact your overall project time and productivity. Compared to utility projects, drilling practices from the operators’ perspective need to change or will be different. Learn how.
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We’re going to talk about three additional drilling processes you should know before launching into the pipeline industry: creating the borehole, handling the drill pipe and locating methods.
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Get the top tips for determining which trenchless method you should use for large-diameter bores: horizontal directional drilling vs. auger boring.
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Drilling fluid is an essential component of the horizontal directional drilling (HDD) process, but do you know what each additive is doing downhole? Keep reading if you want to find out!
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