Directional Boring

Directional boring for fiber beneath a parking lot.

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[HuasoPodrido]

question: how does the machine curve the drilling pipe to go horizontal and then to rise and exit? it seems to be a solid drilling pipe.

[ptimmins]

@HuasoPodrido It has to do with how the drillhead rotates. You'll have to check wikipedia or google about it, as I didn't operate it.

[jfacey78]

HaHa, we got a million pound rig that would pull that machine thru a 4 inch hole

[ptimmins]

Awesome. Feel free to drop by and pull fiber for us anytime. Not my machine. :)

[ptimmins]

Got me, I was just the guy they were drilling for. I tried to stay out of the way. I remember the relative size of the unit, if you tell me what those are the dimensions of (the entire unit? The part between the yellow posts? The hopper full of pipe?)

[chrisjstreet]

@HuasoPodrido to answer your question the tip of the bore head (like a drill bit) has a bill that points slightly up , inside the head is saunde that sends a signal to the locator and reads the position of that bill like a clock, so if you were to push the head in witout rotating while the bill is in the 12 o clock position it will bring your pitch up witch you can read on the locators. this works to steer the head and bring its position up and down to control your depth

[danMX96]

@gaige814 yehh cool

wipe your mouth mate your talking shit

[hagueblake]

@gaige814 i highly doubt this. the most we ever did was 15 bores in a day. 3 inch pvc pipe. we didnt ream anything but we worked until 2 30 in the morning. the only way you did this in an hour is if you were pulling cable

[itsalock69]

I bet we knocked out more footage than you guys!!!!!

[Elton792]

@elvergillas23 ya i agree! i run the shit out of 7200hour Mach3 JT2720!... I Drill@pullback up to 600meters of 1.5/4"pipe a day... without a reamer!..Max pull with reamer ive pulled 10"pipe 200meters 7ft up to 20ft depending on ditches and gaslines etc.

[violeta0178]

why not set one up against steep mtn, turn down and set submersable pump and use as water well. Can it go 45 degrees thru fractured with a 4" drill for 3" case 200 ft?

[floundern45]

@HuasoPodrido it uses high prssure water and bit rotation to drill the hole

[elvergillas23]

Vermeer sucks ditch wotch is the best 80/100

[riclen123]

@HuasoPodrido the bit is slightly angled to one side and when pushed strait into the ground will turn one way or the other. the drill rods are not solid they have a channel that allows water or boring fluid to go to the head(bit). They track the head and can adjust depth and angles, to allow them to exit where they need to. The head has a beacon in it that is tracked by a hand held locator.