Whether it’s pipe bursting, pneumatic boring, ramming, auger boring or horizontal directional drilling, it’s best to know the differences and benefits of each because they’re not all one and the same.

The process of auger boring is one of the safest means of any underground utility installations, keeping any roadway or waterbody fully operational all throughout the project. Alongside horizontal ...

The Bohrtec 600LSC guided auger boring machine installs large-diameter jacking pipes with a maximum outside diameter of 50.39 in. Produces 262 tons of jacking force, 112 tons of pullback force and ...

Model McL-48/54 auger boring machine is capable of cased boring sizes ranging from a 16- to 60-inch diameter. A new quick-connect split-design feature enables machine components to individually be ...

the crew attached a standard auger and the first 20-foot section of casing. The crew began to ream the hole and continued to pump water from the receiving pits back into the boring machine to keep ...

All of that changed a few years ago, when Ron Harleman, a local manufacturer of heavy-duty boring tools and equipment, called to tell Sac Osage about a new auger he had designed that would bore rock.

This was a carpenter's tool for boring holes larger than those bored by a gimlet. It has a handle placed crosswise by which it is turned with both hands. There have been spoon augers found in ...