Drill baby drill!(Directionally, HDD content)

[paulsharvey]

A little more that that. The project I’m on now is same price plow/bore/trench. So plowing is amazing $ wise and boring is ok. Last project I was on both plow and bore was less but the ONLY thing in the ground was rural Verizon so it went in easy.

About 6 years ago, there was a Major fiber build out, and I knew a driller well, who complained about the $2.50 "by any means" they wanted to pay. Sure, if you can plow 10 miles of road, that's fantastic; but when you have to drill (or missile) a driveway every 200 ft, and a side road every 1200 ft, it starts not looking as good.

 

[paulsharvey]

The biggest complain I heard recently, isn't even the price per foot; it's just that Comcast/AT&T want to pay the same price per foot, but add additional requirements. No pictures of before start, that's 10% deduction, no picture of the ground rod in hand hole, we only pay 50% for that hand hole, ect. It doesn't sound like much, but when you add another 30 minutes of pre-work, then 30 minutes of post work, and then want the pics uploaded into the billing system; all for same footage price, that starts eating into the small guys pocket.

 

[paulsharvey]

The second mid-pull fuse on today's 30", 1400 lf pull back.

 

[paulsharvey]

Saw this on FB Marketplace, if your ever looking for a use for your empty reels.

 

[paulsharvey]

Yesterday we did a 590lf river shot, about 45 ft deep but tracking from the boat was iffy at best. All 4", behind a 6" reamer. Was about 8 hrs from head in ground to pipe back.

 

[Fixastuff]

Starting point.

Drill 165ft under two gas lines and two driveways.

Gas line location filled with drill water even though I was 1ft under it.

Second gas line.

End point at transformer with 3 power feeds in conduit leaving it.

New box to replace the old small metal one so there is room for 100ft extra fiber coil.

 

[paulsharvey]

Mr Fixa, who ever knew red works just fine with yellow? Bet the ditchwitch salesman gives you crap everytime he stops by to sell his amazing new super slick magic bore gel, at $5/bag then the generic

 

[Fixastuff]

Mr Fixa, who ever knew red works just fine with yellow? Bet the ditchwitch salesman gives you crap everytime he stops by to sell his amazing new super slick magic bore gel, at $5/bag then the generic

The best one is I use a dw drill head with vermeer locating system!

 

[Fixastuff]

Drilling is funny. Yesterday it took 500gallons to drill 163ft. Today 2 houses down I drilled 168ft and only used 150gallons.

 

[Fixastuff]

Pulling 2 pipes today.