Drilling Technology

[poorboy]

Well, often times don't have to pay for the HDPE since it comes with. Just pay for the 4" or 6" drain tile.

DR17 8" is about $25 a meter if you bought it. If you did 2 or 5 bores you'd just re-use it... In this case you could get away with DR26 or DR 32.5 which is quite a bit cheaper.

Get a drill crew with a guy with a fusing ticket, and they can assemble it all for you too.


We did some 10" work were we drilled and supplied pipe for $100 all in for the government.

So the boring crew brings their HDPE pipe to site and fuses it, then pulls it out when done and chops it up and takes it away with them?

Can drain tile be fused to the HDPE pipe? It can probably be used as the drain pipe if the 2 can be attached somehow. As long as the drain tile can be hooked on each end, should the boring unit be used on the hill part and a plow or hoe used for the shallow section.

[Rareearth]

The max depth a surface drainage plow (big tractor or Cat) can put tile down is about 7 feet deep. You need a minimum of 2 feet of soil above the tile.
7 - 2 = 5 foot hill is the max depth a surface installation can go

I like the idea of subsurface drilling, otherwise it takes a lot of time, money, etc to install lift stations

[bucket]

The max depth a surface drainage plow (big tractor or Cat) can put tile down is about 7 feet deep. You need a minimum of 2 feet of soil above the tile.
7 - 2 = 5 foot hill is the max depth a surface installation can go

I like the idea of subsurface drilling, otherwise it takes a lot of time, money, etc to install lift stations

Maybe you have never seen a trackhoe work for days building a canal so the trencher can do as you describe.

[Rareearth]

Buy a track hoe vs buy a drill?

Sell them when your done.

[Klause]

Buy a track hoe vs buy a drill?

Sell them when your done.

Anyone can run a hoe.


Drill, not so much.

[Tucker]

Not everyone can run a hoe properly. Don't underestimate the farmers on here. I'm sure there are many who could run a drill.

[Klause]

Not everyone can run a hoe properly. Don't underestimate the farmers on here. I'm sure there are many who could run a drill.

I didn't mean it that way. A drill needs a crew. Operator, locator, mixer.

You need a mud van, drilling additives.

Then you need a bit, w sub, sonde housing, drill rod.


Then you need a sonde, locator,and remote display.


Now you've drilled pilot.

Need a reamer or two to enlarge the hole.

A fusing machine to glue the HDPE together. A pull head and a swivel to attach it to the reamer to pull it back with.

[Guest]

are these just a smaller version of like what the crossing co. uses or they the same ?
lonnie briscoe showed me around theirs once

[Klause]

are these just a smaller version of like what the crossing co. uses or they the same ?
lonnie briscoe showed me around theirs once

Basically. Same concept but smaller. Crossing Company has million pounders (which is what Lonnie would have shown you) and an LRD (light rig division) that runs the 330s, 240s etc.


The ones you need on a farm are smaller yet. 60s, 80s etc.

[Guest]

how often do you get stuck ?

[Klause]

how often do you get stuck ?

I've never gotten stuck 🤣

That would be a firing offence in the company I work. With good mud and proper drilling practice it shouldn't happen.