A less expemsive alternative to a true directional drill, probably best suited for residential/small commercial use in limied spaces.

I worked with a same assembly that pushed 20' drill rods in a 25' pit. Was worth $millions. 3" rods that would pull HDPE 200 mm diameter for 60 or 100 metres from pit to pit. Still a great deal of work but we could.never set foot on your land and pass a massive pipe under you without disturbing anyone much. Thrust angles were absolutely vital. And shoves rock right out of the way.

Looks like it works great , except in areas like where I work where we would hit 63 boulders in that distance

What a lovely bit of kit 👌

You need slightly longer rams so you dont have to do the half steps, or slightly shorter sections wiuld work. It would also be wise to add a loop over the top, or holes on either side of the chassis so the unit can be easily lifted and lowered using the mini ex you power it with. Save the manual handling of a heavy piece of equipment.

If you are running across a field... there is no need to unscrew the pipes on the return trip. Just push the pipe through to the next pit and move your machine to the next pit... continue to the last pit and then unscrew the pipe. The cable follows the whole way. If you are going that far, I agree, just dig the trench and be done with it.

Nice. 👍👍 It’s a similar version to a pipe bursting machine which pulls a cable through an old existing pipe.

Eu gostei é uma ferramenta muito bem bolada que adianta e facilita o trabalho parabéns

This has changed my life

used an old model once, inside were a set of grips, you pulled the entire mechanism out and flipped it around, when you pushed it would grab and when you turned it around, it would grab on the reverse because basically you flipped the grabbers around. something like cantilever, the more you pull the harder it would grip. this looks like a nice set up but the manual moving it around would disturb your levels, with the inset grabber, your entire frame stayed in place as you just flipped the grabbers reversed, put the plug on the end and start pulling or attach the water line and pull it back to the outside.

Rocks, roots, change in the dirt. Will play havoc.

If I had that excavator I would have had it all done in half the time.

Southern cal. Gas co. Used a tool similar to this. The operator and the person next to him died instantly when they pierced into a 50 thousand volt underground electrical conduit

Pretty slick!!!

Very cool for getting under sidewalks if you do not have buried boulders everywhere like in my area.

The first length added should be painted, (red?). When it comes back you'll no the next one is the last one. I suppose counting them works, but humans are visual.

how do you pull the cable the rest of the way now?

Did you get the idea when you were using a log splitter? Nice machine👍

Nice unit. Simple made.

Impressive rectangular box hole BTW

the thing for going under roads etc. they have been using them for about 40 years. gotta look for buired electrik etc.

How long ar those joint threads going to last. It only takes one person to not fully thread it. Then it pulls apart on the retract. And no way of retreiving the rods.

6 years later , yip we don it covered a full 5 meters 😂😂😂

Grundomat mole is much quicker and hole doesn't need to be as big.

why have all the revs on the digger

hello man can you tell me the name of this machine and how much price where i find it .i need it for some reasons . i enjoyed watching this video you teach me something good .thank you for bring this vidieo to watch . awaiting your reply .REGARDS

Could you do a longer bore next video without an edit where you unscrew 300 ft of pipe?

The machine cannot drill through hard soil and also the machine has lack of support so the base frame rises from its place as soon as the load starts to increase also it require a big pit to carry out the operation can @roddie inc has any machine that could be used for house hold connection which has less space accumulation and has more strength ?

Why you put the Wood?

Run a piece of rope through the middle of the rods, then anchor the rope at the other end - tow line for pulling pipe or cable??

you need a half-pipe to bring the new pipe out some more.

To bad a machine like this can't work where I live. You can't push that rod more than an inch or two before you hit bolder after bolder.

wait till the find a directional drill its cool tho

someone tell me how much. i dont want to make contact or else il get asked a million questions, i jstu wawnt to know if i shoudl ivnest the time starting procurement process, or is it hundreds and hundreds of thousands of USD?

Probably could have edited out most of the rods in the middle and just told us how many it was

На сколько метров она делает прокол?

a hole this deep dug in Brazil anywhere here would already be flooded with water

Rocks...roots...hard pan ....water.....clay....oh my Short distances in soft sandy seems ok Leveling kit/stand for rig..? Loops/lugs for lifting..? Sizes ...section lengths...core removal in both pits for sleeve...?

Can you deliver this machine in India?

So this is what Farva meant!? Ram Rod!!!! 😂

Yup. Boulders would be a problem.

GOOD

If you shim rod up pipe will drop in ground?

Sure seems allot of work compared to a thumper...

А если камень?😉

Where from we can buy this machine and what is the machine model

If you would dig deeper where you are standing you could make it a lot easier on your back by not having to bend over so far.

per fakt 👍👍👍

Can you provide the existing contact and dealer/distributor number to purchase this product in India.

Pneumatic missles >

а если вода и грязь в яме ?

works until you hit a big rock i guess

really damn slow. but does the job well

стоит экскаватор, а в ручную опускает

Nice idea but way to much work and labor intense just use air compressor and a bullet alot faster 🤷‍♂️

wow, it’s amazing how many negative comments. We’re doomed!

That n an easy job in the yard nothing in the way

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Would not work here. Boulders big as a old wv beatle

Sorry, my junk drawer is full. Looks like another solution looking for a problem. There are several better, faster, cheaper ways of doing this.

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Another solution looking for a problem to solve. Not all ‘inventions’ are innovative nor necessary.

You could have dug a trench with the shovel in half the time and effort

no mention of the 17 different electrical, sewer, water, comm wires/pipes he broke on the way, without the ability to know he broke them, Hummmmm!

Полное говно ... А как он будет извлекать эти пробойники ? Землю рыть ? 😢😂

Crappy, inefficient system only good for very limited conditions. Why would I waste money on a product like that which requires that much equipment. A pneumatic mole would be far more efficient and cost effective for small jobs and an HDD better for larger jobs. You can even buy boring drills to mount on a skid steer. No way would you ever see a system like this on a real job. To many better options out there.

This is a nothing demonstration. You could confidently push a pipe under a sidewalk, and that is about it.

BORING BORING