When you think of reamers, you don’t typically think much about what went into the making of the tool. Your focus is on the task at hand. That’s the way it should be. StraightLine’s job is to apply our years’ of hands-on drilling experience with unmatched engineering and manufacturing expertise to making reamers that simply outperform in … Continued
This is a quick video highlighting our machining process for Transmitter Housings. StraightLine offers housings for every major rig manufacturing and any rig size
Equipment: StraightLine® 5.0 RockEye Hammer System System on a Vermeer® D50x100, coupled with an Ingersoll Rand 1100cfm x 385 psi compressor The Challenge: 600′ of some of the hardest limestone in the heart of the Ozark Mountains, under a man-made lake, alongside the White River, 15 miles northwest of Mountain Home, Arkansas. That was the … Continued
Equipment: StraightLine® 4.0 RockEye Hammer System coupled with an Atlas Copco 1000cfm/350psi compressor on a Vermeer® D24x40 Series II. The Challenge: A shot under Interstate Highway 40, with a depth of 35′, and back up again, 600′ down the line, was the challenge issued to StraightLine® HDD, Inc. “We are looking for a more effective … Continued
Just a quick walk through the shop today revealed the guys hard facing a large order of Tri-Action reamers. We’ve been manufacturing these reamers for years and they’re still a very popular solution for drillers today.
Equipment:StraightLine HDD® RockEye Air Hammer 5.0 on a Vermeer® D50x100, with a Sullair® 1150cfm x 350psi air compressor. The Challenge: DBU Construction, Inc. was awarded a challenging 500′ bore near Louden, NH. Ground conditions included sand, gravel and granite, including multiple rock beds, as well as large granite boulders. The bore path was to cross … Continued
ICS, Inc. John V. Dale Moore, OK Location: Calumet, OK Equipment: Ditchwitch® JT100 equipped with a 30″ mill-tooth StraightLine® Hole-Opener. The Challenge: ICS, Inc. was awarded several tough bores, supporting the installation of a 20″ steel pipe, natural gas pipeline, West of Oklahoma City- along Interstate 40, near the township of Calumet. Three crews were … Continued
Equipment:StraightLine HDD® RockEye Air Hammer 5.0 on a Ditch Witch® JT4020, with a Sullair® 1150cfm x 350psi air compressor. The Challenge: Roemer Utility Services of Boyne City, MI was awarded a tough 975′ rock bore in the Upper Peninsula, just miles north of the township of Moran. Conventional tooling proved to be no match for … Continued
Equipment:StraightLine HDD® RockEye Air Hammer 4.0 on a Ditch Witch® 2720 M1, with a Sullair® 1150cfm x 350 after-cooled air compressor. The Challenge: Pinnacle Development, Inc., of Brighton, CO was awarded a tough 1000′ bore along a steep slope in the heart of the Rocky Mountains, northwest of Gunnison, Colorado. The company was to install … Continued
We recently caught up with Jeremy Wills of Nowak Construction. Here’s what he had to say about StraightLine’s Swivel line.
