Location: Climax, Kansas Equipment: StraightLine HDD® RockEye 5.0 Hammer System on a Vermeer 60×90, powered by a 900×350 compressor. The Challenge: The Nowak Construction crew found themselves in a difficult situation on a recent rock bore. Located in the heart of the Flint Hills region of central Kansas, the job called for the installation of … Continued
Location: Austin, TX Equipment: StraightLine HDD® RockEye 3.0 Hammer System on Vermeer® 20×22, coupled with 400×200 compressor. The Challenge: Broadband Specialists, Inc. was awarded a job calling for the installation of 2-inch ducting for fiber cables in the Austin, Texas metropolitan area. Of the many bores required for the job, the typical bore was three … Continued
Location: Iuka, Ms Equipment: StraightLine® 4.0 RockEye Air Hammer System on a Vermeer® 24×40 Series II , coupled with an Atlas Copco 1,000cfm x 350 psi compressor. The Challenge: The job called for the installation of over 15 miles of fiber optic cable conduit. Most of the job was handled … Continued
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
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.
