Around the Neighbourhood
Here's a photo from the jobsite: Direct Horizontal pulled a pair of 1400 meter gas lines under the Fraser River this summer.
The photo shows the set-up for the first pullback, with Vancouver's North Shore mountains in the background. Who says...
Breaking the Mold
Spent the morning at the foundry, inspecting the cast-alloy clevis ends of the 350 ton and 500 ton swivels, and discussing the method with the foundrymen there. Sand casting has a long history, contributing to the Industrial Revolution and...
We Have a New Winner
A couple months back, we had Maxi-DUB swivel no. 250102 come in for overhaul. That swivel was 11 years old and we called it The Old Dog.
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The Old Dog
There's a Maxi-DUB swivel leaving our Service Center this week, serial number 250-102. The first three digits are the tonnage - 250 tons. The second three digits are the production number - the second one made. (That...
HDD on TV!
The Horizontal Directional Drilling Division of The Mears Group is one of the largest HDD contractors in the world. They've also got some great content on their website - check of their Media section for the Frontiers of...