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Joint-Venture Halfway Through on Columbus Trench Project

To help alleviate traffic in Columbus, Ohio, the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) has awarded a $75 million contract to a joint-venture (JV) bringing together The Ruhlin Company ($31.7 million) and George J....


Mike Willhelm Joins Luby as Trench Safety Sale Rep

Luby Equipment Services announced that Mike Willhelm has joined the company as the trench safety sales representative at the Fenton, Mo., location. In his new position, Willhelm is responsible for Luby’s trench shoring system sales and rentals across its entire territory in Missouri and Illinois....


Pal3 612 Trench Box Helps Olson ’Keep Your Sewer in Pink’

In keeping true to its slogan, “Keep Your Sewer in the Pink,” Olson’s Sewer Service of Forest Lake, Minn., has gone one step beyond and taken delivery of the first ever trench box painted Olson’s signature hot pink to match the company’s vehicles....


Ditch Witch RT45 Trencher Features Powerful Tier IV Engine

The Ditch Witch organization has made numerous upgrades to its RT45 ride-on trencher. Among its new features, the RT45 offers a Tier IV, 49-hp (36.5-kW) Deutz diesel engine designed for minimal maintenance and maximum operator productivity....


Expanded Line of HDD Tooling, Drill Pipe

Underground Tools Inc. displayed its expanded line of directional drilling pipe and HDD tooling, as well as trencher parts at ICUEE 2013. UTI’s comprehensive line of HDD down-hole tooling features improved designs and includes drive chucks, starter rods, reamers, sonde housings, pilot bits, carriage chain and more....


HammerHead Adds Four New Tools to Piercing Tool Product Offering

HammerHead has introduced four new tools to its pneumatic piercing line. The new models come in two sizes, 4- and 5.125-in. (10 and 13 cm). Both sizes are available in a Catamount reciprocating head model or a fixed, non-reciprocating head model....


HammerHead Trenchless Equipment Celebrates 25th Year

Challenged to name a market-leading tool that got its start as a prototype built in the family garage, most people might list the personal computer. Ask a utility installer or pipe rehabilitation contractor the same question, and the answer might be in the back of the company truck....


Kwik-Trench From Little Beaver Is Highly Efficient Mini-Trencher

Little Beaver’s Kwik-Trench mini-trencher is offered in two models, the KT200B and KT2400B, both able to trench up to 30-ft. (9 m) per minute. A compact design paired with durable construction and components allows the Kwik-Trench to tackle a multitude of projects, including landscape edging, root pruning, as well as installations of plumbing and drainage lines, low-voltage wiring, silt fences and sprinkler systems....


Bomag Introduces New Generation of Powerful, Durable Vibratory Tampers

Bomag’s new line of vibratory tampers includes a wider range of models that allows users to select a machine that best suits the requirements of a given job. The tampers combine low operating weights with superior compaction performance to optimize both productivity and ease of operation in applications such as trench construction, utility and cable backfill compaction, and small repair jobs....


Vermeer Introduces Second HDD in Its New S3 Series

With operator needs at the forefront of design and engineering, Vermeer has introduced a horizontal directional drill with improved power and reliability for the increasingly demanding projects contractors face....


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