Trenching / Boring / Cable Plows News, Videos, and Information

Carolyn Dawson - Wed May 24, 2000

Security Equipment Rescues Trench Safety Seminar

Recognizing the importance of using real-life construction equipment to aid rescue education efforts, a Baltimore construction equipment distributor freely donates its time, equipment and services, all in the name of safety. Recently, Security Equipment Co....

Wed November 22, 2000

Trenchless Drilling Helps Save Turnpike Service Plaza

An innovative trenchless drilling process was recently used to replace failing electrical lines at the Peter J. Camiel Service Plaza on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, eliminating the need to close the service area and the turnpike....

Wed May 10, 2000

Tramac’s TraPac Plate Keeps Contractors Out of Trenches

Job-site safety involves a lot more than hanging posters and repeating slogans. To lose it can be disastrous on many levels. To improve it, benefits everyone. When working in trenches it is just good common sense to keep men out of them as much as possible....

Wed April 12, 2000

21C: Lowe-Down on Trenching

The Lowe model 21C trenching attachment is designed to add capability to larger skid steer loaders. The trencher is designed to operate with hydraulic flows between 49 and 95 liters per minute (13 and 25 gpm)....

Lori Lovely - Wed August 16, 2000

FlowMole Technology Helps Shape Guided Boring

Electronics comprise the most significant change in utility work since 1994, said George Taylor, vice president of operations and engineering with UTILX Corporation. And UTILX has been at the forefront of the developing technology. In 1984 three engineers at the company’s research and development lab in Kent, WA, succeeded with an innovative drill pipe, signaling the beginning of widespread guided boring....