Underground Connections of Wooster, Ohio, invested $55,000 a couple years ago to purchase the Pit Shot, a compact directional drilling machine made...
RODDIE, Inc. Articles
Editorial
Compact Directional Drill Leads to More Revenue for Underground Contractor
For years, Tom Carlisle was frustrated because he couldn’t serve a large untapped market for boring new waterlines and sewer lines, which...
Editorial
Cameras Offer Value and Improve Service
An old adage says that, generally speaking, you get what you pay for. But as Ron Smiley discovered, it’s also possible to...
Pipe Bursting Tools - RODDIE lateral pipe bursting machine
The lightweight lateral pipe bursting machine from RODDIE slides apart into two components of 50 and 60 pounds that can be lowered and reassembled...
Online Exclusives
Additional Exhibitors Sign Up for Wastewater Equipment Fair
There are now 35 exhibitors committed to September’s Wastewater Equipment Fair, a new event sponsored by COLE Publishing where companies can perform live...
Pipe Bursting Tools - RODDIE Inc. Lateral pipe bursting machine
The lightweight lateral pipe bursting machine from RODDIE Inc. slides apart into two components of 50 and 60 pounds that can be...
Online Exclusives
5 Toughest Pipe Bursting Jobs
You shimmy into cramped trench boxes and maneuver heavy equipment into tight quarters, all in the name of pipe bursting. The no-dig...
Online Exclusives
Are You Sabotaging Your Pipeline Rehab Team?
Owning a pipeline rehabilitation and inspection business can be fun and rewarding. I have been involved in building — or helping build...
Online Exclusives
Top Trenchless Pipe Rehabilitation Tools Slideshow
Trenchless pipeline rehabilitation has come a long way in the years since its development. Pipe bursting and horizontal directional drilling are proven...
Videos
One-of-a-Kind Directional Drill Outshines Big Rigs
Paul Hajzus of RODDIE Inc. shows you why the compact Basement Buddy offers next-level directional drilling. Tune in to see how this...
Editorial
Pipe Bursting Methods And Projects
Pipe Bursting ToolsModular pipe bursting machineThe Model PD-33 pipe bursting machine from Pow-r Mole Sales has a 24-inch stroke. Its nonslip cylinder-activated jaws...
Editorial
Crown Of The Continent
The National Park Service was modernizing cabins and rehabilitating the wastewater infrastructure in Glacier National Park in Columbia Falls, Mont. HK Contractors...
Editorial
Find Your Way
This month’s issue of Cleaner includes our annual Buyer’s Guide. Like the menu at a high-end restaurant, it features some of the...
Editorial
Strip Mall Savior
Sand leeching into a corroded 4-inch cast iron lateral caused sewage backups into a restaurant (which had to close), a check cashing...















