Our rigs, our vac trucks, our excavators, our crews. Because we own our iron and run our own people, we mobilize on your date and self-perform the whole underground scope — instead of waiting on a rental yard.
A capability statement is only as good as the equipment behind it. We own and operate our core fleet and run it with our own people — drilling rigs, excavators, vacuum-excavation trucks, and the support gear that keeps a bore and a dig moving. That's what lets us commit to a mobilization date and self-perform directional drilling and excavation together, instead of stitching two rental fleets and two subs across the underground scope.
Owner-operated horizontal directional drills across a range of sizes — smaller rigs for service and distribution bores, and larger rigs for road, rail, and river crossings and longer shots. We match the rig to the bore path, soil, and pullback rather than forcing one machine onto every job. [rig models/sizes — confirm]
Excavators for open-cut trenching, bore-pit and receiving-pit excavation, duct-bank and manhole installation, grading, and backfill. The same iron opens the ground for the drill and handles the excavation scope when open-cut is the right call.
Hydrovac trucks for potholing and daylighting existing utilities, safe exposure around live lines, and spoil management on the bore — the non-destructive digging that keeps a crossing off the wrong utility.
Trucks and trailers to move the iron, pumps, mud and mixing systems for the drilling-fluid program, and locating gear for bore tracking and utility mark-out. The gear that keeps the rig and the crew self-sufficient on site.
National EPCs and developers don't have crews or drills standing by in Central New York. When the underground scope depends on a rental that isn't available — or a sub who financed one machine and is stretching it across three jobs — your critical path is exposed. Owner-operated iron takes that risk off the table.
Our start date isn't gated by a rental yard's availability. We commit to a mobilization date and hit it.
Drills, excavators, and vac trucks under one roof means one company owns the whole underground scope — not two subs pointing at each other.
A range of rig sizes means we match the machine to the crossing — not undersize a maxi shot or drag a big rig onto a short service bore.
Owned iron and our own maintenance means fewer schedule holes from rental returns, swaps, and availability windows.
Mud systems, pumps, and locating gear travel with the crew, so the bore keeps moving without waiting on a third party.
Because the fleet is ours, we can pull it together fast for 24/7 storm and emergency response when utilities need crews now.
The underground scope is where utility and renewables schedules slip. When the crossing waits on a rented drill and the excavation waits on a second sub, the whole job stacks up behind them. Running our own rigs, excavators, and vac trucks lets us plan the bore and the excavation as one schedule and self-perform them with one accountable crew.
You get a single point of accountability for the whole package — from bore pit to backfill to restored surface.
Owner-operated rigs, vac trucks, and excavators on active bores and utility crossings. Click any photo to open it.
We own and operate our core fleet — HDD rigs, excavators, and vacuum-excavation trucks — and run it with our own crews. Owning the iron is why we can commit to a mobilization date instead of waiting on rental availability.
We run a range of rig sizes — smaller rigs for service and distribution bores, and larger rigs for road, rail, and river crossings and longer shots. We match the rig to the bore path, soil, and pullback rather than forcing one machine onto every job. Specific rig classes are available on request.
Yes. Because we own the rigs, excavators, vac trucks, and support equipment and run our own crews, we self-perform directional drilling and excavation together — no coordinating two subs and two rental fleets across the underground scope.
Owner-operated iron means our mobilization date isn't gated by a rental yard. Send the scope and the schedule through our contact page and we'll confirm what we can commit to.
Tell us about the crossings, the excavation, and the schedule. We'll respond with a capability package and a plan to put our fleet on your date.
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