We hit a 48" water main, washed out a RR track, made a lake.... Boring machine hit it dead center. Had to send hard hat divers into the water main to do underwater welding to put a patch on the metal liner. ________________________________ From: AF <[email protected]> on behalf of Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 2, 2026 12:22 PM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <[email protected]> Subject: [AFMUG] most expensive directional boring oops
What is the most expensive incident you (or a company you know) has encountered, where your boring crew hit something? I’m just curious because an FTTH company (not us) in the next town over hit an 8” water main causing the loss of 390,000 gallons of water and damaging at least 60 feet of roadway. Reportedly it was properly marked and the boring rig went too deep. I’m guessing this isn’t the worst or most expensive thing that’s ever happened. Hitting a gas main sounds like it could be bad.
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