I've seen some pretty gnarly gas main strikes (not personally, online) - I have to assume those are where it can get extremely pricey, not to mention the loss of life.
On Thu, Apr 2, 2026, 2:49 PM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > Ouch. Big ouch. > > > > *From:* AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *[email protected] > *Sent:* Thursday, April 2, 2026 2:38 PM > *To:* 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] most expensive directional boring oops > > > > 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. > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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