Rock Excavation

Rock excavation can make or break a job. If you have been in construction long enough, you know one of the fastest ways to lose money on a project is underestimating rock. Rock excavation can make or break a job. Bid it too high and you lose the project. Bid it too...

If you are working in rock... ...and you are trying to decide between a chain cutter and a drum cutter, picking the wrong one can cost you a lot of time and a lot of money. That is why this question matters. Contractors ask it all the time. Should I be using a chain...

If you do utility work long enough, you know the feeling. You hit solid rock and the whole job changes. Now what should have been a straightforward trench starts slowing down. Production drops. Costs start climbing. And the job can get harder than it needed to be in a...

When you have been around hydraulic breakers long enough, you know the feeling. The hammer stops hitting the way it should. The machine slows down. The operator backs off. And everybody on the job already knows what is coming next. Downtime. That is one reason more...

When a job hits rock, most contractors usually look at two options first. Break it or blast it. And on the surface, blasting can look like the cheaper way to go. But that is usually only true if you are looking at the cost to break the rock. That is not the number...

If you are dealing with slow production, oversized spoil piles, and the constant repairs that come with hydraulic hammers... ...a drum cutter may be the upgrade your project needs. Drum cutters give contractors a faster, cleaner, and more predictable way to remove...