RE: Re: Almost OT...

["Paul Smith" <wheelbarrowhandle@xxxxxxx>]

As I remember seeing one of these when we had gas put into the street.
It was driven by the compressor that they use to dig up the road. It was
around 3 feet long and the front 6 inches moved in and out this seemed
to push soil out of the way and then pull the rest of the mole in.

It was however not very good for long distances aka 20 feet. As if it
hit a solid bit it would get shifted and not go in a straight line.

How far do you need to go. ? Could you not get a length of scaffold pole
and hammer that  underneath where you want to go and the pull it out,
and remove the soil that has built up. If you see what I mean, a little
bit at a time.

Regards,

Paul




-----Original Message-----
From: Brian G. Reynolds [mailto:brian.g.reynolds@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 24 June 2003 18:28
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: Almost OT...

Thanks for all your replies,

I do have the same problem with the mains power but have temporally used
a short metal pipe to protect the wire till I can sort something better.

I have thought about the Channel Tunnel boring machine but I do not want
anything connected with the french! :-)

I was talking to a friend today that has seen these mole things, he said
they use cutters as per the Channel Tunnel only a lot smaller and they
are very expensive!

The plot continues.....

B.

-----Original Message-----
From: David Buckley [mailto:db@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 24 June 2003 17:07
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Almost OT...


--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Brian G. Reynolds"
<brian.g.reynolds@n...> wrote:
> Burrowing holes..........
>
> I have been wracking my little brain on a good way to get a number
of cat5e runs down my garden to my new workshop.
>
> A friend suggested boring a hole under my patio which I just
laughed away...like you do....but then tonight I got to think about
it a bit more and it does not seem so bad....
>

About 500 yards up the road from where I grew up is mole engineering,
http://www.moleuk.com who do exactly
that which you seek...




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