2025/2026 Horizontal Directional Drilling Guide
The NEW HDD Guide is here! Discover expert insights, equipment specs, and product directories to support your next project. Explore the table of contents below, then download your free copy of the HDD Guide.
What’s inside…
State of the HDD Market
Every year, Trenchless Technology seeks to understand the horizontal directional drilling (HDD) market by interviewing top industry experts, manufacturers, and contractors for their invaluable insights. This year, we’re doing something different.
By Sharon M. Bueno
2025 Horizontal Directional Drill Specs
Drill specs from North America’s drill rig manufacturers.
By Brad Kramer
When Is the Right Time to Buy New Drill Pipe?
Because drill pipe is the most expensive consumable item on horizontal directional drills, it makes perfect sense to push it to the limit. This leads us to the all-important question?
By Al Chancellor
Choosing the Right Transmitter Housing for HDD Operations
In horizontal directional drilling (HDD), one of the most critical components in ensuring accurate
underground navigation is the transmitter housing.
By Joshua Parker
Solids Control: The Hidden Key to Profitability
Solids control, once treated as an afterthought, has become a make-or-break element of jobsite profitability. And yet, too often, it’s still overlooked.
By Nick Crandell
Why Packaged Mud Recycling Systems Are Essential for HDD Operations
For contractors aiming to longer costs, boost efficiency and stay ahead of regulatory demands, recycling systems are no longer optional. They’re the new standard for responsible, high-performance drilling.
By Melissa Eudy
Getting Calibration Right
A correctly performed calibration in the properly chosen area is key to achieving the accuracy you rely on from your locating system.
By Siggi Finnsson
Building a Safer Future
The Horizontal Directional Drilling Association (HDDA) was born with a focus on one important idea: safety. It has grown in both scope and ambition.
By Mike Kezdi
Vacuum Excavation Digs into Construction Industry
Vacuum excavation has risen to prominence in the construction industry over the last three decades. While the basic technology hasn’t changed much in that time, its evolution has been defined by improved safety and a widening acceptance into various markets.
By Bradley Kramer
The 2025 Vacuum Excavator Spec Guide
It’s important that a contractor makes the right decisions when selecting their new piece of equipment. To help make that job a little bit easier, we invited vacuum excavator manufacturers to submit their latest offerings.
Key Considerations When Designing an HDD for Electrical Systems
HDD is a popular choice for taking electrical systems underground. While the fundamentals of HDD don’t change, there are some differences that need to be considered.
By Qilin Heaton, P.E. and B. Kerby Primm, P.E.
Product Directories
HDD Rigs
Tooling/Drill Pipe
Mud Systems/Solids Control/Drilling Fluids
Locators/Tracking and Navigation
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