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2017
We Want to Make Our Image Match Our Abilities
If you are reading this then you will have noticed that we have a new web site. We want to make our image match our abilities. It has been just over a year since I bought the company along with my partners Larry and Travis Donaldson. We want to keep the company the same, because […]
2016
We Are Not Very Busy So We Are Building a 50 HP Underground Drill for Stock
This month we are not very busy so we are building a machine for stock. It is our 50 HP Underground drill. We have only built two of these drills before, but we have used many of the components for quite a few years. I think it is the best little underground drill on the […]
2015
Sometimes We Build Stuff That is Not for Drilling at All
Sometimes we build stuff that is not for drilling at all. In February 2015 we built a special rod puller for AMC mining. The rod pulling device in the picture is mainly made of typical Hydracore parts. It’s only purpose though is to put special stainless steel grouting rods in and out of pre drilled […]
Custom Fabrication for Van Mars Environmental Drilling
Here is a picture of a machine we built for Van Mars Environmental Drilling. This machine is to be used mainly for environmental drilling around Greater Vancouver. It will be used for augering and also down hole hammering of short holes to check for contamination of ground water. One difficulty was that this machine will […]
2014
BC Hydro’s Hydracore
Here is a picture of BC Hydro’s Hydracore down hole hammer machine. This machine was built at first for underground work. Later it was converted to a surface machine by lengthening the stroke and installing a Diesel engine in place of the electric motor. BC Hydro used it to drill anchor bolt holes for transmission […]
I Haven’t Published Any Newsletters for More Than a Year
I notice that I haven’t published any newsletters for more than a year. It is not like nothing has happened, but it has been slow. Like everyone in core drilling we slowed right down in 2013 and it seems like this slow pace is going to continue for a while longer. I no longer have […]
2012
My Trip to Ecuador and Chile
In October I took a trip to Ecuador and to Chile. I went to Ecuador to visit with our customers Hernan Roman, ENAMI and Lance Hubbard. Then I went to Chile to see Expert Drilling. Ecuador is a very beautiful country. I think they have the windiest roads in the world. I think I […]
We Have Had a Very Busy Year
We have had a very busy year here at Hydracore. So far this year, we have built 23 machines. This is the first year where most of the machines we have sold are Hydracore 4000 machines with P chucks. Even though these machines are huge compared with other machines in our line up like the […]
2010+
We Have Built a Few Manportable 2000 Drills This Year
We have built a few Manportable 2000 drills this year. Also we sold a 50 HP Gopher Underground drill. All of the 2000s are now equipped with our new Link Chuck. The first chuck we made has now been in steady use since September 2009. No parts have yet required replacement, not even the jaws. […]
Things Have Started to Pick Up
Things have finally started to pick up around here after a very slow 2009. We are building three Manportable drills, two Hydracore 2000s, and one Gopher top drive. These Hydracore 2000s will be the first two machines we have sold with our new Hydracore Link Chuck. We have sold two heads with this new chuck […]