Directional Drilling in Great Falls, MT

Directional drilling and boring in Great Falls

Great Falls sits where the Sun River meets the Missouri, and a lot of underground work there comes down to crossing something: a river, a ditch, a rail line or a busy street.

Fiber and power upgrades, new commercial sites and rural services around Cascade County round it out. Long open runs outside town are often plowed, with the crossings bored.

It's the same horizontal directional drilling (HDD) we run everywhere: locate and pothole, steer the pilot bore, ream, pull back the product and restore the entry and exit.

Ground conditions around Great Falls

• Clay- and silt-heavy soils in parts of town (old glacial-lake deposits), which change the drilling fluid and how the hole holds up.
• Shale and sandstone bedrock closer to the surface in some areas.
• River-bottom gravels near the Missouri and Sun rivers.
• Open country outside town where plowing with bored crossings is often cheaper than boring the whole run.

General conditions only — every site is different, and we look before we quote.

Typical crossings

• Missouri River and Sun River crossings (longer bores, permits up front)
• Rail lines
• Arterial streets and highway right-of-way
• Irrigation ditches and drainages
• Driveways and yards on residential services

How a Great Falls job gets scoped

Send the location, product, footage and what it crosses. For a river crossing, send the engineer's profile — or at least the bank conditions, depth and any soils information — and consider a bore planning consult before you bid it.

Underground services in Great Falls

Consulting on a Great Falls job

If your own crew is running the bore, a consultant can review the plan or the bid, or help on a problem bore by phone or video — often the same day. See bore planning and field troubleshooting, or request a consult.

Questions

Do you charge to travel to Great Falls?

Mobilization is part of the quote and depends on the job. Call and we'll talk it through.

Can you bore under the Missouri River?

River crossings are planned case by case — length, depth, ground and permits all matter. Call with the details, or start with a bore planning consult.