Plant and equipment
Our drill rigs
An in-house fleet from track-mounted rigs for infrastructure and subdivision work to compact machines that fit through a side gate. Every rig is run by our own crews, across Victoria.
- Fleet
- 8 rigs, all our own
- Track, four-wheel drive and tight-access
- Methods
- Solid Auger, Hollow Auger, Wash Boring, Diamond Coring, Down Hole Hammer
- Push tube sampling and auto SPT
- Licensed
- Water Bore Licence, Class 1 and 2
- Required to construct monitoring bores in Victoria
- Service area
- Melbourne and regional Victoria
- Metropolitan and regional
Drilling Victorian ground since 1987, with our own plant and crews- Samples go straight into our own NATA-accredited laboratory
- $20m public liability, $10m professional indemnity
The fleet
Chosen by access first, depth second
An owned fleet of eight rigs, selected by site access first and depth second. Where access varies across one site, we mobilise more than one rig rather than compromise the investigation.
Track mounted: deep investigation and coring
Track mounted: general purpose
Four-wheel drive mounted
Compact, tight access
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Track mounted: deep investigation and coring
Comacchio Geo 305×1
Typical application
Deepest work and continuous coring into rock
Methods
- Solid auger
- Wash boring
- Diamond coring
- Mud rotary
- Auto SPT
Track mounted: deep investigation and coring
Hanjin D&B-8D×1
Typical application
Deep investigation and rock coring
Methods
- Solid auger
- Wash boring
- Diamond coring
- Mud rotary
- Auto SPT
Track mounted: general purpose
Geoprobe 7822DT×2
Typical application
Commercial and rural sites, SPT at depth
Methods
- Solid and hollow auger
- Down hole hammer
- Continuous push tube
- Auto SPT
Four-wheel drive mounted
Earth Probe×1
Typical application
Sites with vehicle access
Methods
- Solid auger
Four-wheel drive mounted
Foton mounted rig×1
Typical application
Sites with vehicle access, compact footprint
Methods
- Solid auger
Compact, tight access
Dingo DT100×1
Typical application
Restricted access, side gates, sloping sites
Methods
- Solid auger
- Continuous push tube
Compact, tight access
Dingo MT540×1
Typical application
Restricted access, side gates, sloping sites
Methods
- Solid auger
- Continuous push tube
Related
Put the rigs to work
Water Bore Licence · Class 1 & 2
Geotechnical drilling
Hire the rigs and crews on their own, or with logging, testing and a report.
Learn more →AS 1726-2017
Geotechnical site investigation
Boreholes, sampling and logging to characterise the ground before design.
Learn more →ISO/IEC 17025 · NATA 20648
Soil and rock testing
Where the samples go, without a second contract.
Learn more →
Tell us the site and we will send the right rig.
Send the address, what you are building and any access limits, and we come back with a scope and a fee.