County Line water bore
County Line Rd & 41st · Broken Arrow, OK
WaterClay
DP
Dale Prichard
Redline Underground · Rock Wrangler
Bore log
- Date
- Apr 8, 2026
- Bore length
- 720 ft
- Depth
- 18 ft
- Soil type
- Clay
- Drill rig
- Vermeer D40x55 DR
- Locator
- DigiTrak Falcon F5
- Mud mix
- Heavy bentonite, 55 sec funnel, soda ash pretreat
- Reamer size
- 14 in
- Product installed
- 8" HDPE DR-11 water main
Challenges
Sticky red clay balled up on the reamer twice. Rod pressure spiked on the second pass.
Tips for the next crew
Pretreat the water — pH under 8.5 and the clay stops swelling. Swap to a fluted reamer, not a fly cutter.
Discussion (2)
Priya Raman
1 month agoEngineer · 6 yrs
Soda ash tip saved us a full day on the adjacent job. Thank you for writing this up properly.
Marisol Vega
1 month agoLocator · 9 yrs
Depth held within 4in of plan the whole shot. Good rod count notes.