Watch this Byrne Manufacturing video featuring Deere, MBM, and Pacific Boring. This post highlights equipment, field work, and industry collaboration in auger boring and underground construction.
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Price Road Boring, Inc. put Byrne Manufacturing’s D72-1.5 Auger Bore machine to the test on a difficult 550-foot bore through hard rock in Alabama, where the machine, augers, and B16 gearbox exceeded expectations.
Mansfield, Ohio –August 7th, 2025 – Michael Byrne Manufacturing is proud to announce the acquisition of the assets of the Auger Boring Division of American Augers, a recognized leader in underground construction equipment. This acquisition includes all inventory, intellectual property, and the continuation of parts and service warranty support for existing customers. With this strategic…
Employee Spotlight Darl Schifer, our Machine Shop Supervisor and a Marine veteran with nearly 30 years at Michael Byrne Mfg., showcases the significance of our new machine shop and the in-house production of our B16 gearboxes. Mixed Ground Nightmare Becomes Sewer Success Jason Clark and his team at Iowa Trenchless recently encountered a unique challenge…
In August of 2023 the Michael Byrne Mfg. D72-1.5M Auger Boring machine was called into action on the California Coast to alleviate HWY 1 washouts from the spring season storms. Pacific Boring, located in Caruthers, California, was awarded the bid for this emergency job in Santa Barbara County. The job required 140 ft. of 60″…
Pacific Boring used a Michael Byrne D72-1.5 for a CALTRANS drainage project going under Highway 1 in the Big Sur, California. See the article below for full details of this 60″ diameter, 200ft bore. Auger Boring in Big Sur – Trenchless Technology
Michael Byrne Manufacturing announces the addition of Sub-Surface Equipment and Mike Shannon to represent MBM products in Western Canada. Mike has extensive background in the underground utility construction market with over 20 years providing equipment and tooling solutions to contractors. Michael Byrne Mfg. continues to supply parts factory direct to contractors, ensuring the fastest turn…
The delivery of Natural Gas via pipelines continues to be the most cost effective and safest delivery method. Studies continue to verify pipelines as the safest and most environmentally safe delivery method https://www.aga.org/research/fact-sheets/pipeline-safety/. The export of LNG has recently made the United States the number one exporter of LNG. The export of LNG strengthens the…
The American Society for Civil Engineers (ASCE) will be grading the nations stormwater for the first time in 2021! The Trenchless Technology magazine article notes that the 2017 grading of the United States infrastructure was a D+, while this sounds terrible it was improvement from the previous grading period. We need our legislature to come...