An Abilene, Kansas, directional drill contractor has decided to park his drill for good, retiring after 50 years in the business, according to a newspaper article in the Reflector-Chronicle.Gary Boyd completed his final job on Sept. 17 and stepped into retirement on Sept. 18, selling Boyd Underground to Chris and Paula Harapat, owners of Boretec in Salina, Kansas. Boyd had owned the business for 18 years.The paper says Boyd’s father, Cecil, started Boyd Excavating in 1956, and Gary and his brother, Rod, went to work for him. After serving in the Navy, Gary came back to Abilene in 1971 and
