Ditch Witch Articles

Ditch Witch, a Charles Machine Works company, launched a new website, www.ditchwitch.com. The site features a myDitchWitch customer portal that provides an...

The FXT60 truck vacuum excavator from Ditch Witch is available on a Class 6 or 7 single-axle or Class 8 tandem-axle truck....

The RT80 Quad heavy-duty, ride-on trencher and vibratory plow from Ditch Witch is designed to provide traction on rough and uneven terrain....

When Katie Davis’ father, Jim, talks about drilling, he’s always said that it gets in your blood. That may not have made...

Equipment maintenance is never a trivial matter, but when it comes to directional drilling, it perhaps carries a bit of extra weight.That’s...

The JT9 horizontal directional drill from Ditch Witch uses a high-performance, air-cooled, 64 hp Tier 4 Deutz diesel engine to offer 9,000...

Water for drilling operations can be tough to come by, and disposal costs for mud used in drilling can be expensive for...

Directional drilling goes back nearly a century when the oil and gas industry developed the process to allow multiple wells to be...

Brothers Keith and Jeff Newhouse founded JK Trenching in Freedom, Wisconsin, shortly after Keith graduated high school in 1996. During the summer,...

The Ditch Witch organization has introduced the FXT60 truck vacuum excavator, an exceptionally versatile machine with the power to perform a wide...

The self-contained MR90 mud recycler from Ditch Witch can mix and recycle drilling fluid (mud) and handle spoils. The 25 hp unit...

The UtiliGuard utility locating system from Ditch Witch uses ambient interference measurement to automatically scan the surrounding area for noise, recommending the...

You may think you’re practicing proactive maintenance by removing your trencher’s air filter after a job and knocking it on the side...

People have long searched for things underground: Water, food, metals, minerals, gems and fuel were early targets. Divining rods, aka dowsing rods,...