The upgraded JT21 offers “up to 40% more downhole horsepower than its predecessor," the JT20, and a 215-fpm carriage speed.

Tools in its underground equipment cache include a Ditch Witch JT921 horizontal directional drill and a 5110 combination trencher/plow. A Ditch Witch XT1600 excavator-tool carrier was also added ...

In its relatively short lifespan, horizontal directional drilling has gone from boom ... a used system," notes Richard Levings at The Ditch Witch organization. "But some of that depends on if ...