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No horizontal drilling rigs are listed for sale in the UAE today. HDD rigs are a specialist machine held by utility and pipeline contractors, and they reach the market when a fleet is renewed or a contract ends. The grid above fills as sellers post, and a purchase request reaches sellers across the country in the meantime.
Equipment Finders charges buyers nothing and takes no commission. HDD rigs for hire are listed on the horizontal drilling rig rental page, and the buy hub covers trenchers, vertical drilling rigs and other utility plant.
Once a rig is listed, the listing gives the make, model, pullback force, torque, hours, the drill pipe and tooling included, and the seller's phone and WhatsApp number. Contact is direct, and the buyer inspects the rig and settles the price with the seller alone.
Until then, a purchase request describing the pullback class, bore lengths and budget is the way to reach sellers who have rigs but have not listed them.
Rigs of roughly 5 to 15 tonnes pullback install fibre ducts, power cables and small water services under roads and footpaths in urban districts. They work from a pavement or a small pit and travel on a trailer.
From about 15 to 50 tonnes pullback, mid-size rigs install pipelines and cable ducts of 300 to 600 millimetres over bores of a few hundred metres, which covers most district cooling, sewerage and telecom work across the Emirates.
Rigs above 50 tonnes pullback, up to several hundred tonnes, bore oil, gas and water pipelines under creeks, highways and shorelines. They are bought by pipeline contractors.
Match the pullback force to the longest and largest bore in the contract, with a margin for ground friction. The product pipe diameter, bore length and soil type together determine the pullback and torque needed. The sandy soils of Dubai and Abu Dhabi are easier than the rock of the Northern Emirates, which calls for a mud motor or a rock tooling package.
Check the rig's mud mixing and recycling system, since the bentonite slurry decides whether a bore in loose sand holds open. Confirm what drill pipe, reamers, sondes and the walkover locating system are included.
No HDD rigs are listed today, so there are no prices to report. When listings appear, the price is set by the seller and shown on the listing or quoted on request. It is driven by pullback class, make, year, hours and the tooling and mud system included. VAT, transport and commissioning are normally extra.
When listings appear, the Dubai, Sharjah and Abu Dhabi pages filter the grid by emirate. None has stock today. Utility contractors in Dubai and Abu Dhabi operate most of the country's HDD fleet, and a purchase request reaches them.
Nothing is listed today, so post a purchase request with the pullback class, bore specification and budget. Sellers across the UAE reply directly at no cost to the buyer.
No horizontal drilling rigs are listed for sale today, so there is no price range to report. When a listing appears, the seller sets the price and shows it on the listing or quotes on request. The figure depends on pullback class, make, year, hours and the drill pipe, tooling and mud system included, with VAT and transport usually extra.
A compact rig for fibre and cable ducts under roads, a mid-size rig for pipelines of 300 to 600 millimetres over a few hundred metres, and a large rig for pipeline crossings under highways and water. Size the pullback to the longest and largest bore with a margin, and add rock tooling for the Northern Emirates.
A used rig from a utility contractor's fleet renewal is good value when the hours, rotary unit and carriage are documented and the drill pipe is included. A new rig suits a contractor committing to a long utility framework, where warranty and the latest locating systems reduce bore failures. Post a request and state the preference.
Yes. Arrange a visit through the seller and see the rig drill if possible. Check the rotary head for leaks and play, the thrust and pullback cylinders, the drill pipe for wear and bent joints, the mud pump and tank, the tracks and the engine hours, and test the sonde and locator together.
Expect a sale invoice, a copy of the seller's trade licence and the rig's import or ownership papers. HDD rigs on tracks are not road-registered; a trailer-mounted rig may need its trailer registration transferred, which the seller can explain. Match the serial plate to the documents and get the tooling list in writing.
Post a purchase request on Equipment Finders giving the pullback class, bore lengths and diameters, year range and budget. It appears on the inquiry board, where contractors and dealers across the UAE see it and reply by phone or WhatsApp. Posting is free and the request stays open until it is filled.