EquipmentsFinder
Need equipment? Have equipment?
Buyers post one request and get quotes from verified suppliers. Suppliers list free and reach active demand.
Need equipment? Have equipment?
Buyers post one request and get quotes from verified suppliers. Suppliers list free and reach active demand.
No horizontal drilling rigs are listed for sale in Saudi Arabia today. EquipmentsFinder has recently opened its Saudi site and the utility and pipeline contractors who own HDD rigs have not yet posted them. A buyer can post a purchase request instead; it reaches verified sellers across the Kingdom and those with a rig reply by phone or WhatsApp.
HDD ads will also be shown on the regional pages for Riyadh, the Makkah Region and the Dammam Eastern Province. Vacuum excavators, mud systems and trenchers are on the Saudi buy hub, and a rig for one crossing is on the HDD hire page.
A seller posts the rig with photos, thrust and pull-back, torque, drill pipe length and quantity, year, hours and location, with an asking price if they want one shown. The buyer contacts the seller from the ad, inspects the rig, and agrees the sale directly. Buyers pay no fee and there is no commission; sellers list free and can pay for plans.
Rigs with pull-back below roughly 10 tonnes for fibre, power and water service bores under roads and pavements in Riyadh and Jeddah. They tow behind a pickup and work in a single lane closure.
Pull-back of around 10 to 40 tonnes for longer utility crossings, district cooling and gas distribution mains. The common purchase for a utility contractor who bores most weeks.
Rigs over 40 tonnes of pull-back, often truck- or trailer-mounted, for pipeline crossings under highways, wadis and the industrial corridors of Jubail and Dammam.
Size the rig by the longest bore and the largest product pipe planned, then check that pull-back, torque and the mud pump flow cover that bore with a margin, since the ground in much of the Kingdom runs from sand to hard limestone. On a used rig, inspect the drill pipe for wear and thread damage, the rack and carriage, the vise jaws, and the hours on the engine and the mud pump, and ask whether a locating system and the drilling tools are included.
No price data is available while no HDD rigs are listed. Sellers price in SAR by pull-back class, make, year, hours and the pipe, tooling, mud system and locator that come with the rig, and quote on request where the ad shows no figure. Ask whether VAT, transport and training are part of the price.
Directional drilling work follows the utility programmes in Riyadh, the pipelines and port corridors of Dammam Eastern Province, and the infrastructure around Jeddah and Mecca. As sellers list, their rigs appear on the regional pages linked above, and a request can name the city so that nearby sellers respond first.
Post the pull-back class, bore length, product pipe size, budget and location on the inquiry board and verified sellers reply directly. Contractors with a rig to sell can post a free ad.
No horizontal drilling rigs are listed on the Saudi site today, so EquipmentsFinder has no price data to quote. A rig's price in SAR depends on its pull-back and torque class, make, year, hours and the drill pipe, tooling, mud system and locating equipment included. Ask several sellers for quotes and compare what each one includes.
Work from the longest bore and the largest pipe. A compact rig suits service connections and fibre under a road; a mid-size rig suits utility mains and district cooling crossings; a large rig suits pipeline crossings under highways and wadis. Check that the torque and mud pump flow suit the ground, which can be hard limestone.
A new rig brings a warranty, training and parts support, and matters where the rig earns on a continuous utility programme. A used rig costs far less and is a good buy when the rack, carriage, vise and pipe inspect well and the hours are documented. Worn drill pipe is expensive to replace, so inspect it closely.
Most sellers expect it. Ask to see the rig run, thrust and rotate under load, check the drill pipe threads and straightness, the vise jaws and the carriage chain or rack, and read the hour meters on the engine and the mud pump. Bring the serial number to verify against the plate and the ownership papers.
In practice a signed sales contract or invoice recording the rig, its serial number, the pipe and tooling included, the price and the payment terms, together with the seller's proof of ownership and a receipt. Confirm with the seller which documents they provide, since practice varies between dealers and contractors.
Not always. Drill pipe, reamers, drill heads, a mud mixing system and a walkover locating system are sometimes sold with the rig and sometimes priced separately. State in the request what is needed and ask the seller to itemise what the price includes, because a rig without pipe and a locator cannot bore on arrival.
Yes. The Saudi site has a horizontal drilling rig hire page where suppliers post rigs by the day or month, usually with a crew. Hire suits a single crossing or a short utility package; buying suits a contractor with continuous boring work. The same request form can be used to ask suppliers for hire quotes.