Toro Co. recently hosted horizontal directional drilling contractors and equipment dealers from across the United States at its corporate headquarters in Bloomington, Minn., to help identify customer challenges and discuss solutions that could potentially lead to future innovations to Toro’s HDD equipment segment. In addition to general discussion, the event featured hands-on equipment demonstrations.
Attendees were given the opportunity to operate Toro’s HDD equipment, including its new TDOS1 drill operating system and the DD 4050. The agenda also included sessions regarding best practices in the industry, and tours of Toro headquarters and product development facilities.
“Regardless of whether or not these are current users of Toro HDD units, we are always interested in learning from professionals in the industry and sharing ideas on how to make their jobs easier,” said Joshua Beddow, marketing manager at The Toro Co. “We have always been a company focused on the needs of customers and developing solutions that help create efficiencies on the jobsite.”
The Toro HDD Forum also provided an opportunity for networking and general information sharing among experienced contractors in the horizontal directional drilling segment.
