WE GO WHERE OTHERS CAN'T
Underground boring for Monroe County properties. 150ft+ runs, flat-rate quotes, no trenching.
Ghost Drilling is Monroe County's horizontal directional drilling (HDD) and underground boring contractor. We serve every city and township in Monroe County, Michigan — 150-foot minimum runs, flat-rate quotes, no trenching. From long electrical conduit runs to fiber infrastructure and irrigation crossings, we go where others can't.
Common projects
HDD shines on longer runs, complex crossings, and jobs where trenching would destroy something valuable.
Panel-to-outbuilding, EV charger conduit to a detached garage, or exterior power runs of 150–500+ feet. HDD gets you there without tearing up the driveway or lawn.
Getting power, data, or plumbing to a detached structure across a large property. The longer the run, the bigger the advantage of boring over trenching.
Private fiber runs between buildings, or getting the ISP's drop from road to structure when the property isn't friendly to trenching.
Supply line crossings and zone infrastructure for large residential or estate irrigation systems. We bore under hardscaping without disturbing it.
Multiple runs on a single property? One mobilization, multiple bores — staged and sequenced efficiently. More footage = better economics.
Large acreage, shared driveways, private roads — the scope that demands real horizontal directional drilling equipment.
The process
No project managers, no weeks of back-and-forth. Submit your project, get a flat quote, schedule the crew.
Describe your run — footage, what you're crossing, what's going through it. The more detail, the faster we price it.
We price directional drilling jobs by scope, not by the hour. You know the number before anyone shows up.
We call in the Michigan utility locate (MISS DIG) and handle scheduling. Locates typically take 2–3 business days.
Crew arrives, bores the run, pulls conduit, and leaves the site clean. Hand off to your electrician, plumber, or ISP from there.
Free quote · No commitment
The more detail you provide, the faster we can quote it. We'll follow up by email within one business day.
We'll review your project details and follow up by email within one business day. Thanks for reaching out.
Common questions
Yes — Monroe County is in our service area. We cover all of Monroe County, including Monroe County and surrounding areas. Submit a quote request and we'll follow up within one business day.
Horizontal directional drilling equipment is purpose-built for distance and precision. For short crossings — a 30-foot driveway, a single sidewalk — the mobilization overhead doesn't make sense economically. Our HDD rigs are built for 150-foot-plus runs, multi-crossing jobs, and projects where soil conditions or property value make trenching a bad option.
Trenching digs an open channel from A to B — everything above the trench line gets disturbed, cut, and needs to be restored afterward. Directional boring goes underground without touching the surface between the two access points. If you have a finished driveway, mature landscaping, concrete, or any surface you'd rather not destroy, HDD is the right call.
We price by the job — flat rate based on footage, depth, bore diameter, soil conditions, and number of crossings. Typical residential HDD runs start around $1,500 for a 150-foot bore and scale from there. Submit your project details and we'll give you a real number.
Yes. We call in the MISS DIG request before any HDD equipment touches the ground — required under Michigan law, and non-negotiable for us. Utility locates typically come back in 2–3 business days.
No — that's the point. We need two small access points at the entry and exit of the bore path, typically 12–18 inches wide. Both get backfilled and compacted when we're done. Nothing between them is disturbed.