Videos and Articles

  • How To Upload Photos To Your Listing

    July 31, 2019

    This video will help you to upload photos to your equipment listing on our website.
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  • Tips for Taking Good Photos

    July 31, 2019

    Use this video for tips on how to take better photos of your equipment to put onto your listing. Buyers love detailed, high-quality photos. Make sure you have some!
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  • Info Check

    July 31, 2019

    You can list your used equipment for free with HDD Broker. Each of our listings has an "Info Check" where we measure the strength of your listing based on how much equipment information you provide.
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  • Ways We Used To Receive Photos - Bloopers

    July 31, 2019

    Starring Renée Lauzon-Martin, Angela Norris, and Gracie Martin in HDD Broker Bloopers! Matinee prices starting at 1 horizontal drill. Here are some outtakes and bloopers from our "Ways We Used To Receive Photos video. Have a good laugh!
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  • See How Our Info Check Improves Your Listing!

    July 30, 2019

    "Info Check" is our step-by-step checklist to ensure your equipment listing is as strong as it can be. It's broken down into eight different sections with each section being a piece of information that helps HDD Broker and potential buyers be informed on what you have to sell.
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  • A Tribute To Ivan Lauzon - Our Founder

    July 22, 2019

    When speaking with HDD Broker's general manager, Renée Lauzon-Martin, on the phone - its not hard to imagine what the building of HDD Broker was like in the early 2000's. I was surprised at how much detail she remembered, right down to how her desk was organized - it being in a closet and all in their first real office.
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  • Swiss Army Knife of Drills: Vermeer D23x30 S3

    July 12, 2019

    Renée and Lee from HDD Broker give an overview of the Vermeer D23x30 S3 and all its great features. They also explain why they think it'll be one of the best selling drills this Summer.
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  • Vermeer D9x13 S3 - Entry-Level Machine Greatness

    June 6, 2019

    Go to work this Summer with Vermeer's D9x13 S3 - one of the best entry-level machines on the market. Lee and Renée from HDD Broker introduce the drill and all its great features for those looking for an entry-level machine.
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  • Looking For Your Equipment’s Serial Number?

    July 2, 2019

    Look no further! We created a video to help you find your drill's serial number for listing, featuring five common directional drills on our website.
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  • How To Upload Photos and Videos To Your Listing

    June 25, 2019

    If a picture is worth a thousand words, a video is a full story - and can help to sell your equipment, fast! Quality images in your listing give potential buyers confidence when browsing equipment, but a video showing the rig in operation?
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  • Does Your Listing Need Better Photos? We Have You Covered.

    June 21, 2019

    When listing equipment, a first instinct may be to snap some photos of the machine as-is and post them onto the listing. However, we have learned throughout the years that the better quality of the photos, the better that equipment will see.
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  • These Best Selling Drills Might Surprise You

    June 17, 2019

    At HDD Broker, we decided to take a look at the statistics from our sales of drills between 2016 - 2019. We were able to find what the best-selling directional drills by region were around the world.
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  • Hey HDD Market: How Are You Doing?

    July 26, 2018

    The headline asks the question everyone wants the answers to - how is the HDD market faring these days? We reached out to a few industry leaders to get their take on the HDD market.
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  • Best Selling Used Drills this Winter

    April 9, 2018

    Many people consider Spring the big buying season within the HDD Industry. Here at HDD Broker HQ, we almost always see a big spike in March, April and May. Usually our winter season is steady, a time for folks to browse for drills for their upcoming jobs, and do maintenance on their equipment.
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  • A Look Back at 2017's Used Equipment Marketplace

    January 5, 2018

    Generally speaking, 2017 was surprisingly strong for the HDD industry. Here at HDDBroker we had a record-breaking year! Not only did we surpass our all-time salesrecord, we also sold more drills than we ever have before. But, we faced a fewchallenges along the way. Let's take a look at what happened in 2017.
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  • HDD Community's Hurricane Irma Relief Help

    September 21, 2017

    On Sunday, September 10th, 2017, Hurricane Irma tore through Southwest Florida as a category 4 hurricane. She was an angry storm.
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  • Obit: Ivan Lauzon, Founder HDD Broker Inc.

    August 8, 2017

    It is with deep grief that we announce the passing of our founder, Ivan Lauzon, on July 22nd, after a short but valiant battle with an aggressive cancer.
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  • A Tribute to a Great Man

    August 8, 2017

    It is with deep grief that we announce the passing of our founder, Ivan Lauzon, on July 22nd, after a short but valiant battle with an aggressive cancer.
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  • HDD Used Equipment Market Remains Strong

    November 30, 2016

    The time has come to take the plunge and increase the number of drill rigs in your fleet. Or perhaps your need is to replace one of the aging rigs in the yard. What do you do?
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  • 2016 Recap - A Look Back at the Used Marketplace

    December 27, 2016

    An eventful year draws to a close, and despite a few headwinds, the HDD industry outlook remains strong for 2017. Not surprisingly, the telecom market drove sales of used drills under 30,000lbs pullback. In 2016, we sold the highest portion of small HDD rigs than ever before.
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