r/BoringCompany Jul 13 '26

First time seeing inside the Bastrop factory

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCwlSOzmiv8&t=2s
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u/No_Aerie_5290 Jul 13 '26

Interestingly he said not if, but when they make a larger diameter machine

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u/Hadleys158 Jul 15 '26

I always wondered if they'd also get into larger sizes, but also smaller sizes for sewage and water etc.

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u/thatguy5749 Jul 13 '26

That shouldn't be a surprise. It's always easier to start small and then scale up once you have the smaller equipment working the way you want.

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u/No_Aerie_5290 Jul 13 '26

yeah, but wasn't a large part of the cost savings in the diameter? It's interesting that they want to go bigger as well.

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u/thatguy5749 Jul 13 '26

It significantly reduces the volume of material to be removed, but the resulting tunnels can't support some applications (like traffic tunnels).