Transmitter housings
Side-load housings with a standard API thread at the rear — they fit any rig with that connection. Choose the bit end: a Vermeer or Ditch Witch bolt pattern, or a box thread for a threaded bit.
Beacon housings for bits with the Vermeer 6 × ½″ or ⅝″ bolt pattern — 71 to 108 mm.
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Beacon housings for bits with the Ditch Witch 5 × 12, 6 × 16 or 6 × 20 mm bolt pattern — 70 to 108 mm.
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API box thread at both ends for threaded bits, hammers and mud motors — 71 to 165 mm, including a high-flow model.
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The housing protects the transmitter and holds it straight behind the bit. The rear end is a standard API thread, so the housing fits any rig with that connection — Vermeer, Ditch Witch, TT Technologies and others. The bit end decides which bits you can run: a bolt-on bit with a Vermeer or Ditch Witch pattern, or a threaded bit on a box-box housing. Every housing is side-load, with a hard-faced wear strip along the body. Tell us your rig, thread and transmitter.
Vermeer bit pattern
Bolt-on bit with six inch bolts. Rear end: API thread.
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Ditch Witch bit pattern
Bolt-on bit with five or six metric bolts. The 2⅜″ housing has the JT30 pattern, 6 × 16 mm — on a JT20 it runs with an adapter.
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Box-box housings — threaded bit
API box thread at both ends: a threaded bit, hammer or mud motor in front, the drill string behind.
| Type | Part number | Thread | Connection | Bit bolt pattern | Diameter | Typical rig | Transmitter | Quote |
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The typical rig is a guide by pullback class — what matters is the thread on your drill string and the bit you want to run. TT Grundodrill rigs use TRACTO's own TD or RD rod thread, so the housing goes on with a TD-to-API adapter sub. DCI® is a trademark of Digital Control Inc.; Subsite® and Ditch Witch® of The Charles Machine Works, Inc.; Vermeer® of Vermeer Corporation; TT Technologies® of TT Technologies Inc.; GRUNDODRILL® of TRACTO-TECHNIK GmbH & Co. KG DHT Europe housings are compatible, not OEM.
Tell us the job — we'll match the tools.
Send us your machine model and quantity and we'll come back with a quote and lead time.