Isidingo sokumba i-horizontal directional drilling (i-HDD) siyakhula, siqhutshwa ukukhuphuka kwezidingo zokuxhumana kanye namandla. Njengoba osonkontileka be-HDD bebhekene nezinselelo ezindaweni ezinamatshe, ukuzivumelanisa nalezi zimo kubalulekile. Ukusebenzisa amathuluzi athuthukile njengezando ze-pneumatic down-the-hole kunganciphisa kakhulu isikhathi sokumba futhi kuthuthukise ukusebenza kahle. Amasu abalulekile, okuhlanganisa nokugcina ukulungela kwamathuluzi nokuhlanzeka, ukukhetha ngokucophelela okokusebenza, kanye nokuhlelwa kahle kwephrojekthi, kubalulekile ekunqobeni izithiyo nokuqinisekisa impumelelo yephrojekthi kulo mkhakha wokuncintisana.