A bore hole reaming apparatus characterized by one or more cleaning
devices such as bursting heads attached to a pull rod and typically
having one or more mandrels attached thereto in tandem for pulling a
length of pipe through a pre-bored opening using a pulling apparatus. In
a typical embodiment the bore hole reaming apparatus is characterized by
a pair of bursting heads mounted in spaced-apart relationship in tandem
on the pull rod and fitted with one or more mandrels attached to a third
bursting head. The mandrel(s) is typically secured to a fourth bursting
head by a cable and the fourth bursting head is attached to a string of
typically HDPE pipe to be pulled through the bore hole. The mandrel(s)
straighten irregularities and clean, smooth and enlarge the bore hole to
facilitate pulling the pipe string through the bore hole with minimum
friction on the pipe.