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by Steve Hanley

wo of the more expensive components of your portable drill rig are the diesel engine and the air compressor. Both of these components are constructed of large rotating masses that depend on low-friction bearings to turn freely. Bearing life is shortened significantly when there is exposure to contaminants such as silica particles, or other abrasive solids that are by-products of the drilling process. This is why a good air induction maintenance program is one of the critical requirements

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for the life of these components. Air cleaners and all of the components that make up the air induction system should be inspected at every oil change interval. The air cleaner assembly itself consists of many different components that should net you the cleanest possible air for your engine and compressor. At the air cleaner opening, there is a grille that prevents any large debris from entering. The air then travels to the bottom of the assembly, and is lifted through a series of tubes called the pre-

cleaner. This path allows the heavier solids to drop from the air stream to the dust pan. On the bottom of the dust pan is a valve that will allow the dust pan to drop all solids when the rig is shut off. When the rig is running, negative pressure on the inside of the unit (a vacuum) will pull the valve to a closed position that will prevent foreign matter from entering. The air now enters the upper chamber that (Continued on Page 12)

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BOB PELIKAN his month’s article focuses on the portion of submersible water system between the wellhead and the house. To put things in perspective, let’s think about what needs to happen in this area to make the system work. We’ll need a pipe to get the water from the wellhead to the tank, and on into the house. We’ll need to provide some sort of control to turn the pump on and off. We’ll need to have a pressure gage to know how the system is performing, and a pressurerelief valve to protect the system in case the pump controls fail and the system starts to build too much pressure. Finally, we’ll need a drain valve to drain the tank for servicing. We no longer recommend installing a check valve between the pressure tank and the wellhead – see the paragraph on check valves below. Figure 1 (at right) shows the component layout for a water system with a pre-charged pressure tank.

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Plumbing Pressure Tanks outside, some sort of solid pad will be needed. Most pump wholesalers carry either plastic or lightweight pre-cast concrete appliance pads that can be easily carried to the job site, and are much easier to install than pouring a cement pad. They particularly are useful if you are in an area where freezing is not a problem, and the tanks are installed outside where you do not need a big pad for a pump house. The pressure tank also needs to be accessible for servicing. Today’s precharged captive-air tanks are built to last 10 years and longer, but eventually they will need to be replaced, so make sure you leave room to remove the tank.

Plumbing the Pressure Tank The decision as to what type of piping to use – PVC, galvanized steel or copper – depends on local codes and personal preference. I like galvanized steel or copper because it is stronger, and is less likely to be broken if someone kicks it or drops something on it. Many pump installers use PVC in the pump house, and it works fine as long as it is protected from outside forces. It is much faster and cheaper to in-

stall. Check your local codes to make sure that the type of piping you plan to use is approved.

The Tank Connection Some installers fabricate the tank connections out of galvanized fittings. My preference is to use one of the specialized stainless steel, lead-free brass or galvanized tank tees offered by the water well accessories manufacturers, because they eliminate five or six joints that could leak, and they save time (see Figure 2 on p.18). For future serviceability, be sure to install a union between the tee and the tank or on both sides of the tee, so when it comes time to replace the tank, you don’t have to cut out your old plumbing. It is important that all of the materials used to connect the tank be electrolytically compatible. In other words, if you are using galvanized plumbing, use a Figure 1. Component layout, courtesy of Sta-Rite. galvanized tank tee; if you are using copper piping, use (Continued on Page 18)

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Pressure Relief Valve The purpose of having a pressure relief valve (PRV) is to protect the system – and the people and property in the vicinity of the system – from damage should something go wrong and

Figure 2. A tank tee offered by Merrill Mfg. the pump builds up too much pressure. The most common failure that can cause the system to over-pressurize is for the pressure switch to stick in the “on” position. Remember that some submersible pumps, particularly those designed for deep wells, are capable

of producing hundreds on pounds of pressure. I have seen pictures of a pump house roof blown off when a pressure tank exploded because the pressure switch stuck, and there was no PRV on the system. Always install a pressure relief valve, and always make sure it is large enough to handle the output of your pump. A 1⁄2-inch PRV is not large enough to protect a 55-gpm pump.

the tank, a leak in the drop pipe or any of the in-well check valves would create a vacuum condition that potentially could draw contaminated surface water into the well through a pinhole in the section between the wellhead and the tank. Therefore, we must rely on the in-well check valves to prevent pressure-tank water from draining back into the well when the pump shuts off.

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In earlier articles on this subject, we recommended installing a check valve between the pressure tank and the wellhead, a practice that has been common for years in the ground water industry. However, since sanitary protection should be our primary concern, no belowground potable water line should ever be subjected to a vacuum. With a check valve at

In order to be able to service the system, without having the water in the house drain back when the plumbing at the tank is opened up, it is a good practice to install a gate valve or ball valve on the house side of the tank tee. Make sure the isolation valve is on the house side of the PRV, and never put an isolation valve between the PRV and the pump. Finally, you will want to install a union at the wellhead to allow the pump to be pulled without having to cut pipe when it comes time to service the pump. Next month, we will talk about selecting and sizing submersible pump cable. ’Til then.... ND

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sions related to wastewater management, water reuse, treatment, resource recovery and energy production. “Our finalists are promising new businesses that unlock unrealized value in the wastewater sector,” says Scott Bryan, Imagine H2O’s director of operations. “Where others see waste, these entrepreneurs see savings and profit. Commercially viable wastewater solutions will have a critical role in creating a sustainable water future.” Wastewater typically is defined as water that has been contaminated by human contact, whether residential sewage, agricultural runoff or industrial

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Every year, workers are severely or fatally injured because the wheels of a truck or trailer were not chocked. Vehicle drivers also are injured when trailers overturn because unblocked freight shifted during travel. Sometimes, wheels aren’t meant to roll. Accidents often are caused when a truck or trailer rolls away because no one took the time to chock the wheels. In some cases, drivers who get out of the cab are crushed by their own rig. In other cases, lift-truck drivers are injured when the forklift falls between dock edge and a trailer that moves away. The wheels of trucks or trailers at a dock always should be chocked prior to the start of any operation to prevent this from happening. Lift-truck drivers never should enter a trailer without first verifying that the wheels have been chocked, and that the floor of the trailer is in good condition and capable of supporting the weight of the forklift and its load. In most states, OSHA requires that vehicle wheels be chocked prior to permitting forklifts to enter trailers. The positioning of chocks is important. The purpose of the chock is to pin the wheels and hold them stationary so that the tractor or trailer can’t move. However, if they aren’t placed in the right location, they don’t always prevent movement of the wheels. The safest procedure is to always chock the wheels closest to the dock – especially on a tandem-axle trailer. The reason: The lift truck entering the trailer can exert a downward force, which helps pin the wheels more effectively against the chock. When the front axle is chocked, the forward motion of a forklift entering the trailer may loosen the chock, allowing the trailer to move forward, or even jump the chock. Shifting loads can be hazardous. Freight inside the trailer also must be blocked or secured to keep the load from shifting, which can damage other cargo or cause a trailer to verturn in transit. Cargo needn’t be round, such as reels or machinery on wheels, to shift position. Blocking of heavier freight is used to prevent movement during transit. To accomplish this, it may be necessary to block each item separately, on all four sides. The type of blocking material used also is important. Make certain that nails are long enough to hold the block, and that lumber is thick enough to pre26 | NATIONALDRILLER February 2012

vent the cargo from shifting without breaking. Never use other freight as blocking. If it looks like the cargo can move around, it probably will. Take time to secure it. Be sure the correct equipment always is available. Every loading dock should be equipped with chocks, which, if properly used, will keep vehicles from moving while being loaded or unloaded, especially when forklift trucks are used. Chocks will more likely be available at all times if they are fastened to the dock

with a chain or rope to prevent their disappearance, and stored out of the traffic areas when not in use. Chocks and blocks help avoid accidents. Use them, and require others to use them. ND This article is provided through the courtesy of the team at Drill-Safe.com, a drilling-specific safety resource designed to continually update important safety information necessary to ensure the consistency of standards around the world.

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he last couple of months, I’ve written about both steel and polyethylene material for drop pipe. In the late 1940s and actually through the 1950s, we were installing mostly jet pumps. If you read my two previous articles, you will understand that either galvanized steel or black polyethylene had its own problems. Sometime in the early ’50s, my dad came up with what he thought was the solution to drop pipe problems, and that was copper tubing. All of you, I’m quite sure, have used copper tubing in a number of ways, and understand that it does not come with threads and, in fact, can’t be threaded. To be used as drop pipe in a well, we needed to have lengths that could be threaded together. The answer to this was very simple: We soldered a male thread adapter to one end of each length and a female adapter to the other end. Now the sections could be assembled as we needed, and tightened with ordinary wrenches. Copper tubing had a couple other advantages. First of all, it was a little lighter than steel pipe, and it was very, very smooth – both inside and out. Copper had a couple of disadvantages in that it was quite expensive,

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For a time, copper tubing was a solution to the drop pipe problems. and it could not be tightened into a so-called well seal, so we had to stop the copper just below the seal and run through it with either steel nipples or, better yet, brass. Now it seemed like we had the perfect solution, albeit a little bit expensive one, but copper would take the pressures that early polyethylene would not, and we did not have the problem of scaling and plugged ejector nozzles. In some waters, on the rare occasions that we did have to pull the drop pipe, we found a heavy growth

of minerals that had been deposited on the outside of the copper – I believe a result of different metals in water – causing a battery-like action, thus the deposits. We never did find these deposits on the inside, and copper that had been installed for many years came out just as clean as it was the day it was new. I have talked with a couple of fellow contractors in the area, and they simplified the use of copper even further by using threaded adapters only at the ejector

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(Schmitt - Continued from Page 28) and a little easier to lift, but we finally had licked the problem of a good drop pipe for jet pumps, and we even installed a couple of submersibles using the same material. Of course, as years went by, polyethylene became more reliable, and we’ve had good success with it after about 1960, which led to end of using copper as drop pipe. In an interesting side bit, I once attended the North Dakota Drillers Association Convention in Bismarck, N.D.. They were a great group, and I had a fine time with them, especially trading stories, or networking as it is known in 2012. I talked to a driller from South Dakota, and he cased his wells with 4-inch copper tubing. He told me that they had a serious mineral problem in his area, and the water was too warm to use PVC material, which Others have used copper tubing as drop pipe, too, especially in areas where the water has a high mineral content and temperatures too high to use PVC. had become popular at that time. It must have been expensive, but it worked for this fellow, and I would say more power to him; he did what he had to do. Incidentally, I had a grand time at that convention, and the entertainment after the traditional dinner was a casino night using “funny money.” A lady contractor

... as the years went by, we found a new product to use as drop pipe, that being PVC, or polyvinyl chloride. from out there who had her own license and rig (her husband had a license and rig, too) kind of took me under her wing, and saw to it that I had a good time. They were a great group, and I enjoyed my trip to Bismarck very much. With the advent of submersibles, and as the years went by, we found a new product to use as drop pipe, that being PVC, or polyvinyl chloride. In Michigan, we are required to use Schedule 80 PVC for drop pipe, although, I must admit, I have used a couple short pieces of Schedule 40 with male and female threaded ends glued on just like we soldered those ends on copper. Schedule 80, of course, can be threaded if we are not using full lengths; however, I have learned that one needs to use dies made specifically for PVC threading, as I have found that dies for steel pipe just don’t do a very good job. I have found only a couple of things (Continued on Page 32) 30 | NATIONALDRILLER February 2012

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(Schmitt - Continued from Page 30) about PVC that can be a problem, and one of them is not really the pipe itself, but the couplings. Some of the early Schedule 80 threaded PVC couplings just would not hold up, especially when we old boys, used to steel, over-tightened them. The result of this over-tightening would be a split coupling down the road, and I guess this could cause the pipe to come apart, although I never have had this happen. The early solution to this seemed to be to use steel couplings on PVC pipe, which really does not make a lot of sense, but it worked. Eventually, brass couplings were preferred, and in the most recent years, stainless steel couplings, as brass sort of has gone out of favor with our health authorities and the environmentalists.

A second minor problem that I occasionally have experienced using PVC on submersibles is a tendency for the pipe and the electrical wire taped to it to contact the casing on pump start-up, and if the casing is steel, to eventually rub away the wire’s insulation. I never have used centralizers or spiders on my drop pipe; some folks swear by them, some swear at them. These, of course, probably would eliminate the rubbing of the submersible against the casing. I only have experienced this bare-wire phenomenon twice in my life, and it only happened to a very short section of the wire. I never have installed a jet pump using PVC, as jet pumps are pretty much a thing of the past here in Michigan. With all of the trials and tribulations over the last 50 years using different drop pipes, I would have to say that using PVC works very well in this

area. If we had really deep pump settings, I think I might have a different opinion. Since my last article, I successfully made it to the NGWA Expo at Las Vegas. This was my 36th in a row, and I believe 45th overall. To see the change from my first NGWA Convention/Expo o y in 1959 in Milwaukee, to today really is amazing. I got a chance to see a lott of old friends and a number of new w and interesting products. NGWA is to o be complimented on the choice of the e keynote speaker – he was just plain n outstanding. This is written a week before e Christmas, and we have no snow here e on the ground in southern Michigan; we have had some very cool nights, but nothing really cold – not very Christmas-like. As you read this, it will be getting spring in some parts of the country, and I hope you all are busy and working safely. ND

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ehabilitate: to restore, reinstate, to put back water deposits, biofouling or both, all water wells develop plugging problems over time. Second, a well owner in good condition, to re-establish. However you choose to define “rehabili- should know, or be able to find, information on the history tate,” when it comes to water wells, we all of the well – specifically, what were the original flow and know what we’re really after – get this thing the original drawdown. The relationship between these making water (money) again in the most economical way two is called specific capacity. Specific capacity, then, is possible. What if someone stated that they could not only water flow from the well measured in gallons per minute get your well working again, but also save money in en- divided by the pumping water level drawdown measured ergy costs, restore lost capacity, increase the life of the in feet. Once the well owner discovers the specific capacpump, improve water quality and extend the overall life of ity history for the well, he should make a habit of checkthe well just by doing quality well rehabilitation? Would ing the specific capacity every year at the same time, and you be interested? Eddie, a farmer in west Texas, was in- comparing it to previous years. And he should keep an terested. I’d like to use his story as a basis for answering eye on energy costs. If there is fluctuation in either of some water well rehabilitation questions from a business these parameters, suspect well plugging. However, keep in mind that monitoring specific capacperspective. Eddie has a water well in Crosby County that produced ity and energy costs alone to determine well plugging for a ¼-mile pivot (120 acres). He suspected the old well does not necessarily tell the whole story. Some theorize was beginning to plug, so he called his contractor to dis- that there exists a direct percentage link between specific cuss his suspicion. His contractor suggested rehabilitat- capacity drops and well plugging. For example, a specific ing the well with a technique utilizing both mechanical and chemical methods. Eddie agreed, and the rehabilitation was successful. Unplugging his well restored its lost capacity and increased the pumping water level by 50 feet. This change in drawdown saved him $1,036.80 in annual electricity costs alone, because the pump didn’t have to lift the water as far as it had the year before. As a bonus, the quality of his water improved significantly. The first question to be answered was how Eddie knew to suspect his well was beginning to plug. The answer is two-fold. First, research tells us that all water wells begin plugging, albeit in tiny amounts, from Before and after photos of a well screen on a well that has been the day they first begin to produce. Whether by hard rehabilitated.

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capacity drop of 20 percent in a well should indicate that the well is about 20-percent plugged. This theory is not always accurate. Documented cases have shown wells with specific capacity drops of relatively small amounts that end up, upon video-inspection, being almost totally plugged. Another question to examine is why Eddie’s contractor suggested both mechanical and chemical methods to clean his well. In broad terms, there are two major categories into which most rehab solutions are placed – mechanical and chemical. Again, in broad terms, mechanical solutions are initiated in the wellbore, and intended to resound through the screen, gravel pack (when used) and into the water-bearing formation to unstop water pathways. While these solutions have a place and work effectively in some contexts, their main constraints are the well itself. Mechanical energy, like chemical energy, must have direct contact with the well-plugging masses to work properly. Unfortunately, the well screen, gravel pack and even the formation all act to deflect mechanical energy from its intended targets. Chemicals, however, because they travel with and similarly to water, are capable of penetrating and dissolving plugging materials both in and around the wellbore and far out into the water-bearing formation. For this reason, using the proper chemistry to unstop water well plugging problems provides a thoroughness that mechanical energy alone is incapable of providing. The real well-plugging problems are not the soft biomasses, which easily are removed using either mechanical or chemical means. The bigger issues always are the extremely hard, cement-type deposits that plug water pathways on the well screen, in and around the gravel pack and all through the formation. Again, appropriate chemical solutions have advantages over purely mechanical means. Most mineral plugging is outside the well screen. Mechanical energy can’t penetrate deeply enough to impact those deposits. Moreover, even when mechanical solutions succeed in breaking up the hard minerals inside the well screen, they fall short in creating small enough pieces to be removed from the well. Chemicals, on the other hand, can break down these deposits completely, and hold them in suspension to be easily removed from the well. Also, they are able to impact mineral deposits far beyond the initial mechanical barriers. However, chemicals only affect that which they are able to contact. Recognizing this limitation, the best results for solving water well plugging problems are found by utilizing some combination of both mechanical and chemical methods. Eddie, from the example above, is just one of many success stories in the culture of well rehabilitation. Contractors are using techniques that utilize both mechanical and chemical methods to rehabilitate water wells. The alternatives are to drill new wells, or do nothing and hope for the best. But, by rehabbing those wells, they save money, restore lost capacity, increase the life expectency of the pump, improve water quality, and extend the overall life of the well for their owners. ND Matt McGinnis is an engineer with Cotey Chemical Corp., Lubbock, Texas.

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light, with fresh batteries. Oil: Manufacturers usually recommend a lighter grade of oil in severe winter conditions. It makes starting easier and warm-up quicker. The commercial oil-changing companies sometimes are aware of this and sometimes not. It is good to ask. If you are doing it yourself, look at the owner’s manual to get the right grade. These are some of the common maintenance items to get your truck ready for severe winter weather, but there are a lot more. I always carry a large amount of basic survival gear, such as the following: a week’s worth of food and water; a way to heat water; coffee; cold medicine, plus any prescriptions you might need; spare fuel, batteries, jumper cables, tow rope, road flares, and a spare tire and jack; a fire extinguisher, cell phone battery charger; spare clothes, underwear and socks; Arctic coveralls and Arctic boots; a 100-percent wool blanket; space blanket, an emergency spill kit, candles, a lighter and GPS. Dodge says my truck can seat six. Baloney! It seats me, and enough gear to see spring. The list could go on and on, but the one thing to remember: Be aware of your situation, consider the possible hazards and prepare for them. I’ve worked in some places that were, for one reason or another, less than safe. Extreme cold weather is just one more of them. You may find yourself in a situation where you have to rely on yourself and your resources for quite a while. Like the Boy Scouts say, be prepared. ND Even wearing his Cupid wings and looking for archery targets, Wayne Nash can be reached at [email protected].

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Efficient Blasthole Production by Joe Bradfield

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here are drillers, and then there are blasters. We’re blasters,” explains Don Burgess of Huntsville, Ontario. Burgess is one of the three owners of Rock Breakers 2007. Barry Genrick and Murray Keller are the other partners.

The three restructured their company in 2007, giving it the new name “Rock Breakers 2007” to distinguish themselves from the previous 14-yearold company, which itself was a continuation of the company that employed them early in their careers. They accepted executive responsibility for the company when it was offered to them upon the previous owner’s retirement. The difference between drillers and blasters, Burgess explains, is that “drillers will come, drill the holes, and then stand by and wait. We do the whole thing.” By “we” he was referring to his crew – his sons Shawn, Adam and Matt, and his son-in-law Scott Keller, who is the son of owner Murray Keller. All of them lay out the charges together, but only Shawn lays out the 9-foot-by-7-foot blasthole patterns, taking his job so seriously that Keller teases, “No one touches Shawn’s string,” which he uses to measure placement. He did that once, he remembers, thinking he would help out. The chuckles and smiles that followed are good-natured, yet the point clearly is made. Each of the crew respects the contributions of the others in certain well-established roles.

In Their Blood Burgess himself began drilling as his life’s career right away after school, having come from a construction family. Around Ontario, he says, “Drilling (Continued on Page 42) 40 | NATIONALDRILLER February 2012

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(Blasthole - Continued from Page 40) and mining are the main kind of construction around here. My dad was in construction. This is sort of the same thing.” A drive down King’s Highway 11 from Sudbury confirms that point. There are quarrying, drilling and mining operations of every size and purpose. Almost everyone is, has been, or is related to someone in the industry. The security agent at the Toronto airport had started in mining out of high school. A Sudbury cab driver had been in quarry work for 15 years before switching to his “city job.” The receptionist at the motel had driven a hauler. As for the Burgess family, it’s easy to tell that it’s in their blood. “I can’t see doing anything else,” Burgess says. His sons nod as he speaks, each repeating or adding: “There’s a lot of

variety. Every day is something new, something different. I could never be one of those guys who stands in one place all day doing the same thing.” This is the men’s vocation. It’s hard not to envy them for how much they enjoy their work and are loyal to each other.

Having a Blast Rock Breakers 2007 is a highly versatile company, with experience in a wide range of drilling and blasting, from carving out highway routes through solid granite, to structural demolition, to aggregate production – wherever blasters are needed. When they were awarded the King’s Highway 11 project, they looked into expanding the capabilities of their five-unit fleet of crawlers by adding a larger rig. It would be useful on the Highway 11 job, helping them open up the new quarry in Novar Township

where they would free up rock to crush for shoulder stone, but they also were looking to the future. A slightly bigger rig would enable them to drill larger blastholes and also speed up production drilling. Their choice was a radio remote-controlled Atlas Copco ROC D9 top-hammer surface crawler rig. While other operations in the area require larger, climate-controlled cabs for their crews, larger rigs are overkill for this company. Burgess says they would lose too much going with a larger unit. “They’re too stiff,” he says, referring to the lack of maneuverability. The ROC D9 lets them reach areas that a cabbed unit can’t get to.

Steep Slope Work Burgess likes the sure-footedness of the ROC D9 RCC: “It goes where the other drills can’t.” His boys agree. Shawn, who was running the

rig this particular day, drilling 30foot, 3 1⁄2-inch blast holes on a 30-degree-plus granite slope, agrees. “I like that winch. This is nothing. With that winch I’ve had it on, I bet, more than 50 degrees, and it’ll do more. You could hang it off a cliff with that winch.” None of their other drills have this feature. The rig is equipped with rod-handling, which supports the safety feature of having remote control. Shawn does not have to approach the crawler to add or take off steel, which was a 12-foot T45 on this job. Working the radio-control box from his chest harness kept Shawn well back from the rig as he maneuvered its dualoscillating treads up and over obstacles on the steep grade, shifting the body back as counterweight when the rig was on steep grades. The other rigs required the operators to be right at the rigs, working their fixed controls. Scott Keller volunteers with a grin that, for a while, they’d mark the rock with the words “Copco holes,” and draw arrows leading to each hole that was too difficult for the other crawlers. Shawn nods. “It’s true,” he affirms, “The hardest holes they started calling ‘Copcos.’”

Keeping the Crusher Busy The crew also likes its rate of penetration. Shawn says he gets at least three feet per minute in the granite, though he qualifies that, saying it varies, because there were some really tough veins in the rock he was working, with seams and gaps thrown in randomly. They also like the increased productivity resulting from this unit. One of the brothers says early on he’d heard from the crusher crew that they were anxious the team might not get them enough rock to work with. “But that was before we got here,” he notes. By their third day at the site, they had already produced 1,000 cubic meters in their first blast and were just about ready for the second, which would be much larger. They will drill more than 300 holes now per blast. “We gave them enough to keep them busy a while.” The huge pile of rock by the crusher near the entrance to the quarry erased any doubt. Burgess says he was sure they could take the whole hill out at once, but doing it in stages was the best way to ensure uniformity of material size, and orderly delivery for the excavator and trucks to haul to the crusher. Three blasts, the next larger than that initial one, will remove more than 17,000 cubic meters during this project, which Don says should take them only a couple weeks. And then the guys will move on to their next job, which, for this crew, should be – to coin a phrase – a blast. ND Joe Bradfield is senior writer for Ellenbecker Communications, an international communications firm specializing in the drilling, mining and construction industries. 42 | NATIONALDRILLER February 2012

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Pumps and Parts For Drilling Mud Liberty Process Equipment Inc. carries in-stock pumps and pump parts for the most popular brands of LL-Frame progressive cavity pumps for drilling mud applications. Same-day shipping is available. Liberty Process Equipment Inc., Card No. 214

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Funnel Viscosity Not the Whole Story t is ironic that of all the different types of tests that can be performed on drilling fluids, the one test most commonly performed provides us with the least amount of information. The marsh funnel viscosity test undoubtedly is the hands-down favorite among drilling contractors from any drilling industry that utilizes either mineral (bentonite) or polymer-based drilling fluids or slurry, but funnel viscosity only tells us the thickness of a drilling fluid. Determining the funnel viscosity of a drilling fluid does not accurately tell us how well the fluid will keep a hole open, convey cuttings to the surface, or perform any other function expected of a drilling fluid. It is important to understand the limitations of the funnel viscosity test, and know when to delve deeper into drilling fluids testing and rheology in order to determine whether a drilling fluid is capable of performing the functions required to complete a drilling project effectively. Looking up the word “viscosity” in Webster’s New World Dictionary, you will find that viscosity is “the internal friction of a fluid which makes it resist flowing past a solid surface or other lay-

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(Dugan - Continued) ers of the fluid.” This definition should get the attention of anyone using drilling fluids for rotary mud drilling, because this statement indicates that viscosity can work against us in our efforts to perform the functions expected of a drilling fluid. Higher-viscosity (thicker) drilling fluids will require more pressure at the drill bit or reamer to move the column of drilling fluid out of the hole, especially when drill cuttings are thrown into the mix, further increasing the viscosity of the returns. Additional pressure at the drilling head or reamer

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increases the chances of compromising the structural integrity of the hole, which can result in formation damage, loss circulation and/or frac-outs (especially in horizontal directional drilling applications). Higher-viscosity drilling fluids are more difficult to keep clean, regardless of whether one is utilizing mechanical solids-removal equipment or relying on gravity to settle drill cuttings, resulting in higher drill solids and poor-quality drilling fluids. Bentonite drilling fluid is non-Newtonian, which means that the viscosity changes with shear. Viscosity in Newtonian fluids, such as water and oil, changes with temperature (the hotter the fluid, the thinner it gets), whereas non-Newtonian bentonite drilling fluids get thinner with shear and should pump easily, yet transform into a gellike substance at rest and suspend drill cuttings. Bentonite drilling fluid also can be described as thyrotrophic, according to Principles of Drilling Fluid Control, because of its “ability to build up a rigid or semi-rigid gel structure if allowed to stand at rest, yet can be returned to a fluid state by mechanical agitation.” The most effective and efficient drilling fluid is one that can perform all of the functions of a drilling fluid (gel strength, suspend drill cuttings, stabilize the borehole, etc.) at the lowest possible viscosity. The routine of checking funnel viscosity gives us a relative indication of how much bentonite or polymer is in a drill-

ing fluid, and is a first step in matching drilling fluids to soil conditions. When recycling/re-circulating drilling fluid, it is important to test the funnel viscosity frequently in order to maintain the drilling fluid properties needed to complete a drilling project. As drilling fluid is re-circulated along with an increasing amount of retained of drill cuttings, these drill cuttings continually get ground down until they are close to the particle size of clay (0 to 2 microns). A drilling fluid contaminated with ultrafine drill cuttings, or contaminants such as lime, can exhibit a high funnel viscosity, yet have poor fluid-loss properties that hamper the ability to maintain an open hole; low gel strength, which can lead to hole plugging and/or stuck drill pipe; and high densities that increase the chances of formation damage and loss circulation. A sand-content test will indicate the amount of drill cuttings 74 microns and larger in a drilling fluid, but a mud balance is needed in order to identify high concentrations of ultra-fine solids in a drilling fluid. Mud weights above nine pounds per gallon indicate high levels of ultra-fine solids, and the only remedy is to discard and replace partial volumes of the solidsladen fluid with new (clean) drilling fluid to lower the solids concentration/density. Although testing the funnel viscosity of a drilling fluid yields little information on the performance or quality of the fluid, it is a vital step in matching a drilling fluid to soil conditions, as well as

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A sand content test. maintaining a drilling fluid throughout the drilling process. It is important to understand that additional testing is needed to develop a complete picture of what is happening with a drilling fluid, and determine what is needed to make the necessary corrections to get the job done. ND George Dugan is a regional manager for CETCO.

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everal years ago, I taught an employee well drilling in south Georgia. I could send him to a job, and he’d get it done without much supervision. When I employed him, I advised him that he would need a driver’s license. He returned the following week with the license. Sometime later, I left him a note on the drill at a job site. When he returned to the office, he told me, “You know that I can’t read or write!” But I didn’t know. In further conversation, I learned that his wife usually traveled with him, and she would read his notes and directions. I asked him how he got his driver’s license if he couldn’t read. He then revealed that he went to Atlanta, took the oral examination, passed it and then passed the driver’s test – no problem. I asked him, “When I send you to drill a well for someone, how do you know how to find them?” “Easy,” he replied. “You give me the customers’ names and addresses, and point me in the general direction; then I call information for their phone numbers. Next, I call the customers and ask them for directions. When I get near a customer, I ask someone where that person lives.” He never drilled a well at a wrong address; he had developed a system to cope. He always got the job done.

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Singley Construction Company, Inc. E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.singleycc.com Phone: 601-736-6393/ Fax: 601-736-7304

I WANT TO BUY PUMP HOISTS DRILL RIGS & RIG PARTS RENE HENDON 281-260-0880

1994 CME 75 mtd. on 1994 F-800. Auto hammer, Moyno 3L8. 3 hoists, wiggle tail slide, hyd. breakout table, hyd. chuck. Water tank, toolboxes ...............$108,500. Call Gary Bray at 770-389-0475.

1984 CME 550 for parts. 1994 CME 45B. CME 45C Trailer or Buggy. Malone Equipment Inc. 705-887-4512

2000 CME 75 – 2,850 hrs. Cummins eng., HT Rotary box, Large Kelly, 3L8, 2 winches, hyd. brkout holder and wrench, 3J swivel, 4-1⁄4 Spindle Ext., slide base, auto hammer, quick disconnect mast and angle cap, 75 gal fuel tank, incls spare Kelly and HS Rotary box. Mounted on tandem 2000 Int’l truck, 72,450 miles, 3 toolboxes .............$185K. Call Anne 630-458-0590.

FOR SALE OR TRADE TRUCK MOUNT ATV Rig - 1995 CME 850, 3 hoists. 3L8 Moyno pump .........................$80,000.00. 1989 CME 45B mounted on Morooka MST 600. Very clean rig, in good condition ................................$45,000.00. 2000 CME 45C mounted on Morooka MST 600. Auto hammer, 2 hoists, 3 leveling jacks, good condition....$55,000.00. 1982 CME 55 mounted on F700 Ford truck.......................................$25,000.00. 1970 CME 45B - not mounted ..$7,500.00. Contact David Jamison at 937-764-1542 or 513-615-4468. e-mail: [email protected]

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CME/ACKER/MOBILE 1998 CME 850 ...............Call for pricing. 1993 Mobile B-59 loaded...........$70,000. (2) CME 550’s...................................Call. 1998 B-53 diesel, diesel .............$40,000. CME 75. Nice....................................Call. HC 150 Longyear.............................Call. Cable tool 22W & 20W. Package ....Call. Minuteman Drills. Tooling & pumps. Buy/Sell/Trade. 812-689-7042

2003 Soilmec 312, 105´ Kelly $320,000 OBO. 307-382-4216

2000 CME 550X, Cummins diesel engine, angle drilling capabilities, Bean 435 pump, well maintained, excellent condition................Price $155,000.00. Also Available; 2000 Sterling Tractor and Dynaweld Trailer..Price $30,000.00. 313-389-5300 Mobile Environmental Geothermal auger rotary rig. Generator, steam cleaner on a ´98 Ford F800 Cummins. Rig has 6 cyl. Ford turbo. Runs and looks excellent....$18,000..309-243-9027.

CME-75 Drill Rig mounted on ‘92 Ford F-800 w/split rear end. Rig has dsl. eng. Automatic hammer. Well equipped w/augers & tooling. New batteries installed 12/10. Clutch replaced ‘08. Truck 220,443 miles. Rig 2,900 hrs. $69,500. Call 937-535-2224.

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Spiradrill XHD80 Special, built in 2002. 1,800 hrs. Exc. cond. Primary business. Slurry drilling., equip. not abused on rock. Gary 412-779-2735.

4" CME Continuous Flight Augers - 40' ......................................................$1,000. (2) Clay bits, (1) Concrete Bit. 308-380-5899

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Ardco Super L ATV B-33 Mobile Drill X-Government Drill has 607 hours, slide base, drop hammer, Moyno pump, 2 winches in excellent condition. . . . . . . $40K. B-57 ORV has 2,011 hours slide base, drop hammer, 3L6 Moyno, 3 winches in good condition....$45K. 1987 Mobile B-57 mounted on a '94 F-800. Both diesels. 2 winches, drop hammer, cathead, Shelby tube extruder and slide base . . . $48K. Geoprobe 5400 mounted on a '96 F250 4x4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15K. 2003 AMS Power Probe 9700 -PTO mounted on a 2003 550 Ford with new diesel engine. Hollowstem capabilities, 5,000 ft/lb torque, 80” probe stroke, 5' push, 175 ft-lb hydraulic hammer, water tank . . . . . . . . $55K.

15 BITS PALMER BIT COMPANY Geo Thermal heat pump drillers and Water well drillers find that Palmer Bit Company’s large family of step type drag bits not only increase penetration rates and lower bit cost per foot but also provide a good clean hole. These bits are designed to be used in a variety of unconsolidated formations ranging from soft clays to limestones. Bit sizes and styles can be designed on all common threads to meet each drilling condition. Palmer Bits, the best choice in drag bits since 1957.

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'72 CME High Torque 55, 300 Ford, 25' mast, wiggle tail, auto hammer on '82 Int'l 4WD.....$35,000. 2 CME Continuous Sample Systems w/(2) 3-1/4"-5' Barrels, (3) 4-1/4"-5' Barrels...$3,000. 12" Concrete Bit....$1,200. CME Drivehead for Denter Bit System w/water swivel...$1,500. 308-380-5899

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Gus Pech Brat GP-1000 ATV Drill Rig. Transequip ATV carrier, Cummins engine, 3L6 Moyno pump, high torque. Excellent Condition . . .616-738-9300.

“OVER 10,000 DRILL BITS” Sizes 3-7/8” thru 26” Tooth and Button Tri-Cone Every Formation - Top Quality Call for Prices 810-658-1554/Fax 810-658-2866 Web Site: www.buyrockbitsonline.com E-mail: [email protected]

2000 CME 550X - auto hammer, rod holder & breakout wrench, 3 winches, wireline, in/out side to side slide. $126,000............770-633-4252

Our Reputation Rides on Every Bit We Sell Gus Pech - 21' Stroke. Very low hours, 9,608 miles on International Model 4900 truck 2,837 hrs. on rig, head completely rebuilt ..............................Price Reduced. Call for info or photos 540-254-2289.

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Complete drilling co. for sale. 30 yrs. in business. 3 rigs w/all support equipment. $200,000. Pictures & information @ westside-sales.com or call 307-789-9372.

Water Well business in NW North Dakota for sale. I have way more work than I can handle. Will help with license. Call Kevin @ 701-570-8730. For Rent: Commercial offices - large or small in Smithport, PA area. May modify to suit tenant. Please call 814-887-5811 or [email protected] for details. FOR SALE: Water Well Drilling & Pump Service in Southern NM. Two commercial acres, 2,700 sq. ft. building, all drilling & pump rig equipment. Annual sales average is one million dollars. Price negotiable......Call 575-649-2019.

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18 BREAKOUT TOOLS SEMCO, Inc. All Hydraulic Hydrorench S110H in Stock 1” - 10” Four Rollers Breaks Pipe Make Pipe to Torque Spec’s PH# 800-541-1562 Breakout Unit. 230v 3Ø Electric over hydraulic. Breakout unit skid mounted. $30,000 OBO. 208-772-4004

19 BUCKET DRILL RIGS 1977 Earthdrill mounted on ´93 Mack. 83 ft. 4-1/4” Kelly. New Kelly winch, Stauffer transmission. Extra parts for rig. $85,000 OBO.........307-382-4216 GUS PECH Bucket / boring rigs WANTED. Other brands considered. Any condition, Buckets, tooling etc. Call Jared Sisk 816-517-4532.

Parkersburg Tool Co. 1004 Depot Street Parkersburg, WV 26101 Manufacturer of a complete line of Acme Drilling & Fishing Tools; Jars; Bits; Stems; Rope Sockets; Bailers; Subs; Drive Clamps; Pulling Heads; Rental Fishing Tools; Joint Turning. 304-428-8015/Fax 304-428-8059

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BE 24L Cable Rig in Indiana USA. Out of field at $11,000 OBO. 561-427-4167 or 561-842-0161. B.E. Parts. New and used. Exchange jack shafts for 20W, 22W, 24L & 60L’s. (We also buy BE parts and rigs for cash). 813-843-6720

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33 CASING HAMMERS Aardvark 1220 hammer. Great shape, low time ...........$8,500 OBO. 208-772-4004

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Holte Model 140 - complete w/oiler. $10,000 or best offer. 208-507-0285 or 208-983-2129

BE 20W drill rig, hyd. all tools. Gas powered unit, catwalks. Nice machine. $10,500 501-344-2292 or 501-230-0833. 22W & 20W Parts Rigs, jack shafts; [2] 22W Rigs; [1] 24L; [1] 60L; [2] 20W’s; all size cable & fishing tools; elevators; Cyclone hyd. pump hoist......270-565-1538.

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22 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES For Sale: Profitable, Drilling Services & Pump Supply Business, Southwest U.S., $2.2 million sales, $1.5 million assets and inventory (estimated). Owner wishes to retire. Business summary available. Contact Jim Vaccaro, Sunbelt Business Brokers, 480-990-2078, [email protected].

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65 DRILL PIPE DRILL PIPE - IN STOCK WELD-ON TOOL JOINTS RENE HENDON 281-260-0880

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I WANT TO BUY NEW & USED DRILL PIPE

Flush Joint Pipe

RENE HENDON 281-260-0880 Bottleneck Pipe 47 - 1-3/4" x 10' 43 - 2" x 10' w/PH6 14 - 2-3/8" x 5' 32 - 2-3/8" x 30' w/2-3/8 IF 25 - 2-7/8" x 20' w/2-3/8 Reg 52 - 2-7/8" x 20 w/Hydril 11 - 2-7/8" x 20' w/2-3/8 FEDP 5 - 2-7/8" x 20' w/2-7/8 FEDP 6 - 2-7/8" x 25' w/May FH 13 - 2-7/8” x 30' w/-2 3/8 IF 13 - 3" x 5' 26 - 3-1/2" x 15' w/2-7/8 IF, New 6 - 3-1/2" x 20' w/2-7/8 IF 23 - 3-1/2" x 20' w/NC35 181 - 4" x 20' w/4FH 14 - 4" x 30' w/3-1/2 XH 4 - 4-1/2" x 15' w/4-1/2 IF 92 - 4-1/2" x 23' w/4-1/2 FH 3 - 4-1/2" x 20' w/4 IF 10 - 5" x 30' w/4 IF 6 - 5-1/2" x 22' w/6-5/8 Reg 22 - 5-1/2" x 22' w/5-1/2 Reg 13 - 5-1/2" x 30' w/5-1/2 FH 106 - 6-5/8" x 30' w/6-5/8 FH 122 - 6-5/8" x 30' w/6-5/8 FH 1 - 6-5/8" x 40' w/6-5/8 FH 5 - 9-5/8" x 40'

21 - 3" x 20' Tubing, 8 Rnd 13 - 3-1/2" x 10' w/2-7/8 Hydril 8 - 3-1/2" x 30' w/2-3/8 Reg 2 - 3-1/2" x 30' w/2-3/8 Reg IR 85 - 4" x 20' w/2-7/8 IF 6 - 4" x 25' w/2-7/8 FEDP IR 1 - 4" x 26' w/2-7/8 Reg x 3-1/2 Reg 19 - 4-1/2" x 15' w/3-1/2 FH 15 - 4-1/2" x 15' w/2-7/8 IF, New 15 - 4-1/2" x 20' w/2-7/8 IF 32 - 4-1/2" x 20' w/3-1/2 Reg 5 - 4-1/2" x 20' w/3-1/2 IF, New 7 - 4-1/2" x 25' w/Beco 92 - 4-1/2" x 25' w/2-7/8 IF 51 - 4-1/2" x 25' w/2-7/8 IF 90 - 4-1/2" x 30' w/2-7/8 IF IR 65 - 4-1/2" x 30' w/2-7/8 IF 30 - 4-1/2" x 30' w/MC35 26 - 4-1/2" x 30 w/2-7/8 IF 10 - 6-5/8" x 25' w/Beco 10 - 7" x 25' w/Reed 47 - 9-5/8" x 30' w/DI22 5 - 9-5/8" x 40' w/DI22 Elevators, Drill Collars, Swivels Bits, Subs, Rotary Tables

SkyRex Water Well Elevators 2” thru 36” Also Light wt. PVC Elevators Now Available!

FOUNDATION RIGS LDH - 60, 80 & Parts Texoma 650 Watson ED-7 / 2500 CW / 1000 TW Crane Mounted – Hughes 200 6V71 Detroit Hain 4-71 & 3531-3

Rex McFadden

ROCK DRILLS & COMPRESSORS

7931 19th Lubbock, TX 79407

Ph 806-791-3731 Fax 806-791-3755

DRILL ROD SEMCO INC. 1” thru 16” Elevators All steel with safety latch. 800-541-1562 Fax 719-336-2402 www.SEMCOoflamar.com American Express, Visa & Mastercard. Ship by UPS same day.

ELEVATORS! FOR 1/2” to 19” CASING 800-523-5760

E-mail: [email protected]

540-635-7753 FAX 540-635-6352

REX MCFADDEN LTD PH 806-791-3731

75 ELECTRIC MOTORS

www.tridenttool.com

E-mail: [email protected]

WANTED 20 to 500 hp vertical hollow shaft pump motors. Good or bad. Will pickup. 800-541-1562

1” to 12-3/4” & 5-1/2” to 12-3/4” with automatic latch

(35) - Used 4-1/2” x 20’ w/3-1/2” reg. tool joints ............Asking $400 each. Call 715-526-5075.

TRIDENT TOOLS INC.

J&K Tool Company, Inc. - Kwik Klamp 1 & 2 - Elevators for PVC (1”-16”) - Heavy Duty PVC Elevators (4”-8”) - Flush Joint PVC Pipe Clamps (4”-24”)

38 Sections 4-1/2” x 4-1/2 IF joint, 20´ sections, bottle neck. $600.00 per section 803-712-0500

www.jktool.com [email protected] tel 320-563-4967 fax 320-563-8051

1,240’ - 20’ long 3-1/2 White Band Inertia Welded IF Bottleneck Drill Pipe. $20/ft. 307-684-9180 or 307-620-9180.

Drilling Products DrillingProducts.net

281-835-8862 Phone

281-835-3850 Fax

New Water Well Drill Pipe Aluminum Steel 50 jts. 20 jts. 13 jts. 12 jts. 50 jts.

2 7/8" OD x 20' 2 7/8" OD x 20' 3 1/2" OD x 15' 4" OD x 20' 4 1/2" OD x 20’

w/ 2 3/8" IF w/ 2 3/8" FEDP w/ 2 7/8" IF w/ 3 1/2" IF w/ 2 7/8" IF

50 jts. 30 jts. 50 jts. 30 jts. 50 jts.

3 1/2" OD x 20' w/ 2 3/8" IF 3 1/2" OD x 20' w/ 3 1/2" IF 4 1/2" OD x 20' w/ 2 7/8" IF 4 1/2" OD x 20' w/ 3 1/2" REG. 4 1/2" OD x 25' w/ IR-T4

Subject to prior sale. INQUIRE FOR ALL YOUR STEEL & ALUMINUM DRILL PIPE NEEDS. 60 |

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IR DM4 with 16” Dual Rotary (2) Gill Beetles (Both have Cabs) Sullair 900-350, Air End.

www.rexmcfadden.com

Elevators, Drill Collars, Swivels Bits, Subs, Rotary Tables

76 ELEVATORS

Drill Fabrication & Machine Est. 1977

FOR SALE:

REX MCFADDEN LTD PH 806-791-3731

1,800' of 3-1/2" IF drill pipe, 30' x 31/2". Pipe is well used - approx. 1,400' to 1,500' usable ................$5,500.00 for all. 530-865-0737

JON T. ERRICKSON

All in stock have been tested and rated.

200´ - 28” OD - 8-5/8” 180´ - 26” OD - 8-5/8” Various Lengths of 20” & 16” OD 30” Pipe - 3/4” wall, 10 ft. min. 240 lbs/ft. $95.ft.

HAMMERS & BITS IR 112 - 12” -15” (Used) IR DHD - 22” - 30” NUMA 240 - 22” - 36” BULROC 180 - w/17”, 18” & 20” Bits

(50) SD-3 Bits 3-1/2”-4” NEW. $190 ea.

MISC FOR SALE ChemGrout CG 600 NEW ChemGrout 550 (400 psi) Moyno 4J Progressive Cavity, trailer mounted 4-71.

FOR RENT ICE Leads w/26” Twin Rotary & Tophead Soilmec 312 w/ Twin Rotary 26” Drive Casing up to 155” Diameter Augers & Core Barrels up to 144” Compressors up to 1170 CFM - 350 PSI ChemGrout Plants Crawler Cranes up to 70 Ton Hydraulic Cranes up to 75 Ton LoDril LM-30

Larry’s Welding Service Phone: 620-356-3619 Fax: 620-424-1495 Ulysses, Kansas

71 DRILLING EQUIPMENT 2500 & 3000 Gardner Denver Drilling Rigs. Trailer Mounted. 9 Ft. Back Upon Substructure. Several Derricks, Includes S.D. Scoping, 1 piece and Short Ones For Swab Units. C 65 Wichtex D.D. with S.D. Wilson Derrick. 325-672-4378

Parting out drill rigs. T650CP, 650SSCP, 700CP, D40K Driltech. Also engines available. Call for price and availability..................Call 814-445-4030. Rauch Model 512B Pipe Spinner 2-7/8 to 7-1/2. Like new ...............$5,000. Washington Diverter Head ........$5,000. 307-851-1832

800-691-9166 jonrents.com

Classified Advertising Deadline MARCH 2012 ISSUE February 1, 2012

EXPERIENCED WATER WELL DRILLER WANTED

71 DRILLING EQUIPMENT HOWARD - TURNER MANUFACTURING CO. Designers and builders of quality equipment and tools for the energy industry and progress.

GENERAL OFFICE AND PLANT 2545 PALM DRIVE, SIGNAL, CA 90755 562-424-1655 [email protected]

SERVING THE INDUSTRY FOR 57 YEARS Rotary tables, swivels, master bushings, brake rims and pads. Replacement parts for all Howard-Turner and Wagner Morehouse drilling & pulling rigs

80 EMPLOYMENT F/T Exp Driller TH60 - Clean DMV-CDL req’d. Drilling Contractor (36 years in business) seeks career-minded person for year-round work in California Fax resumé 415-927-1723. Drillers Wanted: New Jersey based company seeks experienced geotech, environmental, and water well drillers. Mid-Atlantic Region. Must have Class A or B CDL. Excellent wage & benefit package. CDL A/B and OSHA 40 hour a plus. Contact Joan at 856-694-4200 or e-mail [email protected]. Full Service Professional Water Well Company in South/Central Texas seeks Licensed Pump Installer 5yr + exp. in large Submersible and Vertical Turbine installation. Pay based on exp. Benefits available. Call 830-981-8979 or fax resumé to 830-755-8965 or e-mail: [email protected].

NJ LICENSED DRILLERS Immediate openings Call 888-996-DRILL. Mud Rotary Driller Wanted Kickapoo Drilling Company is now accepting applications for a growing workforce. We have positions available for Water Well and Geothermal Drillers. Class A CDL with clean driving record is needed. We offer a very competitive benefit package with pay based on attitude, aptitude and ability. Fax resumé to 309-378-4099 or e-mail to [email protected]. Drillers Wanted: Growing Maryland based company seeks experienced air/mud drillers. $60K+/yr, health ins., 401K, paid vacation, holidays, and performance bonuses. Must have CDL Class B Lic. Possible help w/relocation. Contact Adam at 301-776-8370 or e-mail at [email protected]. Experienced Service Tech Wanted Kickapoo Drilling Company is now accepting applications for a growing workforce. We have positions available for water Water Well Technicians experienced in domestic and light commercial water systems. Class A CDL with clean driving record is needed. We offer a very competitive benefit package with pay based on attitude, aptitude and ability. Fax resumé to 309-378-4099 or e-mail to [email protected].

Drillers Wanted: Established Mid Atlantic company seeks experienced geotech, environmental and geothermal drillers. Must have Class A or B CDL. Competitive wages and excellent benefit package. Contact Sam at 301-696-8820 or e-mail at [email protected]. DRILLERS/HELPERS WANTED: Established Tennessee based company seeking experienced Drillers and Drill Helpers. Successful candidates should have experience with auger, rock coring mud rotary, and air rotary drilling. Environmental drilling experience a plus. Valid Class B CDL and clean driving record required. Excellent pay & benefit package. FAX RESUME TO: 423-510-0237 E-MAIL RESUME TO: [email protected]

Established Western Nebraska based company seeking experienced Driller. Successful candidate should have 5+ years experience with mud rotary, and air rotary drilling. Geothermal drilling, pump installation and repair experience a plus. Valid Class A CDL and clean driving record required. Pay based on experience. Newer Equipment. FAX RESUME TO: 308-262-9989 E-MAIL RESUME TO: [email protected] The Layne Christensen Company is currently seeking experienced pump installers for their Lansing, MI office. Qualified candidates will have experience with large diameter submersible and line shaft turbine pumps. Experience with well rehabilitation a plus. Class “A” CDL required within 60 days of employment. Respond with resumé to [email protected] or mail to: Layne Christensen Co. 3126 N. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd Lansing, MI 48906 Attn: Chris Zeeb

Denver, Colorado based geotechnical drilling company seeking driller with 3 years plus experience running CME 45 and 55 Drilling Rigs or equivalent. Must know how to solid stem, core and hollow stem. Must have clean driving record, pass drug test, carry valid CDL (Class A) and be willing to work out of town. $15-$25/hr plus benefits @ 6 months of employment. Reply to: [email protected] Fax 303-662-1188 or ph 303-550-8090

NEW

GROUT PUMPS USED

GROUT PUMPS CUSTOM

(LEASING AVAILABLE)

800-851-0436 R-2 Mfg., Inc.

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ALTERNATIVE

CA P I TA L

Leasing & Financing

NJ Drilling Company seeks full and part-time employment for Geoprobe Operator and licensed NJ Well Driller. Benefits, flexibility, and salary commensurate w/experience. Call 888-433-4877.

800-351-2120

LIC. NC OR SC ENVIRONMENTAL WELL DRILLER NEEDED.

99 GEOTHERMAL RIGS/TOOLS

E-mail: [email protected] or fax resumé to 803-548-2233. Successful candidate will have the ability to operate a T-4 Atlas Copco Drilling Rig. Must be experienced with water well and blast hole drilling as well as have some mudding experience. Welding skills are a must. Must be willing to become NYS certified. Must have a minimum Class B license Commercial Driver’s License with Hazmat and tank endorsement. Must be able to work independently as well as part of a team. Some out of town work as required. Salary depending on experience. If interested, please fax or e-mail your resumé to 315-696-8899 or [email protected].

GROUT PUMPS

82 ENGINES MEMO-OMEGA MFG, INC. 722 South Kimball Avenue Southlake, TX 76092

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www.4leases.com

(2) Geothermal skid steer mounted drills. Mid-western Machinery Company. $6,000 each. 734-279-2059

102 HAMMERS

HAMMERS! IR Style Mission Style Halco Style 3” to 24”

800-523-5760 540-635-7753 FAX 540-635-6352

TRIDENT TOOL INC. 101 GROUTERS

www.tridenttool.com

GEOPROBE OPERATOR & DRILLER NJ Geoprobe/Drilling co. seeks NJ/ Licensed Probe Operators & Drillers to run all new probe & auger equipment. Great work envir., pay and benefits. 732-642-0788 or 609-730-1205. Full Service Professional Water Well Company in South/Central Texas seeks Licensed Driller w/5+yrs of exp. Air & Mud Rotary. Pay dependant on exp. Benefits available. Call 830-981-8979 or fax resumé to 830-755-8965 or e-mail: [email protected]. www.nationaldriller.com N AT I O N A L DRILLER February 2012 | 61

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102 HAMMERS

CS POWER HAMMER 1993 Peterbilt 357 - Complete hydrofracturing setup. 2,600 gal. water trailer.

Oil Field Related Equipment For Sale: (2) 2 ton winch trucks, (2) Mack road tractors with winches mounted, trailers available, (2) - 60L Bucyrus cable tool rigs (1 truck mounted, 1 trailer mounted), (1) 24 Bucyrus rigs, (2) 22 Bucyrus rigs, plus all types of other oil field related equipment. .....Please call 270-256-7030.

115 MUD PUMPS Well rehab trailer & hose reel, developing tools, cleaning tank, etc. Call 509-994-3314 for more details. [email protected]

105 INJECTION PUMPS DU-ALL Injection Pumps All parts in stock and available for shipment. Overnight delivery available. Call your local parts supplier or Fred’s Water Service, Inc. at (440) 259-5436 with your order or questions.

Fred’s Water Service, Inc. 2638 Townline Road Madison, Ohio 44057 Phone (440) 259-5436 w w w. f w s e r v i c e . c o m Fax (440) 259-4795

3” ~ 36” HAMMER INVENTORIES IN NEW YORK, LOS ANGELES & SEATTLE

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G.D. 5x6 & 7x10 WHEATLEY 6x6 & 5x10 RENE HENDON 281-260-0880

108 MAGNETS

RETRIEVING M AG N E T S !

BESTMA U.S.A. INC. 1-888-HAMMER-K (1-888-426-6375)

1-3/4” to 12” Dia. 100 to 1000 Lbs.

TEL) 631-629-4291 ASK FOR JAY YOON [email protected] WWW.BESTMA.COM

800-523-5760 540-635-7753 FAX 540-635-6352

TRIDENT TOOL INC. www.tridenttool.com 104 HYDRO FRAC EQUIPMENT

See our ad on page 30.

Hydraulic drive mud pumps - small & lightweight - new aluminum model 7-1/2” x 10” duplex pump fits in the place of a 5” x 6” and weighs half as much - pumps 300 gpm at up to 800 PSI. Mono pumps and triplex pumps also available. Call 903-725-6978 or visit our web site www.centerlinemanufacturing.com. U.S. Pat. #6,769,884 and others pending.

GD FXGR 5x6 skid mtd. w/Cat 3304T engine.........................................$15,000. National 7-1/4 x 15 C250 w/twin Detroits ...................................................$19,000. Continental EMSCO 7-1/2 x 14 w/Cat D-353 power ..............................$38,000. Gaso Mod 1600 5 x 8. 2003 Quincy 750/110 compressor w/Cat 3306T power. ...................$15,000. 405-642-2812 APLEX MA240L Quintiplex 300 GPM at 1250 PSI w/luber dual 6” inlet strainers, baird relief valve, dual pres. gauges, complete water end rebuild. Parts kits with tools. 250 HP TEFC w/VFD. Unit has approx. 400 hours. Specs avail. $75K OBO...........207-754-2425.

109 LIGHTS PULSATION DAMPNER K-10 type, completely rebuilt w/new expendables. 405-427-1080

(2) Baski 6” Packers - set up for zone hydrofracturing. C/W Jimmy Jet Valve. Mfg. ´08. Used in less than 40 wells. ........$10,000 OBO ............541-261-3650.

Light Towers Phone: 540-982-8001 Fax: 540-342-0546 [email protected] Hydro Frac/Service Truck. Ready to work. Ford 650 diesel Allison auto, only 48,000 miles, air brakes, pintle hitch with air trailer brake hookup, Myers triplex frac pump with Perkins diesel drive motor, auto crane 360 hyd. hoist with power extension, hyd. jacks, 12 volt packer inflate system with 300 ft. high pressure hose reel, 300 ft. of steel frac pipe and Crossover pipe. 2 pipe racks, welder, rear work platform and toolboxes. Very nice ............$64,950.00 O.B.O. 218-591-9858 or 218-384-9778. 62 |

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NEW, USED, RENTALS  (4) 1,000-Watt Lamps  20 KW Generator (L20)  Telescoping Mast

www.nolanddrilling.com

THUNDERBOLT Hydraulic Powered Duplex Mud Pump 7-1/2 x 12, 300 GPM 7-1/2 x 18, 400 GPM, 400-600 PSI 4’ x 88” x 41”, 2,800 Lbs. Skid or Trailer Mounted Moyno Pumps Available We will save you money. Go to web site to watch and listen. It’s no banger! Call Ken 903-340-5829. [email protected] www.kenscustommfg.com

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115 MUD PUMPS FYYFXD 7-1/4 x 10 GD. 300 Cummins with manual twin disk clutch. New belts. Skid mounted..............................$29,500. 940-636-2118

Ph. 972-897-9607

www.summitpowerandsupply.com Liberty Hill, Texas

MUD PUMPS CE D225, 7-1/2” x 12”, Cummins, $30,000 GD FFFXF, 4-1/2”x 5”, No Pwr, $6,000. GD FGFXG, 5”x 6”, No Pwr., $8,500. GD FGFXG, 5”x 6”, Diesel, Skid, $11,000. GD FCFXX, 5”x 8”, Detroit 471, $19,000. GD FDFXX, 5” x 8”, $12,000. GD FDFXD, 5 x 10, Detroit 671, $25,000. GD FOFXO, 7-1/4”x 10”, $18,000. GD FYFXD, 7-1/2”x 10”, Diesel, $30,000. GD FZFXZ, 7-1/4”x 12”, Detroit, $25,000. GD FKFXK, 7-1/4”x 14”, Series 60, $38,000. GD FXN’s, 7-1/4” x 14”, Skid, $25,000 Gaso 1800, 5”x 6”, Diesel, Skid, $10,000. Gaso 1742, 5” x 10”, Detroit 471, $16,000 Gaso 1700, 7-1/2”x 10”, $16,000. New 5x10 Hyd. Gear Reduction Box, $4,000.

AIR COMPRESSORS Boosters --Ariel, Gardner Denver, CIP, JOY 2007 Sullair 1150XH/900XHH (500 psi) 2000 Sullair 900XH, 900/350, CAT, $40,000 1994 Sullair 900/350 Module, $17,500 Sullair 750/350, Cummins, Skid, $23,000 2000 IR XHP900, 900/350, CAT, $40,000 Rebuilt IR HR2 1050/350 Airend, $25,000

RIG PARTS Multiquip Maco C-30HDZ Grouter, 35 Hrs. King 3” RC Swivel, $3,000 Many Driltech DH-1 Parts, Pwr. Head, Etc. New Pullmaster 26,000 Lb. Winch, $12,500 Braden PD12C Winch, 12,000 Lb., $4,500 Gearmatic H35 16,000 Lb. Winch $4,500 Ingersoll-Rand Sandreel, $3,500 TH60 Cotta Box, $5,500 TH60 750/250 Cooler Assy, $4,500 TH60 / T3W Feed Cylinder, $3,500 Myers 9 GPM Pump, w/o Motor $750 FMC Bean 18 GPM Pump, $2,000 CAT 25 GPM Pump, $2,000 New Gears for Top Ring Gear GD 7-1/2” Table Rebuilt Failing 5-1/4” Table, $4,500 Hacker 6-1/4” Table, $3,500 Rebuilt SpeedStar 8-1/2” Table, $7,500 Unused 3-5/16” x 23’ Fluted Kelly’s, $2,900 Web Wilson Break-Out Tong, $1,250 (3) Portadrill Hydraulic Outriggers Rausch 512 Drill Pipe Spinner $4,500 New Spicer 792 Air Shift PTO, $10,000 New T3W / TH60 3-1/2” Carousel, $7,500 T3W/ TH60 Swivels, $3,500 New 60 gal. DHD Lubricator Tank $1,200 T3W / TH60 18K Main Winch. $4,500 New T3W/TH60 Single Rod Loader, $1,500

BRAND NEW PUMPS IN STOCK!! GD 4x5 ................................Call for Price GD 4-1/2x5 ..........................Call for Price GD 5x6, air drive FG-AG.....Call for Price GD 5x6, gear drive FG-FXG...Call for Price GD 5-1/2x8 ..........................Call for Price GD 7-1/2x8 ..........................Call for Price GD 5-1/2x10 ........................Call for Price GD 7-1/2x10 ........................Call for Price GD 4x5 Tee Triplex .............Call for Price GD 5-1/2x5 THI Triplex .......Call for Price Also New Centrifugal Pumps in stock. REBUILT PUMPS!!! All sizes and brands available. Gardner Denver, Gaso, Wheatley, Oilwell, Worthington and many more. We have over 300 pumps in stock. Call for prices. New!!! Hydraulic GROUT PUMP $3,500. We rent mud pumps and diesel power units. Power units available: Detroit diesel 671-471-371-353, also new CAT units. We pay cash for used & surplus pumps. We manufacture mud pump parts. Armstrong Machine Co., Inc. 800-831-4527 / 712-335-4131 Fax: 712-335-4565 E-mail: [email protected] www.armstrongmachine.com

One 4’ x 5’ double screen shaker with 3 micro sand cones. One 1,500 gallon separating tank. Two 3 x 2 centrifugal pumps. One 165 Hp Perkins diesel with triple hydraulic gear pump. One 100 gallon hydraulic tank with one 100 Gpm radiator cooler. One 60 gallon diesel fuel tank. Smaller units available. We can build what you need. We can furnish system with a Thunderbolt duplex mud pump. Call Ken for factory direct prices, no middle man or salesman. Visit ´Mud Systems´ on our web site www.kenscustommfg.com [email protected] 903-340-5829

250 Sandmaster Pumps with hydraulic adapters starting @ $2,315.00. February Only Single Cone 5” Desilter Micron cut to 25 Microns

DLC Single Standard Shaker $6,156.00 February Only Contact The Double Life Corporation for more details Phone: 405-789-7867 Fax: 405-792-2202 Toll free 1-877-888-7867 E-mail: [email protected] www.doublelifecorp.com

1753 Attaberry Rd. Sequim WA 98382

(360) 477-0251 [email protected] “Built by well driller, for well drillers”

THUNDERBOLT 500 GPM MUD SYSTEM

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MUDSLAYER 1500 NEW AND NEVER USED, STORED IN WAREHOUSE. Contact: Frank Glass Cell 512-923-3535 or 512-756-4077

117 PERFORATORS MILLS Knife Type Perforators For Sale or Rent 4” thru 20” - prices available on request; BLADES made 4” thru 20”. SPIDERS & SLIPS 2”-12” Montana 406-580-2818

125 PUMP HOISTS SEMCO INC. 719-336-9006/800-541-1562 FAX 719-336-2402 See our Ad on page 27. [email protected]

www.SEMCOoflamar.com 2012 MODELS IN STOCK

See Page 3.

760-961-1160

S4000 Pump Hoist, 8,000# cap, 35' telescoping mast, 30 gal oil tank, hydro pump, 5T safety hook, hydro controls & variable speed engine control ....$14,245. S6,000 Pump Hoist, 16,000# 3L, cap, 35' telescoping mast, 30 gal oil tank, hydro pump, 5T safety hook, hydro controls & variable speed engine control...............................................$16,445. S8,000 Pump Hoist, 22,000# 3L, cap 36' telescoping mast, 30 gal oil tank, hydro pump, 7T safety hook, hydro controls & variable speed engine control ....... ....................................................$20,845. S10,000 Pump Hoist, 30,000# 3L, cap 40' telescoping mast, 30 gal oil tank, hyContinued in next column.

dro pump, 9T safety hook, hydro controls & variable speed engine control ..$28,545. S12,000 Pump Hoist, 48,000# 4L cap, 44' telescoping mast, 6,000# tail out line, 72 gal oil tank, hydro pump, 11T safety hook, hydro controls & variable speed engine control............................ $32,945. S15,000 Pump Hoist, 60,000# 4L cap, 48' telescoping mast, 6,000# tail out line, 72 gal oil tank, hydro pump, 13T safety hook, hydro controls & variable speed engine control .............................$40,645. S20,000 Pump Hoist, 80,000# 4L cap, 40' telescoping mast, 6,000# tail out line, 72 gal oil tank, hydro pump, 13T safety hook, hydro controls & variable speed engine control .............................$53,845. S25,000 Pump Hoist, 100,000# 4L cap, 40 telescoping mast, 6,000# tail out line, 100 gal oil tank, hydro pump, 15T safety hook, hydro control & variable speed engine control .................................$61,545. S30,000 Pump Hoist, 120,000# 4L cap, 40 telescoping mast, 6,000# tail out line, 100 gal oil tank, hydro pump, 15T safety hook, hydro control & variable speed engine control .................................$76,945.

New Equipment in Stock S6,000 SEMCO, 35', PTO, RC, PR, 2 Spd., Aux., 11' Bed, Toolboxes, 2011 Dodge, 5500 6.7L, D, 6 Spd. Auto., 4x4 .. ....................................................$77,598. S6,000 SEMCO, 44', PTO, 2 Spd., 16,000# Cap., RC, PR, Aux., Light Kit, Service Body, Mini Bed, 2012 Dodge 5500 6.7L D, Stand. Trans., 4x4 ....................................................$81,580.

Used Equipment in Stock M33 Jessen/Monitor, PR, SB, 1995 Ford F-350, Gas, 5 Spd., 4x2 ...$17,900. M34 Jessen/Monitor, RC, PR, SB w/1992 GMC TopKick, 3116 Cat, 5 Spd... ....................................................$19,500. 5T Smeal, 1-PR, Flatbed, Toolboxes, 2004 Ford, F-650, Cummins ......$34,950. Walker-Neer 20T Rated, Double Cathead, Sandreel, 3rd Leg, 1976 Chevy ..... ....................................................$19,500. S6,000, 44', HS PTO, 2 Spd, RC, Oil Cooler, Sandreel, SR, PR, Light Kit, 11' Bed, 2008 Dodge 5500, 6.7L Diesel, 6 Spd. Auto. ...................................$62,070. S12,000H, 44', HS PTO, SR, Oil Cooler, 2 Spd., Aux., PR, BC Outriggers, Light Kit, 16' Bed, Toolbox, 2006 Int. 4300 DT466, Auto.................................$87,039 S25,000 SEMCO, 50', BO Cylinder, BC Outrigger, 2 Spd., SR, PT Hook Up, Aux., Oil Cooler, Light Kit, Power Arm, 18' Bed, Toolbox, 2007 FRT M2.............. ..................................................$127,207.

Contact us at 1-800-541-1562 for a list of our used equipment.

2000 Ford 5T smeal service truck. Ford 550 diesel, 4x4 auto trans. 120,000 miles new tran. at 110. Cathead, pipe rack, sandline, brand new tires, new bed and toolboxes. $23,995.00 O.B.O. 218-591-9858 or 218-384-9778.

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2008 P10,000 - sandline ready, 3 jacks, remote, TipTop, utility bed. Mtd. on 2008 4x4 Dodge Alm Tops. Like new. 27,300 miles............$71,000 .........309-337-2860.

J W S Equipment, Inc. I WANT TO BUY PULSTAR SMEAL - SEMCO PUMP HOISTS RENE HENDON 281-260-0880 ´87 Semco 6000 - mtd. on 01 F750 hoist has 4 sp. trans. Carrier has Cat C7 motor. Allison 7 sp. Det. lck. A/B. Pipe racks, boxes ......................$25,000 OBO. 541-261-3650 ´89 Ford 1 ton, low miles, 5T Smeal hoist, sandreel, new utility box ...$16,000. E-mail for photo & info [email protected].

M33 Monitor unmounted. Call for price. 334-684-3203 Baylik 25 Ton, '98 Int'l 4900..... $30,000. SpeedStar WS-50, 50 Ton, GMC, ...................................................$45,000. 972-897-9607

Power Company Auger & Boom Rig mounted on 1993 Ford Truck. Will make good pump rig. Drive it home. Price $9,500.00. Call 662-843-4076.

128 PUMP PULLERS EASY RISER PUMP PULLERS PROVEN: users worldwide pull pumps to 600 ft. at up to 35 fpm. LIGHT WEIGHT: user lifts only 42 lb. COMPACT: stores in only 2 sq. ft. ECONOMICAL: from $1,795 USD. VISIT US AT www.pumppuller.com Talcott Mountain Engineering, Inc. 860-651-3141

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3004 Bradford Drive Moore, OK 73160 Office Phone: 405-794-7334 Shop Phone: 405-794-3600 Fax: 405-793-1690 E-mail: [email protected] DUPLEX MUD PUMPS New, used or rebuilt Gardner-Denver 4x5 thru 7-1/4x14. Selected Gaso & Wheatley & Failing duplexes. New & used Pump parts. PUMP GEARS New G-D herringbone Eccentric Gear & Pinion Gear Sets for 14” FK-FXK & FN-FXN. Original O.E.M. surplus gears. SKIDDED & POWERED PUMP PACKAGES Gaso Fig. 1743 7-1/2x10 w/6-71 DD. (7) GD FG-FXGR 5x6 w/diesel engines. COMPRESSORS Skid Mounted LeROI 256SDS Compressor Package w/DD 6V-71 diesel, V-belt drive, air receiver tank, fuel tank. Used/rebuilt LeROI 100S1, 100S2, 100SDS & 256S2. New & used parts for LeROI reciprocating compressors. G-D WCQ, WCG & WCH Part machines. MISCELLANEOUS New Mud Gauges & Shear Relief Valves for pumps.

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MIDWAY RIG & SUPPLY, INC P) 325-653-3433 F) 325-658-1817 DRAWWORKS: UNUSED 15M85 & 10M BOTH WITH AIR CLUTCHES

We’re the Experts when it comes to Denison Hydraulics for Your Drills. Pump and motor failure means costly down time for your business. That’s why Nova Hydraulics stocks remanufactured Denison Piston and Vane Pumps & Motors for your drills. We’re dedicated to keeping our customers up and running. In Stock for I.R. & Driltech: Feed Pumps, Rotation Pumps, Travel Pumps, Fan Acc., Head Motors, Fan Motors, Dust Collector Motors, Travel Motors • 25 years experience remanufacturing Denison Pumps & Motors • Denison Factory Trained • 250 H.P. Test Stand - 7500 PSI, 200 GPM Capacity • State of the Art lapping and cleaning equipment • Fast, responsive customer service • Extensive Denison cross reference information to OEM part numbers

Call us today for more information. 1-800-772-2118

NOVA HYDRAULICS, INC. 6212 PARLIAMENT DR. INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46220

317-322-0242 317-322-0247 (FAX) www.novahydraulics.com

RIG PARTS! FRICTION WHEELS SHOCKS BEARINGS

CLUTCHES ETC.

800-523-5760 540-635-7753 FAX 540-635-6352

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WALKER DRILLING ! LOCATER ! Don’t Pass Up A Great Deal With Herb No Part Too Small, No Business Too Big Locating is our gig! For Sale: 5x6 GD MUD PUMP $6,000 [email protected]

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55 SpeedStar, Mounted on a 1970 Chevy C60, with 6 Cyl., 5 Speed with 2 speed Rear end. Rig Stored inside with all new Cable's, New overhhaul on International Engine With new battery, New Deck and New Paint, and is all tooled up for 4". Rig and truck Run Well. If your looking for a 55 Star you need to see this rig. We are motivated Sellers. Call 517-857-2266 or e-mail: [email protected] .

Complete Repair Services We rebuild complete drill unit components.

(3) Failing 1500’s, 27´ mast, 5x6 mud pumps. 727-571-1313 or 727-463-6091.

NEW FAILING 18” ROTARY TABLE, MAIN BEARINGS. NEW & USED HANDLING EQUIPMENT IN STOCK: TONGS-SLIPS-ELEVATORS NEW & REBUILT MIDWAY 8-1/2” & 12” ROTARY TABLES RIG PARTS

133 RIG PARTS Chicago-Pneumatic, REICHdrill, Driltech rotary drill parts. 630-968-7795

We are specialists in the repair & service of Failing chain feed drills & parts. • For sale: 3x4x13 Magnum pump rebuilt with mechanical seal. Fluid end all new. • For sale: 5x6 GD Pump, completely rebuilt to new both ends. Possibly deliver. Call or fax for listing.

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Parting out IR, Driltech, CP and other drills. Located in Kentucky. Harper Diesel & Machine Service PH: 606-464-8108

I WANT TO BUY DRILL RIGS RIG PARTS & MUD PUMPS RENE HENDON 281-260-0880

Mayhew 1000 rotary table, gear PTO case, chain case, mast, drawworks. Cheap. Bobby 239-872-5955.

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2000 T25 DRILTECH, Serial #732476, CAT C15, 526 HP, 1000 CFM Air, 10,000 Hours. 420´ 4-1/2 Drill Rod, 3-1/2 Regular. Mounted on Sterling 9501, powered by Cat C12 400 HP, Miller Bobcat 225 AMP Welder, Meyers Fracturing Pump.........$195,000 .........603-942-5581.

TRIDENT TOOL INC.

Fax: 817-598-1377 Herb: 817-771-8176

RIG FRAMES: UNUSED 10M,13M,15M, & 15M85

For Sale: SpeedStar SS-200, 2 - 5x6 GD Pumps, 8-1⁄2” Ret. Table, Pulldown, Hydraulic Jacks. Mounted on 1990 Freightliner ........................605-734-6631.

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For Sale: SpeedStar SS-22. 5-1/2 x 8 GD pump, LeROI 250 SDS air, 8-1/2” Ret Table, CC Mounted, 290 Cummins, 50’ Mast ............................605-734-6631.

1995 SpeedStar SS-15III w/3408 CAT mtd. on '95 Peterbilt. 1050/350 Sullair. R-III derrick. '79 SpeedStar SS-15II TH mtd. on CCC w/450 Cummins. 5x6 GD pump. R-III derrick. Both working daily. 913-795-2259 [email protected]

Independent Well Rig Supply www.indwellrig.com 989-773-3934 EQUIPMENT FOR SALE WATER WELL 2003 Schramm T450WS 2001 Schramm T300M 20-W Bucyrus Erie 10-R Bucyrus Erie Schramm T64 PUMP HOIST Smeal 5T

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HD Gardner Denver 1000, hyd. pulldown, 7-1/2” retractable table, 256 LeROI compressor, 5x6 Gardner Denver mud pump, 784 Spicer PTO air shift, 3 hyd. jacks (HD) heavy mast, Bean water injection, 300´ drill pipe & tools, mounted on International Eagle - 400 Cummins ....................................$95,000. 918-647-8926 or 918-649-8160. J. Grantham Drilling - Oklahoma

RIGS www.sunmachinery.com

THE SOURCE Hundreds of used drill rigs for sale. Tel (516) 536-7375 Fax (516) 536-7317

Sun Machinery Corp. [email protected]

2006 Atlas-Copco T3W 1070/350, rod loader, spinner, mud pump. Price Reduced. 2002 Schramm 660 900/350. 1998 Schramm T450 1050/350. 1996 Schramm T450. 1998 Ingersoll-Rand T4W 1050/350, Spur gearhead. 70K pullback. 1995 Ingersoll-Rand T3W 900/350. 1984 Driltech D40K complete rebuild 1999. Lots of extra's. 2001 Driltech D25 1050/350. Excellent Condition. 2006 Driltech D25 1000/350, very low hours. 2006 ECM 590 YH70 Drifter. Frac Unit on 1999 F550 with 6 ton hoist. Tony Fritz 570-470-6323 www.lodestarequipment.com

Drill Rigs Cheap. (6) Mayhew 1000’s will part-out. GD, Midway, Badger, Failing, Portadrill w/5-1/2x8 pump, pipe, pumps & rig components. Too much list. Call for prices 361-375-3998 or 361-319-2999.

2002 RD20 mounted on 4 axle CC w/350 Cummins. 1250/350 air. 5 hrs. on new 3412 Cat, Range 3, 1,800´ of drill pipe, 90´ of 6” collars, 20´ of 8” collars, 12 & 8” hammers, tractor trailer w/drop deck. IR fast track 1170/350. ....$700,000. 307-382-4216 2000 BK51-F4L912 - Deutz, 2,000 lb and 5,000 lb Pullmaster winch, direct drive cathead and 3LG pump, auto hammer, hydraulic cooler, front buggy winch, front auger and r/s rod racks, hyd track adjusters, angle drill capable, water tank. Asking $78,000 OBO......Call for pics. 407-298-7777

We understand your drilling problems and equipment needs! 2421 Rimrock Road • Billings, MT 59102

307-587-5192 • 406-656-6111 fax e-mail: [email protected] www.edlivingston.com Check web site for pictures and details.

Ardco Buggy 6x6 - 453 Detroit —Excellent. (2) BE 36L Cable Tool Rigs. 1980 CP RT-1800 - 800/300 Air—Pkg. w/pump & 1,200’ pipe. 72 CP T-650 Retro - 500/300 Sullair—Nice! 1980 EZ-Bore - 100/42 Bucket Rig. Failing CF-2000 - 5x10 Pump—18” Table—KW! Failing 1250 - 5x6 Pump—Dev. air diesel. Failing 1500-SS - 600/125 Air—5x6 Pump. Franks Reverse - 8” Kelly — 600´ Pipe. GD-15W - 5-1/2x8 Pump—750/250 Air 1978 GD-2000 - 5-1/2x10 Pump—900/350 Air—Nice. GD-3000 - Complete package—Rebuilt and worked— ”New reduced price”. 2007 IR RD-20III - 4,700 Hrs.—w/pipe—Booster & aux air—Great Price. 1990 IR T-3W - 850/350 Air—1,000´ Pipe ++. 2004 Joy WB-12 - Air Booster. 1982 Midway 15M - 5-1/2x8 — 750/150 Air — 48´ Mast — Autocar — Very Nice! Mud System - 80 BBL – Skid mtd. National 7P-50 - Triplex Pump Package. Portadrill 522 - 6x6 Wheatley—Hydraulic drawworks. 1973 Portadrill 10-TL - Tophead – 70K pullback— 500/250 Air. 1980 Portadrill RVT - 375/150 Air—600´ Pipe. 1977 Portadrill TKT Prospector - 7-1/2x10 Pump— 500/250 Air on (4) axle IHC—Complete Package. 1975 Schramm T-985 Retro–900/350 Sullair—Good Buy. 1985 SpeedStar 30K – CCC mounted – Extra Nice! 1982 SpeedStar 70K - 42/100 Mast—900/350 Air. 1992 SpeedStar SD-50 – 5x6 Pump—225/200 Air— Tophead—Top condition! 1977 SpeedStar SS-15THH - 500/250 Air—3x4 Mud. 2005 SpeedStar SS-22 – 7-1/2x10—18” Table—5,000 hrs. 1981 SpeedStar SS-40SP - CCC mtd.—Hyramatic Brake—18” Table—Carrier ............................$295,000. Star 71 Cable Tool. Walker-Neer 250 - 40 Complete Package. Water Truck - 2008 KW—2,000 gal. Flatwater Fleet . Wilson 600 - 7-1/2x14—P/B—60 Series Detroit. Wilson Mogul 42 - 95/300 Mast—27-1/2” Table–Trailer.

PTL Bit & Supply Co. 301-842-0075 ptlbitandsupply.com 1994 I.R. T4W 900/350 Rebuilt Rotary Head, 6,000 Original Hours, Cummins in CCC & on Deck, 300' Drill Steel, 6", 8" & 12" Hammers, Ready to Drill. $245,000 NEW I.R. Hydraulic Hammer Breaker $4,000

1972 BE 10R - Serial no. 33472. Mtd. on 1972 Ford L8000, 3208 Cat diesel, 5x6 GD mud pump, 50SDS LeROI air compressor, water injection, line oiler, 240' drill rod, 25' fluted Kelly, tag axle. New rod rack, new mud tub, less than 6,000 original hours on Rig! Ready to Drill. E-mail: [email protected] Call 517-857-2266 or 517-204-1635.

IR Double Motor Spur Gear Head $22,500 1991 Schramm T450 on Ford F900, 750/300, 300' of drill steel, tools. Ready to drill. $125,000 IR Four Hole Gear Box, 25' & 30' IR Carousels, Jacks, Pulldown Cylinders, Main Pump for Driltech, and other I.R. & Driltech Parts

Call Jack, Rob or John.

´86 Schramm T685DH Deep Hole 900-350 air, GMC 7500 crew truck, water & fuel tanks. ´97 Ford F900 pipe truck, 2006 Ingersoll Rand compressor 1170-350, doghouse w/tools, 1,860' drill pipe, bits, hammers, generator, hand tools, ´99 Freightliner winch truck. Can sell separately .....................918-698-7285.

“Rotary Drilling Equipment Broker”

Ed Livingston Sales Co. LLC

22W BE Combination Rotary, V60 Wisconsin Motor, 2x3 Mission Mud Pump, Hercules 6 Cyl. Deck Eng. Ready to Drill!........$30,000 .........231-920-1973.

2009 Schramm T450WS equipped with 3406C, 900/350 air, cent. mud pump, mounted on IH truck. $465,000.00.......Call 606-464-8108.

SPIKE’S RIG SALES We Buy, Sell and Trade Rigs.

Call toll free 888-204-3907. ROTARY’s Boart Longyear DB 430 Canterra CT 311 Challenger 320M Cyclones: 10R, 35R combo, 36R, 44R, 200R, Dyna DSI Quikdrill SQD-275 Drillmaster 400 Davey M-8's Drillmax 180, 250 Driltech: D-40-K, D-25-KW's, D-25, T25K5W, 25KE, Marlin Ewbank 51 Franks: RC-14, RC-102 Foremost: DR-12-40 Failings: Jed A RC, Holemaster, F-10, CF-15's, 1250's, 1500's, 2000's, 2500's Gardner Denvers: 500's, 1000's, 1500's, 2000's, 3000's, 17W Gefco: 30K, 300 Ingersoll Rand/Atlas Copco: T-3's, T-3W's, T-4's, R-300, TH-60's, T-4 BH, TH-75W, TH-55, RD-20's Ideco H35 Jaswell 2400, 3500 Midways: 1500's, 3500 Mayhews: 500, 1000, 2000 Portadrills: RC, 522, RVT, 524, TKS Reed: SK-1 REICHdrill/Chicago Pneumatic: Legend 4, T-650's, T-690-W's & HH's, T-625-W's, T-600's, T-672's, RT 1800 & 2500, 7000 HH, 650-SS, T-670's, 450 Crawler. All models available, many available. Schramms: T-64's, T-64 HB's, TH-40's, TXD 130’s, T-66H, T-450's, T-660's, T-685's, T-985, T-450WS, all models, many available. SpeedStar: SS-15, SS-40, SS-135, SS-700, SD-200, SS40-T, 30K Shopbuilts Versadrill: V-2000 Wichtex: R-3 BUCKET Gus Pech MANY WATER TRUCK’s, BUGGIES, SERVICE, AND VAC TRUCKS AVAILABLE AUGER’s Acker Mark II, MP 5C Ardco C-1000 Core Drill Wireline Pkg. Canterra CT-311 Diedrich: D-15, D-120 Deeprock: DR-150, DR-10K Geoprobe: 6610 CME's: 45's, 55's, 75's, 550, 750, 850 CP-15 Mobile: B-40, B-53, B-57, B-61HD, B-59, B-80 SIMCO: 2800's, 4000, 2400, 5000 PUMP HOIST’s Smeal: 3T, 5T, 10T Pulstar P7000, P38000 R-12, Baylick 25T, WS-50 CABLE/WORKOVER RIGS Bucyrus Erie: 1W, 20W, 22W's (Series I, II, III), 24-L's, 28-L's, 36-L's, 60'L,s SpeedStar: 71, 72, 55 Cyclones: 36's, 42-R Cardwell: SA 200, DC 120 Witchtex Wilson: Super 38, Senior MISCELLANEOUS Mud Systems Drill Steel & Tooling Compressors & boosters including Schramm, IR & others avail. Casing Extractors & Hammers Grouters, Mud Pumps PTS. INVENTORY - ALL MAKES IF WE DON’T HAVE IT, WE CAN & WILL FIND IT FOR THE LOWEST PRICE AVAILABLE.

MANY MORE RIGS AVAILABLE ASK FOR SPIKE

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1983 Track Drill with 1,000´ New 4.5 x 20 reverse circulation drill rods. High torque. Heavy hoist...................$320,000. Jay 406-261-6711

or call 888-204-3907 or 814-676-1963 or 239-774-1939

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Ph. 972-897-9607

www.summitpowerandsupply.com Liberty Hill, Texas

RIGS 2007 Atlas Copco T3-DH70, 1,500 Hrs. 2005 Atlas Copco T3W, 1070, $360,000 2003 IR T3-DH50, 5,500 Hrs., $335,000 1994 IR T3W, 825/350, 3x4, $170,000 1981 IR T4LD, Range II, 70K, $125,000 1977 CP 7000, 825/300, $65,000 1981 Jaswell J1200, 900/350, $75,000 1995 Drillmaster 400, 300/200, 5x6, $85,000 1978 Failing 3000-CF, Double Drum, Trailer Failing CF15, 2005 Kenworth T300, $80,000 Failing CF15,´86 Chevy, FM45 Pump, $35,000 Franks RC-102 Reverse Rig, Pipe, $125,000 Gardner Denver 1500, 5-1/2x8, LeROI, $85,000 Gardner Denver 15W, 5-1/2x8, 8x4 CCC Gardner Denver 14W, 5x6, WEJ, $85,000 1975 Midway 1300, 5x6, LeROI, $55,000 1992 Mobile B-59, Ardco 4x4 Buggy 1997 Schramm T685, Cummins, 1000/500 1980 Schramm T685, 40K ’93 Mack, $150,000 1978 Schramm T685DHH, 70K pullback, CCC 1998 SpeedStar 30K, 900/350, $210,000 1978 SpeedStar SS15, 750/250, 5x6, $65,000 SpeedStar SS15, SS22 DW’s, Mack $65,000 1980 Wilson Mogul 42, 300K 102’ Derrick

DRILL PIPE & COLLARS 1,000’ 4-1/2” x 20’ x 2-7/8” IF Flush, $20/FT 500’ 4-1/2” x 25’ x 3-1/2” Reg. Flush, $15/ FT 680’ 2-7/8” x 20’ x 2-3/8” MH Flush, $15/FT 1,000’ 3-1/2” x 20’ x 3-1/2” IF, $15/ FT (9) 5-7/8” x 28’ x 4” FH, Drill Collars, $1,250 (8) 6” x 25’ x 4” FH Drill Collars, $1,250 Each 4-1/4” x 38’ Square Kelly, $3,500 4-1/2” x 36’ Round Kelly, $3,500 5-1/4” x 40’Hex Kelly w/ Roller Bushing, $4,500

1997 DSM-Gardner Denver 1400 STS, Serial No. 14-112STS, air clutches, 8-1/2 retractable rotary, 10 speed, variable speed pulldown and hold- back; welder on rig with plug in the side. Bean injection, Gardner Denver 5x6 mud pump, 256 LeROI compressor, 4 hyd. jacks, DSM swivel, 300 ft. of 2-7/8 drillpipe. Service & Parts Manuals. Rig has factory made grouter. Mounted on 1997 Chevy 8200 tandem axle truck, 40,000 rears, 18 front. Rig has lots of options. Low Hours ..............................$245,000 OBO. 918-647-8926 or 918-649-8160. J. Grantham Drilling - Oklahoma

Failing Jed-A. Detroit 3-53 engine on the drawworks and rotary table. 5.9L Cummins engine on the mud pump. 380’ of 8” flanged drill pipe. 260’ of 5” flanged drill pipe. 24”, 30”. And 36” drag and roller bits. Also; rock trap, stabilizers, heavy drill collar, and Kelly hose. Asking $150,000 for rig, spare parts, extra tooling. Ask Mark for more information if interested. 765-459-4125

2002 Foremost DR12 mounted on 4 axle Sterling w/C15 500 HP. 950/350 Atlas Copco comp, 400 ft rod, Hot Box, casing elevator .........................$500,000. 819-564-0531

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NEW ARRIVALS

2008 REICHdrill Legend 4 1,000 Gal. Flatwater® Mounted on a 1999 Ford 1978 GD 2000 5x10 Mud, Ret. Table 1976 Midway 1500 - Ret. Table Franks RC Rig - Truck Mtd. Smeal 5T Mounted on a 2000 Ford 1995 Mobile B-59 Numerous CP & REICHdrill Parts, call for what is available. No one can beat our prices. No One!!

888-204-3907

1976 Portadrill Model 522 Drilling Rig SN# 522-619.

wheel lock, air suspension, 1981 Badger 1250, 256 LeROI compressor, 5x6-1/2 Failing mud pump, 50 GPM injection pump, rear jacks. Excellent Condition #12-$120,000 OBO.

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2006 SpeedStar 30K mounted on 2006 Peterbilt w/Cat C15, 1050-350 Air Compressor, Bean Injection Pump 18 GPM, Oiler 7 Gal., 2,559 Rig Hrs. 512-756-4077 Cell 512-923-3535

BADGER RIGS FOR SALE: 1995 Aeromax Ford, 575 hp Cat engine cruise, air, power passenger window, all

1981 International, 6V92 Detroit, Hendrickson suspension, 1982 1250 Badger, 100S2 LeROI compressor, 5x6-1/2 Failing mud pump, front and rear jacks. Excellent Condition .....................#6 - $100,000 OBO. 1997 Mack, Hendrickson suspension, 1978 1250 Badger, 667 GD air, 5x6 GD mud pump, front and rear jacks, injection pump. Excellent Condition ...#11 - $100,000 OBO. 1989 International, 3406 Cat engine, air suspension, 1979 1250 Badger, 667 GD air, 5x6 GD mud pump, Moyno injection/grout pump, front and rear jacks. Excellent Condition ....#2 - $120,000 OBO. These rigs are all in excellent condition. They have been setup to do ground source loop systems. They all currently have welders mounted on them and air & water run to the back for filling and testing loops. They have side mounted geo-uncoilers, 300 ft. of 2-7/8” drill stem, and are ready to go. We have been using this equipment daily. We have been drilling all mud rotary with this equipment, but are now moving more into hard rock and have decided to get top drive equipment. Pictures available, can be seen and tested by appointment. Please contact: Rick Nash, Dedicated Geothermal, Inc. 763-432-4016 [email protected].

SPIKE’S RIG SALES

REICHdrill RC 45 degree Sliding Angle Mast, 50k pullback, 825-350 air. Detroit 8v92 (500 hp). Mounted Ford 9000, 400 hp 13 speed. Ready for work. $250,000.

5-1/2 x 8 GD Mud Pump w/Gravel Valves. New Mast Cylinders. Many Components Rebuilt. Drill Pipe Box w/Slide (holds 500 Ft). Mounted on 1976 White Constructor Truck. ALSO AVAILABLE: 500 Ft. (approx) 2-7/8” x 20 Ft w/2 -3/8” MH Jr. Drill Pipe w/Tooling including Extra Parts & Truck Engine.

Asking Price $118,500. 308-324-2303

Portadrill TLS Topdrive RC drill. Vertical only. Pipe rack (400'). 60k drawworks 500 hp Volvo on deck. 750-300 air. Mounted Paystar 5000-DT466, 13 speed. Excellent vertical or coller off exploration drill. Ready for Work. $160,000 Hurricane/ Cummins 504-31 booster. 325 psi/900 cfm suction 650 psi discharge. Low hours. Good condition. Very small foot print (will fit on one ton truck). Ready to go. . . . . . . . . $60,000. Approximate 1,200' of used 4.5x20 RC pipe for sale. $25.00 per foot. Please call Dan at 775-772-6262.

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1993 Schramm T660W (5,400 hours) mounted on a 1992 Ford LN9000 Chassis (35,600 miles), dual pressure screw compressor (1000/250 or 900/350 air, rebuilt Cummins NTTA855 450 HP engine (350 hours), 22” table opening set-up to handle 4-1/2” O.D. drill pipe, comes with 50 4-1/2”x20’ drill rods (1,000’ total), 1-20’ stabilizer, 8-1/2” rollercone bit, 1–6’ drill hammer. Also includes; 1985 Ford water truck with 2,000 gallon water tank and 250 gallon fuel tank (288,611 miles). Must sell.......$169,900 .....770-893-2878.

Schramm T64 Drilling Rig - Manuf. 1977 750/150 IR air compressor. 8V71 Detroit diesel on deck. Mounted on 1980 Ford F8000 truck with diesel engine. Various equipment: Pipe trailer w/600 ft. of 4 inch drill stem. Stabilizer & bits. Grout pump on trailer. Water truck w/1,600 gal. tank ...............Call for price. 210-651-6228

1993 T-3W F2476 Int’l, Cat® 3176 drive engine, CAT® 3406B deck engine, 26.5K pullback, 12K winch, 900/300 Ingersoll–Rand compressor, 49 gpm aux. hyd. system to run off board mud pump, 7-rod carousel, single rod loader, Rauch pipe spinner, night Lights. 400’ used 4.5” drill pipe. $187,500.......Call 254-965-5924. ´82 DH1 Driltech, mtd. on 4 axle CC w/ 400 Cummins. 1050x350 Sullair compressor. 3408 Cat deck motor. 34´ of head travel, Stinger to run Range 3 casing. 13-3/8 & 10-3/4 Eckel power tongs, tractor w/drop deck trailer. 1,050´ of 4-1/2” x 25” drill pipe. 80´ of collars, 12” & 8” hammers, IR fast track 1070x350. $320,000........307-382-4216.

2002 Schramm T300M mud rotary rig mounted on a 2002 International 4900 6x6. 3x4 mud pump and 400/200 air. 47,000 miles and 7,700 hours. Nice unit and everything works great. Asking $220,000. For more information please contact Mark. 765-459-4125 2007 Atlas Copco T3W - 1070/350. 1,500 hours with low miles. 5 yr. warranty, still good. Excellent condition. One owner. Last good one made. Hydro-frac unit on deck. Disc. box. Pro Heater, 25 gl. Bean pump, 7 gl. Oiler. Other tools and rods available. Must see. Retiring. $495,000........207-458-4108

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135 RIGS 1979 SIMCO 5000 on Ford L9000 twin axle, 4x3 Mission Pump, 15' Rod Box, 300 c.i.d. Ford gas deck engine, 3406 Cat Diesel in Carrier, 240' 3" rods, mud pan. Excellent start-up rig package. $32,500......910-270-2919 1973 GD 1500, 4 axle carrier w/400 Cummins, 10” table, WEJ air blower, pulldown, (2) pumps. Various new parts. $159,900. Call Jim 217-932-3000 day/night.

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WANTED - Approximately 1969 thru 1972 SpeedStar SS-210 Drill. Running Machine, Partial Machine, and / or Parts. 603-491-7777 2006 Driltech T25K5W drill rig. Sullair 1000/350 air compressor, oiler, 25 GPM pump. Mtd on Western Star w/C15 550 HP engine ................. 819-564-0531.

2002 RD20 mounted on 4 axle Crane Carrier w/350 Cummins. 1250x350 air. Recent top overhaul & turbo. Range III, set up for large diameter drilling with 5-1/2” drill rod ..............$395,000. 208-772-4004

2007 Atlas Copco T4W 1070/350, spur gear, 50K pullback. 7/4/4 rod carousel. Includes 400 ft. rod. 6 & 8” hammer. $475,000.......Contact 570-470-6323.

1992 Schramm T450M on Ford FT-900. 200x300 air. 471 Detroit deck motor. 3x4 mud pump. 6 rod Lazy Susan....$100,000 negotiable. Also, 1999 Int’l water truck.. .$15,000. 1996 SIMCO 6000 pump hoist $15,000 .............................269-684-3549.

4,500 ft. Drilling Rig - Top condition. All components. Ready to drill. Owner had heart attack. $300,000 invested. Must sell.......$175,000 OBO......903-326-4851.

Schramm T64HB - 8V71 Detroit on deck - Good. 750/150 LeROI comp. - Good. 2 motor tophead drive. 200 ft. 4-1/2” x 20 ft. rod. 5” hammer & 6” bit. Mtd. on 850 Ford V8 gas..$25,000 OBO .609-882-3107

13M Midway on 2005 Mack Granite truck bought new - 76,000 mi. on truck. 100-S1 LeROI comp., 5x6 GD mud pump with cog belt, 7-1/2 table, 35' new derrick, 3-3/4 Kelly, inject. pump, 4 leveling jacks. Rig is field ready - Geothermal or Irrigation...$180,000 ...806-759-8022. Email: [email protected] Gardner Denver 2000, 6 lines, 58' mast, 18" table, 1,200' drill pipe, 5-1/2x10 mud, mounted on ´77 Kenworth 4 axle carrier, currently drilling ...............$225,000 OBO. 806-681-7150

1995 Ingersoll Rand Th-60, International Paystar 5000 truck, 750-300 air, 3x4x12 centrifugal mud pump. Good condition. See rig at www.vdydrilling.com or call 920-434-2969.

2000' DD Trailer Rig - 40' Kelly, 12" table, 55' mast, 4 part lines, 2 catheads (1 auto), 3 hyd. jacks, weight ind. $80,000.00...... 936-581-0137.

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2004 VERSA-DRILL V-100NG 300/200, 3x4. $280,000.00 (As-Is Price) • 2003 VERSA-DRILL V-2000 1070/350, Rod Handling. $350,000.00 (As-Is Price) • 2003 Ingersoll-Rand TH-60 900/350, 3x4, Rebuilt Engine & New Paint $355,000.00 • 1996 Driltech, Model T25KW 97 Ford, 900/350. Reconditioned & New Paint. $140,000.00 • 1996 GEFCO SD-30 300/200, 4x5. (As-Is Price) $39,000.00 • 1991 GEFCO 30K 900/350, 3x4. Reconditioned. $120,000.00 • 1990 SIMCO 9100 91 International, 5x6. (As-Is Price) $95,000.00 • 1990 GEFCO SD-200 500/200, 5x6. (As-Is Price) $89,000.00 • 1963 1250 Failing 81 Ford F700 4x4, 5x6. (As-Is Price) $29,000.00

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7 buggy sets, air or mud rotary, Transequip, Ardco, Gemco, compressors, powder truck, water trucks, pickup trucks. More pictures. 361-652-3928 1978 T985 Schramm mtd. on Hendrickson carrier. Major rebuild. $59,900 Call Jim 217-932-3000 day or night.

Failing 1500, 5x6 mud pump, 43 ft. mast, 3rd winch. $20,000 985-502-8696

I BUY USED MUD ROTARY RIGS. Such as Mayhew, GD, SpeedStar, Failing, Badger. Also, mud pumps. 979-553-3714 Texas

2006 V-1555 Versa-Drill.....$330,000.00. For additional information and pictures go to www.rdnpdrilling.com or call Norm Eger 219-956-3481.

1979 Portadrill TKT - 6V92 Detroit engine, 256S2 LeROI compressor, 6x8 Gardner Denver mud pump, Bean water injection pump, 53´ derrick, 7-1/2 table. Great shape. Ready to go to work. $150,000............307-851-1832

1978 BE 10-R - 6/71 Detroit, 256-S2 LeROI. 3208 Turbo Cat mtd. on Hendrix crane carrier. No tools, no mud pump. Good Condition $20,000. 928-925-0533. CENTRAL ARIZONA

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’78 Midway 2500-M mounted on CCC. 60’ mast, 6 lines, 18” Howard-Turner Table & Swivel, New 41’ 5-1/4 Kelly & Bushing. Rebuilt Motor. New hyd. sys. Totally refurbished . . . . . . . $385,000. 307-684-9180 or 307-620-9180

1986 REICHdrill 650 WS. New Atlas casing hammer w/lift system. $159,000 OBO. Drill rods, bits, and water truck available ................208-772-4004.

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138 SHOP BUILDINGS '77 GD 2000 mount on CCC. 58' mast, 6 lines, 5-1/2 x 10 GD Pump. Rebuilt 10” Table. Little Giant Swivel, 35' 5-1/4 Kelly, Wt. indicator. $185,000. 307-684-9180 or 307-620-9180.

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Waterline Envirotech Ltd. has manufactured water level indicators for 30 years. We offer depths to 2,000 feet in various scales and a speedy repair service (most brands). Complete ready to use instruments start at $237.

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1995 Stardrill (SD300) Drill Rig S/N 907322 on Peterbilt, 750 CFM @ 350 Sullair comp. 3x4 cent. mud pump (New 2011). 9 GPM water inj. line oiler, 12k# main hoist, 4k# aux hoist, single rod spinner, hyd. rod spinner, 4 hydraulic leveling jacks, 300' 3-1/2" rods, stabilizer. 8-3/4" bit, mud pit, desander, 4" hammer. Good condition, pics avail .....$195,000.

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