National Driller articles from April 2008

National Driller archives from April 2008

Product listing: sourcebook 2008.(Directory)
April 1, 2008... Switches American Granby Aquaflow Pump & Supply Co. (D) Boshart Industries, Inc. Gibbs Supply Inc. (D) Groundwater Supply Co., Inc. (D) Gulf Coast Pump & Supply, Water Well, Enviro./ Monitor, Screen Mfg., Lake/Fountain, Control Panel Mfg....

Air-charging techniques for small conventional tanks: the fundamentals of pumped water systems.(Tech Topics)
April 1, 2008... Controlling the amount of air in a conventional pressure tank is crucial in providing an efficient and reliable pumped water system. Last month, we described the compressor-based air-charging systems, which use water-level probes to control the...

Send us your logo.(For Openers: News and Notes at Press Time)
April 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Attention drilling contractors: While it might not have the cachet of getting your picture on the cover of Rolling Stone, if you'd like to see your company's logo on the cover of the industry's preeminent...

Whiskey and water.(For Openers: News and Notes at Press Time)
April 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Scientists in Scotland looking to clean up polluted ground water have turned to the country's national drink as an effective and (relatively) inexpensive tool. A by-product of the whiskey-making process is inserted...

In memoriam.(For Openers: News and Notes at Press Time)(Obituary)
April 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] It is with the deepest sadness that Foremost Industries in Calgary, Alberta, announces the passing of Julius Makky on Jan. 27 at age 62, after a 14-month battle with cancer. Makky joined the team at Barber Industries...

Upcoming industry events.(For Openers: News and Notes at Press Time)(Calendar)
April 1, 2008... 2008 Ground Water Summit Mar. 30-Apr. 3 Memphis, Tenn. 800-551-7379 Shallow Exploration Drillers Clinic Apr. 8-10 Sioux Falls, S.D. 605-773-3401 South Carolina Ground Water Association Trade Show Apr. 11 Columbia, S.C. 803-356-6809 ...

We've got mail--from a proud member of the industry.(For Openers: News and Notes at Press Time)
April 1, 2008... Writes Chris Adkison of Georgia: I am a 24-year-old blue-collar working-class young adult. I started in the water well industry when I was 16 years old as a shop helper, for a one-service-truck, three-employee company in Georgia. I used to...

Exporter honored.(BULLETIN BOARD)
April 1, 2008... Aquatech International Corp., Canonsburg, Pa., has been presented with a 2008 ThinkGlobal/Commercial News USA Exporter of the Year Award from ThinkGlobal Inc., publisher of Commercial News USA, the official export publication of the U.S....

Legislation debate.(BULLETIN BOARD)
April 1, 2008... The Michigan Farm Bureau says that its state is considering water legislation that could severely restrict and/or prohibit the ability to farm. Major concerns of the legislation: * The bills lower thresholds for DEQ water-use permits to the...

White House releases new budget requests.(LEGISLATIVE UPDATE)
April 1, 2008... The White House recently released its budget requests for fiscal year 2009, cutting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) budget by $330 million, to a total of $7.14 billion, compared to the enacted fiscal year 2008 budget. Clean and...

Draft guidance for water regulations.(LEGISLATIVE UPDATE)
April 1, 2008... EPA is releasing draft guidance to help public water systems and states understand and implement recent drinking water regulations. The 2006 stage 2 Disinfection Byproducts Rule (DBP) is intended to help protect public health by reducing...

Rights agreement is declared illegal.(LEGISLATIVE UPDATE)
April 1, 2008... The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., ruled that a secret settlement agreement entered into between Georgia, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Atlanta-area water users is illegal under federal law. The agreement, which was...

At the TGWA convention.
April 1, 2008... The Texas Ground Water Association held its 61st Annual Convention & Trade Show Jan. 22-25, at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center in Lubbock, Texas. Nearly 700 water industry professionals took part in the proceedings, which featured a...

Monitoring well intake design.
April 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The intakes of monitoring wells should be designed and constructed to: * accurately sample the aquifer zone the well is intended to sample; * minimize the passage of formation materials (turbidity) into the...

Catching rain--a natural solution.
April 1, 2008... In the midst of a light but constant sheet of rain, two young smiling Mayan girls stand in the middle of the schoolyard-one in a red coat, the other in pink, both wearing rich, hand-woven skirts that stop just above their ankles. Leaning toward...

Upgraded water well rigs.(PRODUCT SHOWCASE: WATER WELL DRILL RIGS)
April 1, 2008... New technology on the TH60 is said to boost productivity and efficiency, while providing familiarity and reliability. Two models of this Atlas Copco water well drill are available: the TH60, which offers 40,000 ft-lbs. of pullback, and the...

Rig for difficult formations.(PRODUCT SHOWCASE: WATER WELL DRILL RIGS)
April 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Foremost "DR" series of dual rotary drills specifically is engineered to meet the needs of the water well, construction and environmental ground water monitoring industries. The Foremost DR is designed for...

Flagship rig.(PRODUCT SHOWCASE: WATER WELL DRILL RIGS)
April 1, 2008... Known as the flagship of the GEFCO water well line, the SpeedStar 30K is engineered for reliability, durability and ease of operation. Its 25,000-pound single-line winch over the jib, combined with a hydraulic rod spinner, is said to make...

With modular design options.(PRODUCT SHOWCASE: WATER WELL DRILL RIGS)
April 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The DW330, shown here, and DW340 top-drive water well drilling rigs feature modular design, with options for down-the-hole and mud rotary, or the versatility of both. The hydraulically retractable table is designed...

Programmable drilling controls.(PRODUCT SHOWCASE: WATER WELL DRILL RIGS)
April 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Schramm Inc.'s T455i Rotadrill comes equipped with i-Control, a programmable drilling control that features a digital display to monitor drilling performance, engine operation, diagnostic and maintenance...

Hydraulic rotary drill rigs.(PRODUCT SHOWCASE: WATER WELL DRILL RIGS)
April 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Fraste offers hydraulic rotary drilling rigs for water wells, geothermal drilling, mineral exploration foundations, soil investigations, civil engineering and seismic work. Units are constructed according to high...

Compact crawler drill rig.(PRODUCT SHOWCASE: WATER WELL DRILL RIGS)
April 1, 2008... The Sonic Drill Corp. SDC550-18 crawler drill rig offers the performance of a larger Sonic drill rig in a compact and agile model. This rig is designed to handle short-length casings, and is suitable for maneuvering through sites with poor...

Especially for medium-size jobs.(PRODUCT SHOWCASE: WATER WELL DRILL RIGS)
April 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The CME-55 from Central Mine Equipment Co. provides 28,275 pounds of retract force and 18,650 pounds of down pressure. With 7,595 ft.-lbs. of torque and rotary speeds up to 800 rpm, the mechanical rotary drive can...

Rig with automated drill rod-handling.(PRODUCT SHOWCASE: WATER WELL DRILL RIGS)
April 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Versa-Drill V-2000NG by Laibe Corp. features an automated drill rod-handling system that stores, handles and positions 500 feet of 41/2-inch OD-by-20-foot on-board drill rod. The V-2000NG is mounted on a...

Custom-design rig capabilities.(PRODUCT SHOWCASE: WATER WELL DRILL RIGS)
April 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Enid Drill Systems Inc. custom-designed this rig to meet new British safety standards. The trailer-mounted M-75-RD comes with a wide/deep mast for reverse circulation or direct circulation drilling. Other features...

Rig on tracked carrier.(PRODUCT SHOWCASE: WATER WELL DRILL RIGS)
April 1, 2008... The SIMCO 2800 now can be mounted on the Morooka 800 rubber-tracked carrier. Whether set up for wet rotary drilling with a 41/2-by-5 piston mud pump or geotechnical drilling (7,500 ft. lbs./0-670 rpm) or both, this rig is engineered to go...

Designed for toughness.(PRODUCT SHOWCASE: WATER WELL DRILL RIGS)
April 1, 2008... REICHdrill's LEGEND series of water well drills are developed for toughness, dependability and durability. Features of the LEGEND Series include load-sensing hydraulic controls, digital fan-speed controller and an LCD display module of...

Drilling for science and exploration: new innovative drill rig goes into operation in Bavaria.
April 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This past Feb. 19, the GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam (GFZ) officially commenced the operation of the new drill rig, InnovaRig, at a geothermal drill site in Germany. One of the most modern drill rigs worldwide, it has...

Geotechnical investigations.
April 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Subsurface investigations require use of equipment to gain information below the ground surface. The equipment typically is invasive, and requires disturbance of the ground to varying degrees. Most of these...

FranklinTECH grand opening.(BULLETIN BOARD)
April 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] Franklin Electric's newest water systems training facility, called FranklinTECH, recently opened in Gas City, Ind. This state-of-the-art campus serves as home to hands-on training for contractors, installers and...

Drill rig innovations: Part 2.
April 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] As we learned from the participants in the first installment of this article series, "working smarter" is the watchword these days for companies trying to advance the current state-of-the-art in drilling rigs. Jim...

Geothermal workshop.(BULLETIN BOARD)
April 1, 2008... An educational program titled, "Ground Source Heating & Cooling for Residential and Commercial properties: Latest Technologies, Economic Advantages, Environmental Impacts and Regulations," will be presented April 2 at the Holiday Inn in...

Scenes from the Pacific Northwest show.(BULLETIN BOARD)
April 1, 2008... The 2008 Pacific Northwest Ground Water Exposition, hosted by the National Ground Water Association (NGWA), took place Feb. 1-2 in scenic, albeit chilly, Portland, Ore. Attendees had the opportunity to take in more than 80 exhibits, and choose...

Drilling back in the day: more on drilling the way it used to be done.("Let Me Tell Ya")
April 1, 2008... I received a number of positive comments about my last article in which I described an ancient drill rig that my dad used from the 1930s to the early 1950s. Based on these comments, I have decided that here and in a couple of future articles,...

Drill spoils solidification in the everglades.(Drilling Fluids)
April 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] Jaffer Associates Corp. of Miami, working for the South Florida Water Management District, was drilling a 30-inch-diameter, single-zone monitoring well on Native American land in the Everglades, when at a depth of...

Working the spin machine.(The World According to Wayne)
April 1, 2008... Since it's primary season, y'all probably know I couldn't resist taking a few jabs at the people who think they are qualified to lead us. It's pretty easy to sit there, eating supper, watching the news on some cable channel that is bought...

From an Okie to a Yankee.(Porky's Hole Thoughts)
April 1, 2008... A person from Oklahoma who puts sugar instead of red-eye gravy on his grits is considered a Yankee in the South. In the 1970s, I delivered a new Failing drilling machine from Enid, Okla., to Georgia Tech in Atlanta. They didn't have an...

Demanding geotechnical assignment.(On the Job)
April 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] In Washington State, Interstate 90 is a critical link connecting Puget Sound's large population and business centers with the farmlands, diverse industries and extensive recreational areas of eastern Washington. The...

What to do when your price is too high: price resistance is a daily occurrence for trade contractors.(Smart Business)
April 1, 2008... How much to charge for your services is the focal point of any trade business. Charge too much, and you won't get the job; charge too little, and you'll go broke. Then you have to face the facts that every job is different, estimating is an...

Trentham Drilling purchases another versa-drill.(TRADING POST)
April 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Trentham Drilling Inc., Orange City, Fla., purchases a second new Versa-Drill V-100NG. The rig, mounted on Peterbilt 6-by-6 with a Cummins diesel, comes equipped with IR 500/200 air and a 3-by-4 centrifugal mud pump....

Natcher Drilling accepts delivery.(TRADING POST)
April 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Natcher Drilling in Ebensburg, Pa., takes delivery of a new REICHdrill T-650-W Legend 3 from Douglas Drill Services. Pictured: Justin Kelley, Bill Fatula, Don Haller from Douglas Drill Services, and Larry Natcher.

LTW Services chooses SIMCO.(TRADING POST)
April 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] LTW Services of Kilgore, Texas, took delivery of this new SIMCO 7000. Equipped with 300/200 air and a 51/2-by-8 piston mud pump, this rig will be used for drilling water wells in Texas.

Northern Well Drilling and Higgins do business.(TRADING POST)
April 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Higgins Rig Co., Hodgenville, Ky., sold this 1998 Simco 2800 to Jerry Renwick of Northern Well Drilling Ltd., Unionville, Ontario. Renwick's rig is equipped with a 41/2-by-5 mud pump, and comes mounted on a 1995 Ford...

A SIMCO rig heads to Mexico.(TRADING POST)
April 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A new SIMCO 2800 HS (HT), set up for geotechnical/environmental drilling, was sold to Salvador Lazcano Diaz del Castillo of Mexico. This new rig is mounted on a SIMCO tandem-axle trailer, and also is outfitted with a...

IDEA Drilling works with Boart Longyear.(TRADING POST)
April 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Kristjan Hodgenville, IDEA Drilling of Virginia, Minn., receives a Boart Longyear LF230 core drill from Boart Longyear in Eden Prairie, Minn. Shown from the left: mechanic Dave Erickson, service manager Jim...

Laibe Corp. sells to Weldon Drilling.(TRADING POST)
April 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Kristjan Hodgenville, Weldon Drilling Co., Tallassee, Ala., selects a new Versa-Drill V-1555. Mounted on Peterbilt 357 truck with a Cummins ISX (565 HP), the rig is equipped with IR 900/350 air.

Higgins ships to Iceland.(TRADING POST)
April 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Kristjan Larusson, Iceland, purchased this Ingersoll Rand T4 from the Higgins Rig Co., Hodgenville, Ky. Larusson's rig, which offers 70,000 pounds of pullback, is equipped with a 900/350 compressor, 12V92 TT Detroit...

Trade name listings.(SourceBook 2008)
April 1, 2008... A 10T--Smeal Mfg. Company 12T--Smeal Mfg. Company 21[R]--Jet-Lube Inc. 2500 Supreme[TM]--National Oilwell Varco 255 PTC--SIMCO Drilling Equipment, Inc. 2-Key Heavy Duty Hollow Stem Augers--USExploration Equipment Company 2-Key Standard...

Association listings.(SourceBook 2008)(Directory)
April 1, 2008... A Alaska Water Well Assn. P.O. Box 113156, Anchorage, AK 99511-3156 (907) 279-0426 Fax: (907) 562-5971 henderson@gci.net www.alaskawaterwellassoc.org Ron Pichler, Pres. Alberta Water Well Drilling Assn. Box...

Manufacturer/supplier listings.(SourceBook 2008)(Directory)
April 1, 2008... A. Y. McDonald Mfg. Co. P.O. Box 508, Dubuque, IA 52004-0508 (800) 292-2737 Fax: (800) 832-9296 sales@aymcdonald.com www.aymcdonald.com Steve Potts, Pump Prod. Mgr.; Rob McDonald, V.P.-Sales Water pumps, water...

Distributor alphabetic listings.(SourceBook 2008)
April 1, 2008... A Advantage Brands MO Air Equipment Corporation PA Ambassador Pipe & Supply Inc. MO Aquaflow Pump & Supply Co. DE Atlantic Drilling Supply Inc. AL Atlantic...

Distributor listings.(SourceBook 2008)(Directory)
April 1, 2008... ALABAMA Atlantic Drilling Supply Inc. 5400 Perimeter Pkwy. Ct. Montgomery, AL 36116 (866) 917-3447; (334) 280-2712 Fax: (334) 280-2715 crussell@atlanticsupply.com www.atlanticsupply.com Chad Russell, Branch...

Distributor listings.(SourceBook 2008)
April 1, 2008... T P M, Inc., Drilling Division 2040 Old Louisville Rd. Bowling Green, KY 42101 (270) 781-4945 Fax: (270) 793-0088 rbreeden@tpmenvironmental.com www.tpm-group.com Roger Breeden, CPG/Sr. Proj. Mgr./Div. Mgr.; Eddie...

Product listings.(SourceBook 2008)
April 1, 2008... ATV * CME/Central Mine Equipment Company Diedrich Drill, Inc. Gibbs Supply Inc. (D) * Higgins Rig Co. (D) Inland Tracked Equipment, Acheson Bros. Ltd. (D) M & R Soil Investigation Malone Equipment Inc. (D) Appraisals *...