PHD Almost Worthless

[WI_Hedgehog]

I wonder what the “well diggers/drillers” use in these areas?

I mean, I was not present when my well was drilled/dug, (so I dont know what they used) but according to my neighbors it’s about 290 feet deep.

I would think that whatever they use would work for a 4 foot hole?

Mexicans.

 

[GeoHorn]

Mexicans.

This is the local driller and the equpt used by a local family operation.

:I’ve recently watched a commercial driller on the development nearby…and their equip't wasn’t nearly as good-looking…. it was easily 40 yrs old…. when the turn-table engine blew…the truck stayed on-site for a week before a crate-engine arrived…which they replaced in the field.
The crate-engine…arrived in a 1940’s era Air Force container that looked newer than the old surplus engine.
They had that thing running in 4 more days. (They drilled 4 dry holes,…each took 3 days….500+ feet deep and re-filled the holes before moving on to the next dry hole. The general contractor had them give-up …and the developer has contracted with the river-authority to pull water out of the river. They’ll now have to create an entire MUD water-treatment, distribution, sewer-treaatment and grey-water-drip system to supply their “resort”.)

The developer has 3 times asked permission to send a camera down my well to survey it… I told them “NO”. each time. (My well was drilled ca. 1950 and is unrecorded. If I let a driller survey my well….it’ll get recorded in the ground-water-district and become subject to current regulations.)

I don’ think that drilling-rig is economical for post holes.

 

[Bmyers]

Thank you! To me a PhD is an education degree...."Doctor of Philosophy"!

That is what I thought and based on the rambling of the post, I figured it was correct since the post appeared to be a philosophical insight.

 

[nbryan]

I wonder what the “well diggers/drillers” use in these areas?

I mean, I was not present when my well was drilled/dug, (so I dont know what they used) but according to my neighbors it’s about 290 feet deep.

I would think that whatever they use would work for a 4 foot hole?

Well drillers have huge heavy rigs with rock penetrating tips that have no problem grinding through whatever is encountered.

Another type of portable drilling rig are the granite hole drill rigs used around here in Canadian shield country, for blasting at mine sites, and for installing steel pipes for docks.

They're a whole other class of machine. The diamond tipped pneumatic driven dock pipe rigs are also hammer drills. I have lake ice road dock building experience working with these around, and they're EXTREMELY loud in action.