tripping pipe out of a Historic oil well

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11 жыл бұрын

Around here if your afraid to get dirty then your not a roughneck, this oil well was drilled in the year 1890. It still does about a barrel a day.The Drilling rig is a Cyclone 44 built in 1947.

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@silverwiskers7371 6 жыл бұрын

thats how I broke out myself, did that shit for over 30 years and it broke me down, I done that when the drilling rigs stacked out in 85, what I'll tell people is don't get into that pulling machine life if you want a life, I was on the break handle all my time doing it and absolutely hated it but it was what jobs were available in the area I lived in...

@752brickie 3 жыл бұрын

LOve the old Cyclone rigs. Thank you for the video. I remember pulling oil wells with my grandfather back in the'50's and 60's !

@sampsonsimpson5534 Жыл бұрын

Bro I worked on the rig in Alberta Canada, theyd all be fired that day , working that slow.... LETS GOOOOO BOI

@raulramirez6739 2 жыл бұрын

Love that cla clank cla clank sound!

@752brickie 5 жыл бұрын

THose old cyclone Air Spudders were amazing drilling machines !

@wolfrobots118 7 жыл бұрын

wow they work so well together!

@lariardo 8 жыл бұрын

I worked on pulling units like that as a young man on my dad's leases in southern Illinois. Our's were tractor mounted. We had about Superior powers 20 to 30 HP running 10 to 30 wells each. All of that is gone now. Sure was hard work. No one would do that anymore. Thanks for sharing.

@mikecoyer9280 8 жыл бұрын

I still have a nice early 35 superior

@randydietterich417 8 жыл бұрын

Still doing this today. I'm curious about the cone used on the pipe to divert the spray from the tubing and where I can get one. We take many baths in crude and salt water from the pressure.

@randydietterich417 6 жыл бұрын

Don't need to be nasty, that's a good idea.

@mikecoyer9280 6 жыл бұрын

I have a few superiors

@mikecoyer9280 6 жыл бұрын

Randy Dietterich we make them. This one is tin with a screen door spring

@mikelangfield9180 10 жыл бұрын

oh..... the good old days!

@johnnieschkadetrujillo5542 6 жыл бұрын

crazy slow! i worked on a double/triple and had the luxury of power tongs and air slips....... this is crazy!

@theclaytonshow838 5 жыл бұрын

When I broke out it was pipe wrenches all the way man and cheater pipes no power tongs

@wombbroom 5 жыл бұрын

Makes you appreciate it, don't it

@jerrytoler2622 3 жыл бұрын

Damn guys I spent 48 yrs in the patch an we did it that way ln 1973 through 86 Damn get with the program

@dexonaut666 6 жыл бұрын

Is that Pvt. Pile before he joined the Marines?

@danwyrick322 6 жыл бұрын

thats how i broke out ,we were about 5 times faster per joint . lots of fun and dirty days

@bourbonfan1 5 жыл бұрын

power tongs and all

@mikecoyer9280 5 жыл бұрын

These were 100 year old 11 1/2 V thread. And it pays by the hour.

@scottpecora371 7 жыл бұрын

Honest, but makes for one he'll of a long day!

@Paleoman 5 жыл бұрын

RE: fast work speed. Every situation where I have seen a work crew hauling ass, I have seen accidents happen and people hurt usually seriously. No one ever wants to admit they are fatigued and thats when shit happens. Working at breakneck speeds is downright stupid and leads to accidents. Sure its great to have bragging rights in the bar after work but ask the guy with the broken back who had a length of pipe fall and hit him because one of the guys couldn't keep up due to how tired he had gotten. Try telling that to his wife & kids now that he can't work anymore and the kids are hungry.

@theclaytonshow838 5 жыл бұрын

I agree man Safety First I've worked with all sorts of people but I hear you

@sampsonsimpson5534 Жыл бұрын

its a private company they dont give a shit

@kevintx5525 6 жыл бұрын

my ass the good ole days I had to do that with 2 7/8 tubing while testing coming out because our tongs broke n hungover lol worst day of my life oh n chaintongs broke to

@johndavenport1663 6 жыл бұрын

what no salt water trucks around ??/

@joeforns 6 жыл бұрын

THATS THE SLOWEST HANDS I EVER SEEN

@darenlowery1235 6 жыл бұрын

Joe Forns , they didn't know it was a race!

@kennycoye3907 5 жыл бұрын

Must be the last...and first well! Cause they got ran off!!. Lol. Must be Union!

@cabletoolcowboy 9 жыл бұрын

Where is that at? We run similar old 1800's wells in Southern Ontario, Canada.

@mikecoyer9280 8 жыл бұрын

Wood County, Ohio USA

@godngunclinger Жыл бұрын

I'd spring for a 24" chain tongs AND get a safety flipper for the hook to keep the bales from jumping out Why is the pipe coming wet like that?

@piecrazy4 Жыл бұрын

It is wet because the well does not have a insert pump you have a valve and cups on the bottom of the rods and at the bottom of the tubing is a barrel with the other valve for the pump in it so since the valve is still at the bottom you still have fluid in the tubing

@TheGregd81 7 жыл бұрын

No bops, let er buck all over the place, hope you don't have sanded tubing and gas pockets in between. Or take a kick lol

@theclaytonshow838 5 жыл бұрын

Wow the way I broke out pipe wrenches all the way

@stanleykendziorski7964 7 жыл бұрын

looks like that rig is from 1938... be interesting to work on that's for sure

@mikecoyer9280 6 жыл бұрын

stanley kendziorski 1947

@gearjammer4779 6 жыл бұрын

Those guys are pussy’s. I did that shit all by myself 100 years ago with a Pall Mall red hangin outta my mouth. It was always 125 degrees outside and I didnt have anything to drink. I didnt have a pipe wrench so I unscrewed the pipe with my bare hands. I coulda worked circles around those guys!

@kennycoye3907 5 жыл бұрын

Lol. U need a job in N.D. ?? Your hired! 😆

@tiogaaero6170 6 жыл бұрын

what no crummys

@nowwhat4699 6 жыл бұрын

Question? What's the purpose of pulling the pipe out?

@collinbacklund3582 6 жыл бұрын

Now What Doing maintenance on the well.

@1rottwieler 6 жыл бұрын

Rod wear inside tubing. Might have a split.

@jacobmiller3795 5 жыл бұрын

Could be the well sucked the fluid out of their test jug indicating a hole in the tubing

@lylechase34 5 жыл бұрын

Well since they are pulling wet my guess is parted rods, the tubing obviously not open ended or the oil is high on the backside but that doesn't make any sense if the well only produces a barrel a day