I do water well drilling in western Washington state so this is cool to see. There’s not a lot out there on what we do and most people have hard time understanding it without seeing it. Great work.
Awesome Video. Been around the trades and work HVAC for almost 25 years. I never knew all the steps that go into making a well produce water. Really appreciate how well the operator explained each step, great teacher. Looks like a top shelf company. Thanks to TekamoHD for the video series. Looking forward to what’s next. Great way to introduce new people to different aspects of the trades.
Ya know... there is not a single video on tekamo's channel that I do not like! Every video is awesome in its own way and I love what tekamo is doing and what they stand for. Yall keep up the excellent work!! 😎😎👌
How did you get started with well drilling? Where abuts are you working in WA? I ask because I was working for a company that did a lot of drilling back in the day. This was before I joined and the old blokes mentioned that they used to have a huge number of rigs all across Australia. Retired now.
I just applied online and got snapped up straight away, been with the same company the last 4 years. About 2 hrs north of Newman. Currently work for Ventia which was formally Easternwell
I drilled water wells for 15 years here in Pennsylvania pretty cool to see it done up in Canada. I recognize that style support truck looks like a rose wall manufacturing with the internal bladder under the flatbed . We used a Schramm TWS 450 drilling rig
This is really interesting, I live in downtown Tokyo, but I still enjoy this content 😊 This Jordan guy is a real hand, knows his business. That drilling rig is something, the refinement of these special rigs is certainly interesting as well, I’m sure these rigs have come a long way in the last 50 years. Thanks for taking us along for the ride. Jordan sure did a good job talking us through the whole process, I’m sure he’s out of his comfort zone doing all this explaining etc, but he really did it well.
Awesome video, guys were great, always can tell when someone knows their trade and can articulate step by step process as they work, it’s like hearing them think, working with this driller would be an easy learning experience for sure, if you listen and pay attention, thanks for the video, great work!!!!
I did foundation investigations both on land and in the ocean. We used casing and a water swivel to wash bore to remove all the fines so your rods wont bind and get stuck in sand. You can wash down to the exact depths, however, you must stay inside the casing. Sand is the worst working in those depths. If we find the casing starts to bind, we use bentonite powder and pump through the swivel to end up between the casing and the soil/ sand. Very nice work!
So that clipboard @17:43 is my newest favorite thing at work. Spotted a North American pipeline integrity contractor with one when signing off his work permit. Ordered a box of them in for myself and the rest of the operators in the gas plant I work in on the North West Shelf of Western Australia. I have already modified mine with an additional clip on the front side from an old lifeboat manual. Sometimes it's the little things that make a days work so much easier 😂 EDIT: One day it will be blessed with a Tekamo sticker pack :P
Man times have changed….. back when I was drilling (early 90’s) we ran an offset cab Mack w a 35’derrick, the water truck was also the pipe truck, was a flat deck GMC 7000, the pipe was drawn straight off the truck by a winch from the derrick, we had individual slips that were inserted directly into the top of the turntable as she was goin, n you needed to know your shixx, because as fast as you could throw em in( after skidding along w the pipe as it was goin up, the pipe was coming down as fast as you could line it up. The reamers were fun, you literally just rode across the ground w em, cuz there was no actual way of turning em back lol, we had a tank that sat around the casing hole, to catch all the shixx coming out. The rig ran on manual tongs, you had to be ready to chuck that chain, then whip the tongs , cus she’d be spinning coming down, tong handle in one hand n the dope swab in the other, after you threw your slips in….. deepest well I drilled was 590'….. the front of the rig was about 4’ off the ground, she was rated for about 450’🤣👍🏼 ( was a dairy farm emergency in Alberta) local fracking lost their existing wells. Then came the casing, she was hammered in w a thumper on the back of the rig, we did it though….. some days longer than others, the great days were when we hit the blue at 140’…. The bad days took much longer…. Then you had to take allll that shixx apart as it was coming back up, manual tongs, jump w the pipe over to the water truck ( was a flatbed water truck) and slide the pipe into the racks as it was coming down, then jump back over to the rig to screw the next length up. The rig held 140’ then the rest was on the water truck…..then there was the fun of pulling sucker rods w the service truck in the old wells🤣👍🏼…. Anyone who says water well drilling is sissy drilling….. has obviously never drilled a water well….good job✌🏼😎👍🏼
I can really appreciate how much pressure the camera adds to doing a complex task. It's worse than your boss looking over your shoulder, Just waiting for you to f-up. Thanks guys!
It’s probably a pain as a driller to explain to the world how your job unfolds. I can tell you personally.. I appreciate your telling us how intricate drilling wells is. So a big Thankyou for doing this.
1. Boilermaker, specifically: - waterwall repair (unlikely to get access for filming though) - storage tank build (more likely to have a client which will give film access) 2. Elevator mechanic (what a cable inspection or replacement looks like) 3. Wind turbine blade repair technician (suspended platform access would make the best show, and easily filmed) 4. Wind turbine technician, specifically the guys who replace major components. Filming a gear box swap would be awesome. :)
I watched the guys drill my well and i learned 200% more watching this. If it was easy everybody would be doing it. Was fun. Elvis impersonator dowser saved the day. Hydraulic leak all over my wifes organic garden. Everyone got a ham and the crew was great.
At Flo Components we do automated greasing systems. Installation and repair or Service. CAT, Toronto TTC, Underground Mines, are some of our bigger contracts. We see some cool stuff.
Love the way you inform us of every step. Have the tiniest bit of background but am well versed ( see what I did there) in water treatment and drilling has always fascinated me. Nicely done!!! Are your welds MIG?
Looks good, ran a old cable tool for years, lucky if you could get 50’ a day. Never got a chance to run a rotary, bad economy owner sold off everything expensive
in Hope B.C. Canada, , my step father had a well done with 6 inch steel casing in 1957 and instead of a rotary drill bit they used a bit like miners used where it impacts then turn 1/4 then turn on and on.. They lost the bit several times. They went down about 200 feet. The cost he used tell others was $1 a hit those were 1957 dollars. The well cost him $7500. 1957 dollars.according to SIRI $1 957 dollar to 2024 equals $1072.00. 1957 = $7500 TODAY COST $8,040,000 2024. The well is still there with water in it but house is gone.
@@repaircollc been watching for ages never once have a seen them promoting snap on they’ve filmed cam and Tyler on the snap on trucks talking about tools the like and use and buying stuff far from the snap on channel
@@repaircollc filming the inside of a snap on truck and promoting there tools are two different things but your obviously one of them people that hates snap on
Hilarious watching a Canadian do math in feet and inches😂 I think it’s the better way but I think the dreadful metric system would be easier in this circumstance hahahaah. Bad ass content guys
Yeah,someone dropped a bolt down a drill hole on an oil rig in the ocean. End up cusing millions of dollars in damages and retrieving said bolt from the ocean floor. Also he got fired.
120 gallons of fuel a day, casing, wear and tear on tooling, screens, wages consumables, mortgage on industrial land etc. Things are very expensive in Vancouver and the ground makes for some of the worse drilling conditions in the world. This equipment on site is on the high end for price but is needed to deal with the difficult drilling. Imagine what the payments are on 2 million dollars worth of equipment.
1400/day for machinery, those trucks aren't leaving my yard for 6k a day, x2 days would be 12k, 3k labour, 5k in material, licensing, insurance, equipment payments, yard rent/mortgage. And upkeep. We don't drill this deep here but my neighbors had a 8" well drilled here and went 80' and it was a 47k bill
Hasn't Canada applied the IS standard measurements? Why is this driller talking about inches and feet? I thought Canada had already joined rest of the civilized world and uses metric system on measurements? Or is it just drilling world sticking stubbornly to API standards?
Great idea... nice way to introduce trades to young people
Appreciate it, man! It's all about inspiring the next generation!
More of this and service calls, pls
This is one of the best episodes yet... getting a good understanding of well drilling and going through each step is just spot on!
I do water well drilling in western Washington state so this is cool to see. There’s not a lot out there on what we do and most people have hard time understanding it without seeing it. Great work.
Awesome Video. Been around the trades and work HVAC for almost 25 years. I never knew all the steps that go into making a well produce water. Really appreciate how well the operator explained each step, great teacher. Looks like a top shelf company. Thanks to TekamoHD for the video series. Looking forward to what’s next. Great way to introduce new people to different aspects of the trades.
We definitely want to make the trades more accessible and desirable to the younger folk!
Ya know... there is not a single video on tekamo's channel that I do not like! Every video is awesome in its own way and I love what tekamo is doing and what they stand for. Yall keep up the excellent work!! 😎😎👌
Thanks so much man, that means a lot! 🙏
I drill water wells in Western Australia with a much older Formost DR24, its awesome to see how its done across the world
How did you get started with well drilling? Where abuts are you working in WA? I ask because I was working for a company that did a lot of drilling back in the day. This was before I joined and the old blokes mentioned that they used to have a huge number of rigs all across Australia. Retired now.
I just applied online and got snapped up straight away, been with the same company the last 4 years. About 2 hrs north of Newman. Currently work for Ventia which was formally Easternwell
I drilled water wells for 15 years here in Pennsylvania pretty cool to see it done up in Canada.
I recognize that style support truck looks like a rose wall manufacturing with the internal bladder under the flatbed .
We used a Schramm TWS 450 drilling rig
It would be really sick if we could get another day in the life video. Love your content!
Appreciate you watching, we'll get you some more day in the life content! 👍
This series is a great idea. My 5 year old loves your videos, but for what it’s worth- this is his favorite video.
Glad you and your 5 year old are enjoying the series!
@ each night after farm chores and reading a book he asks- “is there a red dot on mechanic”. Keep em coming.
This is really interesting, I live in downtown Tokyo, but I still enjoy this content 😊
This Jordan guy is a real hand, knows his business.
That drilling rig is something, the refinement of these special rigs is certainly interesting as well, I’m sure these rigs have come a long way in the last 50 years.
Thanks for taking us along for the ride.
Jordan sure did a good job talking us through the whole process, I’m sure he’s out of his comfort zone doing all this explaining etc, but he really did it well.
Appreciate you taking the time to watch, glad you enjoyed it!
This was an awesome idea!! Love what you guys put out but seeing the different trades was the best idea you guys have come up with
Appreciate it, we are always looking for new ways to bring you guys along for the ride!
This will be an awesome series
Got any suggestions on what trade you want to see next?
I like all the stuff
The truck tours the tool reviews the service calls
All in all its a good channel filled with something for everyone
Glad to hear you're enjoying it, we'll keep the variety coming!
This is a cool video I've never seen well drilling explained let the guy know he did a great job explaining his job.
Loving this new series, keen to see more! Would love to see some guys who work out in the oil patch of Alberta! Those are some serious machines!
Thanks, man! We'll definitely look into that.
Awesome video, guys were great, always can tell when someone knows their trade and can articulate step by step process as they work, it’s like hearing them think, working with this driller would be an easy learning experience for sure, if you listen and pay attention, thanks for the video, great work!!!!
Thank you for all the videos showing how equipment is used and repaired correctly and the tooling needed to do it.
I did foundation investigations both on land and in the ocean. We used casing and a water swivel to wash bore to remove all the fines so your rods wont bind and get stuck in sand. You can wash down to the exact depths, however, you must stay inside the casing. Sand is the worst working in those depths. If we find the casing starts to bind, we use bentonite powder and pump through the swivel to end up between the casing and the soil/ sand. Very nice work!
Great job Jordan and Chris for showing us the process. Thank you. Well earned molson :)
Thanks for watching, we always appreciate the support!
So that clipboard @17:43 is my newest favorite thing at work. Spotted a North American pipeline integrity contractor with one when signing off his work permit. Ordered a box of them in for myself and the rest of the operators in the gas plant I work in on the North West Shelf of Western Australia. I have already modified mine with an additional clip on the front side from an old lifeboat manual. Sometimes it's the little things that make a days work so much easier 😂
EDIT: One day it will be blessed with a Tekamo sticker pack :P
Do Millwrights! Underappreciated and much needed a great way of introducing trades! Nice vid
Great suggestion!
Absolutely brilliant content, have yet to see such a in depth dual rotary video. Good work b'ys, heaving sands suck...
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it! Heaving sands are always a pain.
Great vid. Keep em coming
Thanks for watching, we will!
Man times have changed….. back when I was drilling (early 90’s) we ran an offset cab Mack w a 35’derrick, the water truck was also the pipe truck, was a flat deck GMC 7000, the pipe was drawn straight off the truck by a winch from the derrick, we had individual slips that were inserted directly into the top of the turntable as she was goin, n you needed to know your shixx, because as fast as you could throw em in( after skidding along w the pipe as it was goin up, the pipe was coming down as fast as you could line it up. The reamers were fun, you literally just rode across the ground w em, cuz there was no actual way of turning em back lol, we had a tank that sat around the casing hole, to catch all the shixx coming out. The rig ran on manual tongs, you had to be ready to chuck that chain, then whip the tongs , cus she’d be spinning coming down, tong handle in one hand n the dope swab in the other, after you threw your slips in….. deepest well I drilled was 590'….. the front of the rig was about 4’ off the ground, she was rated for about 450’🤣👍🏼 ( was a dairy farm emergency in Alberta) local fracking lost their existing wells. Then came the casing, she was hammered in w a thumper on the back of the rig, we did it though….. some days longer than others, the great days were when we hit the blue at 140’…. The bad days took much longer…. Then you had to take allll that shixx apart as it was coming back up, manual tongs, jump w the pipe over to the water truck ( was a flatbed water truck) and slide the pipe into the racks as it was coming down, then jump back over to the rig to screw the next length up. The rig held 140’ then the rest was on the water truck…..then there was the fun of pulling sucker rods w the service truck in the old wells🤣👍🏼…. Anyone who says water well drilling is sissy drilling….. has obviously never drilled a water well….good job✌🏼😎👍🏼
I appreciate your story brings back memories for me too drilled in the early 70s
I appreciate your story brings back memories for me too,I was a rock driller’s helper in the early 70s
Appreciate the insight from the old days! It’s good to see how the tech has evolved, and it sounds like you had a tough but rewarding career.
Please make more of these!!!
The employee was excellent at explaining the process. Great video
Appreciate the feedback, we try to make our content educational!
I consider fellas like these are the professionals!🇨🇦👍
I can really appreciate how much pressure the camera adds to doing a complex task.
It's worse than your boss looking over your shoulder, Just waiting for you to f-up. Thanks guys!
Yeah, that camera can be pretty intimidating! We try to be as unobtrusive as possible.
It’s probably a pain as a driller to explain to the world how your job unfolds. I can tell you personally.. I appreciate your telling us how intricate drilling wells is. So a big Thankyou for doing this.
It's all about sharing the knowledge and showing people what's involved, thanks for watching!
How stuff really gets done, love it
Do more of this series please!
Definitely have more coming. What other trades would you like to see?
1. Boilermaker, specifically:
- waterwall repair (unlikely to get access for filming though)
- storage tank build (more likely to have a client which will give film access)
2. Elevator mechanic (what a cable inspection or replacement looks like)
3. Wind turbine blade repair technician (suspended platform access would make the best show, and easily filmed)
4. Wind turbine technician, specifically the guys who replace major components. Filming a gear box swap would be awesome.
:)
I watched the guys drill my well and i learned 200% more watching this. If it was easy everybody would be doing it. Was fun. Elvis impersonator dowser saved the day. Hydraulic leak all over my wifes organic garden. Everyone got a ham and the crew was great.
Insightful content on behind the scenes of well drilling.
Awesome video keep them coming
so cool, hope to see more of these videos
Awesome video 👍🏻
blue collar hits different over the pond. i mean, we've got our guys in uk but must be about five of them left.
Nice Rig 😎
Appreciate it! Those rigs are serious machines.
At Flo Components we do automated greasing systems. Installation and repair or Service.
CAT, Toronto TTC, Underground Mines, are some of our bigger contracts. We see some cool stuff.
Love the way you inform us of every step. Have the tiniest bit of background but am well versed ( see what I did there) in water treatment and drilling has always fascinated me. Nicely done!!!
Are your welds MIG?
awesome videography!!
Thanks, we’re glad you enjoyed it!
More of this please
More coming! What other trades would you want to see?
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industrial electrical
Lineman
Plumbing
Dirt work
Forestry
Carpentry
Concrete
Maritime
Oil rig
Love this idea love this channel
Interesting video ..
Great !
Appreciate that, thanks for watching!
Great content, pls do more
U guys should do a cam and Tyler service call
My new neighbour was waiting for the driller, a no show (that's the Okanagan for you). He was quoted $35k for 200-240ft well.
This is very cool I do hope they do a roughnecks trade
Great idea!
excellent idea!
Very nice i love it
Should do a ride-along with Snap-on one of these days.
Cool video!
The way Jordan talks, I'm pretty sure he's Kyle the fabricator's twin brother!
Does he wear sunglasses on a cloudy day?
Sequence and proceedure to get to water. It works and works well, good clean clear water. Marty Robbins - Cool Water (Western music)
This is what ppl want to see, not truck reviews not tool reviews. Great idea.
I enjoy seeing the truck reviews, and tool reviews and so do lots of others. This is a great idea though.
Please keep this comment up top!!!
I don’t mind it. Gives field service guys like me ideas on what is efficient and not efficient.
I like the truck reviews a lot, but this is very cool too
Idk im a sucker for an old work truck.
awesome!
Tubinity? Did I spell that right?
Sorry, Jordan.
😊. Nice to See this Process. Thank You🙂
That's close to where I used to live
Bro this is better then the Tyson Paul fight nice Saturday morning bacon eggs michelada well holes 🕳️ nice 👌
Pretty cool you use veg oil to be environmentally friendly. Is that a common practice in the whole well drilling industry or something you guys do?
What’s crazy is that these guys are touching dirt that was last touch by dinosaurs!
52:15 might need another beep or two lol
Looks good, ran a old cable tool for years, lucky if you could get 50’ a day. Never got a chance to run a rotary, bad economy owner sold off everything expensive
in Hope B.C. Canada, , my step father had a well done with 6 inch steel casing in 1957 and instead of a rotary drill bit they used a bit like miners used where it impacts then turn 1/4 then turn on and on.. They lost the bit several times. They went down about 200 feet. The cost he used tell others was $1 a hit those were 1957 dollars. The well cost him $7500. 1957 dollars.according to SIRI $1 957 dollar to 2024 equals $1072.00. 1957 = $7500 TODAY COST $8,040,000 2024. The well is still there with water in it but house is gone.
I want to study philosophy like the driller to be smarter in BC. Good job too wet but no dust..
Can you please do more tool content
Nice
How much to drill 100 feet in northern bc
Do you guys at tekamo do oil and gass industry aswell?
We will highlight all the blue-collar trades! If you have a company or industry contact, email us at media@tekamohd.com
I think with the amount of sand and mud rotary rig would of been the better choice here.
Note: I.D.- stands for inside diameter or internal diameter.
Not inside dimensions.
Hey, the Snap-On channel Finally has something interesting!
The snap on channel that promotes muller&kupps and koken tools makes a lot of sense that does 😂
@gregshearer423
Been watching long?
@@repaircollc been watching for ages never once have a seen them promoting snap on they’ve filmed cam and Tyler on the snap on trucks talking about tools the like and use and buying stuff far from the snap on channel
@gregshearer423
🤦
@@repaircollc filming the inside of a snap on truck and promoting there tools are two different things but your obviously one of them people that hates snap on
Bless the brilliant engineers who designed the rig to make it so simple for these "well diggers 🙄🤣"
A good driller keeps improvising. Becoming more efficient and making the job easier.
Hilarious watching a Canadian do math in feet and inches😂 I think it’s the better way but I think the dreadful metric system would be easier in this circumstance hahahaah. Bad ass content guys
Happy wife, happy life... Except if you ain't using metric.
drastically different than well drilling in America
Where I drill it’s all rock and we don’t have to deal with the sand
This guy has poked some holes in Alberta before.
Cool
Fucking awesome guys!
Machine sounds like Chewbacca.
Very clean compared to the oil field rigs lol
Yeah,someone dropped a bolt down a drill hole on an oil rig in the ocean. End up cusing millions of dollars in damages and retrieving said bolt from the ocean floor. Also he got fired.
Cool☠️🙂
Cover your HOLE ROY!
whats the cost of this 6k$?
$30 000 plus
@@dougmcconkey1440 I thought 1400/day for machinery and 1600/day for 2 workers. Didnt account for materials. What makes it so expensive?
120 gallons of fuel a day, casing, wear and tear on tooling, screens, wages consumables, mortgage on industrial land etc. Things are very expensive in Vancouver and the ground makes for some of the worse drilling conditions in the world. This equipment on site is on the high end for price but is needed to deal with the difficult drilling. Imagine what the payments are on 2 million dollars worth of equipment.
1400/day for machinery, those trucks aren't leaving my yard for 6k a day, x2 days would be 12k, 3k labour, 5k in material, licensing, insurance, equipment payments, yard rent/mortgage. And upkeep. We don't drill this deep here but my neighbors had a 8" well drilled here and went 80' and it was a 47k bill
The over 2 million dollars in equipment.
Does “helper” have a name??
That's some expensive equipment. Not to be entrusted to some greenhorns.
You’re right, it takes years of experience to master these machines.
I want a well to stop KC Water from scamming me out of money,,but im sitting on 100-ft of hard limestone (thankx=THD)
Just missing Cam’s jokes!
Great video but does the boss know the drilling is a m$th Add.?
I should call her...
Stand in the Wrong spot at the Wrong time and you could lose your life :)
Awesome video! I’m also a well driller in BC and just started posting some content on my channel, check it out if this stuff interest’s you!
Appreciate you checking us out, glad you enjoyed the video!
Shit weld
I'm being a critical Jackass on Nothing I know about. 😶
this video's background music needs to be louder and even more awful, so as to attract an even more vapid audience
Let the men talking get dirty 😅
Hasn't Canada applied the IS standard measurements? Why is this driller talking about inches and feet? I thought Canada had already joined rest of the civilized world and uses metric system on measurements?
Or is it just drilling world sticking stubbornly to API standards?