On June 5, our son, “Piglet,” flew to Tanzania to teach cable tool drilling. A Bucyrus-Erie 22W drill rig had been restored and shipped to Tanzania. Once the drill arrived, the owners built a wood box over the drill and there it sat, untouched, for two years. Not a good thing to let an engine and rig sit that long.
Once he arrived, he removed the box covering the drill and mounted it on a truck. Because he didn’t know where to get things and he had to locate the students to assist and teach, it took a month to get the rig mounted. Then he had to locate other needed supplies. This required traveling to, and staying overnight in, another city some distance away.