If you are a regular reader of this column, you have probably noted that I have been writing about pitless adapters for some time. My records indicate I started writing on this subject over a year ago — I have taken some side trips to discuss safety, a departed friend from the industry and a drilling demonstration. I also note that I have written several “final” columns on pitless adapters. Well, readers, this column is about that same subject and I’m not going to call it a final one, as it may not be.
If you get the feeling that pitless adapters are a favorite subject of mine, you are correct. My personal opinion is that the use of the pitless adapter rather than well pits, the increased use of the rotary rig, the submersible pump and the captive air tank are the great advances our industry has made in the last 68 years, which is the time frame from when I started with my father as full time helper in his well and pump business until today.