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In autumn, the winding roads of New York Route 17 are popular among tourists who enjoy the scenic drive through the Catskill Mountains, taking in the beauty of changing fall foliage.

In the ’50s, my dad and I traveled from Enid, Okla., to Cabot, Ark., to drill 3,000 post holes 16 inches in diameter and 3 feet deep.

I’ve been involved with a number of wells that required that the casing be properly cemented.

I’ve written several columns on these unique pitlesses known as pitless adapter tanks.

Joe Large, water well and horizontal directional drilling (HDD) manager at Jet-Lube Inc., has been with the company just short of 20 years.

My advice is to buy your own drill and support equipment; there, you are now a driller.

Be it vertical rotary mud drilling, horizontal directional drilling or foundation drilling, one commonly overlooked factor in maintaining borehole stability is hydrostatic head pressure.

Sometimes, success in business means stepping out of your primary market.