Making the Decision to Buy a Used Water Well Rig Columnist John Schmitt Discusses the Family’s First Steel Rig John Schmitt August 17, 2020 One Comment Columnist John Schmitt delves into his family’s first steel spudder rig.Read More
Revisiting the Family's Longtime Drilling Rig Columnist Talks Custom Drill from the 1950s John Schmitt July 17, 2020 No Comments Columnist John Schmitt reflects on the drill rig his family used in the 1950s, 1960s.Read More
Water Wells and World War II: Ever Try to Drill without Casing? WWII Was a Tough Time for the Water Well Industry John Schmitt June 22, 2020 No Comments Rationing affected many drilling basics, like pipe and pumps.Read More
Water Wells and World War II: Rationing and Scrap Metal Drives Columnist Remembers Another Difficult, Unusual Time John Schmitt June 3, 2020 No Comments Columnist puts rig series on hold for WWII recollections.Read More
More on that Custom-Built 1950s Water Well Drilling Rig John Schmitt May 25, 2020 No Comments In about 1950, my dad found a well-used 1935 Ford truck chassis and decided that would be a great basis for his new and improved shop-built rig.Read More
Custom-Build 1950s Water Well Drilling Rig John Schmitt April 27, 2020 No Comments This month's column deals with an improved rig that my dad and I first put into service in 1953.Read More
Upgrading an Early Water Well Drilling Rig John Schmitt March 23, 2020 No Comments This column continues the tale of the ancient rig that I cut my teeth on in drilling.Read More
How Did Early Water Well Rigs Work? John Schmitt February 20, 2020 No Comments This column is the next in a series about the first well rig I ever had experience with or worked on.Read More
A Look at Early Water Well Drilling Rigs John Schmitt January 13, 2020 No Comments This will be the first of a few columns on the first well rig I ever had experience with.Read More
Columnist John Schmitt Gets into Drilling History John Schmitt December 11, 2019 No Comments I’m going to write about a really, really old drill rig — the first one I had any experience with. But first, I want to give readers a bit of family history about how my father and then I got involved in the well drilling and pump industry.Read More