The way I see it, if you have cheaper and heavier items you can't bring as many individual items. I prefer to Spend the money and be able to carry more comfort items and still come out lighter than the guys that went cheap.
Still a few Kelly rigs running around, definitely rare anymore. Spinning chains are outlawed and our rig was required to put covers over the catheads on the draw works. Miss those days.
In some ways it has gotten easier. Especially for hands with companies like H&P, Unit, XO, etc With their iron roughnecks, hydraulic catwalks, etc. Hands are no more than janitors and maintenance men. I prefer my little old school triple I'm currently on. Old school rig besides our chain is...
I work on a drilling rig with a 7 days on/7 days off schedule. So no paid time off for me technically. But if I take an unpaid week off of work, I technically have 3 weeks off which is what I'll be doing for September this year. I just make up the money for the week of work missed by working a...
Wife doesn't want to be to far from her family. So unfortunately stuck in Northwest Oklahoma but have been pushing the wyoming move hard for the last year.