That's a far cry from when I was a derrickman in 1974. Those blocks came up so fast they used to pull your hair up with the suction ( that's when I had hair)
@@roughneckingandfitness Yep. Double loop almost. 5 1/2 but come on. Taken fun out of it. I remember driller trying to make me miss flying the blocks at me. Must take 2 tours to trip 10k.
@@raymondlanier1112 Yeah. Made lots of buddies that heard hear from again. Worked from 79-86 until shutdown. Owner of MURCO visited ever rig told us to find another way to make a living. Moved back to Fla and went to college, but drilling rigs was the best education you can get. Still got all my fingers. No one here understands.
@@davidmcalpine2738 i worked for gustafsen rig four back in the 60s then worked on rig one in the 70s and i was the toughest guy on them rigs by far i always fight at the bar
That's a far cry from when I was a derrickman in 1974. Those blocks came up so fast they used to pull your hair up with the suction ( that's when I had hair)
Yea bro that's there's been alot of changes and adjustments especially in regards to speed
@@roughneckingandfitness Yep. Double loop almost. 5 1/2 but come on. Taken fun out of it. I remember driller trying to make me miss flying the blocks at me. Must take 2 tours to trip 10k.
I was going to say the same thing 1986. But hey he’s doing a good job I miss those days
@@raymondlanier1112 Yeah. Made lots of buddies that heard hear from again. Worked from 79-86 until shutdown. Owner of MURCO visited ever rig told us to find another way to make a living. Moved back to Fla and went to college, but drilling rigs was the best education you can get. Still got all my fingers. No one here understands.
@@davidmcalpine2738 you ever heard of delta drilling . That was the one back then I worked for . My driller was Howard webster
Old days ride the elevators
To the board
Yes stupid is, as stupid does,,,,
Derrick mam ( latch hamd) was.my first job in the patch
I used to do that I used to love the easy job after being a roughneck fun video to watch
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Started in 1973 on a standard Derrick hang your heels spit some Copenhagen and go for it
@@roughneckingandfitness Who'd ya work for. I worked mainly for Murco Rig 14 and 58 out of Shreveport. Merit and Nicholas.
@@davidmcalpine2738 i worked for gustafsen rig four back in the 60s then worked on rig one in the 70s and i was the toughest guy on them rigs by far i always fight at the bar
My Ex-compnay adnoc onshore abu dhabi
What company, what kind of rig?
@@borissibor2638 wrong. This is Don Stevens drilling rig#64 and they got the toughest guys on those rigs so shut ur trap.
Felt like we were right there with you. Derrick Man.
One love bro😎
Hahaha!
That is a Drill collar and not a Drill pipe(unless in your part of the world they call it so😂)
Thanks.
It's a 5.5” drill pipe, I'll know coz that's me, check my other videos for drill collars and thanks for watching bro😎🙏🏾
Surprise you don't know difference between drill coliar and drill pipe, this is 5/1/2 drill pipe..
That's not 5 - 1/2" DP
Yes it is.