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Guest Columns

Safety, Use Tips: Portable Air Compressors on Drilling Jobs

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Chuck Barton
Learn how to avoid or correct these five misuses of and misconceptions regarding portable air compressors. …
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Ask Brock

Help! One of My Drillers is a Jerk Who Drives Away Good Hires

In episode 25 of Ask Brock, drill trainer and National Driller contributor Brock Yordy talks about those drillers you just can't pair a helper with. …
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Guest Columns

How Good a Fuel is Propane for Drilling Jobsites?

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John Fischer
Propane has a clean reputation and promising characteristics and it is quite near to each of us no matter where we are doing our work these days. …
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Geotechnical

Tips for Helping Scientists Understand Drillers and Vice Versa

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Brock Yordy
A successful project starts by finding common ground — or, better yet, common soil — between driller and scientist. …
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Markets

Drillers: Be Advocates for Your Own Safety

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David King
Looking back on your life, were there instances where you were almost killed or almost seriously injured? …
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Guest Columns

Not All Drilling Work Happens at the Rig

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Dave Bowers
Drillers are expected to be proficient with boom trucks, bulldozers, skid steers, fork trucks, and myriad other equipment. So what does proficiency mean? …
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Foundations

Contractor Takes on Tieback Job at Mixed-Use Development

Brian M. Fraley
A Klemm KR 807-7G drilling rig worked discretely in the shadows of a shoring wall on a busy jobsite traversed by heavy equipment in the budding metropolis of Tysons Corner, …
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