Spudder Drill Strings: Let’s Start with the Socket
Wire Line, Swivel an Important Connect to Make
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Articles by John Schmitt
Maintaining Wire Lines on Spudder Drill Rigs
Steel Cable Requires Occasional Lubrication to Guard against Rust
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Selecting the Last Wire Line for a Spudder: the Casing Line
It Works with Sand Line, Drilling Line to Ease Casing Work
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Sizing the Sand Line for a Spudder Drill Rig
Sand or Bailing Line has a Less Demanding Job than Drilling Line
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Selecting Wire Lines for a Spudder Drill Rig
What to Look for in a Drill Line for a Spudder Rig
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The Challenges of Finding, Repairing Older Cable-Tool Rigs
Spudder Short Course Continues with a Look at Availability
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Mounting and Moving Larger Spudder Drilling Rigs
Bigger Cable-Tool Rigs more often Used in Oil and Gas
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Mounting Options for a Bucyrus-Erie 20W (or Any Spudder)
Drillers Had Options: Trucks, Trailers and even Skids
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One Man's Opinion – Two Weak Points of the Bucyrus-Erie 20W
Power Unit, Mast on Old Rig Made Hole, but Could Have been Better
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In Detail: How Did the Spudder on an Old Drilling Rig Work?
Columnist John Schmitt Explains Spudding System on a Bucyrus-Erie 20W
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