Pulling Rods On Oil Well

[newt5548]

Looks like the operator needs a Red Bull. Is he awake. Damn thats slow.

[nutuporshutup6901]

dam boys dont be nervous its just well service my operator would eat these guys for breakfast....wtf is this puss n boots well service sorry guys but theres just sometimes in the oilfield you gotta put out.

[whydoyouhaveahead]

Wow, never seen rod wrenches move that slow. And why does he put the wrenches down? Are they too heavy for him? These guys wouldn't last a day in the Alberta oil patch. Slow and lazy.

[dmagdaleno]

Curious ( I know nothing about this line of work), what happens if the rods fall back down the hole? Does that ever happen? Thanks

[derekdz]

@dmagdaleno

That would be very bad, but it does happen. They would fall back to the seat nipple like a rocket depending on how far they have to fall. Could part the tubing too.

[jewicke]

@dmagdaleno then you go fishing

[dubopp]

I do both jobs at the same time in minus 20 Celsius. No wonder they got a recession there.

[philanthropyphil]

Boy better step it up and wrench them fuckin rods outta the hole.. WORM! Your a fired muhfucker on my rig

[mrstevek118]

they must be trying to get some overtime hours

[a7court]

it's supposed to be rod spinning not rod turning....slow as balls

[juggernaut181]

if this was the crew i was runnin they would have been run, or i would have pushed them off the floor and did it myself lol

[cpljones69]

damn thats a short table..bend over my ass

[stephenF250]

i was floorhand at b and r well service i did both of their jobs by myself and was still faster if i went that slow i wuld get fired lol

[palma1218]

hahahaha slow motion

[gonzor32]

Holy hell spin that shit boy, Get them spinning rods up in Canada in the winter he wouldn't be going that slow if he wanted to stay warm.

[houston4u2010]

why r u so slow about everything ? r u guys green ? wormz ? or just scared ?

[JEMCO2008]

nice and safe

[uwine81]

For the sake of everyone PLEASE use rod tongs. You guys are MEGA SLOW

[houston4u2010]

@uwine81 rod tongz are slow to but they r still faster than these guyz ! they should let sum real hands get up there and work !these guys should stick with washing the damn rig or sumthing ! hahahahaha ; )

[philanthropyphil]

@houston4u2010 haha, fuck them rod tongs. ill wrench them bitches outta the hole lol

[mikeedobb999999991]

didn't know rods could be pulled that slow. I've seen crews pull rods easily twice as fast in Canada, at -30.

[grizzlyadumz]

thats the slowest rod wrenching i've ever seen .......... u boys should be embaressed

[derekdz]

Hope they don't skip over any pitted rods.

[JEMCO2008]

@mikeedobb999999991 New man in the derick

[corteztube1]

@mikeedobb999999991

I use to work in West Texas with a three man crew back in the 90's and we pulled rods twice as fast.

These guys are milking it!

[bigwoodz420]

@mikeedobb999999991 i work on a Apex Rod Rig that just got built a month ago and we got it in Slave Lake, Alberta and the blocks go so fast its scary. its a 2011 rod rig with disk brakes. these guys are slack asses, one roughneck on a crazy fast rig. these guys gotter made eh

[derekdz]

@bigwoodz420

If I had to guess, it would be easier to work in the cold than the heat. The coldest I have seen it around here is 8*F.

[derrickkarsky]

i sure wouldnt like working on those small rigs, get sum rod tongs and than ull see rods moving, come up here to north dakota and ill show u real rigs

[bloodtune]

@derrickkarsky Come to western Canada and you'll see real rigging, High Pressure gas wells,

[derrickkarsky]

got that hear too man, i love working on the dangerous wells, makes life exciting

[bloodtune]

@derrickkarsky I'd imagine a crack woot would spice things up eh

[honda12345678]

How much experience do your floor hands at this point?

[Teethhh]

at 1:20 is the reason why hes probally still wearing a green hardhat

[ymmit182005]

sometimes the latch will stick cause of perifin maybe thats what he was doin

[roughneckhoss]

I would like to try to work on a double/triple, all we have where I am from are poles and single/singles.

[DHOMIE69]

that dumb shit tried unlatching the elevator when it had all the weight on it , lucky it did lol ...

[derekdz]

That's funny because I never noticed that before. He sure did try unlatching it.

[redyoshi1985]

@DHOMIE69 I don't know nything at all about oil wells or pulling rods.. or what the rods are for.. What the Elevtor is or why it has weight on it, but I am curious what you are meaning in your comment.. Can you fill me in?

[3862466]

why do you guys have two floor hands. you guys work to hard. bending over way to much when you can put subs and rod rams in and rench faster with your thumbs

[derekdz]

As seen in the video, one man is in charge of the elevators and the other is in charge of the rods and wrenching. They switch out periodically for a rest.

This crew likes the height for wrenching. The floor is hydraulic so they can set it to whatever height they prefer.

They also use wrenches because they do not damage the rods. These wells are very corrosive to any nicks on the rods.

[RiseAga1nst]

they probably have the floor that way or the rod transfer wont work. Duuuuur

[uwine81]

Why in the hell are you sending the poor derrick hand the elevators all crooked? If ya'll sent them to me like that I would make it even harder to wrench them rods....

[derekdz]

The rod elevators were sent up straight. Maybe they look off because of the camera angle.

[sooley101]

you boy ever work with dr6.5 rod up in your area?

[devinmurray]

ya thats a green hand mistake

[drummerchick2005]

God, how many rods are in one of them things?

[derekdz]

Around 300 in each well. Each stand has three rods attached.

[sooley101]

depends on the well depth ...

[derekdz]

Correct.

[ydoc567453]

what size rods are those??? anything 3/4 or smaller they want to to get with one snap on my rig and also at 1:06 if u do that on my rig your buying beer!!!! trust me u learn quick

[derekdz]

They are pulling out 7/8" rods at this point.

[roughneckhoss]

Make a wheel, hand!