Geotechnical Drilling Mobile What Kinds of Drilling Rigs Are Used for Geotechnical Drilling?
Mobile, Alabama geotechnical drilling clients probably envision a traditional oil drilling rig such as those found out Texas and other areas of the American west when they hear the term “drilling rig.” But these iconic oil drilling rigs are only used for oil wells. We use some very different rigs for geotechnical drilling.
Mobile natives may see a number of vehicle-mounted mobile drilling rigs. These portable drilling rigs are most commonly used for geotechnical drilling projects, which are often short-term projects that can take anywhere from a matter of hours to a few days, depending upon the nature of the drilling project, the objective, the depth that you’re drilling to and the density of the material that you’re drilling through. Therefore, it’s time-effective and cost-effective to use a vehicle-mounted drill instead of a semi-permanent structure that must be assembled and disassembled. Let’s look at some of the different rigs that are used in this type of project.
What Types of Drilling Rig Do You Use in Geotechnical Drilling?
Mobile, Alabama geotechnical drilling projects may see a number of different drilling rigs in utilization, from percussive drills that work a bit like a jackhammer, to rotary drills which rotate to dig into the rock and soil. The latter is more commonly utilized.
Mobile drilling rigs are often mounted on trucks of varying sizes, ranging from a heavy duty pickup truck to a large truck similar to those used as utility company vehicles.
Of course not every drilling site is located alongside a paved, well-maintained roadway. In fact, some drilling sites are extremely difficult to access. For these projects, we may use a mobile drilling rig mounted atop an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) or even a go-track rig, which is a large vehicle with a track system that’s similar to an army tank or snowmobile. Amdrill also has a few small remote-controlled geo-probe rigs for tight, hard to access areas. These rigs ride on tank-like tracks.
Since the city is situated on the banks of a Gulf of Mexico inlet known as Mobile Bay, geotechnical drilling clients may even encounter boat-mounted drilling rigs for drilling in a wetlands area or a marine drilling project.
In addition to boat-mounted drilling rigs, Amdrill also has amphibious vehicles and barges. This wide variety of rigs gives our company the ability to extract samples and perform other drilling projects in virtually any location, no matter how inhospitable that location may be!
*Disclaimer: The views expressed here are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent or reflect the views of Amdrill Inc*
