Geotechnical Drilling Tyrone What Types of Vehicles Are Used in Geotechnical Drilling?

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Tyrone, Georgia natives often assume that a geotechnical drilling rig is a standalone device something akin to the iconic oil drilling rigs that can be seen pumping away in oil wells in Texas and other areas of the American west.

While there are some stand-alone drilling rigs in utilization for geotechnical drilling projects, these are generally smaller in size to allow for portability. Unlike a Texan oil well, which is a large structure that’s constructed in place and left on the well site for many months or even years, it’s simply not practical to assemble and disassemble large geotechnical drilling rigs in this way. An oil well drilling rig serves a very different purpose when compared to geotechnical drilling rigs. Oil drilling rigs are designed to extract resources from the earth on a long term basis, whereas geotechnical rigs are designed to perform short term projects, primarily the extraction of soil, sediment and rock samples, in addition to gathering data that is used by engineers and developers.

In fact, some of our drilling rigs visit multiple locations in a single day. And it’s not uncommon for a drilling rig to be moved around to different spots on a single site or property over the course of the project.

For these reasons, it’s important that geotechnical drilling rigs are designed to be portable and often, this involves mounting the rig on a vehicle for easy transport and maneuvering. When performing geotechnical drilling, Tyrone area clients may see us using drilling rigs mounted on a number of different vehicle types.

What Kinds of Vehicles Does Amdrill Use for Geotechnical Drilling?

Tyrone geotechnical drilling technicians from Amdrill are trained to utilize many different types of drilling rigs, mounted on a variety of vehicles, including:

  • Rubber tire ATVs
  • Trucks
  • Spud barges
  • Amphibious vehicles
  • Large go-track rigs (with tracks similar to a snow mobile or tank)
  • Remote-controlled geo-probe rigs with a tank-like track system

Additionally, our marine drilling rigs can be mounted and/or transported on a range of different boats and watercraft, ranging from a barge, to a variety of different boats and even air boats, which are ideal for accessing swampy areas.

*Disclaimer: The views expressed here are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent or reflect the views of Amdrill Inc*