As the owner of a drilling business, the last thing you need is unscheduled downtime due to equipment failure. You and your employees can’t afford to be stagnant – how do you ensure the maximum field availability? Regularly scheduled drill rig maintenance is the best way to make sure you can do the job when […]
Every society on Earth relies on water for crop irrigation, cleaning, cooking and drinking. In places with very little surface water available, groundwater wells are vital to life. In past generations, digging a well would be back-breaking work using a shovel and a bucket, most likely requiring help from friends, family and the community. It […]
Did you know that your drilling rigs’ hydraulic pumps could be starved because of the restricted flow in your hydraulic system caused by your oil filter? Many people think a filter is a filter, but that is not the case. Each piece of hydraulic equipment requires a different type of filter – whether it is […]
SIMCO Drilling Equipment strives to provide unmatched customer experience at every level. Meet one of the team who helps make that a possibility. Melody Goodman came to the SIMCO team from the automotive industry. Originally hired in our drill rig assembly department, building and quality checking the rigs and equipment for our customers, Melody quickly […]
For Virginia Drilling Company, Keeping Happy Customers Has To Do With Their SIMCO® Drilling Rigs and Equipment National Driller Magazine, one of the drilling industry’s premier news and information publications recently ran a story about quality customer service. In an industry strife with risk and liability, the customer’s happiness is one thing most drilling companies […]
Iowa continues to step into the arena of green, renewable resources, and this past June showed further strides in that direction by the State Legislature. Governor Terry Branstad signed into law a bill allowing a stand-alone 10% tax credit for the installation of residential geothermal heat pumps in place of federal incentives. The bill passed […]
Well drilling is often an isolated job in the middle of a vast cornfield, a remote fledgling housing development, or NOWHERE. When it’s just you, your partner and your rig for miles around – are you prepared for a worst-case-scenario emergency? What happens if one of you collapses? When time is of the utmost importance, […]
I love SIMCO Drill rigs because they are a durable drill rig and very economical to run. I like the speed of the drill rig coming in and out of the hole. The 2×3 Centrifugal mud pump pressure and volume is one of the main reasons I bought the SIMCO 2800. The rig is so […]
I purchased a SIMCO 2800 in 2012. As the owner and well driller of a small company I was looking for one rig that was able to give me Hollow stem Auger, Mud Rotary, and Air Rotary capabilities. I also have the ability to core rock, and complete both environmental and geotechnical drilling jobs all […]
“My SIMCO 2800 I bought in 1982 and imported to Colombia and is still working today. With its work I have raised and fed my family. I am 81 years old and working every day. You can tell this to your future customers that quality pays.” Roberto Diaz Bucaramanga, Colombia South America” — Roberto Bucaramanga, […]
“We bought our first SIMCO 2800 rig because of our attention to detail business plan. We did not want to damage the homeowner’s property any more than we absolutely had to. The first rig brought us customers that had only ever experienced geothermal installations that lasted for several weeks and destroyed an area far greater […]
“SIMCO has friendly company representatives, good service, and are reasonable priced. The SIMCO 2800 HS (HT) is compact, efficient, and very maneuverable. The rig seems to be quite a power horse. I can drill, case, gravel pack a 60’ – 70’ water well in two hours. My SIMCO 2800 HS (HT) drills 60’ – 320’ […]
