Love this man. Big respect. My first job as an 18 yr old kid was working as derrickhand trainee off the coast of Iran in 1980. Wild times. My dad worked for Hughes Tool Company and I knew all the oilfield guys from softball team we had in BAHRAIN at the time. Hard work, great pay. Love the off time. Get some !

good Derrick man right there, I been working Derricks for 3years now and relief driller, started on the floor for three months then bumped up, it's more of a life style than a job, and definitely not for just anyone,

Sir you have my respect I used to do the same thing back in the 70s fun as hell 5 gear wide open this guy is awesome it doesn’t matter how the elevators come up you just turn the bales as they come by but he is hauling ass brings back old times good job be safe. 😎

It'''s hard to appreciate how skilled this guy is unless you try to do what he does in one sercond or less.

Bro..."Burnin" that dead line. Good job, man! Good vid, Anthony...

To me you're the best derrickhand that i've ever seen. I work derricks as well hopfully on day i'll be as good as you if not better.

Buddy is good. That’s a good hand right there. Work safe boys.

That is pretty quick. Good thing you have good equipment and small easy to maneuver pipe.

Those long as bells come in handy.this guy is a good hand

Fast hands and rare to latch with left hand. Nice work.

Im 19 almost 20 and I been doing this for 1 year and 7 months and love it

Out working the rig. Love it

my nick name was latch in 77-85, first time seeing a pulling unit in action since 1985 when the oil field fell apart, I headed for Fl. and never looked back till now, Wow I did this for years and what a trip it was. Faster was better if the crew could keep up and you trust the operator, could not get past me at any speed.

awsome....balls of steel work.

I'm 100% legal Brotha I don't mind who works where especially wut the race is.....if u r white brown blak it don't matter especially in oilfield...... wut matters is how hard u work and how quik u learn.....if u or anyone failed out there in oilfield it wasn't CUZZ ur race.....

@joeo7257

5 жыл бұрын

Amen Brother. I was a derrick Man in the early 80's. It didn't take size and strength. Derrick man has to be FAST! Most derrick men are cocky and hyper alert. Fearless good men. Can't get caught with your head up your butt. When you are new, you have to earn trust. You work together all daylight hours, 6 days per week. When you gel with a steady crew, you are in a safe place. Good crews are as tight as family.

@activeexp5341

4 жыл бұрын

Idgaf if there illegal as long as there safe and work

@activeexp5341

4 жыл бұрын

But I got to give to you old timer your fucking fast 👌🏻

@billybromlow8860

4 жыл бұрын

Lord of da board

@RaySarasin

4 жыл бұрын

Very true I spend 25 years on them most leave I loved it

Good driller and good Derrick man

This is wat I like to see.. U can zee that this man like his job and want to be fast and good as posable.. this is experience and a hard tuff kind of attitude.. hard work . No bulshit... keep ureself bizzy and of the mind.. skills man!

good job bro much respects and props.

Reading other's commits ,too funny!!! I played on Riggs for 22.5 years got my first brake handle at 18 in 1977. Started on rig at 15. Set up on a double told had to work up to run a single ran drive ins back ins Idecos Hoppers Wagner Morehouse Frank's and all kinds of one of kind built only thing I would not work was a gen ploe my favorite was snubbing

right on thats awesome. just finished my first day on a service rig, worked on a tele double for a year. think i like servicing better. less scrubbing, more trippin . and best of all no fuckin samples! just wish service riggs had the same kind of tongs as drillin rigs

Pretty damn quick. I noticed No shock absorber on your harness. Are they built into the fall arrestor or what?

I was trained on double fastline rig in 1980 5th gear jumps just before the tubing board clutch is kicked out and brakes applied .

very cool ...very quick..... nice job

Man I use to love being a Derrickman

Looks good to me, good job bro.

looks fun when I quit tower rigging I might try that

DAMN!!! Impressive.

Niceee man. I'm a rookie derrickhand. Breaking out on a brand new 4 line. Havent got to latch yet will tomoro lol. They let me try one today to go tag ran it to me n 7th but it was hopeless I missed by a mile pipe is 66ft way to tall lol I'll learn I hope. Good job again

@darnellt8501

6 жыл бұрын

7 th gear must've been a rush, almost overdrive... 5th is wide open but not that fast... lol

Dam nice job man

Why y'all hating. Anybody can latch when it's slow as hell. Not just anybody can latch with the blocks running at you full speed. Those blocks can move and you gotta be quick and have a method. I been working derricks almost 3 yrs and I still learn something new everyday. Just gotta "git it"

@rigguyjt

8 жыл бұрын

John Whitaker I liked working derricks until they started making us stop the blocks. that's for pussys. The faster, the better I say.

@jtnad47

8 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah. I've never worked for a company that did that, but I wouldn't want To either

@jasonjones1850

8 жыл бұрын

+rigguyjt , Lol you must be working for Hess! I agree, the faster the better. You get in a zone and things run smooth. Everybody gets in sync. Stopping the blocks takes FOREVER. You damn near freeze to death in North Dakota running that slow. A trip in or out would take half the damn day.

@jamesvignali6074

6 жыл бұрын

Well drilling ballet.

@johnbedford7844

5 жыл бұрын

So fuckin what. All those stands of doubles are perfectly uniform. Try latching tall pipe in 5th gear. Then you can brag. Js

Bad ass Derrick man right there!! Someday I hope to be good like that

@happy-uo7nq

3 жыл бұрын

If you want to be like him you suck

I like how you just do your job and don’t talk smack about other rigs or crews or regions. Steady.

@antguer8403

5 жыл бұрын

matt pernar I only talk trash when other people start first!

Awesome work! How does one get a foot in the door for Rig work?

Hey man im just starting derricks in a triple. Just thought id ask if ya had any advice.

very nice job man

I derrick on a double worked on the slants and singles. This guy can throw.

dude, I ain't gonna give you no sh!t, and regardless of pipe size as others have stated you're pretty damn fast Amigo!!!!

Pretty solid latching, especially considering with those stiff arse elevators

poetry in motion

Anthony you re good! I'm a new derrick man and I hope I can be s good as you Sr.

That's good latching man. Screw the negative comments everyone quick to talk trash without a video to back it up

Awesome

Working the hangman's crown 👑.

Looks like a work over we stayed in 5+h gear back in the 80's Northwestern fields around Madison Ville TX

@antguer8403

3 жыл бұрын

Hell yea! Shit a lot of companies block 5th gear these days

was this coming on mornings? what stand were you guys tripping in on that day? that is fucking FAST. I guess so long as nothing severe doesn't happen if the derrick misses. Driller is ALWAYS staring up at crow's nest while raising the traveling block i've seen a string or two slip out of the finger board and fall toward the derrick as we were drilling (kelly rig) on Ensign 46 in ND

I used to latch in 5th gear laying down and sitting down 2 and a 1/2 inch pipe

Good job carnal

thats pretty good

Skilled technology, very good

work over is a lot different than drilling, 12 years in mn

Worked a few Hyper Hopper jack Knifes. Those blocks run fast.

@stanleyjones6705

Жыл бұрын

i broke out on a Hopper in Wyoming.

For one the dope bucket is on the wrong side of the elevators? Might make him look faster?

Bout the only thing I miss about the patch!!

Am i the only one that swings the pipe...i fucking love it when the tubing slams in the elevators without much pushing

Yep....do that with short bails....lol... My driller always wanted me to look up and make sure the elevator was latched....I got into the habit of doing it........

Will the hiring company train you before sending you out. ?? Thanks in advance I just got a callback in cali

Good latch hand

it might look slow but wut u doubt c is how fast the elevators traveled 60 ft

good times.. :) that little iron is fun.. :) The elevators look like toys.. haha.

Quarter turn on them elevators or is it just that windy?

Good job hand

@antguer8403

5 жыл бұрын

VileDesecrator thanx brotha, got a couple more vids on here.

thanx lc smith

I need a Derrickhand like that on my crew

Thank homeboy!!!!! And I got like 4 or 5 more videos of me latching with no hand also. So hit me up if u got any questions playa

Aww man!! I would say you’re the DA man but great Derrick hand after guiding it and stabbing it starts to screw it in by hand !! 🫡

He latches that elevator so fast you can barely see it occur.

When the driller is running them at you like that derrickman needs to look-up each time after latching to make sure he's not 'snagged' don't want to give the floorhand a derrickman-donut on his foot lol

This man can latch some pipe dang!!! I'm an operator. Lot of guys don't like it. I'd rather be trippin for 12 hours a day twenty days straight then paint and scrub a few hours a day. Biggest difference workover can't pull nearly as much but boy can we scream in and out the hole. Be safe guys

LIVED IN ABILENE BACK IN THE EIGHTIES DID EVERYTHING BUT THE BRAKE !

Barrow Island Western Australia forty years ago two IDECO workovers with the fifth gear blanked off as being to dangerous and costly as it was a carton of beer ever stand treed. We also had a mountain rig and before those rigs we had a Freddy Cooper workover very fast very dangerous.

@karatekid6026

Ай бұрын

I almost got killed by an ideco back in rambler back in 1988. 😂

Damn good derrickman quick hands, I'm a pusher for well servicing I would hire you in a quickness half these guys talk shit probably never stepped foot like we have keep it up

@RaySarasin

4 жыл бұрын

Worked derrick for 12 years I loved the job then went drilling super job he is doing most commenters from what I see I think never stepped foot on the diving board cheers

its coo cuz I don't do that any more I run the rig now ... but like I said I wanna see ur video just to see how u do

badass old man tripping pipe.

I only had a month of experience and i got the job over here in giddings tx

@rubendarioluquegodoy5280

4 жыл бұрын

Frankie Reyes tienes un número quiero preguntarte sobre el trabajo Derrickhand

The pipe, blocks and elevator are so tiny..its cute!

@davidshane5186

3 жыл бұрын

@@kalebstokes2293 lol..because it's true..u offended or something?

@stanleyjones6705

Жыл бұрын

big enough to get the job done.

It's easy if you lay out on that belt good job Derrickhand

WHERES THE ONE HANDED LATCH 5 TH GEAR DOUBLE FAST THEN HES A TOP HAND!!!💯💯💯🔥

dude throw 3 1/2 like a real derrick hand

No ringer for you.. Miss this old style of trippin pipe before the IDECO blocks

I started on a over work rig after the 1985 drilling rig crash and spent many years latching pipe in East Texas and west louisiana then got on the break handle for 20 or so years, what I'll tell younger men is "stay as far away from rigs of any kind" i had to get old school style and it broke me down straight to disability,

@antguer8403

6 жыл бұрын

Yes sir I know what you’re saying I’m 33 now and spent over ten years on rigs working Derricks and floors my last five were on a break handle myself from 25 to 30 and I finally got smart and now I run a Hot Oiler and I love how easy it is and how much less strain I put on my body....... working Derricks messed up my knees and my shoulders and my wrist and ankles and lower back..

Try having the floor hands swing the elevators so that when they getting to u they are at hand level and the block are going away and u just throw it and close it easy

@CenoWick

2 жыл бұрын

You never get the Blocks or Elevators swinging at anytime.

Thats some dangerous shit

This is work over though right? alot hard with 4 and 3 and 1/2 but deff impressive..

I'm new to derricks been working it for 4 weeks I can latch on 5th but he clutches out a bit. I have trouble on tall pipe. Cameron rig 6ft bells bv elevators. Any help?

Nice

He is good!!!

Koo video bro!!!!

This is normal all derrick men do this every day and it's nice weather make that 30 degree's and raining with 5" drill pipe covered in synthetic mud that's fun.

Top drive. SCR. the future.

ur a beast.....

man don't miss damf

Steady and center that pipe when the driller picks it up from the tubing spider(slips). Bend your knees and reach to bump the swivel when it comes up at a bad angle. Train your floor hands to pay attention to how they send them up. If they have trouble, you can make marks with chalk on the bottom of the blocks and on the swivel. Make the marks line up how you want it sent up.

isnt the safety harness supposed to go between your legs aswell? Thats mandatory where I work.

Man I just started derricks, 19 rn

Robert west this is it

Thanx old school

Yep. Slam it and steer it. In Canada -35C is when they are allowed to shut it down.

fuckin at right, that's how I was taught to play the song

Im not even close to being a derrick hand because I'm scared of heights but I gotta say its funny as hell seeing the drilling rig derrick hands talking shit about the size of pipe! I bet the big shit is hell to latch up but y'all forgetting about the speed of a workover rig lol. I've heard plenty of stories from old time hands taking about drill hands coming to workover saying they are the best derrick hands in the world then asking "what was that"? Then the operator or pusher having to explain "that was the blocks that just flew past you" hahaha

Good job, even on the last stand or was it double.

@antguer8403

9 жыл бұрын

Yea it was all me floor hands sent them up wrong n I tried ta get it bacc with the dead line but I fucc'd up but other than that it was all gud thanx though I'm an operator now so for the most part them days r gone n er now n than I get up there n do the same n I still got it bro