Stellar Schramm Rig Service

FE Buehler & Sons is a family-owned company based in Warrington, Pennsylvania. Currently owned by John Buehler and his brother Russell, the business was started by Buehler’s great grandfather with a few wooden rigs and a primary focus on water wells.

“Now we do a little bit of everything — water wells, monitoring wells, municipal wells, full pump service, water treatment. That’s been our focus for as long as I can remember,” Buehler said.

FE Buehler & Sons has used Schramm rigs since 1965 when they purchased a used 1961 TMDR107. They had the additional benefit of being near Schramm’s service center in West Chester, Pennsylvania.

“It was very convenient for us,” Buehler said. “But ever since the Schramm [shop] closed, we had nowhere else to go for service.”

But when Buehler learned that some of the people from Schramm started up their own business near Philadelphia in Oxford, Pennsylvania, now the Geoprobe^® East Coast Service Center (ECSC), they immediately turned to them for their Schramm rig service needs. They’ve stuck with the ECSC since then.

“I never had any issues of them not performing the duties I’ve requested,” Buehler said. “We’ve had top heads replaced, exhaust work, light compressor work done, hoses here and there, and blowdown cable — a bunch of different things. We go to get a tune up every once-and-a-while to make sure everything is okay and nothing breaks down.”

No matter the type of Schramm rig service they request, they feel confident that the service team knows what they’re doing.

“Usually there’s someone overseeing the project on what they’re doing. Dave [Harrison] is usually out there keeping an eye on things, making sure things are done to their standards,” Buehler said. “It’s important when you take a machine out there that they’re not just sticking someone on it to fill a spot. There’s a qualified person there.”

Buehler appreciates having not just experienced technicians working on his Schramm rigs, but also their integrity when it comes to taking care of their customers.

“Everybody on the Internet nowadays is about doing it for cheaper, but then they charge you so much. Other companies would charge us for the parts, or have us find the parts, and we’d have to do the repairs ourselves,” Buehler said. “Whenever a rig shuts down — any kind of machine can do that — the ECSC sends someone out to help it run right away. It’s a real peace of mind to know if something catastrophic happens, someone has our backs.”