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What do owners think about their Geoprobe® drill rig? Check out some of the stories below to learn how their rigs helped them achieve success and perhaps discover how a Geoprobe® drill rig could spark the next step in your own environmental, geotechnical, exploration, geothermal, and water well drilling business growth.


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Small Water Well Rigs Mean Big Business Advantages

When it comes to water well drilling, a small rig doesn’t require sacrificing production. With today’s technology, small drill rigs provide just as much power – or more – than many larger rigs and offer additional business advantages.

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Profit Boosting Water Wells

Drawn to the DM450 for its simplicity, Wyoming company discovers numerous other business benefits.

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Lightweight, Maneuverable DM450 Efficiently Sets Up-to 16-inch Casing

Wide array of standardized drilling rig components tailors DM450 to commercial water well, geothermal, or cathodic protection jobs.

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Latest DM250 Options Make Jobs Easier

New DM250 options include on-board grout mixer to make jobs easier.

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Gaining Ground on Geothermal Energy Expansion

Demand for geothermal energy has generated drilling industry growth. For many companies, geothermal drilling business is booming, while others weather fluctuations by diversifying their service lines with a single rig.

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Engineered Advantages of DM450  

Drillers have taken notice of thoughtfully engineered solutions on the latest DM450.

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Big Rig in a Small Package Under Class A/B CDL for Power on Tight Job Sites

Choose from a wide range of options, including rod carousel, tailoring your DM250 to your geography and production needs.

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Unique Geoprobe® Open House Opens Eyes to Rig Effectiveness

Attending the Geoprobe® Open House paints a clear picture of how they make metal into machines focused on solving drillers concerns.

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Rig Struggles Solved Through Customer-inspired Engineering, Solid Support

Engineers with open ears and service technicians eager to resolve problems equals added value for drillers running the Geoprobe® DM series of water well rigs.

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Geoprobe® Success Stems from Taking Care of People

Planted on the plains of Kansas by a bunch of farm boys focused on making drilling equipment, Geoprobe® has blossomed into a world leader in the drilling industry due to strong in-house engineering and exceptional in-house service.

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Reduce Cost, Space, and Weight: Adjustable Pipe Grip Tool

Job sites requiring multiple sizes of rods historically forced drillers to tote the weight — and expense — of multiple sizes of rod grip pullers. Now there's one tool to cover the scope of several other individual tools. Consider the NEW adjustable rod gr

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Probing Times Spring 2023
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Solid Tooling Engineering, Customer Support Aid Company Success

Serving Southeast Alaska with environmental and geotechnical drilling for the past seven years, Cuff Blakely and his wife have progressed their company CLEARVIEW from a Geoprobe® 8M to a 66DT.

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Probing Times Spring 2023
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Expert Service Technicians Provide Drill Rig Repair Peace of Mind

Providing Florida with geotechnical and environmental drilling, materials testing, remediation system installation and maintenance, and ground penetrating radar services, the 44-year-old IMPERIAL TESTING & ENGINEERING relies on the Southeast Service

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Probing Times Spring 2023
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Centerpoint Connected Customer Portal Critical to Company Communication, Schedule

Starting out in Mississippi in the '90s with a couple auger rigs, the WALKER HILL ENVIRONMENTAL INC fleet now includes 27 Geoprobe® rigs — ranging from 7822DT combination drill rigs to 8150LS sonic drilling rigs — across their offices in four different st

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Probing Times Spring 2023
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Valued Asset Renewed When Factory Refurbished

With six offices across four states — Kentucky, Illinois, Tennessee, and Connecticut, CHASE ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP INC provides primarily environmental field services and remediation. They increasingly subcontract drilling services for other companies out of

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Probing Times Spring 2023
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NEW Logging Tool Characterizes Saturated Soil Porosity: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR), a widely used borehole wireline logging technology in the petroleum industry for characterizing hydrocarbon reservoirs, has been adapted for hydrological investigations within monitoring wells and open boreholes. During t

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Probing Times Spring 2023
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Extensive HRSC Logging Tool Career Clarifies Advantages

Progressing up the ladder from consultant to senior project manager, David Heicher found himself spending more time managing people and budgets and less time in the field. “I’d been in the business 12 years and had a young family so felt stuck,” Heicher

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Probing Times Spring 2023
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Geoprobe® Implants Make Soil Gas Sampling Easy

Did you know the first Geoprobe® machines and tools were designed specifically for soil gas sampling? Our capabilities in soil and groundwater sampling were follow-up developments to our initial soil gas sampling systems.

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Probing Times Spring 2023
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Rig Speed, Ease Expands Vapor Intrusion Market

Focused on vapor intrusion, H&P MOBILE GEOCHEMISTRY is one of few companies in their region of California to offer a one-stop-shop for completing vapor probe installation, soil gas sampling, and analyses.

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Probing Times Spring 2023
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Greatest Invention

Primarily roaming within a 100-mile radius of Philadelphia, TRISTATE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES performs a broad range of environmental field services in New Jersey and Southeast Pennsylvania. Project Manager Ted Sobieski credits their “jack-of-all

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Probing Times Spring 2023
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Single Source for Sonic Systems

Geoprobe® engineers are expected to get dirty — in the shops building equipment or in the field testing the latest innovations. This helps customers because they can actually talk to the people who build their machines, they know how to run them, and they

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Probing Times Spring 2023
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In-house Sonic Drilling Services Achieve Goals

In the environmental drilling industry for two decades, Scott Densteadt has seen it come full circle. “When I started, all we did was drill hollow stem auger or mud rotary. Then direct push side of things really took off and became the standard. However,

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Probing Times Spring 2023
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Establishing Economical Sonic Drilling vs Rotary Drilling

GEOTEK ALASKA began with a 54DT and environmental drilling as their bread and butter. Through the years the Alaska company has diversified by opening a second location — in Hawaii — and completing a 50/50 mix of environmental and geotechnical drilling. As

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Probing Times Spring 2023
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Safety, Simplicity Contribute to Easy Rock Core Learning Curve

As a project engineer with a Ph.D., Aaron Crowley desired to own his own company. So in May 2022 he partnered with Julie Oliphant, owner of Athena Engineering and Environmental, to launch a sister company ATHENA DRILLING to complete a range of geotechnica

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Probing Times Spring 2023
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Preferred Rig for Air Rotary

For some air rotary drilling is a rarity, but for EICHELBERGERS INC in Pennsylvania it’s a weekly occurrence using their 7822DTs. They’ve completed air rotary to 220 feet; they’ve drilled using 8-inch and 10-inch casing. On one project they set 10-inch ca

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Probing Times Spring 2023
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NEW Tooling Transit Option: Easy Transport Pipe Rack

Toting tooling just became simpler with the NEW ‘easy transport drop rack’, providing gates on the ends to keep rods from sliding out and the ability to use the rig blade to pick it up from either side. Other advantages of this NEW Geoprobe® tooling offe

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Probing Times Spring 2023
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Industry-standard Rigs for Environmental Drilling Jobs Push Company Growth

Starting his drilling industry career as a consultant, David Draybuck discovered he didn’t love writing reports. So in 2011, he and his partner gathered funds from closed 401(k)s and an SBA loan to buy a piece of used equipment and launch ENVIROTECH DRILL

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Probing Times Spring 2023
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Realizing Big Dreams Using Compact Rigs for Mud Rotary Drilling Method

Established in 2017 to provide drilling services to geotechnical engineers — focusing on mud rotary technology, PG ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES struggled to break into the environmental market.

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Probing Times Spring 2023
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International Service Support Builds Customer Confidence

Initially seeing drilling as a route toward a career in consulting, Kyle Brown discovered he liked drilling more than engineering. So, when the industry in Alberta, Canada, slowed down during 2015 he saw it as the perfect opportunity to launch his own bus

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Probing Times Spring 2023
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Compact Power Diversifies Capabilities, Perfect for Barge Drilling

Landing a barge project, ODYSSEY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES Owner and Project Manager Jason Miller knew he needed to run tooling beyond the capabilities of his fleet of three 7822DTs. The predominantly environmental and geotechnical drilling company in Pennsy

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Probing Times Spring 2023
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NEW CPT Cone Diameter Now Available: NOVA15

We’re now your source for 10cm2 or 15cm2 cones (probes) for your cone penetration testing (CPT) projects. Pushing a larger diameter cone can provide advantages, depending on the soils you are pushing in.

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Probing Times Spring 2023
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Efficient Seismic CPT Includes Live Views of Data

Passionate about delivering exceptional geotechnical, environmental, and instrumentation exploration services, the TERRACON CONSULTANTS INC office in Savannah, Georgia, went from being without in-house drilling resources in 2021 to running three Geoprobe®

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Probing Times Spring 2023
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Single Source for Cone Penetration Test Apparatus

With more than 25 years of experience, Geoprobe® has the technical team and equipment to support your CPT endeavors. “Cory and Troy have made efforts to be at our disposal to ask questions and their response time is exceptional,” said Derek Wolfe, engine

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Probing Times Spring 2023
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Geoprobe® a One-stop Cone Penetrometer Test Shop

Engineers who had gained valuable geotechnical experience working for the US Army Corps of Engineers Vicksburg District and the Waterways Experiment Station in Vicksburg, Mississippi, launched BURNS COOLEY DENNIS in 1985. Now with a staff of more than 60,

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Probing Times Spring 2023
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Geotechnical Drilling Gains Ground with Right Geotechnical Drills

Established in 2004 as a strictly environmental services company, DIRECT PUSH SERVICES has expanded from a couple of rigs and two employees to six rigs and 15 employees. During the past five years, the Utah company has realized this expansion through the

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Probing Times Spring 2023
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Simplicity of Non CDL Truck Streamlines Adding Drilling Services

Since launching G2 CONSULTING GROUP in 1994, the Michigan company has outsourced drilling for its geotechnical and environmental consulting and materials testing services. However, during the past few years, drillers they’d been using began discontinuing

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Probing Times Spring 2023
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Factory Visit Reveals Manufacturing Expertise

Whether a veteran driller or just starting out, a factory visit provides valuable insight when making the investment required to purchase a new rig. Taking time to see firsthand how the rig you’re considering is engineered and manufactured and meeting the

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Dynamic Driller Spring 2023
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Going the Distance with DRILLMAX® by Geoprobe®

Getting their start in 1992 doing mostly environmental work at gas stations, SHEPLER WELL DRILLING does 75 percent environmental and 25 percent residential work. Lately a lot of their work involves production wells and recovery wells in oil fields.

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Dynamic Driller Spring 2023
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Service Worth a 16-hour Road Trip

Having owned J&J WATER WELL & WINDMILL SERVICES since 2013, Robbie Barnard implemented drilling services in 2020.

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Dynamic Driller Spring 2023
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Back to Our Roots

Four decades ago Michael Barlow began installing pumps and drilling wells with one rig. He diversified into commercial geothermal projects in the early '90s. Today MICHAEL BARLOW DRILLING & SERVICE INC. completes as much service volume as drilling. This i

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Dynamic Driller Spring 2023
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4.5-inch OD Drill Pipe Size Now Available

Engineered to withstand the bigger, deeper work performed by the NEW DM650, the NEW 4.5-inch OD DRILLMAX® drill pipe incorporates a high-strength, lightweight mid-tube between heat-treated, alloy steel ends. Wrench flats are extended to 6 inches for heavy

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Dynamic Driller Spring 2023
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Spring Assisted Swivel Hoist Plugs Increase Safety

Leveraging experience in the geotechnical market developing spring assisted swivel lift caps to maintain winch line tension, tooling design engineers brought similar technology to the water well drilling industry with the spring assisted swivel hoist plug

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Dynamic Driller Spring 2023
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On-Board Hydraulic Welder Saves Time

Optional on-board hydraulic welder speeds production and eliminates bigger support truck.

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Dynamic Driller Spring 2023
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Efficient Rig for Well Installation, Solid Support

Running one legacy model DM450, family-owned DICK JOYCE WELL DRILLING found themselves looking for a solution to their lengthening list of work.

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Dynamic Driller Spring 2023
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DM450 Carousel Capable of Backfeeding Drill Pipe

CREATE OPPORTUNITY TO TASK HELPER WITH OTHER SITE CHORES WHEN YOU CHOOSE CAROUSEL OPTION.

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Dynamic Driller Spring 2023
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Access to Service, Parts Minimizes Downtime

In business providing mainly residential and commercial water well drilling and pump service in Florida since 1997, AFFORDABLE WELL DRILLING & SERVICE INC has experienced significant growth the past five years.

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Dynamic Driller Spring 2023
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Rig Drilling Speed, Service Propel Production

A third-generation company begun by her grandfather Andy Kuka 60 years ago, Danielle Gambrel took over from her father Vince Kuka when he became ill. Completing residential wells and service in Florida as SPRING HILL WELL DRILLING for the last 45 years, t

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Dynamic Driller Spring 2023
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‘Game Changer’ for Geothermal

As ASSOCIATED DRILLING adapts to new ownership, they’re also adapting to the smaller DM250. Calvin Piper now oversees technical work — pumps, water lines, out of water calls — while Kyler Erickson oversees drilling. This includes drilling for water well,

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Dynamic Driller Spring 2023
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Safe Carousel Option Promptly Pays for Itself

CHOOSE DEPENDABLE, EFFICIENT CAROUSEL OPTION TO SAFELY HANDLE DRILL PIPE AND SPEED OVERALL PRODUCTION.

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Dynamic Driller Spring 2023
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Speed and Drill Safety Solidify Sustained Growth Spurt

Drilling since age 18, Paul Tyson decided to return to the industry when he and wife Michelle met and started their own water well installation and geotechnical drilling company in Florida.

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Dynamic Driller Spring 2023
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DM250 on Ford F600 Incorporates Suggestions from Drillers in Field

Drillers across the country using the DM250 for their water well and geothermal work have been fueling our engineers with ideas and suggestions for improvements. In ongoing efforts to make drilling faster, easier, and safer the newest model DM250 on Ford

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Dynamic Driller Spring 2023
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DM250 Delivers Desired Efficiency

Growing up in a drilling family, Kyle Neuendorff began working for the family full-time at the age of 13, learning firsthand lessons on the inefficiencies associated with older equipment. So when he and his brother-in-law established TEXAS SOUTHERN DRILLI

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Dynamic Driller Spring 2023
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Rotary Head and Mast Make for Fast, Easy Drilling

Possessing power to reach depth with ability to support weight of steel casing, the DRILLMAX® DM650 is engineered to handle 24-inch wells. Top head and drill mast features contributing to its ability to quietly and smoothly drill deeper, bigger holes incl

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Dynamic Driller Spring 2023
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DM650 Features Suited for Drilling Well Bigger, Deeper

Drillers seeking rotary drilling options for larger, deeper wells in tough geologies choose the DRILLMAX® DM650 offering power of 28.5-foot stroke, 40,000 lb pullback, and 8,000 ft-lb torque. Backed by industry-leading service support, the rig offers addi

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Dynamic Driller Spring 2023
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DM650 Power to Pull, Push When Drilling Wells

Growth east of home base in Burnet, Texas, has Robbie Barnard owner of J&J Water Well & Windmill Services increasingly concerned whether he's equipped for success drilling the necessary 1,000-foot deep wells.

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Dynamic Driller Spring 2023
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Kansas Training “Invaluable”

Having had success with an older 7822DT v2, GSG Consultants Inc looked at a new model to provide them the flexibility they desired for their growing workload.

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Fieldwork Simplified with 31 Series Geotechnical Drills

Tri State Drilling LLC operates 10 rigs on a daily basis providing environmental, geotechnical, and mineral exploration drilling services for engineering firms across the southeast from their offices in Chattanooga and Nashville, Tennessee. Four of their

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E-Newsletter
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31 Series Drill Rigs Keep Drillers Happy

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E-Newsletter
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DT22 for Easier, Faster Jobs Collecting Soil Samples

Collecting soil samples using DT22 expedites process with less strain on driller and helper.

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Probing Times Spring 2022
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Geoprobe® Part of the Team

Drilling tool quality, - like new AWJ rods - knowledge, and service makes Team Geoprobe® another member of the drill crew.

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Probing Times Spring 2022
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Customer Affirms Self Service Customer Portal Centerpoint Connected

Tracking shipping information and machine service histories simplified using self service customer portal Centerpoint Connected.

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Probing Times Spring 2022
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Refurbishment, Relationship Wise Business Investment

Choosing a rig refurbishment makes sense while also finding source to service rigs and provide parts for long-term business relationship.

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Probing Times Spring 2022
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Rig Repair Service Support Vital to Growing Drilling Business

Stellar rig repair service considered part of the package price when purchasing Geoprobe® rigs.

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Probing Times Spring 2022
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Drill Repair Shop Service Exceeds Expectations

Southeast Service Center drill repair shop in Florida saves overhead expenses with available parts while also performing rig repair and paint to get them performing and looking like new.

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Probing Times Spring 2022
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LL MIHPT Site Characterization Report Optimizes Design of a Permeable Reactive Barrier

LL MIHPT site characterization report provides valuable data to ensure permeable reactive barrier contains entire contamination plume at reduced cost to initially proposed plan.

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Probing Times Spring 2022
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Canadian Customer Realizes Benefits of International Service

International service and support simplifies maintenance while reducing downtime for Canadian company.

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Probing Times Spring 2022
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Diving into Optical Profiling with OIHPT

Investing in OIHPT optical imaging system distinguishes services from other in region while providing clients a cost effective characterization.

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Probing Times Spring 2022
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Groundwater Sampling Methods: Screenpoint Latching Samplers Assure Integrity

Groundwater sampling methods using screenpoint latching samplers assure sample integrity by isolating the sample zone.

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Probing Times Spring 2022
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Screenpoint Sampling Project for PFAS Water Testing Proves Profitable

Scope of PFAS water testing project balloons while successfully using screenpoint sampling under 7822DT and 6712DT.

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Probing Times Spring 2022
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Sonic System Includes Service and Tooling Support

Cost compared with durability along with product knowledge makes Geoprobe® sonic system - drill rig, tooling, service, and support - worth the investment.

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Probing Times Spring 2022
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Sonic Drill Rigs and Tooling Stand Up to Alaska Geology

Geoprobe® 8150LS sonic drill rigs featuring rod handling system, dual breakout clamps, and indexing rack makes for easy operation along with tooling advice and support from team of sonic drill rigs experts.

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Probing Times Spring 2022
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Growing with Geoprobe®

Noticeable power difference in new 6712DT makes installing 2-inch groundwater monitoring wells to 25 feet feasible versus sending 7822DT.

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Probing Times Spring 2022
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Production Flies with DT325 Driven Casing Standard Penetration Testing (OTE)

DT325 standard penetration testing (SPT) out-the-end (OTE) efficiently produces borings with less mess.

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Probing Times Spring 2022
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7822DT Hunts for Beyond Oak Island Treasure

7822DT size and power makes it perfect tool to safely hunt for hidden treasure on Beyond Oak Island television show.

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Probing Times Spring 2022
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7822DT Perfect Fit for Various Drilling Methods

Ability to perform different drilling methods makes 7822DT workhorse, switching from direct push sampling to bedrock coring quickly and easily.

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Probing Times Spring 2022
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7822DT v3 Enhancements Make Everyone Happy

Enhancements on newer model 7822DT rigs range from function, to fuel savings, to safety.

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Probing Times Spring 2022
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Three Rigs in One

3230DT versatility as all engineering-type rig - environmental, geotechnical, and CPT - in a single, relatively compact package has advantage of a second hydraulic circuit for mud pump to serve as efficient mud rotary drill.

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Probing Times Spring 2022
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20CPT Skid Steer and CPT Equipment Economically Add Numerous Business Advantages

Adding 20CPT Skid Steer and CPT equipment provides economical way to gain footing in the CPT market.

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Probing Times Spring 2022
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Geoprobe® Seismic CPT Saves Time, Provides Confidence

Seismic CPT module offers processing and procedural advantages to maximize confidence in field testing.

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Probing Times Spring 2022
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Interlocking Split Spoon Makes Split Spoon Soil Sampling Easier

Conducting split spoon soil sampling in heaving sands simplified using interlocking split spoon.

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Probing Times Spring 2022
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Geotechnical Rig Checks the Boxes

Capabilities of 3126GT - including serving as a rock coring drill - makes rig ideal for array of geotechnical jobs.

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Probing Times Spring 2022
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Drilling Technology for the Times

3126GT gets into tighter areas and uses less fuel than a big drill truck while providing drilling technology to easily auger to depth on tough sites.

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Probing Times Spring 2022
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Spring Assisted Swivel Lift Caps Improve Drilling Safety

Strengthening drilling safety protocols across the company included stocking spring assisted swivel lift caps.

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Probing Times Spring 2022
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Comfort, Ease, Versatility of Truck Mounted Drill Expands Footprint

Simplified mobility of 3100GT truck mounted drill makes it cost effective to expand footprint and because it doesn't require Class A/B CDL expands employee base capable of driving to sites.

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Probing Times Spring 2022
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Features Convince Customer NEW 3145GT Suited to Off-Road, Deeper Geotechnical Work

Centerline head side shift on NEW 3145GT aligns all head functions and winches over the bore hole for efficient performance on power line projects.

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Probing Times Spring 2022
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NEW East Coast Service Center: Right Guys with Right Skills for Schramm Drill Rigs Refurbish

In addition to providing another service option for Geoprobe® rigs, the team's extensive experience working on and rebuilding water well and air rotary rigs means they're also often sought out by companies across the nation for rig refurbs.

ID: 5931 | Date:
Dynamic Driller Spring 2022
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Maintaining a Bustling Business

Drillers rely on the Geoprobe®/DRILLMAX® Southeast Service Center for stocking parts of a drill rig for routine rig maintenance or more extensive repairs and service to keep rigs operational.

ID: 12373 | Date:
Dynamic Driller Spring 2022
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Drill Service Backed by Engineers

Drill service backed by engineers earns praise of drillers across the country.

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Dynamic Driller Spring 2022
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Water Well Drilling Equipment Factory Tour Seals Deal

Putting hands on controls and interacting with engineers and services technicians during water well drilling equipment factory tour provides incentive to invest in DRILLMAX® rig.

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Dynamic Driller Spring 2022
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Makes Work Less Work

Spring assisted swivel hoist plug provides cleaner, faster, safer production when drilling to make life a little easier.

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Dynamic Driller Spring 2022
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DRILLMAX® by Geoprobe® Drill Pipe Saves Production Time, Rig Wear

Drillers realize decreased production times and rig wear utilizing DRILLMAX® drill pipe.

ID: 12368 | Date:
Dynamic Driller Spring 2022
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Drill Pipe for Sale Now Available in Multiple Sizes

DRILLMAX® drill pipe for sale in multiple sizes offers increased durability with lighter weight and more flow capacity in certain sizes.

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Dynamic Driller Spring 2022
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Technology Produces

Technology of self-feed rod carousel combined with pulldown power and pump result in faster mud pump well drilling production.

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Dynamic Driller Spring 2022
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Better and Faster

Overall power, available options, small top drive drilling rig size, and bigger jacks on latest DM250 models make slipping into lake lots , leveling up, and drilling through tough formations efficient even during frost laws.

ID: 12365 | Date:
Dynamic Driller Spring 2022
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Efficiency Plus Simplicity Equal Performance

Small DM250 outperforms larger rigs with faster rotation speed and head movement while offering easy operation and maneuverability on residential water well drilling sites.

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Dynamic Driller Spring 2022
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Air Rotary Drilling to Mud and Back

Purchased for its mud rotary capabilities, the DM250 effectively performs air drilling in palm-sized cobbles using an auxiliary air compressor.

ID: 12363 | Date:
Dynamic Driller Spring 2022
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On Vacation When Running New Rig

Water well construction and pump service business feels like being on vacation when running new DM450.

ID: 12362 | Date:
Dynamic Driller Spring 2022
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Money Well Spent for Water Wells Drilling

DRILLMAX® DM450 provides remarkable power for its compact configuration. NEW rod carousel options accommodate drill pipe preference while it permits performing one-man operation.

ID: 12361 | Date:
Dynamic Driller Spring 2022
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Customer Confirms Increased Strength of DT22 Core Catcher Attachment Liners

NEW Geoprobe® DT22 core catcher attachment liners twice as strong as previous product.

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E-Newsletter
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Customer Conversations Prompt 20 Percent Stronger Split Spoon Cutting Shoe, Product Line Expansion

While collecting SPT samples through 2.25-inch hollow stem augers in Triassic silt stone, JD Barker, owner of Quantex in North Carolina, started seeing cutting shoe failures...

ID: 6244 | Date:
E-Newsletter
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Customer Clamors for Higher Torque Rotary Head on 3100 Series Rigs

Seeking an efficient truck-rig solution for road borings, Duane Reichel, owner of Soils & Engineering Services in Wisconsin, found the solution...

ID: 6243 | Date:
E-Newsletter
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Discovering the Efficiency and Versatility of Geoprobe® 6712DT

As a startup drilling company in 1984 using a baby blue Volkswagen Rabbit as a support “truck,” Kyle Brown, owner and president, served as the company’s driller...

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E-Newsletter
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NEW 6011DT Solves Direct Push Predicaments with Big Power in a Small Footprint

Coming in at 48-inches wide and sporting a GH63 percussion hammer, the NEW 6011DT debuted during Open House delivered a powerful punch to the direct push drilling industry, convincing customers it can solve their predicaments.

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E-Newsletter
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Making Geotech Work Faster, Easier, Safer

Positioned as the next generation of combination rigs, owners of 3100GT truck mounted rig and 3126GT track mounted rig describe the advantages as new machine options are revealed.

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E-Newsletter
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Three Service Centers Offer Customers Expertise, Tools, and Inventory

For expertise, specialty tools, and part inventory for rig repair to refurbishment choose from one of three service center options.

ID: 5883 | Date:
Dynamic Driller Spring 2021
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Faster, Easier, Safer Job with NEW Options for DM450

Easily trip in and out while the helper focuses on other site tasks, ultimately increasing production rates, when you choose the NEW DM450 options.

ID: 5875 | Date:
Dynamic Driller Spring 2021
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NEW DM250 Rig Options for Faster, Easier, Safer Jobs

Amplify production while allowing driller to focus on making the hole and helper to work on other job site duties with NEW options including rod carousel.

ID: 5874 | Date:
Dynamic Driller Spring 2021
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NEW DRILLMAX® by Geoprobe® Adapter Subs

Enjoy one-stop shopping with adapter subs in lengths suited to machine and application available on the shelf.

ID: 5873 | Date:
Dynamic Driller Spring 2021
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NEW Spring Assisted Swivel Hoist Plug

Bears weight of the rod to make removing drill rods from tool string more efficient and safe.

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Dynamic Driller Spring 2021
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NEW DRILLMAX® by Geoprobe® Drill Pipe

More than 15% Lighter. More than 15% Stronger. More than 30% More Flow Capacity.

ID: 5871 | Date:
Dynamic Driller Spring 2021
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NOW OPEN: Three Service Locations to Meet Your Needs

Same day parts shipping on most replacement and critical parts when you call before 2 p.m. local time.

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Dynamic Driller Spring 2021
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Schramm Drill Rig T450M Just Like New

Excerpt from "Refurbishing the Drill Rig" by Mike Price, Water Well Journal

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Dynamic Driller Spring 2021
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Drilling Rather Than Repairing

Ability to do same size wells on a smaller truck means getting in and out of tight spots.

ID: 5870 | Date:
Dynamic Driller Spring 2021
article

More Family Time

Technical support from engineers and efficiency of DM450 means more time with family versus working weekends.

ID: 5860 | Date:
Dynamic Driller Spring 2021
article

Dynamite in a Small Package

Simplicity of DM250 is a game changer for family-owned business.

ID: 5869 | Date:
Dynamic Driller Spring 2021
article

Three-generation Company Thrives After Rig Theft

Rig theft leads to discovering advantages of DM250 to shorten job times ultimately reaping more profit.

ID: 5868 | Date:
Dynamic Driller Spring 2021
article

Best Business Investment

The DM250 package gets the job done, especially in tight spaces, as compared to bigger machines.

ID: 5867 | Date:
Dynamic Driller Spring 2021
article

Veteran Drillers Praise DM250 Engineering 

Drillers take notice of the attention to detail engineers placed on making their jobs easier.

ID: 5866 | Date:
Dynamic Driller Spring 2021
article

Latest DM250 Options Make Jobs Easier

New DM250 options include on-board grout mixer to make jobs easier.

ID: 5865 | Date:
Dynamic Driller Spring 2021
article

Legacy Owner Chooses New DM250 for Next 125

Latest DM250 impresses legacy owner with improvements - from fit, finish and design - including being faster and stronger than previous models.

ID: 5864 | Date:
Dynamic Driller Spring 2021
article

Engineered Advantages of DM450

Drillers have taken notice of thoughtfully engineered solutions on the latest DM450.

ID: 5863 | Date:
Dynamic Driller Spring 2021
article

Additional DM450 Options for Easier Jobs

Factory-mounted Mudslayer 250 among new features on DM450 to make work easier.

ID: 5862 | Date:
Dynamic Driller Spring 2021
article

Letter from the President

Our collective team continues to work together to live out our company STATEMENT OF OBJECTIVES that were penned by our founders in 1987.

ID: 5786 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2021
article

East Coast Service Center

New service center option at 468 Limestone Rd, Oxford, Pennsylvania, 19363, 610-467-1750.

ID: 5785 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2021
article

New Service Option Reduces Costs

Repair and Paint service option reduces cost and project time compared to Factory Refurbish, suited for rigs which are mechanically sound but need a coat of paint and a few repairs.

ID: 5784 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2021
article

Geoprobe® Rigs Never Say Die

Repair and Paint includes new paint, new wiring harnesses, new slides and hoses, switches, worn valves, and decals replaced. The machine is gone through from top to bottom. 

ID: 5783 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2021
article

New Customer Portal

Centerpoint Connected places information at your fingertips with access to your machine and order records.

ID: 5782 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2021
article

New AWJ Rods

Consistent, high-quality AWJ rods feature blunt start thread aligning threads and preventing cross threading.

ID: 5781 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2021
article

Geoprobe® Tooling Continues to Change Industries

Direct push drilling (percussion hammer driven) machines and tools were introduced to the market in 1987. This technology totally changed the way environmental site investigations were done. Today, Geoprobe® continues to add innovative products into other

ID: 5780 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2021
article

New 3.25 OTE Setup

Out-the-end (OTE) SPT has gained favor with drillers and engineers. The ability to collect continuous soil samples more quickly — pushing the casing versus completing traditional geotechnical drive and wash — has created business advantages for companies

ID: 5779 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2021
article

Tooling Spells Sampling Success

Geoprobe® drilling tooling flexibility and various diameters prove vital to environmental investigation success.

ID: 5778 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2021
article

New 36mm X 1m CPT Rod

Rope thread minimizes rotations required to make a joint while size fits inside 2.25-inch rod often used as a conductor casing.

ID: 5777 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2021
article

Rigs for Efficient CPT Production

Power and ability to put in anchors quickly with the 6712DT with 20CPT Press results in more footage.

ID: 5776 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2021
article

High Resolution Business Takes Flight

Leaning on the can-do lessons of his Marine training and the small-company culture he cherished during his first drilling job guides building Veteran Drilling into high resolution site characterization resource for California.

ID: 5775 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2021
article

Optical Image Profiler (OIP) Refines Conceptual Site Model in Brazil

Finkler Ambiental uses their Geoprobe® 6712DT in conjunction with Direct Image® MiHPT and OIP systems at a project site that serves as a storage plant for various fuels with more than 300 monitoring wells.

ID: 5774 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2021
article

New Groundwater Screen Point Latching Samplers

Groundwater Screen Point Latching Samplers isolate sampler with a secure seal within the zone you're pumping to assure sample integrity.

ID: 5773 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2021
article

Perfect Equipment for PFAS Investigation

6712DT provides power for PFAS investigation while Genuine Geoprobe® tooling and service from Southeast Service Center amplifies advantages.

ID: 5772 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2021
article

New 6011DT Limited Access Drill Rig

Tight spaces are no match for the 6011DT. Use 5-foot tooling and GH63 hammer while still being sized to slip into small spaces.

ID: 5771 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2021
article

3100GT on F600

Increased payload capacity drill truck offers torque, percussion, and speed while remaining under class A/B CDL

ID: 5770 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2021
article

New Screen Point Groundwater Sampler for 1.75 Rods

Delivering a protected sampling screen to depth and then "opening" or exposing the screen to the formation, the new SP19 Groundwater Sampler is designed for use with the 1.75 rod system often preferred by high resolution characterization professionals.

ID: 5769 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2021
article

Geoprobe® Solid Choice for Sonic Drilling

Seven reasons why Geoprobe® sonic drilling rigs and tooling set companies up for success.

ID: 5764 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2021
article

New Sonic Core Catchers

Customer input helps create stronger sonic core catcher.

ID: 5763 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2021
article

Smaller Footprint, Faster Production

Increased sampling and casing times means more footage per day while dependability amplifies accuracy of project bids.

ID: 5762 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2021
article

Quarter Century of Success Includes Sonic Drilling

Sonic drill rigs and sonic tooling designed as a comprehensive package to work together includes added safety of rod handler, surging sonic business to include water well installation.

ID: 5761 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2021
article

New 3.75 Tooling

Changes to 3.75 tooling improves fit with standard NWL coring bits.

ID: 5760 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2021
article

Geoprobe® Great for Geotech

Geotechnical advantages of 7822DT makes it the rig of choice for 90 percent of work and opens up more areas capable of getting into to work.

ID: 5759 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2021
article

Power to Solve Problems

Surprising power permits completing wireline rock coring with one-stop-shop 7822DT.

ID: 5758 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2021
article

Excelling at Both Geotechnical and Environmental Sampling

7822DT fits the need to efficiently complete both geotechnical and environmental sampling.

ID: 5756 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2021
article

Versatility Key to Drilling Business Expansion

Opening an office in a new city was efficient with the ability of the 3230DT to deploy six or seven different drilling techniques.

ID: 5755 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2021
article

Solid Solution for Shear Wave Velocity Data Collection

Being able to access raw data in real-time in the field with Geoprobe® seismic CPT module eliminates the need to remobilize and revisit a site to collect seismic shear wave data.

ID: 5754 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2021
article

Geoprobe® Seismic CPT Benefits

Benefits of Geoprobe® Seismic CPT include support by technical experts

ID: 5753 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2021
article

New Geoprobe® Seismic CPT

When compared to other seismic CPT systems, the Geoprobe® Seismic CPT provides better field performance with option to see arrival of the wave.

ID: 5752 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2021
article

New Mud Rotary Tool Management

Improved mud pans and tooling racks streamline mud rotary job site housekeeping.

ID: 5739 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2021
article

Geotechnical Drilling Tools Innovations Add Noticeable Ease and Value

With tooling designed for the user while still meeting ASTM standards, geotechnical engineering firm drill crews appreciate the ease and simplicity of two recent tooling innovations - the spring assisted swivel lift cap and the interlocking split spoon.

ID: 5738 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2021
article

Troublefree Transitions Plus Added Power

Increased diversity and ability than a conventional rig, the 3100 series machines decrease time adjusting alignment which means increased time drilling with the power to pull steel out of tight conditions.

ID: 5737 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2021
article

New 3100 Series Machine Options

Higher torque head, third winch option, and lower transportation height among new options on 3100 series machines.

ID: 5736 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2021
article

Reaching Greater Rock Coring Depths

The extra power combined with ability to shift back and forth between different downhole tools on the 3126GT increased productivity when rock coring to 250 feet through granite/quartzite in Virginia.

ID: 5735 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2021
article

Spring Cleaning Checklist for Geoprobe® Rigs

ID: 5548 | Date:
E-Newsletter
article

Gaining Ground on the Competition

Adding versatility of a combination drill rig with both direct push drilling and rotary drilling capabilities can minimize mobilization costs and maximize rig utilization, creating advantages for environmental or geotechnical businesses.

ID: 5351 | Date:
Web Article
article

NEW Geoprobe® Seismic CPT Module Yields Better Data at Lower Cost

Primarily focused on completing site investigations and writing soil reports to help clients eliminate risk as they build...

ID: 5341 | Date:
Web Article
article

Advancing Geotechnical Services with the NEW 3126GT and 3100GT

Doing a bit of everything in the private and government sectors - including drilling, environmental, geotechnical engineering...

ID: 5340 | Date:
E-Newsletter
article

Simplify Split Spoon Sampling with Geoprobe® 2-inch Interlocking Split Spoons

Split spoons the shape of balloons when sampling heaving sands have been eliminated since Alt & Witzig Engineering switched...

ID: 5339 | Date:
E-Newsletter
article

20 CPT Press now available with skid steer configuration

The Geoprobe® 20 CPT flexible mast option with quick mount design easily attaches the Geoprobe® 6712DT direct push machine.

ID: 1884 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2018
article

Dedicated CPT Machine Opens Profit Options

Olsson desired an efficient, dedicated machine to run their CPT. In choosing the Geoprobe® 20CPT skid steer, their dedicated machine also provided profit versatility...

ID: 281 | Date:
Probing Times Summer 2020
article

Going at 'Geo-pace'

Versatility of DM450 effective for production pressures of geothermal drilling and cathodic protection drilling service lines.

ID: 5824 | Date:
Dynamic Driller Fall 2020
article

New Rig Brings Peace of Mind

Upgrading to a DM250 provides a win-win, faster production and more family quality time.

ID: 5826 | Date:
Dynamic Driller Fall 2020
article

Building the Business

A refurbished DM250 helped the Moore family end a three-year hiatus on water well drilling, building the business back to the founder's dreams.

ID: 5830 | Date:
Dynamic Driller Fall 2020
article

DM250 'Big Rig' in a Little Package

Replacing their 2005 DM250 with a brand new model gave Simmons a lot more of what they had and a leg up on the competition.

ID: 5829 | Date:
Dynamic Driller Fall 2020
article

Power for Wireline, Factory 4X4 for Wooded Paths

DM250 provides power for wireline technique sampling of mine tailings while lightweight to maneuver lanes through the Georgia pines.

ID: 5828 | Date:
Dynamic Driller Fall 2020
article

Off-road Demand Dictates Dedicated Dewatering Rig

DM250 speeds up installation of dewatering wells, cutting costs per well, while making driller's experience more pleasant.

ID: 5827 | Date:
Dynamic Driller Fall 2020
article

Distinctly Different DM450

Reengineered DM450 provides versatility and less downtime after sinkhole sucks down drill rig.

ID: 5825 | Date:
Dynamic Driller Fall 2020
article

7822DT Provides Versatility to Pivot Scope of Services

Establishing a strong foothold in the direct push business, Geo Lab Probing Services got their start in 1996 as a sampling, on-site lab screening company...

ID: 4577 | Date:
E-Newsletter
article

Cut Costs with NEW Pricing

NEW pricing on liner cutters means your costs are cut in half for MC/MC5, DT22, DT325 and DT45 liner cutters...

ID: 5142 | Date:
E-Newsletter
article

Create Competitive Advantage with OTE Sampling

When it came time to gain efficiency in geotechnical drilling, John Clark, project manager at Sage Enviro Tech, sought out Geoprobe® sales representative...

ID: 5134 | Date:
E-Newsletter
article

PFAS Testing of Groundwater Samplers: Q&A with Wes McCall, Geoprobe® geologist

Geoprobe® conducts PFAS tests on groundwater sampling products, results, and recommendations for performing groundwater sampling for PFAS compounds...

ID: 5250 | Date:
Probing Times Summer 2020
article

Technique Creates Competitive Edge

With scheduling busy drillers becoming increasingly difficult in the Northeast, affecting their clients, SAGE Environmental recognized the need to control its environmental, remedial injection, and geotechnical drilling services...

ID: 5282 | Date:
Probing Times Summer 2020
article

Island Geo Drillers Take Geothermal Business to the Next Level with Fast, Powerful DM250

Launching Island Geo Drillers in New York five years ago, Joe Dalba and partner Ryan Maletta were ready to take their closed-loop geothermal installation business to the next level...

ID: 5211 | Date:
Probing Times Summer 2020
article

Versatile Tooling Platform Upon Which to Build New Company

This past summer when Michael Jordan formed his own company in Vermont he chose a 7822DT and genuine Geoprobe® tooling to build Platform Environmental Drilling and Remediation...

ID: 5328 | Date:
Probing Times Summer 2020
article

Geoprobe® PVC Liners Tested Nondetect for 52 PFAS Compounds

Geoprobe® PVC liners tested nondetect for all 52 PFAS compounds...

ID: 5189 | Date:
Probing Times Summer 2020
article

Multiple Service Options Available

Understanding the difficult job you face servicing drill rigs when they are busy performing field work, the service centers – in Kansas and Florida – offer several different options to meet your needs...

ID: 5231 | Date:
Probing Times Summer 2020
article

Southeast Service Shop

Our Ocala, Florida, service team is growing...

ID: 5271 | Date:
Probing Times Summer 2020
article

Exploring Paper Island's Environmental History

Using a Geoprobe® 7822DT with DT22, intact soil samples could be taken in designated depths to help approximately 20 archaeologists from Museum of Copenhagen uncover the city’s environmental history...

ID: 5167 | Date:
Probing Times Summer 2020
article

Proper Care for Aging 7822DT Rigs

In production for more than 12 years, the Geoprobe® 7822DT is a workhorse in many company fleets. If you've had your rig for a few years, it may be showing some signs of age. Three key components on the front of the 7822DT deserve periodic inspection...

ID: 5255 | Date:
article

Containing Communist-Era Contamination

Despite sloping terrain, swampy forest, and harsh weather, Dekonta successfully used 7822DT and Direct Image® tools in their investigation of an old sand quarry, which during the communist era served as a landfill for various factory wastes...

ID: 5132 | Date:
Probing Times Summer 2020
article

DM450 Takes on the Rocky Mountains

A recently delivered DM450 drilling geothermal wells at a university at the base of the Rocky Mountains...

ID: 5154 | Date:
Probing Times Summer 2020
article

Customer Considers DM450 Distinctly Different

With a 140-foot open hole and casing ready to set, Bush Services noticed the hole starting to cave in. Fortunately the operator abandoned the rig as it started sliding backward — into a sinkhole...

ID: 5153 | Date:
Probing Times Summer 2020
article

Capitalize on Combination Capabilities

Fulcrum often found themselves dependent on other drilling contractors to complete a fair amount of their work. Frustrated, they began looking for ways to make the 20-year-old company more competitive by doing all drilling operations in-house...

ID: 5118 | Date:
Probing Times Summer 2020
article

NEW 6712DT Tier 4: Power and Control

NEW 6712DT leverages the Tier 4 engine to incorporate additional features to make your environmental work easier...

ID: 5236 | Date:
Probing Times Summer 2020
article

Sticking to What Works

For Penecore Drilling, sticking to what they do best and remaining resilient through recessions – and now COVID-19 – has been made just a little easier because “Geoprobe® always comes out with a lot of different things that help us.” ...

ID: 5276 | Date:
Probing Times Summer 2020
article

Sonic Satisfies Lithology Needs

Exploring for several years how sonic drilling might fit SAEDACCO's business model, customer needs and evolving technology convinced them it was time to invest...

ID: 5269 | Date:
Probing Times Summer 2020
article

Sonic Only Tool to Succeed

Companies who had tried drilling at a site in Guymon, Oklahoma, lost pipe strings in the rough formation. Keyes had faith in his Geoprobe® 8150LS and his driller, Billy Graham, to get the job done...

ID: 5268 | Date:
Probing Times Summer 2020
article

Farewell Friend, Not Just Colleague

After 26 years, Greg Johnson leaves a legacy of treating customers with honesty and respect and raising the profile of international customers within the company...

ID: 5169 | Date:
Probing Times Summer 2020
article

Considering Adding Sonic Capabilities? Geoprobe® Adds Value

Customers remark how they increasingly see requests for sonic capabilities, making sonic rig ownership necessary to maintain or gain market share. When you choose a Geoprobe® 8150LS sonic rotary rig you gain additional advantages...

ID: 5131 | Date:
Probing Times Summer 2020
article

3-Inch Interlocking Split Spoons

After just a few uses of the 2-inch interlocking split spoon, Discovery Drilling in Alaska was convinced they needed the new design in a 3-inch version to satisfy their sample-hungry clients...

ID: 2114 | Date:
Probing Times Summer 2020
article

Changing with the Times

Enviroprobe Integrated Solutions in West Virgina has steadily increased its geotechnical work since 2013. As their field of work has changed over time, Fore leverages the 7822DT’s ability to core rock...

ID: 5120 | Date:
Probing Times Summer 2020
article

Confidence to Close High-profile Forensic Jobs

When MLA Geotechnical found themselves in need of a truck-mounted drill rig to complete thousands of borings per year in hard clays and limestones, the Geoprobe® 3100GT quickly became their top choice...

ID: 5125 | Date:
Probing Times Summer 2020
article

Geoprobe® CPT Advantage: CPT-ready Rigs and Cone Calibration

With more than 20 years experience, Geoprobe® has the technical team to offer CPT troubleshooting, spare parts, service, and repairs — including cone calibration — along with "CPT-ready" rigs...

ID: 5181 | Date:
Probing Times Summer 2020
article

Cabin Solves Challenge of Weather Extremes

Given their service area in the north-central United States, the climate-controlled cabin of the Geoprobe® 2060CPT Crawler provided an advantage MATECO thought their customers would appreciate...

ID: 5117 | Date:
Probing Times Summer 2020
article

Gaining Ground on the Green Ooze

One cold day in late December rush-hour motorists noticed green ooze gushing onto the pavement through a crack in the retaining wall of I-696, north of Detroit...

ID: 5177 | Date:
Probing Times Summer 2020
article

A Combination of Extremes

The need of GeoTek Hawaii to provide a combination of services, in a combination of environments, led them to have a combination of rigs – though the fleet tips toward Geoprobe® combination rigs like the 7822DT...

ID: 5123 | Date:
Probing Times Summer 2020
article

NEW Spring Assisted Swivel Lift Caps: Improved for Geotech

Now even easier on the forearms and wrists, the NEW Spring Assisted Swivel Lift Caps are lighter weight and feature improved vent holes...

ID: 5242 | Date:
Probing Times Summer 2020
article

NEW Dual Flight Anchor: Save Set-up Time

Earth anchoring options on our 3126GT, 3100GT, and 7822DT now include a single, dual flight anchor...

ID: 5239 | Date:
Probing Times Summer 2020
article

The Delicate Dimension of Drilling

GFA found the perfect combination of precision and power with the Geoprobe® 3230DT along with the added benefit of increasing their productivity through the 3230DT’s direct push capabilities...

ID: 5147 | Date:
Probing Times Summer 2020
article

Dealing with Industry Demands

To meet the varying requests environmental and geotechnical requests, East Coast Drilling Inc. (ECDI) relies heavily on the Geoprobe® 7822DT...

ID: 5146 | Date:
Probing Times Summer 2020
article

Sturdy Interlocking Split Spoon Means More Footage

For a company with an ever-increasing geotechnical workload making a name for itself by drilling in difficult geologies, the Geoprobe® interlocking split spoon turned into a perfect solution to their struggle...

ID: 5277 | Date:
Probing Times Summer 2020
article

NEW 3230DT Tier 4: More Power, Less Fuel

Known for providing precision head feed control and versatility to easily switch between drilling techniques, the NEW Tier 4 3230DT adds horsepower and fuel-saving hydraulic features...

ID: 5235 | Date:
Probing Times Summer 2020
article

Convenient, Consistent Poly-filters

Coming in pre-soaked packs of 10, the new poly filters provide the convenience of ‘one-and-done’ versus the extra effort of determining whether the brass filter has exceeded its viability...

ID: 5133 | Date:
article

Reaching Greater CPT Depths

The ability to anchor the 3230DT, achieving greater CPT depths, has led to the development of a new procedure integrating the CPT data into the bridge piling design for Nebraska Department of Transportation...

ID: 5256 | Date:
Probing Times Summer 2020
article

Already a Fan of the 7822DT?

The NEW 3126GT turns the efficiency of the 7822DT up another notch...

ID: 5094 | Date:
Probing Times Summer 2020
article

Playing Ball with the Big Dogs

Geo Lab Drilling leverages the power of the 7822DT to stretch their capabilities, penetrating shallow rock in the piedmont of the South...

ID: 5251 | Date:
Probing Times Summer 2020
article

Seasoned Drillers Praise Next Generation Machine

Reducing time transitioning between functions with the centerline head side shift is just one of the advantages afforded by the NEW 3126GT...

ID: 5264 | Date:
Probing Times Summer 2020
article

NEW 3126GT: Simplify Your Geotech

Dream of swiftly sliding from rotary to automatic drop hammer without having to reposition mast or machine? The innovative centerline head side shift is a reality on the NEW 3126GT...

ID: 282 | Date:
Probing Times Summer 2020
article

Drillers choose 1.75 in. probe rod for size, durability

Our NEW Geoprobe® 1.75 in. probe rods are stronger, last longer, and can be used for multiple applications...

ID: 5155 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2018
article

Dynamic Driller

Success Stories to Spark Your Water Well, Geothermal, and Cathodic Protection Drilling Business

ID: 12369 | Date:
article

Work Smarter, Not Harder: NEW Spring Assisted Swivel Pull Caps Do the Work for You

Ample rains the past few years have the United States Army Corps of Engineers out of Omaha, Nebraska, busy from the Mississippi River west conducting geotechnical tests on levies and damns...

ID: 5337 | Date:
E-Newsletter
article

Gain Confidence and Production: Quality Of 3100GT Makes the Difference

Completing geotech work across the state of Texas, MLA Geotechnical was accustomed to using their conventional rigs...

ID: 5176 | Date:
E-Newsletter
article

More for The Money: Simplify Traditional Geotech Techniques with NEW 3126GT

No one wants to be stuck in the stone age, which is what it can feel like trying to squeeze profits out of a clunky conventional drill rig...

ID: 5228 | Date:
E-Newsletter
article

Cut Fuel Consumption In Half With New Features On The 7822DT V3

Turning augers with the throttle full tilt and then idling down when fine tuning tool strings may be automatically programmed into some driller’s minds...

ID: 5143 | Date:
E-Newsletter
article

Satisfy Sample Hungry Clients with NEW Patented 3-inch Interlocking Split Spoon

Frozen. Everything. Everywhere. A common challenge in Alaska where the geology is interesting - to say the least - with glacial till and large cobbles. But the tough terra firma...

ID: 5261 | Date:
E-Newsletter
article

Increase Sampling Efficiency with NEW DT22 Detent Drive Head

Loose soils. Medium dense soils. No matter the soil type, the NEW DT22 Detent Drive Head has solved the challenge of damaged or stranded liners...

ID: 5208 | Date:
E-Newsletter
article

Safe, Easy Operation Makes 3100GT Ideal for New Drillers, State Agencies

Cost-efficient mobilization, safety features and ease of operation have made the 3100GT a valuable rig for training new drillers while providing the operating versatility and comfort desired by experienced drillers.

ID: 5260 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2019
article

Favorite Features on the DM250 Water Well Rig

The perfect rig for 2 to 6-inch shallow water wells.

ID: 5173 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2019
article

The Best Version Yet: 7822DT V3 Builds on Tradition of Excellence

Known for providing power and versatility, the Geoprobe® 7822DT V3 builds upon this tradition with elevated efficiency and minimized maintenance...

ID: 5105 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2019
article

Geoprobe® Geologist Wes McCall to Provide Presentations for Inaugural AESAS Conference in Brazil

The first Contaminated Site Conference July 2-4, 2019, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, includes two sessions by Geoprobe® Geologist Wes McCall as part of the broad selection

ID: 5185 | Date:
Web Article
article

Terracon History Sets Foundation for Geotechnical Future

Terracon’s intrusive exploration and sampling methods include hollow stem augering, mud and air rotary, rock coring, and direct push...

ID: 5289 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2019
article

Carbide Sonic Bits

Throughout the years Geoprobe® has accumulated feedback on how sonic bits wear during their lifetime. Our tooling engineers took this information..

ID: 5119 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2019
article

COMING SOON: 3-inch Interlocking Split Spoons

Customers asked, and Geoprobe® tooling engineers have delivered. The interlocking split spoon everyone has grown to love will soon be available in a 3-inch OD version...

ID: 5124 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2019
article

Gregg Drilling LLC Spends Time on Ice

Gregg Drilling LLC of Signal, California, spent time indoors this winter. But that doesn’t necessarily mean they were staying warm...

ID: 5199 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2019
article

3100GT Features You Should See for Yourself

Almost immediately after my return to Geoprobe® I was tossed the keys to our demo 3100GT and told to “go run it."

ID: 2154 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2019
article

Lightweight, Compact DM450 Water Well Rig

For more than 20 years DRILLMAX® has been providing drillers with the model DM450 rotary rig. Primarily utilized to complete residential water wells...

ID: 5214 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2019
article

W2 Engineering Offers Geotech Drilling Services with 3100GT

Started in 2012 as a geotechnical and materials testing firm, W2 Engineering, Oklahoma City, subcontracted a lot of its drilling...

ID: 5332 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2019
article

GeoTek Alaska Sonic Succeeds at Subzero

Using a Geoprobe® 8150LS rotary sonic, GeoTek Alaska drills at -38 degrees Fahrenheit in alluvial sands and gravels of the Tanana Basin near Fairbanks, Alaska...

ID: 5195 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2019
article

Variety Key to Business for Cenozoic

With a bachelor’s degree in geophysics from the University of California Santa Barbara, Jeff Harra’s interest in mining geology, geologic hazards, and equipment design...

ID: 5326 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2019
article

Using Hydraulic Profiling Tool (HPT) to Estimate Groundwater Specific Conductance

Geoprobe® HPT is becoming one of the most common direct push logging tools used in site characterization. An HPT port is now included on ALL MIP...

ID: 5325 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2019
article

Combination Drilling Rig Impresses Field Crews at Field Demos

While seeing a new machine all shiny and new in a convention center can be impressive, witnessing a machine doing the actual work reveals its true potential...

ID: 5122 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2019
article

Geoprobe® Service Offers Multiple Options

The goal of Geoprobe® service is to provide the best equipment service support in the drilling industry. Understanding the difficult job our customers...

ID: 5191 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2019
article

Multiple Sizes of Spring Assisted Swivel Pull Caps Reduce Operator Fatigue

Control of the winch line tension by the springs in the cap creates natural alignment and prevents binding of threads – making threading and unthreading rods quicker...

ID: 5232 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2019
article

Southeast Service Shop in Florida Keeps Customers in the Field

One year ago Todd Ewing and his family relocated from Kansas – bringing more than 10 years of Geoprobe® service experience – to open the southeast service shop in Ocala, Florida...

ID: 5272 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2019
article

Geoprobe® Participates on ITRC Team for Implementing ASCT

The Interstate Technology and Regulatory Council (ITRC) is a state led coalition working to encourage the use of innovative technology and methods to reduce...

ID: 5188 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2019
article

More and More, Customers Choose Geoprobe® 3.75-inch Rod for Variety of Applications

It's now possible to collect SPT data via split spoon sampler and automatic drop hammer within the same 3.75-inch driven casing...

ID: 5227 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2019
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The Face Behind the Friendly Geoprobe® Greeting

She is the familiar voice you hear when you call the main Geoprobe® number. Whether to order tooling, work through a service challenge...

ID: 5168 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2019
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Sonic Secures Pot of Gold for M&W Drilling

Rather than continue turning down job requests because they didn’t have a sonic rig, M&W Drilling (MWD) in Knoxville, Tennessee, decided two years ago it was time to get into sonic drilling...

ID: 5270 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2019
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Customer Service Plus 3230DT Equal Rapid Growth for Hawkston LLC

After a couple years working as a consultant alongside drilling companies, Cory Walker gained key insights into what consultants need and a deep understanding of the goals...

ID: 5135 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2019
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Geoprobe® No Stranger to CPT Advantages

With constant pressure to become more cost-efficient, engineers are opting to become more sophisticated in their sampling methods...

ID: 5186 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2019
article

EWI's Entrepreneurial Spirit Soars with Geoprobe® Sonic 8150LS

To complete primarily environmental, geothermal and cathodic drilling, EWI’s Springfield office started with two Geoprobe® 6620s...

ID: 5166 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2019
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Atlantic Testing Expands Customer Base

Diversity is a driving force for Atlantic Testing Laboratories Limited (ATL). From diverse office locations to services, ATL has found stability...

ID: 5096 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2019
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Productivity Push Leads EGS to 20CPT

With drilling services focused predominantly on infrastructure investigations – roadways and bridges – Environmental and Geotechnical Specialists Inc...

ID: 5254 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2019
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DT22 Detent Drive Head Helps Increase RAZEK's Efficiency

Founded in 2004, RAZEK Environmental LLC in Louisburg, Kansas, operates as a Geoprobe® direct push technology subcontractor...

ID: 5157 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2019
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What Are PFAS? Sampling Protocols and Issues

PFAS compounds have been “emerging contaminants” for a few years now. It seems this last year has reached a critical point for environmental investigation...

ID: 5249 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2019
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Direct Image® Operational Tips Email

In early 2017, we changed some of the components in the HPT Pump and controller. These changes provide better pump performance

ID: 5150 | Date:
Web Article
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Mechanical Bladder Pump Approved by US EPA's ETV Program

Mechanical Bladder Pump Approved by US EPA's ETV Program

ID: 5222 | Date:
Web Article
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How the Mechanical Bladder Pump Works

ID: 5205 | Date:
Web Article
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Groundwater Monitoring Environmental Protection Article

So, why is groundwater monitoring important you ask? And what does 'direct push' have to do with it? And for that matter, what is 'direct push'?

ID: 5267 | Date:
Web Article
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Collecting SPT through 3.75 in. Driven Casing

Our customers have used the 3.75 in. probe rod and DT37 soil sampling system to collect continuous soil samples and SPT samples for several years...

ID: 5121 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2018
article

Open House 2018 Recap

Our fifth Geoprobe® Open House is in the record books and we couldn’t have asked for a better day full of sunshine and excitement...

ID: 5247 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2018
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Geoprobe® 8150LS Makes Deep Wells a Breeze for GFA International

The 8150LS sonic drill rig quickly proved itself to GFA International, Inc., while drilling in complex conditions...

ID: 5180 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2018
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7822DT V3 goes into production

When the Geoprobe® Engineering Team released the first 7822DT product in the spring of 2009, we had a good feeling...

ID: 4579 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2018
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Geoprobe® 4.5 in. Heavy Duty Sonic Rods are Stronger, Last Longer

The Geoprobe® 4.5 in. heavy duty (HD) sonic drill rods are significantly stronger than their traditional counterpart and manufactured at our facility in Salina, KS...

ID: 5179 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2018
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No CDL Required: Saves Customers Money & Hassle

Geoprobe® continues to engineer machine configurations that allow drilling companies to mobilize to and from projects without the use of a CDL..

ID: 5244 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2018
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VIMS uses 66DT to peer into the past, plan for the future

The Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) uses their 66DT to dig up the past – literally – along Virginia’s Eastern Shore barrier islands...

ID: 5331 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2018
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Damasco Penna values reliability, versatility

Damasco Penna, a geotechnical engineering company based in São Paulo, Brazil, have been expanding their Geoprobe® fleet since 2008...

ID: 5144 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2018
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Geoprobe® Releases Two New Geotechnical Sampling Rigs

On many geotech sites, the need for speed and efficiency is of the utmost importance. Geoprobe® has released two new geotech sampling rigs...

ID: 5190 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2018
article

Interlocking Split Spoon is Faster, 2X Stronger, and Lasts Longer

Engineered and built by Geoprobe®, our patented interlocking split spoon saves drillers both time and money...

ID: 5210 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2018
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Geoprobe® Opens Regional Service Center in Florida

One of our main company objectives at Geoprobe® is to PROVIDE TOP SERVICE IN THE DRILLING INDUSTRY...

ID: 5187 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2018
article

MiHpt equips Parratt-Wolff with precise, real-time logging results

Parratt-Wolff effectively reduced the duration of site remediation for their clients when they introduced MiHpt into their service offerings three years ago...

ID: 5223 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2018
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DT22 Detent Drive Head Makes Soil Sampling Faster & Easier!

Geoprobe® has developed an all new drive head for the DT22 Soil Sampling System – making an already efficient system even faster and easier...

ID: 5158 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2018
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DRILLMAX® DM250 by Geoprobe® Water Well Rig Makes Debut

In 2017, DRILLMAX® joined Geoprobe®. Bringing companies together is real work, but we are already starting to see new positives emerge...

ID: 5156 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2018
article

3230DT in Texas: Advances CPT Nicely

I’ve been operating the 3230DT since its release and the capabilities continue to impress me...

ID: 2187 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2018
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3230DT’s 80,000 lb. of pull back gives Shepler Well Drilling peace of mind

Shepler Well Drilling, Inc., of Manton, MI, was in the market for an auger rig when they set their sights on the 3230DT...

ID: 2186 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2018
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Nebraska DOT: 3230DT is an all-inclusive timesaver

The Nebraska Department of Transportation found exactly what it was looking for with the 3230DT...

ID: 5233 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2018
article

OIP-Green Successfully Detects Coal Tar Fluorescence

The Optical Imaging Profiler (OIP) is a new direct push photo-logging system developed by Geoprobe® that uses a down hole light source...

ID: 5245 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2018
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2060CPT makes field jobs efficient, comfortable

The Geoprobe® 2060CPT is a 20-ton-rated, static push Cone Penetration Testing platform that allows users to maximize their efforts...

ID: 2113 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2018
article

The 4-Twenty Project

New Geoprobe® SDT60 Weighted Wire Line System Obtains High-Quality Soil Samples in Less Time

ID: 2189 | Date:
Probing Times Fall 2015
article

Mapping DNAPL With MIP

Most MIP (Membrane Interface Probe) work is performed to map...

ID: 5220 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2017
article

Optical Image Profiler (OIP)

The Optical Image Profiler (OIP) is a direct push probe that uses UV fluorescence to...

ID: 5248 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2017
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Demand High for Using OIP System From Vista GeoScience Clients

John Fontana, PG and President/CEO of Vista GeoScience in Golden, CO, and his direct sensing team are...

ID: 5148 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2017
article

Enhanced In Situ Soil Analysis

The success of soil investigations and remediation designs is highly dependent o..

ID: 5162 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2017
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Searching for DNAPL Using Direct Image® Tools

2C2, Inc., in Raritan, NJ, was contracted by B

ID: 5263 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2017
article

Geo Logic Makes the Most of Their Investment

“While anyone in their right mind would...

ID: 5178 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2017
article

Multiple Options for HPT Logging

Since the release of the Hydraulic Profiling Tool (HPT) in 2006...

ID: 5230 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2017
article

ASTM Award for Wes McCall

Wes McCall, PG, Geoprobe® Environmental Geologist, will receive...

ID: 5095 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2017
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390 Times and Not One Failure

After completing 65 borings in...

ID: 2188 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2017
article

Summit Drilling Finds Veterans Important Asset for Company

Summit Drilling provides a wide range of...

ID: 5279 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2017
article

Most Versatile CPT Push Platform

The 6622CPT punches way above...

ID: 5229 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2017
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Small Company Success Based On Great Employees and Reliable Equipment

I’m proud to celebrate 20 years as a partner of Enviro-Dynamics...

ID: 5265 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2017
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Discovery Drilling Finds Right Mix

As a Driller’s Helper, and now a Driller, it didn’t take long for me to become...

ID: 5152 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2017
article

Direct Push Services in Utah Can Always Count on EDNA

Solar grids were constructed in the...

ID: 5151 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2017
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New Electro Kinetic Remediation Technology Used in New York

EPhase 2 in Huntington Station, NY, utilized a Geoprobe® 6712DT to install...

ID: 5240 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2017
article

Landshark Drilling Continues to Grow and Develop More Geoprobe® Services

Landshark Drilling, located in southern Ontario, Canada, provides...

ID: 5212 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2017
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7822DT Meets Required Checklist for Holocene Drilling’s Urban Needs

Holocene Drilling, Inc., servicing the Seattle, WA, and Portland, OR, markets...

ID: 4576 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2017
article

7822DT & Air Rotary Success

A gas station located within the urban core of a major midwestern city was confirmed to...

ID: 3859 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2017
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Leaking CPT Holes Cause Problems

An artesian effect was causing a problem...

ID: 5213 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2017
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Trinity Drilling is Growing & Building

When David Reinsma, now Owner of Trinity Drilling, first attended a Geoprobe® Open House...

ID: 5322 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2017
article

Stearns Drilling’s 7822DT .. Outstanding in its Field

The Stearns Drilling 7822DT celebrates its fifth birthday this fall.

ID: 5274 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2017
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Elite Techniques Credits 7822DT’s Versatility to Continued Success

Elite Techniques, in Camden, SC, has experienced substantial growth since...

ID: 5161 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2017
article

Eichelbergers Successfully Ventures into Water Well Market with 7822DT

Eichelbergers, Inc., in Mechanicsburg, PA, was approached by...

ID: 5160 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2017
article

Relationships and Reliability

Since purchasing a Geoprobe® 7822DT, which was originally envisioned to...

ID: 5258 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2017
article

EPI: Two Thumbs Up For Air & Mud Rotary Drilling with 7822DT

Environmental Probing Investigations, in Cream Ridge, NJ, has been...

ID: 5165 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2017
article

“There’s no way we’re not going to be successful!”

Dolese Brothers in Oklahoma City, OK, was founded before Oklahoma became...

ID: 5290 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2017
article

Whole City Bricks Found in DT60 Core

“The environmental drilling industry is a competitive market...

ID: 5336 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2017
article

Versatility is Key for 3230DT

From rock coring at a ski resort, to performing CPT for liquefaction analysis...

ID: 5330 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2017
article

Versatility of 7822DT Important to Geo Lab Success

While Geo Lab Drilling near Atlanta, GA, provides an array of services...

ID: 5329 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2017
article

New Doors Open to 3230DT’s Power

Action Environmental in Tampa was approached to see if they had a drill rig large enough to handle proposed environmental work; otherwise sonic options would be pursued...

ID: 5238 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2017
article

Understated and Over Delivered

The success of their first Geoprobe® 8140LS Rotary Sonic rig and associated tooling led McMillan Drilling to...

ID: 5323 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2017
article

Aztech Likes Versatility of 3230DT Rig

The 3230DT Combo Rig has seemed to ‘fill the bill’ for Aztech...

ID: 5097 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2017
article

Walker Hill Field Team Completes Abandonment of 48-in. Discharge Pipe

Unused since the early 1970s, a 48-in. diameter discharge pipe in a 2-million-gallon industrial wastewater lagoon...

ID: 5333 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2017
article

Glacier Drilling Hosts ‘Sweet’ Sonic Drilling Field Demo

Glacier Drilling, in Durham, CT, designed a “Sonic Drilling Overview and Field Demonstration” course last...

ID: 5198 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2017
article

Geoprobe® Sonic Broadens M&W Drilling’s Services

The vision at M&W Drilling, LLC, has been to aggressively expand drilling capabilities to provide a broader range of services to existing clients as well as to attract new ones..

ID: 5192 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2017
article

EnviroProbe Packs Double Punch With Sonic & 3230DT

The Force is definitely with EnviroProbe Integrated Solutions, Inc., when it comes to...

ID: 5163 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2017
article

Huss Drilling Uses Multiple Rigs at Florida Site

In the spring of 2015, Huss Drilling, Dade City, FL, embarked on a large environmental project in...

ID: 5206 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2017
article

Limited Site Access for HD Sonic Drilling

Jim Nidzgorski, of HD Sonic Drilling in East Palestine, OH, mobilized their Geoprobe® 8140LC Rotary Sonic inside an...

ID: 5216 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2017
article

6620DT Keeps on Tickin’

In 2008, when Strongarm Environmental Field Services first purchased their Geoprobe® 6620DT...

ID: 2191 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2017
article

Gregg Drilling Uses MIP To Develop Strategic ISCO Treatment

Gregg Drilling & Testing, based in California, recently partnered with a Northern California environmental consultant to provide Membrane Interface Probe (MIP) and...

ID: 5200 | Date:
Web Article
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High-Speed Coring Head for Geoprobe® Sonics

While Geoprobe® sonic machines effectively core rock, sonic does tend to induce fractures in the sample. So if the job calls for accurate...

ID: 5203 | Date:
Probing Times Fall 2016
article

Air Rotary Drilling with a 7822DT

Never underestimate the capability of the 7822DT! Every day, customers become aware of applications they can offer their clients based on the power...

ID: 4582 | Date:
Probing Times Fall 2016
article

54TR Mounting Options

Are you looking for a limited access, specialty direct push machine? Our 54TR combines the proven 54 Series probe assembly...

ID: 2190 | Date:
Probing Times Fall 2016
article

Geoprobe® DI Team Posts HPT Logging Services Specification

Hydraulic Profiling Tool (HPT) Logging is getting a lot of use these days. HPT logs are a good tool for evaluating site stratigraphy...

ID: 5182 | Date:
Probing Times Fall 2016
article

Machine Refurbish Makes Good Cents

The timing is right for 7822DTs, 8040DTs, and even some sonic rigs to come in for a refurb or repairs, especially if you continue to run one of the older...

ID: 5218 | Date:
Probing Times Fall 2016
article

8140LC Sonic: Unmatched Versatility

“As far as rig performance goes, I have to say it did very well,” Randy Crandell, Driller for Major Drilling in Salt Lake City, UT, said recently...

ID: 4580 | Date:
Probing Times Fall 2016
article

3230DT Helps Expand Services for Active Environmental Technologies

Our goal at Active Environmental Technologies, Inc. was to expand the drilling division to provide a much broader range of services to...

ID: 2159 | Date:
Probing Times Fall 2016
article

What’s an easy way to keep your Geoprobe® machine running at peak performance?

We get calls every week, “the engine cranks but will not start or will not run well.” The number one cause is improper fuel system maintenance...

ID: 5335 | Date:
Probing Times Fall 2016
article

Limited Head Space for 7822DT

Hynes & Associates, in Salisbury, MD, recently completed another difficult drilling project using a Geoprobe® 7822DT...

ID: 5215 | Date:
Probing Times Fall 2016
article

7822DT Uses Air Rotary for Geothermal Loop Installation

During the last 23 years, Tony Poulter, Vice President and Co-Owner of RAZEK in Louisburg, KS, has operated a Geoprobe® machine...

ID: 4578 | Date:
Probing Times Fall 2016
article

Brothers Find Employees and Geoprobe® Valuable to Grow Business

In 2005, Andrew and Tony Armstrong set forward to challenge themselves by starting their own company, Direct Environmental Drilling...

ID: 5116 | Date:
Probing Times Fall 2016
article

GeoTest Services in San Antonio Knows How to Dial In...Limited Access Machines

GeoTest Services in San Antonio, TX, completed five limited access interior borings to +/- 20 feet at the University of Houston Cougars...

ID: 5197 | Date:
Probing Times Fall 2016
article

GeoTek Hawaii Helps Introduce Ground Freezing Technology to Paradise

GeoTek Hawaii was recently retained by Drayko Construction in Honolulu, HI, to complete an innovative project for the City and County...

ID: 5196 | Date:
Probing Times Fall 2016
article

Using HPT Logs for Identifying Brine Impact on Fresh Water Aquifers

Last summer Wes McCall and Geoprobe® summer intern Mateus Evald conducted field tests with the Hydraulic Profiling Tool–Groundwater...

ID: 5324 | Date:
Probing Times Fall 2016
article

Geoprobe® Sonic Weighted Wireline - A Real Game Changer for the Sonic Industry

Moving things forward. That’s what the sonic weighted wireline tooling from Geoprobe Systems® does. Call it raising the bar...

ID: 5193 | Date:
Probing Times Fall 2016
article

Customers Find Success with Geoprobe® 3.75 in. Tooling

Geoprobe® 3.75 in. tooling was designed in conjunction with the Geoprobe® 2.0-in. Slim Prepacks to create a more efficient...

ID: 5141 | Date:
Probing Times Fall 2016
article

Stearns Drilling On Site of Possible Vehicle Research Center

Stearns Drilling mobilized their Geoprobe® 8140LS rotary sonic to the former Willow Run Powertrain Plant in Ypsilanti Township in Michigan, the site...

ID: 5275 | Date:
Probing Times Fall 2016
article

Spring Assisted Swivel Pull Cap

This is one of my favorite accessory tools. It’s simple and effective. This is a true impact-making, gotta-see-it-to-believe-it...

ID: 5273 | Date:
Probing Times Fall 2016
article

Indexing Rack for 10-Foot Sonic Tooling

With a few basic movements and one ‘touch’ of the drill stem, sonic tooling can be loaded into the rig’s rod loader, and the machine’s functions take over...

ID: 5209 | Date:
Probing Times Fall 2016
article

The Bikes on Broadway

Ever present on the North Campus of Geoprobe Systems® (located on Broadway Blvd) but seldom seen by the public, these men and their ‘machines’ ride...

ID: 5110 | Date:
Probing Times Fall 2016
article

MIP Logging Used to Investigate Site Contaminated by Mixture of VOCs

Dekonta company, a central/eastern European environmental company in Prague, completed both research and commercial activities...

ID: 5224 | Date:
Probing Times Fall 2016
article

Riverbed Characterization on Aa River in Belgium

Students and a Professor from the Free University of Brussel (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) used a Geoprobe® Pneumatic Slug Test Kit to perform slug tests inside the Aa...

ID: 5259 | Date:
Probing Times Fall 2016
article

Sonic Double Wall 4.5 in. (SDW45) Sampling System

The Sonic Double Wall 4.5-in. (SDW45) tooling system compliments the conventional sonic 4x6 system. It’s a simple and effective tooling system...

ID: 5266 | Date:
Probing Times Fall 2016
article

Switch to Sonic? No Way!

The Geoprobe® sonic rig has really done some incredible things” Robert said. “Everywhere we’ve gone it’s really impressed everyone...

ID: 5281 | Date:
Probing Times Fall 2016
article

Supporting Exploration Around the World

Our customers describe our equipment as “Versatile, Innovative, Easy-to-use, and Supported like no other drilling equipment” they own...

ID: 5280 | Date:
Web Article
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Dual Winch System Saves Time and Money

One of our most versatile machines just got an efficiency boost! A true dual winch option is now available for the 7822DT...

ID: 5159 | Date:
Probing Times Fall 2015
article

New Technology: Commercial Release of Direct Image® OIP Logging Tool

The Direct Image® Team at Geoprobe Systems® proudly announces the commercial release of their newest Direct Image® logging tool ... the Optical Image Profiler (OIP)...

ID: 5243 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2016
article

MIP Quickly Delineates PHC Impacts

Vertex Environmental was retained to complete a large in-situ chemical oxidation injection remediation project by the provincial government in northern Ontario, Canada...

ID: 5225 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2016
article

7822DT Arrives at Sir Sandford Fleming College

The Resource Drilling and Blasting program at Sir Sandford Fleming College welcomed their new 7822DT in January..

ID: 3860 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2016
article

I’m having problems passing the HPT Reference Test and my HPT Line Pressure is High. What’s my problem?

Soil build-up behind the HPT screen is easy to troubleshoot by removing the HPT screen. Does the line pressure return to normal, and are you able to pass...

ID: 5207 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2016
article

EPI Targets Air Rotary/Hammer Work for 7822DT

Tony Pressimone, Operations Manager for Environmental Probing Investigations in Cream Ridge, NJ...

ID: 5164 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2016
article

32 Series: This Machine Will Produce For You!

The 3230DT and 3200 are TRUE combination machines, which means their utilization rates go up simply because they are well suited for both...

ID: 2155 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2016
article

3230DT Fits Our Geotech Needs

Within weeks of joining the Applied Geotechnical Engineering Consultants (AGEC) drill rig lineup, they tested the limits of the...

ID: 2158 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2016
article

Scenic Backdrop for Erie Lake Project

Drilling Engineers in Fort Collins, CO, designed a barge, specifically for their Geoprobe® 7822DT to complete a pre-feasibility study...

ID: 5262 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2016
article

Mission: Complete

In order to meet the Canadian military’s potable water needs, ALTECH Drilling and Investigative Services in Cambridge, Ontario...

ID: 5226 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2016
article

Portable Hydraulic Rod Clamp

Get rid of the pipe wrenches and use the Geoprobe® Portable Hydraulic Clamp that can be attached to most 6620DT, 7720DT, 7730DT, 7822DT, and 6712DT machines...

ID: 5253 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2016
article

Living the American Dream

As a young man out of high school, Rob McAllister wasn’t sure what he wanted to do with his life. That’s something a lot of people can relate to.

ID: 5217 | Date:
Probing Times Fall 2015
article

Versatile Power. Simple to Run.

The 3230DT may be the most versatile machine Geoprobe Systems® has ever designed and manufactured. Find out more about the machine features.

ID: 5327 | Date:
Probing Times Fall 2015
article

A Real Game Changer: 2.0 in. Slim Prepacks and 3.75 in. Rods

With an inside diameter of 3.0 in., the 3.75 in. Probe Rods have an optimal casing combining ease of use for 2.0-in. Slim Prepack monitoring well installation,

ID: 5257 | Date:
Probing Times Fall 2015
article

How Did It Go? Amazing!

‘It’s amazing how a project can start off so small and turn into something much larger so quickly!’

ID: 5204 | Date:
Probing Times Fall 2015
article

ADT Increases Production With 7822DTs

Aquifer Drilling & Testing, Inc. (ADT) is currently operating between 8-12 crews gathering information to help design bioswales...

ID: 4581 | Date:
Probing Times Fall 2015
article

Bridge Over Rubbled Water

Minnesota Department of Transportation determines 1,150-ft. long, 220-ft. high structure will be used for highway...

ID: 5111 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2015
article

Former Dry Cleaners Site Impacts CA Water Front Park

The City of Monterey, CA, has envisioned providing public access to the City’s waterfront by acquiring open space since the creation of the City’s Master Plan in 1939...

ID: 5175 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2015
article

3230DT: Combination Drill Rig from Geoprobe®

EnviroTek Environmental & Construction Services in Tampa, FL, wanted to attract more mining clients. Their new...

ID: 2157 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2015
article

New Paint Always Draws a Crowd

New paint. So it was no surprise that the arrival of a new Geoprobe® 3230DT Combo Rig at the American...

ID: 5241 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2015
article

“We’ve sure been busy.”

We’re sure busy here at Discovery Drilling, in spite of the logistically challenging projects we have scattered around Alaska. We realized...

ID: 5334 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2015
article

6712DT Low-Clearance Cylinder Addition “Valuable Modification” for Enviro-Dynamics

Rob Mores, Owner of Enviro-Dynamics in Hebron, IN, ushered in 2014 with the delivery of a new 6712DT to replace his trusted 6610DT...

ID: 3858 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2015
article

7822DT Early Responder for Geotechnical and Environmental Sampling

A Geoprobe® 7822DT, owned by Strata Drilling Group in Richmond Hill, Ontario (Canada), was early on scene for a train derailment on March 7, 2015, north of Gogama in northern Ontario...

ID: 4575 | Date:
Probing Times Spring 2015
article

Customer Success: 7822DT: “Right” Sized Package, Power and Capabilities

Geo Logic, Inc., Clarksville, IN, was retained by Professional Service Industries (PSI) to install a 2.0-in. PVC monitoring well near a former underground storage tank (UST) site at the..

ID: 5136 | Date:
Probing Times Fall 2014
article

Customer Success: Living the American Dream

They made the decision over dinner one evening. “I think we should start our own business,” Dusty Schroeder said to his wife, Kim, with their three small children at the table...

ID: 5138 | Date:
Probing Times Fall 2014
article

Customer Success: “Oh, The Places You’ll Go!”

Mike Hynes, Master Water Well Driller at John D. Hynes & Associates in Salisbury, MD, reports their 7822DT continues to do things and go places with continued success...

ID: 5139 | Date:
Probing Times Fall 2014
article

Grouting Made Easy with the Direct Image® 2.25 in. Grout Sub

The new Direct Image® (DI) 2.25 in. Grout Sub (222346) will attach to any 2.25 in. DI tool string, and allow you to easily grout your borehole from bottom up...

ID: 5202 | Date:
Probing Times Fall 2014
article

Customer Success: Geotechnical Investigation for New Bridge Pier Foundations

The Mannik & Smith Group Inc.’s (MSG) drilling division provided geotechnical investigation and engineering services for roadway, embankment, bridge abutment, and pier design...

ID: 5137 | Date:
Probing Times Fall 2014
article

Geoprobe Systems® Rolls Out Array of NEW Products at 2014 Open House

Geoprobe® Open House 2014 event organizers didn’t hold anything back! There were two full days of new Geoprobe® products and technology on display, the introduction...

ID: 5194 | Date:
Web Article
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Augerhead Adds Rock Coring Capability to 78 Series Machines

At the 2012 Geoprobe® Open House, the Geoprobe® Engineering Team demonstrated rock coring capabilities using the 7822DT – version 2 – equipped with a new GA4100...

ID: 5237 | Date:
Web Article
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MC7 Soil Sampling System

The MC7 is a continuous soil sampler that compliments the industry standard MC5 system with very similar means of operation.

ID: 5221 | Date:
Web Article
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Direct Image® 2012 Workshop Wrap-Up

The response to our first ever Direct Image® Workshop surprised even us! Preparation for the workshop was a lot of work and at times tension was high but when the day finally arrived...

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Open House 2012 Wrap-Up

It was overcast but dry and spirits were high as our 2012 Open House got underway Thursday morning. Close to 150 people travelled from half a dozen...

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Geoprobe 100 'Club'

The 'Club' is exclusively for Geoprobe® machine owners who push 100 feet or beyond!

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Share Your Story

We’re always looking for interesting stories for The Probing Times or to add to our website...

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Probing Times

Inside you’ll find information on new Geoprobe® products and equipment, machine features, project stories from Geoprobe® customers...

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External DI Studies and Resources

This page shows a list of studies and resources along with their external links that others have done regarding the use, performance...

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Geoprobe®: The Right Tools for Investigation of Uranium in Drinking Water

A few years back, the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services began testing all of the water supply wells across Nebraska to be sure...

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