as someone how as overseen hundreds of groundwater wells drilled, a good driller is a very rare thing. And you will never make much money drilling wells for the general public. The money comes from O&G field or environmental monitoring. These companies tend to require safety training, certain certificates, etc.

If it is just something you are looking to do for a side job to drill a few residential wells, maybe it could work, but I would think the upkeep for the rig and insurance wouldn't allow for much of a profit

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Posted by 4X4DEMON

NWLA

Member since Dec 2007

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Posted on 2/8/13 at 1:18 pm to Salmon

Hijack: Salmon, I have two old wells on my deer lease that were shutdown when they ran city water down that road years ago. How much of a hassle would it be to get them back up and running?

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Posted by m2pro

Member since Nov 2008

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Posted on 2/8/13 at 1:19 pm to Salmon

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as someone how as overseen hundreds of groundwater wells drilled, a good driller is a very rare thing. And you will never make much money drilling wells for the general public. The money comes from O&G field or environmental monitoring. These companies tend to require safety training, certain certificates, etc.

If it is just something you are looking to do for a side job to drill a few residential wells, maybe it could work, but I would think the upkeep for the rig and insurance wouldn't allow for much of a profit

this is the type of information i was hoping to avoid hearing... thx for the heads up. i'll check into that part specifically.

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Posted by greasemonkey

Macclenny Fl aka south JAWJA

Member since Aug 2012

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Posted on 2/8/13 at 4:08 pm to Salmon

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