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Since
1969 Doing Business As
Mountain Pump And Supply
Boulder Valley Pump
Lyons Pump
Colorado Drilling and Pump Installation License #1206
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Emergency Water Well And Pumping System For
The United States Coast Guard On the Island Of Attu.
Total On Site Project Time Two Weeks.
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The drill rig and many supplies were shipped from Anchorage
Alaska out to the island of Attu on a fuel supply ship. The
supply ship only goes to the island once per year.
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The fuel supply ship dropped a small boat off and then put the
rig onto that boat to get it to shore. The rig is 50 feet long
and weighs 70,000 pounds. The big ship was very impressive.
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The Coast Guard Station is supplied by a C-130 transport every
two weeks when weather allows. We had to complete the project
within a two week window and be ready to fly equipment out.
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When the drilling was done and the water system installed the
drilling rig was disassembled into two groups of 35,000 pounds
each to allow us to fly it out on two separate C-130s.
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The truck portion
of the drill rig was a very tight fit into the stretch C-130.
We had to let most of the air out of the front and rear tires
to allow us that extra few inches needed to squeeze it in. |
It was very tight as the pictures
show. This plane flew to Fairbanks and then on to the Air-Force base
there for reassembly of the drilling equipment so we could drill
another day. |
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