RE: HE 126 Sep 2023 01:15
Predator 3/4 man crew....
He points out how his crew is well out of the way while the pipe smoothly tips into position, stepping in only after the pipe comes to rest above the drill string. “The only human contact is a guy doping the pipe and stabbing it,” he said. While running collars, the two floor hands also handle the collar clamp (wedding band). One will tighten or loosen the collar clamp nut with a wrench. The fourth man, if required, on the crew works on the ground loading pipe on the rack with the forklift and operating the skate with the remote control box. The skate can also be operated from the deck control panel. Typically, multitasking is done on the Predator with a three man crew: driller, pipe skate operator and floor hand.