The pump jack shown at 2:30 and a while thereafter has the counterweights on a specially-built frame on the opposite side of the main shaft. This means the counterweights actually REDUCE the counterbalance effect. The crank itself is too heavy, so they had to add some weight to the other side to compensate. I've never seen this with my own eyes before. This means the sucker rod is very light... very shallow well or very thin rod or fiberglass sucker rod.
I lived in Midland Texas from 1981-1990 and have probably seen thousands of wells and that is something I've never seen either. Looks like a seriously oversized pump jack. I guess one explanation would be that it used to pump more fluid making it more rod heavy and this was a cheaper solution than replacing the whole unit as production diminished. Just speculation of course.
idk why i love these things prob of the oil smell, exotic engineering, and/or creepy sound, but this video has more like than dislikes these are my ppl!
When the pumpjack is running so the crank comes over the gearbox (at the back of the unit) moving toward the well-head, the pump is said to be running "toward the well." When the cranks are running over the gearbox in a direction that takes them away from the well, it is called, appropriately, running "away from the well." Oil pumpers are precision-balanced, but (beyond this), I don't know it makes much difference and suppose it is just to run the reduction gears inside the gearbox in both directions over the course of the pump's life to extend their operating time before they wear out.
Drive between the cities of McKittrick and Maricopa on highway 33. You'll be blown away at some parts. You can also drive down highway 65 heading North out of Bakersfield.
Definitely Kern County. Some of my relatives near Arvin and Lamont had several of these in their farm fields. Some of them were quite old.
The pump jack shown at 2:30 and a while thereafter has the counterweights on a specially-built frame on the opposite side of the main shaft. This means the counterweights actually REDUCE the counterbalance effect. The crank itself is too heavy, so they had to add some weight to the other side to compensate. I've never seen this with my own eyes before. This means the sucker rod is very light... very shallow well or very thin rod or fiberglass sucker rod.
I lived in Midland Texas from 1981-1990 and have probably seen thousands of wells and that is something I've never seen either. Looks like a seriously oversized pump jack. I guess one explanation would be that it used to pump more fluid making it more rod heavy and this was a cheaper solution than replacing the whole unit as production diminished. Just speculation of course.
fiber rods suck in deep wells
Very beautiful to watch it acts as therapy when you are low very good mervyn uk
I just love looking at these things
idk why i love these things prob of the oil smell, exotic engineering, and/or creepy sound, but this video has more like than dislikes these are my ppl!
idk what exotic means but if its offending forgive me i ment a other word i cant find
Wish NY had some of these. I think they'd come up empty though. They're so cool
Can I assume the 2.5 HP motor is what drives this thing? If so, kinda tells you how well balanced this mechanism is.
Love it man! Keep it up!
+Christopher Farrell Thanks. I know your boy would love to see them all
(WITH YOU AND THE REST IS HIS)
Why are so many of them running in reverse?
When the pumpjack is running so the crank comes over the gearbox (at the back of the unit) moving toward the well-head, the pump is said to be running "toward the well." When the cranks are running over the gearbox in a direction that takes them away from the well, it is called, appropriately, running "away from the well." Oil pumpers are precision-balanced, but (beyond this), I don't know it makes much difference and suppose it is just to run the reduction gears inside the gearbox in both directions over the course of the pump's life to extend their operating time before they wear out.
My life goal is to find a Pump jack in California but i don’t even know where there at,
Mind telling me where those oil fields are located?
Drive between the cities of McKittrick and Maricopa on highway 33. You'll be blown away at some parts. You can also drive down highway 65 heading North out of Bakersfield.
These are some small units compared to West Texas.
what is that number on the walking beam abovevthe stabilizer bearing
who owns these units
up and down is money.
I'm uste four 3450 pound weights.
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