rig floor activites 🔥

[@latrinedveen]

the way he let the chain go at the end gives me the impression he got some free dental work

[@Chase_Mon3y]

i said “OUUUUUUU” 😂😂😂😂😂

[@jimtNCUSA]

I noticed that

[@dudewtf303]

😂

[@allisonandersen7913]

For real

[@callmehkarem]

Why do u think he cut it so quick 😅

[@jcMarcell]

*i need the last two seconds of the video where dude had the meal of a lifetime*

[@drillingrigworklife]

Thank you for sharing your thoughts.

[@ski257]

the fuck you mean, where the last 2 secs at​@@drillingrigworklife

[@Jake.The.Snake.]

​@@drillingrigworklifehow is it possible that you got even less skilled, over time? 😂

[@jchris1697]

That “thank you” said a thousand words

[@GrantP707]

Smooth as stucco

[@justin.florez]

better keep them hands on it before that chain slaps you in the mouth😂 been there done that

[@drillingrigworklife]

thanks

[@SlimeOhIm]

Nah what

[@Nxpo_]

visualizing that ouch 😂

[@user-eg6sq4cx9m]

Got slapped in the head myself

[@mrIsraelemma]

Me wearing SBK helmet 😂

[@mohutchmo9591]

bro tryna lose his fingers AND his eyes in that last one

[@TaypdShoes]

I know I’ve never seen no person that careless

[@tj54441]

As a former oil field employee that had part of a finger chopped off this stressed me TF out

[@TaigaClaws]

Hey ears too

[@CSpottsGaming]

​@@tj54441I have no clue why on most of these videos people defend throwing chain in 2024. There are far safer options and people have drank the employer-sponsored Kool-Aid that chain is manly and superior.

[@JMS849]

Sounds like a sh*t job if im being honest. Couldn’t pay me to get smacked in the face with chains

[@JustSomeGuy42]

There’s no way that chain didn’t smack bro in the face

[@saitama9529]

Fr always keep your hand on the chain so don’t slap you face 😂

[@MiniSoot]

why does everyone say bro like that now

[@XisStealth]

​@@MiniSoot black people made it cool

[@the_Wolf_directly]

​@@MiniSootpeople are dumb sheep and have to do what everyone else is doing

[@wonderbread6100]

​@@MiniSoot trendy word use now a days

[@rickhatesmisleadia7101]

I worked the rigs in the late 70's and again in early 2000. Quite a difference from back then to 2003 on new rigs. They don't use a spinning chain any more. Top drives, iron roughnecks and excavators do a lot of work we use to do by hand! I spun chain till my arm felt like it was going to fall off...lol It was the most dangerous thing to do on any rig so Im glad top drives replaced them. Oh and these guys both pulled out too much chain. And NEVER let that tail go or someone's gonna get a serious whip in the face or a hand gets snagged and fingers get ripped off! Been there felt the braided rope used for a tail on the chain slap me in the face and had the red welt across my cheek for the next week! lol

[@boshboshbosh1]

This job looks like a nightmare for safety lol, I've always had an "awareness" of spinning metal shit 😂

[@robyarby8129]

and a lot of these videos guys are shirtless with no protection and a cigarette in their mouth. i know how i get, start day off with safety gear on but by the end of the day zero safety protocols are being followed (well common sense, but not OSHA dumb stuff)

[@TomTomTomTom538]

When I first saw these videos I couldn't believe how dangerous this is. And thought there has to be a safer way to do this. So I'm not surprised it's changed now

[@jacobdesousa]

I hope you win the lottery bro women nowadays probably make like 1000x times what anyone on a rig makes and it's so upsetting to me but shoutout to you thanks for your hard work 🔥

[@rickhatesmisleadia7101]

I know man.....I know a women that makes $33 an hour sitting on her ass all day in an air conditioned office doing about 2 or 3 hours of work in an 8 hour day! Meanwhile young guys are starting out in construction at $18 or less and working in shitty conditions while trying to start a family! Some women are horribly over paid and dont earn the money they take home!@@jacobdesousa

[@Bookworm-hu7vq]

Gotta love how there is absolutely nobody trying to teach anything, the rampant illiteracy and flat out refusal to teach/explain anything made me hate the oilfield, if it wasn't for family that had experience to pass on i wouldn't have made it...

[@GreggWalken-xd3qv]

I was fortunate enuf to work with men who taught but don't screw up, you caught hell. Did you notice all the extra chain around his feet and no soft tail on spinning chain? Pusher or driller is just as green as that hand.

[@littlejackalo5326]

I'm sure he's been taught. It takes 1 time to be taught by someone else, then you just have to do it. You probably wanted someone to hold your hand.

[@ameunier41]

​@@GreggWalken-xd3qvWhat's a soft tails? You add a rag at the end of the chains to reduce the whip?

[@GreggWalken-xd3qv]

@@ameunier41 We braided about a 8" piece of hemp rope into the last link of the spinning chain giving it a soft tail. Same result l would guess as using a rag but with the rope you could make it fairly thick lasting a month

[@kennyperkins1843]

I know a few like that..I taught my guys all I could let my Derrick hand run the rig and id go latch pipe if we had time good ol work over rigs..there isn't much to learn Rough necking really

[@adamdigiuseppe6029]

My old rig used to use winch blankets to prevent whipping and incase you drop the chain it just falls straight down to the floor after one of my co workers had his nose torn off it was a very smart idea and it should be encouraged more often to find ways to make work safe at the end of the day we all want to go Home

[@ysys2206]

I know how to operate a whole oil rig by myself now since I been seeing videos like this everywhere

[@bishop2334]

I hope a oil rig operator sees this

[@808TheDuck]

Did you sleep at a Holiday Inn?😅

[@wrinkleiner8455]

I highly fucking doubt that buddy, what’s a full joint, what is running tubing down the casing, do you even know what the casing is? I wish my buddy dave saw this, he’s a driller(a lead supervisor for rig crews) he would literally tear you a new one.

[@wrinkleiner8455]

I work in the oilfield, I’m not a roughneck tho, even im not stupid enough to say I could be a drill supervisor. And I barely passed highschool. (Roughnecking is the job title of the guys in the video)

[@grantquinones]

​@wrinkleiner8455 where is the sarcasm police when you need them

[@Ekvorivious]

Jose been real quiet since this dropped. Not because he's mexican but because he had to get his jaw wired back together after that chain. 😂

[@nick4819]

That after is about two blinks away from having your hand caught in the chain and you twisted around it like a twizzler.

[@championwarrior1214]

Seeing how smooth others are just shows how much skill goes into this. Keep it up man you got this shit in the bag!!!

[@wilmerescobar7274]

That Other Guy With The Cig Did It Hella Smooth

[@drillingrigworklife]

Thanks

[@QuantumMecha]

Lmfaooo I only just now realized this the same channel. Yeah I immediately thought of OG Keeping his hands on the chain. Not tryna get hit with that shit!!

[@wilmerescobar7274]

@@QuantumMechaOh Is It? I Don’t Remember The Name Of The Channel It Was On. If It’s This One Then Cool, Ima Search It Up Again Lol

[@lewischacon6009]

Crazy that we in 2024 & we still using this ancient method

[@chicagomikey6416]

Because the shit works. It's like these new teachers creating a new way to do math. If it works why fix it

[@ThePestilentDefiler]

​@chicagomikey6416 this is like a horse drawn carriage. Bud, we got cars now.

[@lewischacon6009]

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@chicagomikey6416 i mean I wouldn’t call cracked jaws & severed fingers a full proof system.

[@lordkoan1832]

@@chicagomikey6416because there are better ways to do it

[@lewischacon6009]

@@chicagomikey6416yeah it works, it works at the cost of a tremendous risk to the limbs and life of the blue collar workers operating these rigs. With the Millions these oil companies are making you’d think they would invest some into safer engineering technology.

[@vincentvillanueva3234]

Awww I get it. You can’t use any type of motor or driveshaft bc it will produce sparks and catch on fire, chains work best bc treated / rounded surfaces reduces the chance for sparks

[@daltonblanton5892]

My rig uses an st80. It’s a machine that wraps around the connections and torques it down.

[@Namedeeznuts]

@@daltonblanton5892as they all should, throwing chain is insane. Keep that shit where it belongs. In the 90s

[@MRDERD300]

@@daltonblanton5892ST80’s are pieces of shit had one on our triple and I always tripped pipe with tongs and pipe spinner

[@carter6070]

They don’t use chains anymore

[@Ballstavius]

​@@carter6070they make rigs that don't use a spinning chain but what about the thousands of kelly rigs that already existed? Most of those are already paid for, so smaller companies use them and will use them to maximize gross profit margins. We throw chain every day in the red river valley.

[@coltinanderson4736]

I respect anyone that does this job

[@user-tg2zv7nf1p]

Young motorman learning too run that chain that's how you become a floor Boss!!!

[@iPolitely]

Respect to these guys fr hope im never desperate enough to have to do this job

[@Mr.Bronx83]

Bro you need to watch your foot while that chain wrapping up like that !!

[@drillingrigworklife]

😍😍😍

[@GreggWalken-xd3qv]

Yep, threw his raps too soon. Shorten it up next time

[@user-mq8lq2tg6n]

Bro said let it slide but he was scared off losing control 😂😂😂

[@drillingrigworklife]

Thanks

[@tyfowler7277]

Wonder how many fingers have been lost on this job😂

[@gobbleblag2270]

Shiieeet... My stepdad had his arm caught in the chain and was only held on by skin but they managed to fix it.has a huge crazy scar all around his arm and hand

[@crisriver6442]

@@gobbleblag2270wait they saved his arm? What about the funcionality

[@MotionMogul_LLC]

a lot I know first hand

[@Jiscold300]

More than that mf have been obliterated on rigs

[@user-jd7bq3oo4v]

I used to be a framer building houses. When the oil industry took a slump, the roughnecks took to framing. Almost all of them had at least one digit missing. And I got into more right than ever. Tough cookies

[@benhansen4371]

I guess I'm going to come out of retirement and show you guys how to do that !!

[@gorillakillaaa]

Lmfao good one from ol Ben Hansen 🤣 stfu

[@maddogmaz1576]

got to learn some how. But I'm sure you were perfect on day 1

[@kriswhite6838]

Mr perfect over here.

[@dsld9838]

Learning process, don't forget where you came from.

[@GreggWalken-xd3qv]

Someone needs to show him you don't feed with your right hand, you control it with your hand around the pipe and chain. Besides not having a rope tail on the chain he had plenty of chain around his feet to be way dangerous. Driller is a worm l would think.

[@Servant-of-Christ88]

Everyone has to start not knowing anything it's sticking it out and learning and being humble and taking instruction and growing that makes you a good employee.

[@drillingrigworklife]

Thanks 👍

[@PimpDaddy415]

Respect

[@runaway4021]

the ocean in the back of the second clip is beautiful 😍 respect to offshore riggers

[@kevinstogner9477]

Cheap ass rig doesn't even have a pipe spinner or kelly-spinner. How to lose a finger in 2 easy steps.

[@drillingrigworklife]

Thank you

[@user-sz2px8pv3f]

If you're good enough you won't lose a finger generally. Get good scrub

[@BeatMyPete2001]

⁠@@user-sz2px8pv3fit’s not about being good lol. It’s about mitigating a risk if you can. What’s the point of having someone lose their fingers if you can develop a safer solution. Work smarter not harder.

[@user-eg6sq4cx9m]

Must be a BIG DOG RIG.

[@user-eg6sq4cx9m]

Cheap rig no spinners

[@Skonkgasm]

Ah finally... now I can lasso and hogtie a telephone pole with confidence. Very informative, cheers!

[@blackscoped]

Respect for learning one of the toughest jobs out there 👌

[@kim98677]

Definitely bringing a goalie mask if i ever work there. Might get some laughs but atleast when i smile back it'll be a full grin with all teeth intact 🤣

[@drillingrigworklife]

Thank you for sharing your thoughts.

[@sarahloffler]

Cheese and Rice, these men deserve some respect!

[@WasBlind_NowISee]

That has got to be the worst pairing combo ever. Cheese should never go with rice

[@sarahloffler]

@@WasBlind_NowISee agreed.

[@SexxxyLexxxi861]

He's cute he deserves me on my knees❤❤

[@Gloriah214]

Wow, how they control that chain is amazing 😊❤

[@drillingrigworklife]

Thank you so much for the kind words, it means a lot!

[@mattyp6908]

For a few years this job has been #1 on my list of shit I’ll never do in my life

[@stuartewoldt1513]

Heck ya my man, keep up the good work and dont lose any fingers. The world is yours

[@ESEDOOR]

Keep at it hand

[@Zachvas123]

Crazy that this is the way it was designed to be operated

[@johnhalchishick7094]

I worked with drillers for many years.Guys missing fingers maybe a foot very common.

[@wrinkleiner8455]

In America I bet, Canada actually has safety standards. But I won’t start the America vs. Canada beef. All I know is that all the drillers and roughnecks I’ve met up here have all of their hands and feet and most of their fingers. We also do stuff A LOT differently, more heavy machinery instead of physical labour, higher inspection standards etc.

[@wrinkleiner8455]

Like we don’t even have chain hands we have doubles and sometimes triples then they run all their tubing and joints up with a cinch and shove it down the hole basically, and the cinch does all the fastening and tightening (With minimal assistance from the roughnecks.) pretty cool system actually if you’ve ever seen it in action.

[@evanrocha1327]

Well fun fact guys if you didn't know there are 3 phases of being one of these workers 1. Learning how to do it 2. Gets the hang of it and works 3. lights a cigarette 🚬 and does a 10/10 performance 😂

[@danshadinger7182]

Need tu use less chain. Wet your gloves keep your chain wet and clean also relax

[@coltytf1110]

“Let it slide” best advice to be given lmao otherwise your just gonna fight it and waist energy.

[@celeritasgames]

can anyone explain why this is not automated? Im worried about these guys hands :/

[@RageAye]

That screeching must be great to listen to for 12+ hours a day😂

[@Confidential619]

Try 17 hrs. a day 7 days a week in the bering sea with constant ship movement 24/7

[@DrLaurelWeaver]

Are oil rigs out of OSHA jurisdiction?

[@Wilma5532]

This is a typical "cheap rig". These usually fly under the radar. Dirty jobs

[@fastrat37]

I still have all my fingers and toes from a floorhand job in the early 1980's in NE Montana and NW North Dakota for Bomac Drilling, Mc Kay Drilling, and Wisco as well plus Welex electric line logging. Fun to watch now!

[@Prettyboysteve]

Bro this is insane these dudes are badass

[@user-ng2mt2yr1t]

Badass job boys safety first remember that

[@basketball_matty]

He was afraid of getting them fingers caught I don’t blame him lol this is a real mans job

[@drillingrigworklife]

Wow, thank you for sharing your experience with the pipes!

[@treylove3167]

Don’t ever let go ! See how it started whipping never let go!!!! Hands on at all times till it’s pulled away

[@blove9415]

My boy letting it slide now lol , gave me a heart attack at the end though lol

[@conservative206]

Hell yea bro keep doin what ur doing

[@arhmw4936ify]

I was expecting the “after” to be him missing fingers the way he was playing with the chain. I worked land rigs for 8 years and there are plenty of reasons why they got rid of cat heads and spinning chains. It looks cool and makes you feel like a badass but I have never meet an oilfield old head that wasn’t missing a couple of fingers behind things like this.

[@219ghoulish9]

This is a reminder to all owners and companies. This is called experience, and stop expecting everyone to have it, day 1. Teach people and they will learn.

[@drillingrigworklife]

Thank you so much for the kind words, it means a lot!

[@jayjaymejia4149]

The chills through my entire body with that chain screeching on the metal has me wanting a chalk board immediately

[@robertwolfgan]

You're the MAN bro

[@chrisbalizan4396]

He even got pierced ears from all that chingon oil money

[@drillingrigworklife]

Thanks

[@bloodmutt]

Those chains have probably relieved people of more fingers than you could ever know

[@samodding4220]

I did this same thing when I first did it, I didn’t wanna let go and fuck shit up but after I gave some slack everything went smooth afterwards.

[@KMeyer93]

At the end!! He almost got his shit rocked

[@drillingrigworklife]

Thanks

[@johnwright9372]

Dirty, heavy, dangerous work. These lads earn their money.

[@jananabanana3180]

Oh my goodness......what DANGEROUS WORK....!!!

[@richerman10]

Slinging chain is how fingers get get ripped off, especially the way he’s doing it lmao

[@drillingrigworklife]

Thanks

[@ef_maniac7853]

No gonna lie, this shit looks challenging & like it would definitely take some getting used to. I’d definitely be the guy getting yelled at a lot “mf just LET IT SLIDE!”😂

[@nohad5781]

I’d be looking at my fingers on the ground like a spilled can of Vienna sausages

[@drillingrigworklife]

Thank you so much for the kind words, it means a lot!

[@bangs8560]

One wrong move and your hand is gone. Wild

[@BadKnightLv01]

Literally pulls your hand directly into the pinch point of that chain. Absolutely criminal that you can be told to do this work by some billionaire corporation that doesn't give two shits about your fingers

[@BOSTON-CRACKHA]

Respect ✊ he had the confidence to stick with it and not quit! That is the mark of a true legend. Also it’s crazy to me that some idiots somewhere think him having a hard hat on is actually gonna do anything 😂 🤦‍♂️

[@5upgunplay551]

Lot to learn still. Use 5 wraps. After the joint is made up throw your wraps until your pig tail put off hand palm only on back of chain and spin

[@teiganray4292]

I’m a dumbass welder from midwest, I don’t know technique for this job. But man, looks like tough honest work.

[@MadMax0417]

I don’t understand how there isn’t a better way to do this

[@drillingrigworklife]

Thank you for watching!

[@New_atheist]

In first one all he needed was a cigarette 🚬 😂😂

[@NotJackAlderson]

Yo my ears from the screeching, wasn’t ready for that

[@buzzkillington014]

Dudes gonna get caught up in that chain one day doing that shit..

[@Altus-Excelsior]

Dude, imagine getting chin checked by that chain. That’s one bone I’d never want broken.

[@M3Vader]

Now we know why they always have a music clip over the video 😂

[@BiffC-hn9wz]

Brings back memories.

[@cashrules520]

Feel like they setting up the Black shirt.. He got heart but the confidence in his eyes he just starting out or has less than 6 months experience. This is OJT?

[@thedudeguy121]

Mom: it’ll take 10 minutes The chores:

[@DefendTheStar]

He's learning, props.

[@FreemindRicochet]

See I wanna find out where to go to get trained and do this. Not because it’s fun but you are actually doing something productive

[@TJ-dg6uk]

Mannnnnn, I’m a carpenter doing high rise for local 27 in Toronto, 1 year away from getting my journeyman, I’m about ready to say fuck it and head out to bc to make some of these oil checks, u guys be getting brread

[@agentredbone1667]

It's ok. Everyone just starts out at some point. I was a master roofer for 21 years. Got into healthcare last year and I'm learning again 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@winstonleeman8739]

Never done this before and I certainly wouldn’t let go of the chain like he did at the end.

[@drillingrigworklife]

Thank you for watching!

[@jdj5565]

Without these guys nobody would have diesel think about that

[@geetarguy777]

Preferred the first clip tbh 😂😂 how long is that chain anyway? Is there an F150 attached to the other end? So many questions

[@Veinslayer554]

Bro was inspired by all the KZbin shorts

[@jrlawson1633]

He is a little short for this but he is getting there that's real work all I heard all day long was "Let the chain do the work!!" Lol

[@KenN-tp2cb]

Ayo, without yall, we wouldn't have a damn thing!!! Read that again.

[@drillingrigworklife]

Thanks

[@Lancelot_2882]

Chains are scary as hell. I worked a SAG D Tripple with dual manual tongs. Leave the floor lock alone, throw on your back up, throw on your top, winch line pulls her tight, no risking fingers on the new guys no more

[@A.R.Windsong]

Never forget. These men fill your gas tank and then some.

[@Dmed133]

Glad to see they're finally letting other ethnicities on these jobs.

[@nathanwisner5150]

Metal is cold and hard and doesn’t care about your soft warm fleshy body just remember that every time I see this I think every looks like it will potentially kill you 😂

[@drillingrigworklife]

Thank you so much for the kind words, it means a lot!

[@Acacklingrugbug]

Me dislocating my shoulder picking up a coffee urn:

[@DanielGonzales-ux7zt]

I remember being a chain hand years ago! That was my first job I ever got

[@Hi-jl2wy]

No idea what’s the right way but in my head if the chain is just slipping what’s the point in letting it slip that much around the pipe. Isn’t it tight already? Genuine question. I have respect for the guys that do work like that it takes a different type of man to do work like that for an extended period of time.

[@DJay-ku9wf]

1. Hands getting wayyy to close 2. Letting chain go like that is wilddddd.

[@drillingrigworklife]

Thanks

[@BlazeSh0t]

Whatever these guys make man. It’s not enough

[@MrJosh1282]

Not me dodging 3 directions while gasping from behind my keyboard lmao I wanna see the next 5 seconds of this video..

[@drillingrigworklife]

Wow, thank you for sharing your experience with the pipes!

[@JohnDoe-gq6yg]

So how exactly does this work ? I didnt think a chain could geip another peice of metal that well.

[@Nate-vh7et]

Geeked thought and have no clue how this shit works but prove me wrong So I’m guessing it’s the angle/ extra surface area causing more friction to keep it from sliding, and you release a bit of chain wrapped around the pipe to let it slide? If so why are there not machines guiding the chains? Loop of chain, two motors, inbetween is the pipe with the chain wrapped, machines move angle to tighten and spin, then angle back to loosen enough to slide over the pipe diameter, slide pipe up or down?

[@kalemothHD]

I'd probably hand him a scrub brush and tell him to get the leasehand up on the floor. Should never take that long....😅

[@drillingrigworklife]

Thank you for your support!