Olsen Family: Tony's work

Tony got called out to load a well that is producing so fast they needed him there a.s.a.p. It was a Sunday, and so the kids went to Grandma & Grandpa's house while I went with Tony. Tony was so excited to finally get some pictures of what he does at work. So, I thought I would share them with you. I didn't take any of the drive there, but some of those hills...man. Well, picture a canyon road with a drop off on one side, and now picture driving a big truck on that road. The road is also barely wide enough for the truck to fit. Yikes!!! Tony thinks it's fun. There are some roads so narrow that they have to get on the C.B. at the top and bottom to make sure no one else is coming up or down it. Then they announce that they are coming down or up. On some of the turns, his pup trailer (the back one) would just barely miss hitting the side of the hill, or dropping off, because the turns are so sharp. Of course Tony, be the pro that he is, had not a moments trouble. He enjoyed seeing my wide eyes, and laughing at me. So here is the truck at the well, in position ready to hook up:

Tony then goes over to this pipe, coming out of the appropriate tank and gets it ready to hook up to.

Now he drags one of the hoses from his truck to the pipe.

Now for an Elvis impersonation...okay so the sun is in his eyes. He has a hose that is hooked to the pump, and he attached it to something.....crud I forget. I'm sure he'll let me know what I am telling you wrong, when he reads this.

Here he is making the connection to the pipe coming out of the tank:

Next, he climbs to the top of the tanks with his gauge tape, so he can take of reading of how much oil is in the tank.

See that little bobber on the end? It drops the line into the tank. When it hits bottom, Tony pulls it back up and looks to see where the oil line topped out at. This is called his "top gauge".

Down the hole it goes:

And then he comes back down and starts the pump in his truck. The oil starts pumping out of the tank, and into the truck.

Here is the truck and the well site almost in it's entirety. There are 2 more tanks to the left. This is a pretty big site. Notice the 3 pump jacks.

Tony is now hooking up the lines to the pup trailer, so the oil can fill it as well.

Make it a snug fit!

Looks good...

Time for the paper work. Tony does his paper work while the truck is loading. He gets out to check his gauges occasionally.

Here he is on top of the lead tank, checking the level of the oil.

It's cool making money!!!

Strike a pose!

Okay, it really stinks out here! With the wind blowing the stink right at me, I had to cover my nose, or go down wind. WOW, that Sulfur stinks! If the sulfur is in to high of a concentration (parts per million) it can kill you. Right now, it's just a very strong rotten egg!