WorldWide Drilling Resource

54 SEPTEMBER 2017 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® Have You Met Donnie Wood with DRILLMAX ® ? Information courtesy of DRILLMAX ® Donnie Wood, general manager, and his team of talented craftsman have built DRILLMAX ® from the ground up. Although the company was formed in 2003, Donnie’s roots in the drilling industry are a little deeper. “I started working in the drill rig business in the summer of 1993, after high school graduation. My job was for the most part pres- sure cleaning rigs and running to pick up parts needed. I did this for four years during the summer break while going to college,” Donnie commented After college, he worked in the sporting goods business before returning to the drilling industry. “When I came back to work with Mid America Drilling in 2000, I started out by working with vendors, ordering parts for new rig sales, and taking parts calls from customers when they needed spare parts. My first rig sale was in 2001, to Saxby Well Drilling in Venice, Florida, it was a used, refurbished rig,” he added. The Drillmaster product line was manufactured for about ten years before a new generation of equipment was needed. Donnie explained how they gained the insight used for the innovative redesign. “We went and visited a lot of our very close customers to find out what their needs were. Basically asked them, ‘If you had to purchase a new rig today what would you want? What would you want the capabilities to be? How fast does it need to be done? What could make it more user friendly and easier to work on?’” After answering those questions, DRILLMAX ® was established, and for the past 14 years, Donnie has been traveling the country, visiting jobsites and seeing all the different ways a well can be con- structed. “I must say, this time in the field with customers and our drill rigs is the best part of what I do. It’s very satisfying and rewarding to see something you know started as raw steel and after the manufacturing process, is turned into a piece of equipment. That is truly providing a service to people. After all, water is the most precious resource we have on earth. You don’t realize that until you don’t have it,” he stated. Although it is a small company, the DRILLMAX ® Team works well together, making sure to put out the top quality products cus- tomers expect. “We have a single goal of providing the best equipment to our customers. We ask questions prior to getting a new rig order to make sure the rig is exactly what they want and will be happy with. We have the ability to customize some options and placement of options to fit the needs of the drill operator. DRILLMAX ® offers six models ranging in capabilities, from drilling a 50-foot well up to a 2000-foot well. Purchasing a drill rig is a tough decision, and not easy on the wallet. We strive to know the customer, to know what type of work they are doing, and provide them with every component they need to perform the job, and only the components needed to perform that job.” Customers sing the company’s praises. Brian Martz with Martz Well Drilling & Geothermal, Inc. in St. Cloud, Florida, absolutely loves his DRILLMAX ® rig. “After shopping for months all over the country for a drill rig with specific criteria to overcome my local geology formations, my final stop was to DRILLMAX ® to meet with Donnie Wood. Within 15 minutes, I knew I found the company to meet my drilling demands! [Nearly] 15 years and five rigs later, I am still amazed how fast and powerful these rigs are, and still compact enough to get me in the tight spots the bigger rigs can't get too! Donnie has proven to be a lifelong friend that is always there when I need him for anything! I hope all of you can enjoy the great experience that I have had with your next rig purchase! You will truly be amazed how fast these rigs can drill!” Greg Gatchell, president of Aqua 1 Well & Pump, Inc. is equally pleased with his experience with Donnie and the DRILLMAX ® Team. “We have known Donnie Wood for many years. This year, we purchased a DRILLMAX ® 350 . . . Donnie has been a pleasure to work with from the moment he called us with the availability of the drill rig, to the delivery. The drilling industry as a whole is a bunch of down- to-earth people. Donnie is one of those people. [He] kept us informed weekly on the [progress] of the drill rig. We asked for several modifications and he exceeded our expectations on all of them. Upon delivery, any and all issues were handled within 24 hours whether it was parts to be delivered, or service crews on location. We look forward to a continued relationship with Donnie and DRILLMAX ® .” Donnie is enthusiastic about the possibilities for the company. “We have been very blessed to get the work that we have gotten over the past 14 years. It has been a lot of fun meeting all the new DRILLMAX ® family members and fortunately we are gaining more each year. We are very excited about the future at DRILLMAX ® . We currently have some neat projects underway and have some new DRILLMAX ® products coming in the future. I would like to thank all those DRILLMAX ® customers out there who have made it possible for us to get the point we are at. Without the trust of those people with their hard-earned money, none of this is possible,” he concluded. The DRILLMAX ® 2400 is hard at work on this jobsite! “I have known Donnie for five plus years. I met him for business, but now consider him a personal friend. I believe Donnie is the type of guy that puts his heart and soul into those drill rigs.” ~ Ray Coons Iowa Geothermal