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Equipment

A Wide Range Of Water Drilling Equipment

We have a wide range of well maintained water drilling equipment to offer both mud conventional and air rotary drilling methods.

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Explorer 800 Hydrapower Drilling Rig

FB Drilling operate two Explorer 800 Hydrapower Drilling Rigs allowing us to drive onto soft soils with minimal damage, which come complete with all of the drilling capacity needed in the harshest of environments. The 6 cylinder unit delivers an impressive 176 horse power at 2,500rpm. With a main winch line pull of 8,000kg, we have all of the drilling power we need.

The rigs are capable of drilling stock and domestic bores up to 300 metres deep, and irrigation bores up to 100 metres deep and 17 inch wide with 12 inch casing.

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Almet Masters 800 Drilling Rig

FB Drilling operate an Almet Masters 800 Drilling Rig.

This rig is capable of drilling stock and domestic bores up to 300 metres deep, and irrigation bores up to 100 metres deep and 17 inch wide with 12 inch casing.

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Large Drilling Equipment – Drillmec

A multi-purpose drill rig mounted on a tri axle trailer.

Rotary with air/foam or mud circulation system. Reverse circulation capable. Specialise in air drilling with hammer.

Water well drilling (using in house qualified water well drillers)

Air Gap 2m to 4m

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Versa Drill

Custom 6×8 two man carrier, 3×4 centrifugal with mechanical seal, 5x 6 piston type (hydraulic powered), versa drill power distribution gearbox/pump drive provides direct couple thru-drive to power rig hydraulics and Ingersoll-Rand/Doosan screw air compressor.

Rig or skid mounted.

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Pump Test Unit

The safest and most productive method on the market to obtain ground water from unequipped or unpowered or un-powered bores is our Bore Boss BBR600HD.

This heavy duty equipment has rugged all terrain wheels, a purpose built heavy duty trailer, 1 to 30 lts/second pumps, 300mts of 1-1/4″ poly for cementing of monitoring bores.

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JCB

FB Drilling also holds all the support equipment required, like our JCB 3CX backhoe loader. The JCB Backhoe range is the world’s number one backhoe loader with excellent visibility and capability. This allows the team to operate at full capacity and also keep safe.

It includes a 4 in 1 bucket, backhoe 3 buckets, beacons and lights.

 

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Mud Pumps

A triplex (three-piston) reciprocating pump designed for pumping drilling mud at high pressure. It is manufactured by Tiger Rig, a company known for producing reliable and durable drilling equipment.

Built to withstand harsh drilling environments.

  • 2 X Main pumps: FS Tiger 500 500hp 2018 Triplex (500 GPM @
    1027psig), trailer mounted
  • Cementing pump: GD Duplex 5 ” X 8” (317GPM @ 349psig), diesel
    powered, skid mounted
  • Cementing pump for decommissioning: 2002 GD Duplex 5”X 6” hydraulic
    powered from rig, (150/200 GPM @ 310psig), skid mounted
  • High flow trash pump, (pumps cuttings to SRU), electric.
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Mud Tank

Barrel mixing Tank together with De-silter /Shaker unit, Charge Pumps
and Control Box. Safety Rails, Stair Access, Shade Covers, Flood Lights

  • 2012 2 x FBRockover Solids Removal Unit, capacity 20,000ltrs, through
    put capacity – 50,000ltrs per hour, twin shale shakers, de-sanders and
    multi cyclones
  • 3 x Mud Agitators
  • 1 x Bulk Mud Hopper
  • 1 x Skip bin trailer, capacity 5,000 m3 of cutting Zero foot print / no pits
    dug
  • Skid mounted contained workshop, 20ft long.
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Pipe Handler

Pipe handlers are critical in maintaining safe and efficient workflows.

  • Mounted to 1988 Kruger Dual Axle Skel
  • Fold Out Arms to Support Drill Pipes
  • Hydraulic Driven Telescopic Feeder Arm with Pipe Clamp to Feed Pipe to Drill Rig
  • Stabilizer Jacks
  • Control Unit (Rack and Jack Movement Controls)
  • Hydraulic Pipe handler c/w integral catwalk and pipe rack Hands free.
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Generator Trailer

This generator provides power to the site, camp and where needed. With 7600L safe fill diesel tank, stairways, safety rails, power distribution board all mounted on dual axle trailer with ringleader, landing legs and supports.

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Loader

Komatsu wheel loader with 5000kg capacity.

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Auxillary Equipment

FB Drilling has all equipment essential for its smooth, efficient, and safe operations, such as:

  • 10-man Camp (Kitchen, Toilet, shower and Laundry block)
  • 3 x V8 Land Cruiser (crew Utes)
  • 3 Prime Movers
  • Pipe Trailer (Pipe bins installed on trailers) 1000 mts loaded
  • BHA and Drilling Assortments below
  • Several Duplex MP
  • GD Triplex’s
  • Cementing Tanks (12m3, Aggies, hopper, gun lines and Transfer Centrifugal pump)
  • 45 ft Trailers
  • Rock Over Mud Tanks
  • Welders and Assortments
  • Stand By Atlas Copco Compressor 1000psi by 900 cfm
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Support Equipment

We have a prime mover with a 36 foot trailer carrying an 8,000 litre water tank used during construction of the bore.

FB Drilling only use top quality Australian made casing and can source all sizes from overseas if needed and can drill holes from 4″ to 30″.

We can use:

  • Stainless 316 and 304
  • NB Steel
  • PVC PN 9,12,18

We also stock a range of cleaning, monitoring & development equipment.

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