I don't care what you make. It's none of my business. But I thank you for sharing the process with us, it's tremendously interesting.
@TheZachLife
Жыл бұрын
Thanks.
@timthetiny7538
8 ай бұрын
This is clearly the man running the state of texas. Its all just a front for his gigantic empire :)
@timskiff9422
Жыл бұрын
Amazing the amount of knowledge you have been able to keep in your head. The mechanical and electrical skills you utilize are truly a technicians dream. You should have team of interns following you daily to further the trade of oil field operations. Bravo!
@TheZachLife
Жыл бұрын
Hahaha thanks.
@rksg2003
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing Zach!
@darbee1504
Жыл бұрын
For sore joint or to never have arthritis..rub peanut oil on joints. For arthritis. The use of Knox gelatin, olive oil , peanut oil for osteoporosis arthritis.. Edgar Cayce called gelitan. The wonders of gelatin. Or gifted gelatin... It improves memory , joints, builds muscle, open glands to be receptive to put more minerals into, strengthen teeth, the body. I believe it said it was food for folic acid. For best results, was to sprinkled on salad on dissolved in water at 2 in the afternoon best time,to use. NOT THE JELLO WITH food coloring and sugar in it. Plain Knox gelatin.. let me know when u read these. So I can take them down... The stuff of his I've tried....has worked. I can only speak for myself. Don't use it as medical advice. Ask your doctor for that... He got his answers from the Angel... Soooo.... (?)
@NicolasDalby-g3g
Жыл бұрын
Right! He’s a dying breed.
@tinyskustoms
Жыл бұрын
If someone had told me, a year ago, that Id be watching a total stranger working on stuff I literally have NO idea about, and loving it, ida told them they were nuts. BUT you got me with the homebuilt RV videos and I just never left. Good stuff, as always!
@danger3_255
Жыл бұрын
2023 and you're starting a well up with your phone, nice bro.
@TheZachLife
Жыл бұрын
Hahaha
@YmerejYteab
Жыл бұрын
This is brilliant Zach. A perfect demonstration of how fantastic KZitem is at letting us get a look at a job/life that otherwise would've remained a mystery. Thanks for sharing.
@duotronic6451
4 ай бұрын
My parents had a close friend in Santa Barbara california. We visited them during the 1970s. The beaches are covered with little balls of tar. We thiight it was from tanker/pipeline spills, but it turns out the oil/tar seeps from the ocean bottom naturally and washes ashore.
@unclespy
Жыл бұрын
Sorry to hear about your migraine. You are one of the last of a rare breed....working those leases. Hang in there it is fascinating watching you work. I grew up in western Fresno County, there was a gas field 15 miles away... On a cool, quiet, still evening you could hear those engines popping away, I am now over 70 years old, that is a fond memory of my childhood
@TheZachLife
Жыл бұрын
Thanks.
@kc033056
Жыл бұрын
I’m ready! Thanks again for for dragging us along, even with a migraine. This was just like the old in days, Every Saturday night around 8pm for our weekly update. 👍Kc Ps I’ll give you a thumbs up for the lathe tightening.
@TheZachLife
Жыл бұрын
Hahaha Thanks.
@frankreynolds7544
Жыл бұрын
They are jealous 100%
@trottermalone379
Жыл бұрын
Your quality of communication deserves recognition. You are becoming a master of the KZitem medium. Please stick with it!
@TheZachLife
Жыл бұрын
thanks.
@davidbryant3532
Жыл бұрын
I agree...keeping it simple and truthful.
@jdearborn001
Жыл бұрын
Really thankful that I came across your channel, Zach! Spent a few years working in the North East TX oil fields 20 yrs ago. Watching your videos brings back a lot of memories. Was blessed to work with some really great guys. I get the love for the job. Just something about it that was fulfilling. Keep up the hard work!
@13donstalos
Жыл бұрын
This is the kind of reality TV I like. Educational and entertaining. Keep up the good work, bud.
@MrBufordWilson
2 ай бұрын
I love these videos. I worked for one of the big service companies for many years, pumping and completions, but I never saw it at this level. Thanks!
@joemarchi1
4 ай бұрын
I'm writing a book which is taking me into the oil industry at the turn of the century meaning circa 1900. I wanted to learn how the mechanics of extracting oil work so that I wouldn't have to gloss over the actual operation of wells. Your videos are an incredibly helpful learning resource ... far more informative than much of what is available out there. So I wanted to thank you.
@TheZachLife
4 ай бұрын
Awesome, Thanks for watching.
@BigMikesGarage
Жыл бұрын
I personally think using the lathe to tighten all of those joints is genius. Like to see that you are incorporating technology in to monitoring and running your operation. Always happy to see to content pop up. Keep 'em coming.
@marc0110j
Жыл бұрын
Interesting pipe assembly method; OHSA commissars would poop themselves. Your "large leak" strategy is a the right fit for your automation. It would take forever to calibrate such a complex system to detect small or slowly changing values.
@royb.1441
5 ай бұрын
East Texas born and raised here. I am about your age and have been fascinated by oil field stuff since I was a kid. I did a lot of looking, watching, and sometimes placing a hand on a pipe to try to figure out what was going where. I loved it. Love watching your channel and finally figuring out what all this stuff does. Would love to have some leases.
@TheZachLife
4 ай бұрын
Awesome, Thanks for watching.
@flyboy6876
Жыл бұрын
Enjoy your videos a lot. They bring back fond and not-so-fond memories of my life in the oil field. I am a retired petroleum engineer and former lease owner
@TheZachLife
Жыл бұрын
Thanks.
@jimkillen1065
Жыл бұрын
A long time ago I worked as a line mechanic for Gm when I got out of trade school .I quickly hated Warranty work . Went to work to for a production company as a roustabout about then pumper . Moved on to the drilling end and made driller . But the oil field goes through cycles . So I went to work for a utility company. A power generation plant. 35 years .. We used a lot of stainless steel.. yea a lot of anti seize , copper and nickel... My experience are with stainless is the threads need a lot of help.from getting damaged . Especially if your welding to a fitting .. many years ago I had hear of guys using the back of the truck. Jack up one side and some how use the axle to thread pipe ect .like when we would plumb in a set of tank battery's, separator ect . I never done it that way . We did it all by hand . At the power plant they had really good equipment and threading pipe we used the power equipment to thread pipe . Sharp dies are a must and good cutting fluid .
@jondurr
Жыл бұрын
Great time and labor saver! Laziness wins!!!😅
@kevinhoffman8214
Жыл бұрын
I get a kick out of people that freak out over an oil leak , oil is as natural to the earth as is water , and the earth shows it , natrual oil will blend back into the earth
@amishmafia3339
Жыл бұрын
The anti-seize segment was like watching…How Egyptian‘s mummified pharaohs… LOL I know what you are saying and this s will drive you wild…
@centexan
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for not being one to seek every avenue for funding via KZitem, etc. That is highly appreciated. Got a good laugh over using the lathe for tightening up your plumbing set up.
@paulpipitone8357
Жыл бұрын
Just found you very nice to see we still have hard working independent people thanks again
@geoffreykail9129
3 ай бұрын
Yuor way of describing what you're doing is always clear and enjoyable. Thanks
@TheZachLife
3 ай бұрын
I appreciate that!
@jamesgrim3373
Жыл бұрын
It's called cold welding and also galling. Slower the better for assembly.
@TheKnifed
Жыл бұрын
You look like the guy at work I ask for help with the odd stuff
@noah8877
Жыл бұрын
Doesnt welding cold cuase more heat spak in to part ?
@mikehill9888
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video and the life in the field.
@MarlHellbringer
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for taking us along for the ride sir
@dillonhall3487
Жыл бұрын
Watch every video you put out.. my grandpa was a pumper for 40+ years spent a many of days with him riding leases .. videos hit home for me and bring back memories.. love the channel 🛢🇺🇸
@broglet2003
Жыл бұрын
Really interesting to listen to you. It is like we are there with you.
@guyina4x499
Жыл бұрын
Zach I'm not sure why but I like what you're doing. Thanks for sharing.
@TheZachLife
Жыл бұрын
Hahaha thanks for watching.
@dcw1540
Жыл бұрын
I really love watching thanks.😊
@nigelsears7191
Жыл бұрын
thanks for the ride along , every day is a school day as they say
@Wingnut_Stickman
Жыл бұрын
Excellent video -- thanks for sharing.
@NicolasCirillo
Жыл бұрын
The man with the best T-shirt game on youtube.. maybe you should just setup a pobox so fans can send you more t-shirts 😆
@TheZachLife
Жыл бұрын
Hahaha I need to lol. Thanks.
@jamesbarber3854
Жыл бұрын
I drilled Operated and leased 100s of Gun sight wells in the Llano up left. It was 550' to 900' feet in Young, and Jack Counties. Re-entry off of old drill stem test was my favorite. Butrum, and Strawn was my favorite. Always like the multiple pay area. Seven or eight zones in in one well bore. Found a 50 bbl well on the Abercrombie in the Early 80s. Even a fractured lime at antelope 100 barrel a day at 1600'. I kinda miss it. To Old now. I own a well service rig here in East Texas. I pump seventeen wells. We have Saltwater pits here. East Texas field. Water gravities from a spill pot to the pit. Cost about 6.5¢ per barrel to dispose of it. 1600 barrels per day water, and 68 barrels of oil. I always pulled a vacuum on my wells. Even the Gun sight in North Central Texas. Drilled many with a Garden Denver 2000, and a 1500. Two man operation. Markley, Olney, Archer City, was my favorite. One lease we water flooded between Jean and loving made 750 barrels per day. 550' Gun sight. Looked like a pin cushion on a map. Redrilled it.
@hike2
Жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot Zach! Now I’m interested in yet another thing I can’t afford to do myself, lol.
@guypeers4703
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Zach. Always enjoy your oil well videos. Please keep them coming.
@72polara
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for taking the time to make these videos. You are in a very interesting business and its fun to learn about it
@keithaldridge8780
Жыл бұрын
Damn right Zach. You are the man neighbor 💪💪
@zeon5323
Жыл бұрын
I love that worksaver of using the lathe to tighten a string of fittings!
@JeremiahL
Жыл бұрын
Galling is what you are describing by mixing... Basically adhesion were caused by high friction forces during assembly that causes the material to lock in place or seize.
@tomasnielsen5132
Жыл бұрын
I agree, I'm a CTO for a startup but I'd love to have your job too. ;) Keep it up!
@TerryLawrence001
Жыл бұрын
I enjoy seeing the work and hearing the reasoning for what you do. I like what you show and just do what you do. I enjoy the surprises too!
@userx702
Жыл бұрын
The poly clamp shut off valves are brilliant and although I've hardly ever used poly for flowlines(sometimes in disposals), it really would work splendidly. Interesting to see the flowlines on top of the ground like that too. Thanks for the videos and look forward to your scada system. Having used wellview, and other weatherhead style scada systems for wells I'm curious to see how you made it. It would also probably be found interesting if you have all the stuff to shoot fluid levels for the channel. People will get a kick out of that; if that's something you do.
@TheZachLife
Жыл бұрын
I agree. I need to do a fluid level video.
@avi-tar2827
Жыл бұрын
Just loved looking at that the "stacked dimes" on the weld on the separator tank inlet nipple. Just learning how to weld stick and that hit home to me. I have a "jack of all trades" job, too, and I get your love for the varied work over being an "influencer" on the intertubes. Oilfield tech is a mixture of the modern and the arcane. You got one foot in IoT via SCADA and wireless and another foot in 70+ year old machine tools. Got to be a flexible thinker to get through the day...
@TheZachLife
Жыл бұрын
Haha yep. I had a friend built that separator a few years ago.
@Joe-KN4IFI
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Zach for sharing your life. Take care, Joe
@demartin5366
Жыл бұрын
Hey Zach, I finally got time to watch the entire video after a busy weekend. I just love these, your knowledge and mechanical expertise never fail to intrigue me. They always make me want to learn more about good oil field maintenance. I love your camera angles and how you video, talk, and work at the same time, seamlessly, simply amazing!! I thought of you Sunday afternoon as I was over in Grayville, IL visiting relatives who happen to have a pumping unit in their backyard with a FM ZC208 prime mover. I always go and check it out when I visit. The Illinois Basin here is alive and well. I always enjoy driving the back roads, simply admiring all the various units out there, Churchill, Lufkin, Bethlehem, and IDECOs, etc. I even saw a Mark II out there as well. I feel like an intern watching your videos. I have learned so much. Hope your migraines leave you alone. Keep these videos coming. Can't wait for the next Zachlife video. Be safe and take care.
@brucewilliams6292
Жыл бұрын
Zach, sincerely appreciate you sharing a bit of your day! Thanks as always!
@ugetridofit
Жыл бұрын
Another great video.
@rockyviewcda
8 ай бұрын
As a retired Canadian oilman, I appreciate what you do to make a living. Tough life. Keep on going!
@drallen888
Жыл бұрын
As always, I truly enjoyed every minute of the video. Thanks . 😊
@chrismoss1471
Жыл бұрын
Another good one Zach, Thanks, Ok her is a suggestion for you if you care, Nickel based anti seize is not ideal for SS fittings Over many years I found that a light coat of copper grease with a good coating of La-Co teflon based thread sealer and tape seems to do a good job stopping SS fittings thread-bind Nickel based anti seize, I guess, it has something to do with the nickel in the actual SS material of the fittings which contains Nickel, it seems that it helps the threads binding rather than the opposite We use these fitting in a fairly aggressive environment, Steam at around 145 C than cooling water at around 20C to heat and cool an industrial process twice every minute Tried all sorts of anti..... so far for the last 10 plus years or so, the above combo has proven to be extremely good to stop thread binding Cheers
@TrystyKat
Жыл бұрын
You're right about the check valves. Having a check valve on every pipe segment could mask a leak, meaning that it won't be detected for potentially a long time, whereas a leak that affects the whole lease, you are going to see right away. A short-lived big leak is going to be better than a long-term (could be years!) small leak. The only way to get the best of both worlds is to have instrumentation (pressure or flow sensors) on every pipe segment protected by a check valve, and that could get expensive. There would be a lot of input/output (IO) for the SCADA system, which would probably mean a PLC at every pump jack and then installing fibre-optic cable everywhere so that they can communicate. That's a lot of money! Still, it would be a fun project as you could also monitor power consumption of every motor, pump jack RPM (so that you can detect motor, belt or gearbox failures), well head pressure, flow, etc, etc...
@lucmarchand617
Жыл бұрын
Thanks expose how oil business work from old oilwells maintenance here in alberta is lot keep up oilfield in good shape.
@FizzlNet
Жыл бұрын
Your channel is super interesting to me. When I think oil drilling, I just think about huge corporations and armies of faceless anonymous engineers and technicians doing their bidding in some kind of orchestrated manner. Nice to see the human side of someone doing the actual work.
@TheZachLife
Жыл бұрын
Thanks
@Orbacron
Жыл бұрын
I think pressure sensors is a great idea, and like a second pair of eyes when you need to rest
@BobCallahan-oy1md
Жыл бұрын
Lived in Texas for 6 yrs really enjoy your vids.
@SOU6900
Жыл бұрын
You're a better man than I am. If I get even a slight headache I'm down and out for the rest of the day. And that's saying something because I can tolerate pain fairly well.
@joelmurphy7980
Жыл бұрын
You have my sympathy sir, I hate trying to work with a migraine.
@shawnantel8238
Жыл бұрын
I love this channel
@advancednutritioninc908
Жыл бұрын
Another awesome video! Zach it's your personal info please share as much or as little as you think is right! Don't let anyone pressure you! Glad your headache subsided!!
@TheZachLife
Жыл бұрын
Thanks.
@joshjones3408
8 ай бұрын
Yea i was raised to not discuss money.....am just glad you healthy enough to do for you an make these videos 👍👍👍👍👍
@harlanshaw5777
Жыл бұрын
Tax return: I own a small HVAC business in Colorado and we do just fine. I often have friends or folk ask, HOW MUCH DO YOU MAKE? It hits me a little wrong because, I always thought my life and that of my family was ours to experience and everyone else has theirs to experience. We started with next to nothing financially and worked our way up from near bottom I seriously think it has to do with the amount of effort you put in. Thanks for listening to my rant. Love the vid's. God Bless!
@asleepinthealley
Жыл бұрын
It always cheers me up to see you've put out a new video.
@thunderods7228
Жыл бұрын
Hey Zach, I’ve been watching your channel for few years now. Glad to see you’re making videos again. One thing I’d recommend, is to worry what people in the comments think, you don’t owe us anything. Thanks!
@noel56z
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for your effort in producing these videos. Alsays fun to learn something new. I used to live in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area and worked for an aviation charter company (Alpha Aviation) at Love Field where many of our customers were in the oil industry. One man who we dealt with often was a man named Jeffrey Weiss who was I believe in the drilling pipe and well supply business. This was way back in the 1980s but have many fond memories of Texas. Again thanks for your efforts. I and others would like to hear some more of the economics of oil production.
@TheZachLife
Жыл бұрын
Thanks.
@specialservicesequipment393
Жыл бұрын
The plastic coating accelerates electrolysis. Same thing happened with epoxy coated rebar
@Hiei2k7
Жыл бұрын
Sometimes when watching this channel, I feel like you're operating and maintaining museum pieces that still do a day's work.
@TheZachLife
Жыл бұрын
Hahaha truth
@matthewwalkoviak4924
Жыл бұрын
Enjoy the content bud, it's nice to see the other side of it, been in the patch 26 years now 15 on the drilling side(mwd engineer), always enjoy seeing what goes on with the wells after we drill them. Keep doing what your doing.
@TheZachLife
Жыл бұрын
Thanks.
@williamcordle-FLman
Жыл бұрын
I’ve always been intrigued by the oil field work I’d love to be able to tour a drill rig in production mode and follow the process all the way through the refinery into a finished product but definitely enjoy the oil field history and antique equipment that’s from decades ago. I like watching you keep everything as simple as possible with out all the deep technical details that most people wouldn’t be able to wrap their heads around.
@om617yota8
Жыл бұрын
Migraines lay me out, doing what you were doing with a migraine would have had me puking and calling for someone to come get me. You're a tough son of a gun, Zach.
@TheZachLife
Жыл бұрын
I certainly understand. Thanks.
@erichodges2471
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for showing your oil fields and how they work.
@GintzFamInnovations
Жыл бұрын
Hey Buddy, Roustabout in NE Ohio. I enjoy coming home from work and seeing what you got into. Keep up the awesome content!
@TurboDog73TX
Жыл бұрын
Good stuff.
@BlitzedBuddha
Жыл бұрын
i do like that set up for tightening up the plumbing, beats putting it in the vice on the flatbed and sending it all one by one.
@NormanCYoung
Жыл бұрын
Just found your videos and have been binge watching your oilfield videos. Love them. Keep it up.
@TheZachLife
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching
@lesbarnes26
Жыл бұрын
Enjoying your videos. I learn something every time.
@dannfish
Жыл бұрын
So cool to see the mechanics with these oil wells. Thanks for posting.
@jacklehto2820
6 ай бұрын
Zach, your channel is entertaining, educational, and inspirational. Several carrier challenges exposed me to both oil field and the gas field work as well as high-purity gas delivery systems (semi conductor fabrication). Valves and Check Valves...the nemises to distribution piping technology. Your work ethic and solutions to operation issues are a tribute to individual entrepreneurship. Keep up the great Thezachlife channel. 👍👍Jack
@thomasweida2881
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the videos I find them interesting. And to the point about how much money you make I get the same questions from people I’m an owner operator truck driver with own authority. I mostly haul steel still get paid by the 100 weight and trying to explain that looses a lot of people. I tell folks there’s a range per load nothing is ever the same. Can be same product from same shipper going to same place but I might make more or less depending on different factors like fuel, traffic congestion ( might have to make a detour instead of setting in traffic for an hour or might get stuck and have to set. I might get extra to dead head back to a processor to take a finish coil to a stamping fire that they’re in need of lots of variables. I’m sure it’s just like you know two things are the same know today’s are the same.
@TheZachLife
Жыл бұрын
Exactly, It's a completely unanswerable question.
@Vernon-Chitlen
Жыл бұрын
I look forward to your videos...I like your style and the messages on your shirts! Your problem solving skills are interesting.
@TheZachLife
Жыл бұрын
Hahaha thanks.
@andye7389
Жыл бұрын
As an American from Wisconsin now living in Alberta I appreciate the info on oilfield work. I got sent a link from a coworker the video where you fixed a transformer as I am an electrician
@TheZachLife
Жыл бұрын
Awesome thanks for watching.
@jeffrogers8314
Жыл бұрын
honest working man getting it done .
@chrisholden2559
Жыл бұрын
My gosh, once again you post something the very day I am either dealing with the same thing or looking in to getting it. Today I was looking up 2" HDPE and fusion tools. Last time you posted a video on the overhead high voltage fuses the same day I found one that the power company had dropped and left.
@bwaldo1
Жыл бұрын
Not sure how you wound up in my feed, but you're making great content. The work ethic, creativity, and determination is what built this great country and you're a shining example of them all. Thank you
@Oletractormike1976
Жыл бұрын
Enjoy watching the older wells thanks an keep up the good videos
@MacF.
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for taking us along. I love learning more about the oilfield. You have a knack for explaining things in a way that anyone can follow along. Looking forward to the computer system video!!
@TheZachLife
Жыл бұрын
Awesome, thank you
@chrisreeves8037
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Zack I learned something-- as always. Did not know the "pinchers" existed. You made short work of the poly. I would have had to place the line in a machine then sq the line ends, finally melt the line ends. Enjoyed it. cr
@bartdenayer5025
9 ай бұрын
Two stainless pieces screwed one in another have the tendency to "cold forge". Well, that is how I translate the phenomenon from dutch when stainless pieces bind together. Even if you use anti seize the stupid things still get stuck. Keep up the videos and really appreciate the balance of effort imput in regard to profitability.
@HiwasseeRiver
Жыл бұрын
I'm glad to see you putting out some new stuff. I've done my share of lease plumbing - back in the 80's I worked on some broke dick wells in the panhandle north of Amarillo - it was hard to squeeze a nickel out of little wells and we had one string of pipe we (I) would drag from well to well each week - so the wells would rest for a week then I'd fire them up after they were plumbed back in. That's a hard way to make a buck but I was broke so I did it.
@TheZachLife
Жыл бұрын
Wow. Id say so.
@craigvk2paw17
Жыл бұрын
Very interesting stuff Gday from Australia
@alexbuilds706
Жыл бұрын
Anothe great vid man! Keep it up, real life looks a lot like those leases w/ the open sky & roads. We appreciate ya! 🥂
@danielmoore8538
Жыл бұрын
Cool videos,I drive a vacuum truck for a living and I hate leaks 😂.....keep up the good work.
@Jakeamura
Жыл бұрын
Keep up the great work Zach, I really enjoy your videos. It’s really cool to see behind the curtain of the oil industry, ain’t much for me to see or learn about this stuff in Ohio.
@osuoiler3605
Жыл бұрын
Lol, poor man's power head using that lathe! As always, love seeing the oilfield stuff. Sort of miss being in that world.
@terryposey3887
Жыл бұрын
I always enjoy your videos. I usually learn something, but what you do is interesting as well. Hard honest working man!!! I Love it, you are what America is all about !!!
@jamesdiffily8389
Жыл бұрын
Great content. I enjoy your videos.
@devanwinterton19
Жыл бұрын
I enjoy every video! I like how you explain how everything works. I live in Eastern Utah in the middle of the Oilfield here, and it's nice to know how things work. Keep up the good work!
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