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“He said if we built and sold 10 complete units a year he would be thrilled and amazed. “Well into the project, I remember asking my manager how many units he thought Vermeer would sell per year so we could leverage price breaks,” says Mr Rankin. Mr Rankin says he came back from that project not totally convinced of the technology, and wondering if he wanted to take the lead on a project to commercialize the technology.Īt the time, Vermeer had very modest plans for the success of the new technology. “There are a lot of operators out there now that don’t realise the work that was involved in the whole operation back then.” Drill racks were manually manoeuvred into place, every drill stem was manually carried to the rack, and you can’t forget laying down the earthing matts and driving the stakes down with a sledge hammer! “Back then we didn’t have the luxuries there are today like a seat, rod loaders, cabins, and self-propelled machines. But the flow of traffic to the emergency entrance wasn’t interfered with. Compared to today’s standards, we would have been sacked and sent back to running a shovel. “At that time,” said Mr Rankin, “It took the better part of two days to do this 42 m bore. This required the installation of a 42 m power conduit underneath the hospital’s emergency entrance bay.Īs one would imagine, shutting down the driveway to break up the concrete, dig a trench, bury the conduit, compact the soil back, and replace the concrete wasn’t a viable option the time for the concrete to set before reopening the drive would be days, and emergency vehicles would have to be rerouted to another hospital entrance point, or even another hospital, adding more time to a possible life-and-death situation. The directional drilling project involved moving powerlines underground to reduce any future loss of power to the facility. Mr Rankin recounts that the trip was right after hurricane Hugo had hit the Charlotte area and the storm had taken down several overhead powerlines at a nearby hospital. “He said, ‘Well, I don’t know a lot about it either, but I want you to book a ticket to Charlotte, North Carolina, meet up with the local Vermeer Dealer, and watch a unit in operation that’s been manufactured by a company that’s just starting to make a move into this industry’.” Mr Rankin says “In the very beginning, I remember being pulled into my manager’s office and asked if I knew or had ever heard of a term or technology called ‘directional drilling’, which I hadn’t. His career within Vermeer spans an impressive 38 years, and one of Jim’s many accolades includes being instrumental in the development of Vermeer’s directional drills, including the company’s first commercially marketed drilling equipment.
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