Demonstrating a Truck-Mounted Workover Rig on Your Own Tubulars
A buyer's guide to planning a workover rig demonstration using the buyer's well tubulars, with practical checks on hook load, depth, and carrier configuration before RFQ and acceptance.
Before accepting a demonstration of a truck-mounted onshore workover rig, decide whether the trial will use your own well tubulars rather than the supplier's sample string. That choice shapes the whole test: your pipe's size and condition drive how the rig handles, and results with unfamiliar pipe tell you less about your well servicing work.
Ask the supplier to confirm the demonstration string matches your planned 2-7/8 in drill pipe and to state the workover depth at which the trial will run, since the catalog reference of 4,500 m applies to that pipe size. Request that the trial show the rig operating at your expected working loads, and compare these against the reference maximum static hook load of 1,125 kN and nominal hook load of 800 kN, treating both as catalog values rather than guarantees for the supplied unit. Confirm the carrier is the 10×8 drive configuration you require and that the trial site allows it to be positioned and moved as in service.
Before requesting a quote, confirm with the supplier which tubulars will be used in the demonstration, how hook load and depth will be measured and recorded, and whether the trial unit's carrier and rig configuration match the model you intend to purchase.