LOADCRAFT INDUSTRIES, LTD.
The Best People, Building the Best Products, for the Best Customers.
We build the highest quality
value for the money!
Founded in 1916, Located in Brady, Texas.
August/September 2010
Terry McIver President
terry.mciver@loadcraft.com
Reece McIver Chief Operating Officer
reece.mciver@loadcraft.com
Grady McIver VP of Rigs
grady.mciver@loadcraft.com
Ray Jones VP of Trailers
ray.jones@loadcraft.com
Luis Collazo Chief Financial Officer
Lou.collazo@loadcraft.com
Gary Weatherman
Executive Vice President of Sales and Engineering
gary.weatherman@loadcraft.com
Donnie Neff Rig Sales Manager
don.neff@loadcraft.com
Donnie Mach Drawworks Specialist
donnie.mach@loadcraft.com
Pepper Jones Int. Rig Sales (Dubai)
pepper.jones@loadcraft.com
Frank Buttenhoff Int. Rig Sales (Indonesia)
frank.buttenhoff@loadcraft.com
Sharon Mach Parts Sales
sharon.mach@loadcraft.com
Lewis Smith Trailer Sales
LOADCRAFT 750HP
lewis.smith@loadcraft.com
Wayne Philpot Plant Manager
wayne.philpot@loadcraft.com
Clois Montague
Operations Manager (Brownwood)
clois.montague@loadcraft.com
Lonnie McDonald Purchasing Manager
lonnie.mcdonald@loadcraft.com
Bobbie Lusty Executive Asst.
bobbie.lusty@loadcraft.com
(325)597-2911
Our Products are 100% American Made and Built In Texas at Loadcraft Industries, Ltd. We have
Been Serving the Oilfield Industry for over 100 Years…. Domestically and Across the Globe.
“Our goal is to build the best
American product, with the best
people, for the best customers
all around the world.”
It is always a pleasure and
honor for me to express my
appreciation to all the people who work with us here
at Loadcraft. I will continue
to represent our product as
being built by the best workforce in the world. That will
always mean that there is no
better quality product in the
world. The last 1 ½ years
have very difficult for all, and
thank you for bearing with
us and sticking it out with us. Unfortunately,
the nature of manufacturing is up and down,
and we all experienced the down. Today we
have a new day, and I truly believe the very
best days of Loadcraft are just ahead. Our
new REFRESH project, although tedious and
somewhat painful, will make our process better
than it has ever been, and please don’t lose
focus on it and let’s get it to the finish line. As
business is definitely picking up,
we have a lot of work to finish
for the rest of the year. Please
don’t forget it is the Providential
hand of God that has brought us
to this day. Let’s all continue to
walk by Faith and not by sight,
and join me in living out the Mission Statement of Loadcraft you
see to the side here. Beginning
in August, you will have the opportunity to participate in some
significant spiritual activities that
will be offered to strengthen us as individuals,
and also strengthen us as a company. Please
know that you are not required to participate,
but it will enhance your life if you do. Thanks
again for your loyalty and commitment to our
joint effort here at Loadcraft.
Mission Statement
Our goal is to build the best
American product, with the
best people, for the best customers all around the world.
We seek to promote human
relationships through business relationships, with people from different cultures,
with different Faiths, from all
different parts of the world,
as well as with the people in
our very midst. Our very top
priority is to daily, demonstrate the character of Christ
in our business and personal
lives, without being dogmatic
or offensive.
- Terry McIver
Loadcraft Can Meet Any Drilling Solutions
...Throughout the World.
We have a global presence with our Rigs and Trailers spanning around the globe, located in
….USA, Argentina, Columbia, Kuwait, Chad, Egypt, Turkey, Mexico, Libya, Venezuela, India, Ecuador, Russia,
Turkmenistan, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Iran.
Since 2004 we have shipped 127 Loadcraft Rigs and 866 Trailers
working hard for our valued Customers...
Loadcrafts “Project Refresh 2010”
Over the last 5 years, 125 rig and 900 trailer
sales, our focus on quality and durable custom
rigs has not always won the ‘lowest bid’ structure
up front, but, we believe the lifetime and service
of our rigs will always win the ‘lowest cost’ and
value in the end. Taking in consideration that the
value of the true costs of ownership is equal to
“...true costs of ownership is
equal to the price you pay
today, plus the costs to
maintain and service the rig...”
the price you pay today, plus the costs to maintain and service the rig (including downtime over
the hole), less the resale value at the end of your
use of the rig. Plug Loadcraft into that formula
and you have: a little higher purchase price to
amortize over the life of the rig, way less down
time (thru complete commitment to service our
customers), and an asset with the best resale
value in the market place. We sincerely believe
your lowest net costs of ownership and highest
value realized will come thru being a part of the
Loadcraft family.
I want to extend an invitation to Brady, Texas, to
each of you for some great barbeque and a visit
with the best people in the world who genuinely
care about building the best products for the best
customers in the world. We don’t want you to
give us your business, but we humbly ask for the
opportunity to earn it.
Whether you need a super mobile rig to climb
the side of a hill in the Marcellous, or a desert
package in 130 degree heat in the Middle East,
we can do it. If you need a conventional mechanical rig in the jungle of South America or
the plains of West Texas (that anything can be
fixed with big enough sledge hammer and pipe
wrench), or an AC rig with a joystick for the new
driller who has played Xbox all his life, we are
your solution.
My hope and prayer for each of you is that you
may experience exceedingly abundant prosperity for this year and beyond.
Thanking you for the privilege,
Reece McIver
Chief Operating Officer
Trailer Division
Custom Made in Texas, U.S.A.
Loadcraft specializes in total design and manufacturing of 250-2000HP Drilling and Workover
Rigs, as well as Trailers, Dollies, Beams, AND Multi-Axle Components to support the
Heavy Haul and Oilfield Transportation Industries.
Loadcraft Industries, Ltd. is an ISO 9001:2008 & API Spec Q1 Manufacturing Facility holding the API 4F and 7K licenses.
“3000 Years of Know-How”
Off the Desk of Wayne Philpot, Plant Manager.
As I sit down to type this up, we here at
Loadcraft find ourselves in the big middle of a flurry of activity that will end
with the sweat of our collective brows
scattered across the globe – literally
from somewhere south of the Halls of
Montezuma to the Shores of Tripoli….
The 1000 horsepower full-meal-deal
heading to Libya is coming together
nicely, the 550 horsepower drilling rig
and substructure for Columbia is nearly out of the gate, the south Texas 550
horsepower pulling units are coming together at an amazing rate, the
Mexico rig is in the planning stages,
and there are multiple trailers destined
to become part of huge domestic frac
fleet leaving the heart of Texas for all
points of the compass. I’m certain that
all of you have noticed how well the
processes have gone and are still going, and we need to recognize what’s
driving the train of these continuing
successes: predictable, repeatable,
and unflinching dedication to excellence by a fairly small group of warhorse professionals.
A few weeks ago I started asking
the folks here at Loadcraft how many
years of experience that they could
count for themselves, and I jotted
down the numbers in my pocket notebook as the impromptu survey went
on. A couple of days later I sat down
and added the number of years of experience that are represented every
day the plants open up, and my eyes
bugged out at the huge number that
popped up on the calculator. Approx-
imately 177 people represent right at
3,000 years of combined experience
in industry, and these years of experience are spread across all aspects
of several industrial, manufacturing,
oil patch, and administrative fields.
That’s an average of 16.9 years of experience in learning, practicing, and
excelling in intellectually and sometimes physically demanding fields of
endeavor.
Now then, we ask ourselves how is it
possible for such a limited number of
people to accomplish so much? One
small example lies in the Brady Hangar where there are three very fine
gentlemen who can account for 147
years of experience between them
(you know who you are Obed, Denny,
and Dale). Dedication and rock-solid
repeatability show up in every component that these guys touch, and their
parts are handed off complete, accurate, and on time. The same can be
said for any of the departments and
about either facility when we ask ourselves how we’re able to accomplish
more with less.
Looking ahead at the amount of work
that is stacking up in front of us, I’m
strengthened mentally and can sleep
soundly at night knowing that 3,000
years of know-how and been-there-dothat are walking through the gate to
go to work every day.
Loadcraft Industries, Ltd.
P.O. Box 1429
Brady, Texas 76825
LOADCRAFT INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Loadcraft
Industries, Ltd.
Servicing and Dealing
Parts for All
Your Drilling Needs.
Specializing in
Cooper® and
HRI Rigs.
Also providing API,
C3 & C4 Inspections
(325) 597-2911
Heard it Through
the Grapevine.
“The Loadcraft 60 Series (1000HP SCR
Portable Electric Drilling Rig) has
really found its nich in the Marcellus Shell!
...Loadcraft is the rig of choice out here.”
Red West
Pioneer Wells Services
Red also said it worked just as well on a hydraulic
skidding system.
www.Loadcraft.com
Sow for yourselves righteousness, reap the fruit of unfailing
love, and break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek
the Lord, until he comes and showers righteousness on you.
– Hosea 10:12