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Ready? >> yeah. wiggle it. >> hold on. hold on. ready? >> yeah, i got it. >> narrator: but without step-by-step instructions, hes lost. >> you know, breaking everything down, they have their process and steps, you know, one thing after another. you know, i dont really remember those steps. >> narrator: even worse, the worms mouth is slowing down the entire rig move. >> you got to tell me [bleep] to do, dawg. >> huh? >> you got to tell me [bleep] to do. >> how many rig moves you been on? how many...

Im just gonna give them a list. they better get [bleep] done. tell them to get around there and check every [bleep] motor on this rig. all that [bleep] damn rope laying out there off the edge of location and thread protectors. get that drilling line off the [bleep] ground. theyre gonna have to pick their [bleep] feet up. >> lets get the mud bucket. get it up on the floor. put it right where it goes. find the cover for that mother [bleep] i about fell in it. should be a cover somewhere. these rig...

>> narrator: its rig-move day on big dog 28. every crews on site working together, racing to escape the well from hell and get the half million tons of steel to the next location. >> oh, lord. here we go again. >> narrator: its the most

Up and get on the next hole. >> narrator: and the first step is lowering the derrick. [ crash ] >> touchdown. nasa, we are down on the ground. >> narrator: with the derrick down, the day crews now in charge of taking apart the floor. big dogs replacing gerald with jeff, an experienced hand whos worked with pee wee before. >> old jeffs back with you now. >> what do you say to that? hey, guys. >> i say, "yay!" >> [ laughs ]y!" >> he aint worked with old cheston. that ought to be exciting right the...

>> its not oiling. >> well, we got to find out why its not oiling. take that [bleep] off right there. see where its clogged up at. >> narrator: adding oils not solving the problem, so the rigs coming apart just as fast as it was put together. >> look down in there and see if the chains on the oiler. take that other cover off there, kody. oiler chains off. >> whats chains off? >> its busted loose. >> its got two little ears right here. thats where its busted loose at. >> well see if i can get a w...

Dont. hey! hey! hey! hey! swing em around. how the [bleep] yall got em? >> first day here has been lovely, actually. and if ronald does bark at me, i just say, "yes, sir," and keep going. he shows me respect, and i give him the same back.t, and i give all these guys do. its a much better work environment. >> get off that mother [bleep] >> well just see how it works out, you know? i dont know what lies ahead. >> where cheston at? >> narrator: but chestons got more to worry about than just driller...

The laydown. i got to watch him pretty close, make sure he dont get hurt, put his hands where they aint supposed to be. >> narrator: tanks only been on the rig two weeks, and hes already stacked up just as many safety violations. >> new hand we got, tank -- no steel-toed boots. >> balls, man. you gonna fire me? >> im not firing you, but you got to get some steel-toed boots. "keeps glasses behind his head, not on his eyes." am i right or wrong? >> youre right. >> sign it right there. >> narrator:...

>> i just told you. >> hey, hey, hey swing him around. i dont think i got him. he was -- if ron does bark at me ill say "yes, sir" and keep going. he shows me respect and i give him the same back. all these guys do. much better work environment. >> get off that [ bleep ]. well see how it works out. >> but chestons got more to worry about that just driller ron. tool pusher freddy has his own roughneck welcome for the worm. >> get them out of there. get them buckets out of there.

Drill site. >> im going to give them something to b[ bleep ] remembe today. im going to get thet a list. get there and check every motor on this rig. all that playing off the edge of the location and the protecters, get that drilling line off the ground. dont have to take their feet up. >> mud bucket up on the floor. >> find the cover for that [ bleep ]. should be a cover somewhere. right here. get them off the floor. >> after an exhausting shift, freddys got one last surprise for the night crew...

You got to hit that big hole there over everything. still aint oiling. >> is it oiling or not? we got to find out why its not oiling. see where its plugged up at. >> adding oil is not solving the problem so the rigs coming apart just as fast as it was put together. >> look down in there and see if the chains on the oiler. take that other cover off this, cody. >> busted loose. >> two little gears right here. where it busted loose. >> see if i can get a welder out here. >> they cant [ bleep ] take...