User guide

Systems and Equipment - 60 MR90 Operator’s Manual

Recommended Products

For productive drilling and equipment protection, use these recommended Baroid

products, available

from your Ditch Witch

dealer.

• Soda ash

• Quik-Gel

dry powder bentonite (p/n 259-804)

• Liqui-Trol™ liquid polymer suspension (p/n 259-808)

•Quik-Trol

dry powder polymer (p/n 259-809)

• Bore-Gel

drilling fluid (p/n 259-807)

• E-Z Mud™ Gold dry powder polymer (p/n 255-1012)

Guidelines

Match drilling fluid to soil type. This chart is meant as a guideline only. See your local Ditch Witch dealer for

soil conditions and drilling fluid recommendations for your area. Also see our interactive Drilling Fluid

Formulator at www.ditchwitch.com.

Improper handling or use of chemicals may result in illness, injury, or

equipment damage. Follow instructions on labels and in material safety data sheets

(MSDS).

Use breathing protection when exposed to silica dust.

270-4952

Soil type Drilling fluid recommendation

smooth, flowing sand bentonite or Bore-Gel + medium chain polymer

coarse sand or light soil bentonite or Bore-Gel

heavy clay medium chain polymer

swelling clay medium chain polymer

rock Bore-Gel