After acquiring 17 years of dewatering experience with one of the largest dewatering contractors in the United States, William C. Holden established Viking Drillers, Inc. in 1983. Today, Viking Drillers, Inc. is owned and operated by Sherry Montoya. Together with her team of experienced and talented individuals, they have built Viking into the company it is today. VDI is highly respected and has grown to be the largest dewatering contractor on the west coast. Our projects include small well point jobs to multi-million dollar 300+ well dewatering projects, ranging from Multi-phase private sector projects to gigantic public utility installations. VDI has worked closely with owners, consultants, engineers, contractors, and governmental agencies building strong collaborative relationships to help solve diverse dewatering problems.
VDI maintains a full line of dewatering equipment for rental, including submersible pumps, centrifugal pumps, vacuum pumps, diesel sound attenuated generators, auto-transfer switches, large double wall fuel cells, junction boxes, s/o electrical cord, 500 to 20000 gallon sand sediment tanks, well casing, pvc discharge piping, and Yelomine pipe. All equipment is maintained in house. Our own employees do the repairs and testing before the equipment is sent out into the field, ensuring that our customers have the most reliable equipment available.
VDI is also a manufacturer’s authorized distributor and service center for several name brands of submersible pumps and equipment. These name brands include Multiquip submersible pumps and sound attenuated diesel generators, Prosser & V-power submersible pumps, and Grundfos turbine pumps. VDI uses state of the art track mounted Bay Shore Systems’ LoDrils® and has a Sonic Drill rig. The rigs range in size from “Pee Wee II” a low overhead machine w/ 8’6” clearance, 30,000 lb. to 80,000 lb. excavator style machines, and “Big Moe” a 140,000 lb. machine capable of drilling 15’ diameter holes. VDI has recently added a new drill rig manufacturer to the existing fleet. The Sonic TSI 150 CC allows Viking the ability to case holes to depths of far greater than 300+ feet. With this new addition, Viking has broaden our services offerings to include soil sampling and mineral exploration.
Viking Drillers Inc. is proud to be a distributor for V-Power Equipment, Inc. pumps, Crane/Prosser dewatering pumps and Multiquip generators.