Our Story
This Bucyrus-Eerie 22W is the cable-tool drilling rig that Jerry Reiserer operated since the 1960's and it's still operating today.
This is a nostalgic sight for many members of the Reiserer Well Drilling Family as we grew up visiting rural drilling sights like this among the beauty of Kansas wheat.
No matter the requirements of the job, Reiserer Well Drilling can tailor our services to your needs...even when those needs require extensive mud removal and a minimally impacted lawn!
This Bucyrus-Eerie 22W is the cable-tool drilling rig that Jerry Reiserer operated since the 1960's and it's still operating today.
A longtime Kansas staple, Reiserer Well Drilling got its start in the United States over 160 years ago in Missouri when George Martin Reiserer first immigrated to America. He and his wife came from the Kingdom of Hanover in what is now Germany. They arrived just two years before the Civil War began, and he drilled the first water well that we have a record of as the fighting of the Civil War broke out. In 1903, his only son, George Herman Reiserer, moved to Leon, Kansas with his own family, where his descendants would continue the well drilling legacy for the next 120 years and counting.​​​​​​​​​​
The great-grandson of founder George Martin Reiserer, Jerry Reiserer, was the face of Reiserer Well Drilling for the majority of the last century. He began drilling full time with his father Joe at 24, in 1954 after serving in the Marine Corps, and continued drilling for the next 66 years, until he was 90 years old. Jerry became such a fixture around Wichita and the surrounding communities over the years, that it is hard to go anywhere in public without bumping into a satisfied customer or longtime acquaintance. Jerry still contributes to the business by sharing his experiences to this day.
