Patent ID: 9657538
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: E21B

Claim:
1. A method of pulling a rod out of a well hole, comprising: lifting a rod string through a disengaged rod clamp and rod positioner assembly with a traveling block system and remotely controlled rod elevator until a junction between a first rod of the rod string and a second rod of the rod string is above the rod positioner; engaging the rod positioner onto the second rod, wherein the rod positioner holds the second rod in a stationary position; suspending the rod string in the rod positioner; engaging a tong assembly onto the first rod, wherein the tong assembly twists the first rod and unthreads the first rod from the second rod; disengaging the tong assembly from the first rod; raising the first rod above the tong assembly and moving the first rod towards a carriage, wherein the carriage is raised and extended at an angle; lowering the first rod onto the carriage and releasing the first rod from the rod elevator; lowering and retracting the carriage into a horizontal position; and tilting the carriage and discharging the rod from the carriage onto a rod racking system.