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March 29, 2024

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(559) 352-7228
543 North Monte Ave
Fresno, CA 93728
State Contractor License #882088 (C57,C42)
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Areas Served: Central Valley & Fresno County incl. Fresno CA, Sanger CA,…
Services: water well drilling domestic & agricultural, well development, well abandonment,…

Many contractors in this industry won't put the well where you want it, but instead where it's easiest for them, with you having to live with it for years afterwards. And once it's done, how can you be totally sure it's going to produce the results you want and not be a failure and waste of money, producing nothing at all, or too little, or poor quality with grit?

According to consumers we heard from in our research, you can be sure of the results you want from Strickland Drilling in Fresno CA and owners Marc and Mike Strickland who are able guarantee results on most wells because of their superior familiarity with the unique local areas throughout the Central Valley due to almost 3,000 wells done since 2004, and who have proven time and again to make the extra effort to put the well where it's convenient for you, even though it means extra effort for them.

More Experience Means Results Guaranteed From Strickland Drilling in Fresno CA

You probably have an ideal location on your property picked out, but know that many or even most contractors won't use that spot if it makes their job more difficult, often regarding the accessibility for their equipment.  Unlike those companies, Strickland Drilling in Fresno and owner Mike Strickland have a reputation for putting in extra work to make your ideal location a reality. Mike shares, "We work to our greatest ability to accommodate what the customer wants to do and where they'd like to put it, even though it's a difficult spot, and we'll exhaust every possible idea to achieve that. At the least if that means trimming trees and limbs to accommodate the vehicles, or taking down a fence and putting it back up again, and not necessarily charging anything for that."

Consumers we heard from backed that up, like one named Brad who reported to us, "I was very pleased with Strickland Drilling. They were recommended by the pump service we use and they went the extra mile for me. I have ditch that goes down the side of our bank and they brought in a bunch of dirt so they could cross over it but the home owners' association requires that be open so they did extra work to come out and contour it so that it met the requirements and they didn't charge me anything extra for it. I'm very pleased."

With other companies, it's possible you pay for them to drill but then they don't reach water at all. Or they do and it's too little, or it's poor quality with too much sediment.  In contrast, Strickland Drilling has so much knowledge of the Central Valley after so many thousands of other wells that they usually guarantee results.  Owner Mike Strickland shares, "In most instances we can guarantee the results, both with finding water, and the quantity and quality so that if the results don't fit with the guarantee in any way, we will re-drill at our expense."  They can do that where others won't because after 3,000 jobs done throughout the Central Valley, they are almost always in close proximity to another job they've done previously and know for a fact what they'll find before they begin.

Their greater experience not only lets them guarantee results at their expense where others don't, but it also means an efficiency that has jobs done quickly.  That's according to consumer reports we received like one from Brad who told us, "I was amazed they could drill in one day 340 feet and they kept me apprised of every step. My neighbors have also used their services. I highly recommend them."

Another named Ken reported in to us, "Regarding Strickland Drilling, I was very, very impressed with them. They put in a 340 foot deep well. They were very efficient. Their workers knew everything they were doing. They finished the job in two and a half days and that included the development. I've talked to some of my neighbors and they also are planning to have Mike drill wells at their properties."

Where other contractors have proven dishonest in not disclosing their methods and make promises they don't keep, consumers report that Strickland Drilling has a proven record of honesty, thorough communication and doing what they say they will. Like one named Jim who reported to us, "Strickland has done fourteen, fifteen wells for me in the last two and a half years. They do a very, very good job. Very honest people. Do what they say and say what they do. They've done a first class job for us. We've had absolutely no problems with any wells that they've put in.   I recommend them."  


Strickland Drilling owner Michael Strickland: Central Valley Born and Raised.

Fresno CA resident Mike Strickland was born and raised here in the Central Valley and has lived here his whole life. Today he's a husband of 13 years and father of two children, a son, nine, who plays in a local flag football league and a seven year old daughter who loves gymnastics.  What's kept him in the area so long? He says, "I love the familiarity I have with the entire valley. I feel like everywhere I go is home. I get the great opportunity to go work in different locations every day in nearly every part of the valley. It's unique to be able to call such a large area home and really feel a connection to the land and the people I meet."

Michael Strickland and his brother Marc are third generation contractors. Their grandfather came to California from Arkansas where he'd been an oil well driller. Both worked with their contractor father as kids and learned a code of honesty from him. Mike shares, "We observed how he interacted with his customers, like how he was a man of his word. Back then, they often didn't write contracts for anything. They shook hands on the scope of work and the agreed upon price. If he had job overruns or obstacles he couldn't foresee, he'd still honor that price. He was a man of integrity and my brother Marc and I today run Strickland Drilling in a way that honors our dad and that ethic he taught us."

After so many jobs completed since 2004, what keeps Strickland Drilling owner Mike Strickland so enthusiastic still? "When we first started out, we worked with what equipment we could afford at that time and those first few years were tough going. But soon, as we invested in the best equipment and perfected our methods I really saw that I was doing exactly what I was born to do. I knew in my whole heart that I'd found what I'd been destined to do. Since that time it's continued to develop into something I genuinely love and I enjoy sharing with customers what I believe is a gift of knowledge about what we do."

And according to reports we received about Strickland Drilling, that conviction has been borne out by their proven ability to do jobs quickly and efficiently, to guarantee results in most cases or re-drill at their expense, not the customer's, and to put the site where the customer wants it even though it means extra effort for them, all in a way that has made them the recommendation of experienced locals.

In the words of one consumer named Austin who reported to us, "Regarding Strickland, I've had to drill quite a few different wells and I've gone through a lot of different people and it was kind of a nightmare.  Nine out of ten of the local people that I asked all said call Strickland.  He did an excellent job. His guys, for as much dirt as they drilled out, they really cleaned up the place. And unlike most contractors I've dealt with, when I contact him he gets right back to me. I was very impressed with the service. He's always going to be my recommendation."