DMI Core Recovery Program

1. Get a crate. Request one below, or call or text 385-425-4623. We call you and ship the empty crate free, with no deposit. Your account gets a DMI portal where your crate and credits live.
2. Accept the crate agreement. Before the first tube goes in, accept a short crate agreement in your portal.
3. Fill it and scan. Toss in dry, empty tubes as they come. Scan the QR on the crate and enter each tube's size, length and quantity. The crate page adds up the recovery value and the weight for you.
4. Use your credits. A tube under 6 inches is an exchange credit the minute you scan it. At 6 inches and up, re-tip is selected for you, and you can switch any tube to an exchange credit.
5. Send it back. When the tubes in the crate are worth $2,500, the account owner confirms the 6 inch and up choices and requests pickup on the Re-Tip tab in the portal.
6. We inspect every barrel. DMI checks size, brand, condition and serviceability and posts an itemized Core Recovery Report to your portal. You approve, return or hold each row. Nothing is produced or scrapped without your approval. Tubes that are not re-tipped or returned are recycled.

Standard-length bits under 6 inches

Each tube is an exchange credit off a new DMI bit in the same size range, ready the minute you scan it. Bits 2 to 5-1/2 inch are re-tipped on request. Under 2 inch we don't re-tip. Need a custom or extended tube length on a small bit? Ask your rep. A custom-length barrel can be re-tipped when it passes inspection and enough usable length remains for your drilling depth. DMI shows any cut-down and the finished usable length before you approve work.

Bits 6 inches and larger, plus custom-length barrels

Re-tip is selected for you. You can switch any tube to an exchange credit, and switch it back until you use it. Once you use an exchange credit in a size range, that size range stays exchange. You confirm your choices before the crate ships back. A re-tip needs the tube to pass inspection. A tube that fails can still take the exchange.

Your rep recommends the segment for the way you drill. The re-tip price includes DMI's suggested segment count. Extra segments for pan decking, asphalt or other abrasive work are quoted. When the finished barrel length is over 24 inches, the base re-tip adds 10%. Unusual configurations are quoted.

View re-tip sizes and base pricing.

One returned tube earns one credit for one new DMI core bit in the same size range. The credit comes off your DMI portal price and stacks with it:

• Through 6 inches: 25% off your price
• 6-1/2 through 14 inches: 20% off your price
• 16 through 30 inches: 15% off your price
• Over 30 inches: your rep quotes it

Credits never expire and pool across your crates. Spend them in your portal cart, one credit per bit, through normal checkout or your Net 30 terms. New bits ship at normal shipping.

For a 6 inch and up tube that passes inspection, DMI recommends re-tip when the complete re-tip quote is 75% or less of the discounted replacement at the working length you need, and replacement above that. You make the final choice. DMI confirms condition, eligibility and final options before any work begins.

See today's price for your size at dmicrm.app/recovery.

• No upfront crate deposit. The Recovery Crate stays DMI property and is assigned to your company under the crate agreement you accept in your portal.
• Empty crate ships free. DMI sends the empty Recovery Crate to you at no charge.
• DMI pays half the freight on every pickup. Pickup opens once the tubes scanned into the crate are worth $2,500. Every tube counts, including tubes whose credits you already spent. DMI pays 50% of standard contiguous-US commercial freight, up to $250 per leg, on both legs: the loaded crate to Roy and the finished product back to you. You pay the remainder and any nonstandard charges. A crate whose agreement was accepted before October 14, 2026 keeps the $2,000 line in the agreement it signed.
• Keep the crate while you fill it. If no tube is scanned and no credit is used for 180 days, we remind you to send it back. If that reaches 365 days and the crate has not come back, the exchange discounts you used are invoiced at full price and the crate at $500.
• DMI and competitor barrels are accepted. Oversize loads get a custom freight and packaging plan approved by DMI.

The account owner requests pickup on the Re-Tip tab in your DMI portal, not from the crate QR. Pickup opens once the tubes in the crate are worth $2,500. Weight never opens pickup; it is only the cap. Confirm your 6 inch and up choices first. At 90% of usable payload the crate stops taking tubes, so call DMI before adding more. A pickup request starts a review. It does not authorize shipment. Closed-load photos, dimensions, an actual scale weight, and DMI's packaging and pickup approval come before freight is booked.

Keep barrels dry and empty, protect the threads, and remove loose cores, slurry and debris. Include the overall length and your minimum acceptable finished drilling length for every custom barrel. Do not ship until DMI approves the packaging and freight plan. Warped tubes, cracked barrels, damaged threads or welds, or too little usable barrel length may prevent re-tipping, but DMI can still quote an eligible replacement.

Core Recovery is for contractors and end users. Distributors: ask us about the DMI re-tipping machine.

Know another shop with a tube pile? Your portal has a referral code. When a shop that never had a crate scans its first tube, both shops get a free accessory.

Questions? Call or text 385-425-4623, or ask your DMI rep.