I'm a welder looking for a career change, I live in East TN I'm 23, I seen a few companies near me that are about a 40 minute commute hiring rig hands, is this a good career to get into? I'm looking for something to hopefully do til I retire and make a good living, welding is already taking a toll on my eyes so im done with it as far as I'm concerned. Any info you can give me will be very helpful.
This video was linked to me and the rest of my well drilling unit by our platoon sergeant. I'm part of the 269th Well Drilling Detachment in the 868th Engineering Company in the Florida Army National Guard and have never seen this operation before. Thanks for the video. Very enlightening.
My friend, you have good integrity to be in the field of drilling yet admit you hadn't seen this previously. One day, you will be a competent sarge also.
Love your vid!!! Had a friend who spent $800 bucks to have a well witcher tell him where to drill. He has 5 gpm at 345 feet. The contractor who drilled our off grid well told us that nobody knows where the water is and recommended a convenient spot. Our driller hit water at 140' with 30 gpm. Some people believe in witching but I'm guessing most drillers (including our contractor) think this is nonsense.
@@cybertrk in NC most of the drillers believe in it. Know a old guy that paid $250 last year to a Witcher that didn't drill wells and the well went 600' with no water before the guy decided to give up on the hole. It was the second six hundred foot dry hole in his yard. He should of went deeper with the first hole
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One time in the hills of the Willamette valley we drilled to 760ish feet. It was like 90° that day. That water was so cold and good. This video brought back a lot of memories. I was 18 years old and the valley was a beautiful place to work
Thanks for sharing! Drop by my website baileylineroad.com for a visit sometime. You'll find lots of stuff there, including tool giveaways, articles and lots of other stuff of interest to hands-on, how-to people. Bye for now and thanks for watching! Steve
Very informative video. We just had to drill a new well and even though they were trying to explain what they were doing - your video filled in the missing pieces. Thanks for putting this together.
That first joint of pipe that you see them lowering with the lifting ring in the beginning is called your drill collar, it is a heavy wall pipe which is used for adding weight to the bit. You can see the bit is attached to it. He will add an additional drill collar to it as he gets deeper. The entire assembly is called your BHA or bottom hole assembly. The blocks is what lifts the BHA up and down only which why you need the heavy weight drill collars. What turns the drill string assembly is called a rotary or Kelly, in this case it’s a hammer rotary, where on an oil field rig we have top drives. Imagine this entire operation except 500 x larger and you have something similar to an oil field drilling rig. Minus mud pumps, mud tanks, gas busters, choke manifolds and flare system.
Interesting. I had a well drilled for my geothermal system last winter. They drilled down almost 400 ft and didn't find sufficient water for an open loop like we planned. But no worries, a 2nd well about 250 ft and we had plenty for a closed loop and I'm more than satisfied with how it turned out. I was not at the house most of the time they were doing their work, so nice to see it actually in progress in this video.
Idk how drilling for water and installing geothermal go hand in hand. Geothermal uses ground temperature to heat the water in the tube to a constant starting temperature for easier heating and cooling. Constant ground water supply is not necessary for that.
@@miguellavoie4373 poor quality water will cause issues in the pump and other internals. While not a large quantity of water is needed, I think we needed at least 4.5 gpm reliable. In my case, it was mostly the water quality issue.
Interesting and a good job explaining. Best part for me will seem strange as I was focused on the add on drill rod holders on each side of mast and how they were fabricated and how they would be used. Rig appears to be a 1970's Schramm T64 with an updated air package. Original were piston compressors. Original held only 210 ft of drill pipe but on this one has been expanded to upright storage on both sides. Very clever setup and the extra weight did not seem to be an issue with mast raising. Would love to inspect the rig in person but your video will have to do. Thanks for posting.
To seal the casing we use cement (not Bentonite). The Bentonite with variable density is used to fluch the drilling cuttings out of the well, lubricate the drilling bit and keep the bore hole safe from collapse during the job.
That’s a nice drill makes some good footage not sure how you guys gauge your water flow but when they said 50 I’m not so sure that’s what it was. Our style we are able to concentrate the flow into one area and we will time it into 5gallon bucket give almost exact as possible without a pump
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I live in Norway, here we drill energy Wells up to 1000ft. Most of the times 800ft per day per well. Solid rock, only a few metal pipes. We use 35 bars compressors to blow it out
Do you guys have certificates for such a job, I'm from Algeria and I have been drilling for 3 years and I Driller very interesting depths, wonder if I can find a job there, without any papers on me
"Thus God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament; and it was so." Genesis Chapter 1 verse 7
The well on my farm is 816 ft. deep. The pump used to sit at 550 ft. The pump went bad a year ago last June while we were on vacation. When the pump guys went to put the new pump back down, they hit something at 434 ft and couldn't get the pump any lower. Not wanting to damage the new pump or get it stuck where it couldn't be retrieved, they quit at that point. We had water but were more than 100 ft shallower than the previous depth. We starting running out of water this year and were afraid that we may have to drill a new well. We had 4 estimates from 4 different well drilling companies ranging in price from $40,000 to $50,000. about 438 per ft. just for the drilling. One of the companies had a camera and suggested that we may want to pull the pump and send a camera down to see what may be the problem. We did that. I recently did a short video of that experience on my you tube channel.
I would guess that depending on the average water table depth in your area - maybe your farm is an outlier - most drilling contractors don't even have that much drill pipe and casing on hand. The high prices probably are being inflated by the fact that they need to rent more drill pipe third party and source double the casing they normally have on hand. 439' static water level is extremely uncommon for a lot of north America from what I've read .... very very deep.
@@safety_sid , Hi Sid, we have 3 other wells within 5 miles of me that also have deep wells. The deepest one is just over 1000 feet. The others are in the upper 800’s. Around 60 ft deeper than mine. There are no records of my well from when it was drilled. It used to be pumped by a windmill which puts it somewhere in the 100 year old range. There is a video on my channel of the well company sending the camera down the well. Feel free to watch that one.
@@tractortalkwithgary1271 Thanks Gary! That's incredible! I'm not a water well driller or anything ... I know just enough about them to confidently sound like an idiot haha. I had no clue there were still water wells around that are that old.
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Hi Michael! I'm glad you like the video. That's good news to me. Drop by for a visit sometime at my online destinations: stevemaxwell.ca and realrurallife.com. You’ll find lots of new videos, articles and product giveaways, plus a chance to see what we’re up to on our island homestead. Where abouts do you live, Michael? Bye for now and thanks for watching. Steve
Actually there is one thing more horrifying and that's if they drop the pump and cant retrieve it. You cant decide if you should continue trying to get it out or drilling again .Either way you'll pick the wrong choice .
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146 feet! Wow! Our well is over 900 feet here in Colorado. Many new wells in our area are having to go 1,100 or 1,200 feet due to dropping aquifer levels.
What brand or type of pump can pump from 900 feet? Wow. I’m looking for a pump, I’ve got 500 ft deep new well to pump from. Thanks for responding if you read this.
@@rabidrooster6525 usually 900 feet of depth is going to cost you about $15, 000-$20,000. 2 cents a gallon if you filling up a tote/cistern that would take a long time to rack up$15,000
I’m looking at some property. Amd wanna know if it has water . What does it cost to have something like that done or a test some to know if you have water?
Hi Art! Good to hear from you. I hope you're doing well. The whole process took about 5 hours of actual drilling. The rig is pretty fast. Bye for now and thanks for watching! Steve
Good Morning! I can't say how many gallons were used during the drilling process, but the tanker truck that held the water had a tank that was more than 1000 gallons. So the process took less than that.My guess is that it probably took less than 750 gallons. I hope this helps.
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Hi. Well driller here. No drillers know when we’ve gone threw dirt/gravel. And you put the casing in solid rock. And the metal casing is welded together.
he’s probably guessing that answer also. I can almost Guarantee the drillers had a water “Witcher” come out Are they know the area well and did it themselvesand designate the Exact spot to drill.we used to have an ol’ timer about 80 yrs old walk around the property for hours with two 1/8” brass rods bent at perfect 90 degrees About 8 inches sticking down on one end at about 16-18 inches pointing out. he would hold his arm perfectly 90’ from his body only bend his elbows and have the brass in each hand and just ever so lightly letting them rest in his hand.. as he walk around rods will swing together and touch whenever he was over ground water.the more ground water the stronger the pull. don’t ask me how but them old timers been doing it long enough he could guess dang on the spot the exact GPM with a 99%success of at least finding water. you were at 40 gpm at 100’.not ideally @ “clean-depth”but still good volume. that’s more than my garden hose on full blast.shoot we’d drill over 1000’ for measly 5gpm(our minimum).Man I can go on and on and brings back a lot of good memories but I’ll quit rambling now.Take care
I was quoted $30 per foot for drilling. $15 per foot for the casing. $5 per foot for the PVC pipe. Pump and extras will cost about $5K. Most wells in my area (Colorado) are about 300 feet deep, so it will cost about $20K total.
HI Vincent! Thanks for writing. The well casing was about 20 feet long. Drop by for a visit sometime at my online destinations: stevemaxwell.ca and realrurallife.com. You’ll find lots of new videos, articles and product giveaways, plus a chance to see what we’re up to on our island homestead. Thanks for watching, Vincent! Bye, Steve
Well casing goes the entire depth of the hole. Steel casing is set till you get through rock to avoid cave ins and then you install pvc casing the rest of the way. Perforated casing goes at the bottom to still allow water into the well for the pump
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Considering buying a mountainous property, and wanted to make sure I could have a well drilled at the top of the hill even through what I presume is rock underneath. What are the limits and I assume drilling through rock isn't a problem right?
@@sweetjrewing5435 wow, that's lunch money. I drill large diameter shallow wells 36 inch hole with 30 inch casing. 35 to 110 feet deep. And our base cost is 6500. But then again we have a lot more overhead. Minimum 3 trucks with trailers. 1 for surface pipe (43 inch x 16 feet long steel pipe) 1 for our well casing 25 foot long by 30 inch diameter fiberglass and 1 with the backhoe. Occasionally we need a 4th truck which hauls 4000 gals of water to "flood drill". Drill rig hauls the surface pipe trailer, our 2 ton chassis support truck hauls the well casing as well as pumps, extra buckets, bentonite and various tools and our dump truck which holds 16 tons of 1/4" gravel for the filter pack.
Some people use dowsing rods. If done properly you can find things underground. The thing is you have no idea what exactly it is down there. There are USGS test wells and information online that give you some information about the aquifer in your area
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@@johncuervo3019 thank you for reply. I found one piece of land but its kind of on a hill. Will that cause the water to be deeper or it wont matter? So if you have flat regular land and kind of on hill land if you drill both will the one on hill needs to be deeper to reach water vs flat. Thank you
Hello Steve good morning exelent video, i like it. How can i get in contac with you. I want to drill in two parcels here in Southern california los angeles county.
I live in an area that I don't think would require a very deep well. I have a couple folks in my area that has added an outside well. I would like an outside well just for my outside water usage since water and sewer are expensive here. Would you have any rough idea on the total cost? Thanks
A water well can cost anywhere between 5 and $50k depending on location, depth, ground material, water table depth etc etc. I would guess a well such as the one in this video would cost ~$20k.
Hi Donna! Thanks for commenting. Well drillers usually have areas where they work, so there aren't a lot to choose from in any given place. I'd ask around and see what people's experiences have been. Also, you'll want a driller who will confirm a per-foot price, as well as the extras. Metal casing and cap costs extra, and the driller may be require to do some flow testing, which will cost more, too. You'll want to know these numbers ahead of time. Where do you live? The driller who did our well has been doing the work for about 40 years and is well respected. He does travel over a pretty wide area of northern Ontario, too. Bye for now and thanks for watching! Steve
Currently I'm in New Jersey, but eventually, I plan to retire in New Mexico (which is where I might need to drill a well!) Thanks for the info, though!
Some of us travel very far for drilling I’ve went 1000km to put in surface casing depends on the company’s and reputations ask around is best advice and they should have no issues explaining what’s going to happen to the yard
That's a lot different than what we used to do they put PVC casing all the way down and the bottom pipe got slits cut into it and then a sock over it for a filter this is quite a bit different with not putting a casing all the way down
how do you know that the place you drilling is have water did you already speaking with some geologist or what method do you use ? i'm sorry for the bad english
Hello Negash! Yes, a well just keeps on giving water unless something happens to the underground water courses. That almost never happens, thankfully. So "forever water" is the usual way things happen.
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Our Well Drilling Crew was at about 120ft when they say that they either hit sand and it collapsed and filled the hole or that something called "Cup caking" occurred. Anyway they were at it for hours trying to get the pipe to circulate(turn). They still have an estimated 380ft to go. They finally left for the day. Today is May 10th, 2021. HELP
Hello Thomas! That sounds like a distressing situation. Your situation is different than mine since all our wells are mostly drilled through rock. Perhaps I can help, though. Feel free to email me at steve@stevemaxwell.ca. Bye for now, Steve
if they lost circulation then that means they stopped clearing cuttings out the top and their air was dispersing into the formation. losing rotation would imply losing the ability to turn
Interesting. Sorry to say most of the commentary was ill-informed. The air sent down the bore is to remove cuttings, cooling the bit is a secondary action. The 'cutting head' is actually called a Down-Hole Hammer and works basically the same way as a pneumatic drill used to dig up roads etc. The water used during drilling is injected to also assist in removing soft or sticky cuttings. Lastly, the driller drills deeper than the first contact with underground water to create a sump. That is required because even in good supplies of under-ground water, once pumping starts, the standing water level will often drop to a 'working level', that's called the draw-down.
Very interesting. I live in an area that I don't think would have to be drilled too deep. I would like to add an outside use only well. Would you have any idea what the cost would be? Thank you
@@Johnny53kgb-nsa Sorry, I cant begin to estimate costs for you, I live in Australia where prices are different to other places. If there seems to be water at a shallow depth, that obviously helps but it does depend on the types of formation drilled through. Drilling the hole can be a simple project but adding steel or plastic casing to line the hole, adding a submersible pump and the electrics all add to cost. Good luck though.
@@AnX8765 I'm not too familiar with the process, but what I meant was the water would only be used for outside purposes I guess, like watering the garden, etc.. Thanks
We been in business with my grandpa started in 1915 and are still going and to this day I been doing it for 25 years and still going
I'm a welder looking for a career change, I live in East TN I'm 23, I seen a few companies near me that are about a 40 minute commute hiring rig hands, is this a good career to get into? I'm looking for something to hopefully do til I retire and make a good living, welding is already taking a toll on my eyes so im done with it as far as I'm concerned. Any info you can give me will be very helpful.
This video was linked to me and the rest of my well drilling unit by our platoon sergeant. I'm part of the 269th Well Drilling Detachment in the 868th Engineering Company in the Florida Army National Guard and have never seen this operation before. Thanks for the video. Very enlightening.
My friend, you have good integrity to be in the field of drilling yet admit you hadn't seen this previously. One day, you will be a competent sarge also.
Love your vid!!!
Had a friend who spent $800 bucks to have a well witcher tell him where to drill. He has 5 gpm at 345 feet. The contractor who drilled our off grid well told us that nobody knows where the water is and recommended a convenient spot. Our driller hit water at 140' with 30 gpm. Some people believe in witching but I'm guessing most drillers (including our contractor) think this is nonsense.
Easiest way to find out is witching is real is to google "how does witching work" and you'll instantly see how dumb it is.
@@cybertrk a a water well Diller here in Canterbury New Zealand I AGREE with you.
Cheers.
@@cybertrk in NC most of the drillers believe in it. Know a old guy that paid $250 last year to a Witcher that didn't drill wells and the well went 600' with no water before the guy decided to give up on the hole. It was the second six hundred foot dry hole in his yard.
He should of went deeper with the first hole
As an old Australian Driller with 40 odd years of experience, my feelings on witchers is,they used to burn witches,and they should start again.
That is a nice commentary on borehole drilling! Thank you !😊
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One time in the hills of the Willamette valley we drilled to 760ish feet. It was like 90° that day. That water was so cold and good. This video brought back a lot of memories. I was 18 years old and the valley was a beautiful place to work
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Very informative video. We just had to drill a new well and even though they were trying to explain what they were doing - your video filled in the missing pieces. Thanks for putting this together.
That first joint of pipe that you see them lowering with the lifting ring in the beginning is called your drill collar, it is a heavy wall pipe which is used for adding weight to the bit. You can see the bit is attached to it. He will add an additional drill collar to it as he gets deeper. The entire assembly is called your BHA or bottom hole assembly. The blocks is what lifts the BHA up and down only which why you need the heavy weight drill collars. What turns the drill string assembly is called a rotary or Kelly, in this case it’s a hammer rotary, where on an oil field rig we have top drives. Imagine this entire operation except 500 x larger and you have something similar to an oil field drilling rig. Minus mud pumps, mud tanks, gas busters, choke manifolds and flare system.
Im a well driller and i like your video. Not many out there like this.
Where do you work US or Canada?
How do you become a well driller? Is there a trade school for that?
@@protonsorted7925 just apply to a company that offers the service. the prefer people with truck driving license but might hire you on as a laborer.
Excellent commentary and explanation. Thank you for taking the time.
Interesting. I had a well drilled for my geothermal system last winter. They drilled down almost 400 ft and didn't find sufficient water for an open loop like we planned. But no worries, a 2nd well about 250 ft and we had plenty for a closed loop and I'm more than satisfied with how it turned out. I was not at the house most of the time they were doing their work, so nice to see it actually in progress in this video.
Idk how drilling for water and installing geothermal go hand in hand. Geothermal uses ground temperature to heat the water in the tube to a constant starting temperature for easier heating and cooling. Constant ground water supply is not necessary for that.
@@miguellavoie4373 poor quality water will cause issues in the pump and other internals. While not a large quantity of water is needed, I think we needed at least 4.5 gpm reliable. In my case, it was mostly the water quality issue.
Used br 700 pro for searge water is the best in iraq
How much does something like this cost to have some?
Interesting and a good job explaining. Best part for me will seem strange as I was focused on the add on drill rod holders on each side of mast and how they were fabricated and how they would be used. Rig appears to be a 1970's Schramm T64 with an updated air package. Original were piston compressors. Original held only 210 ft of drill pipe but on this one has been expanded to upright storage on both sides. Very clever setup and the extra weight did not seem to be an issue with mast raising. Would love to inspect the rig in person but your video will have to do. Thanks for posting.
To seal the casing we use cement (not Bentonite). The Bentonite with variable density is used to fluch the drilling cuttings out of the well, lubricate the drilling bit and keep the bore hole safe from collapse during the job.
Same
Thats right . Iam driller in iraq..
It's air drilling,with on board air compressor driving a down the hole hammer. Totally different to rotary mud drilling as is used in the oil patch.
That’s a nice drill makes some good footage not sure how you guys gauge your water flow but when they said 50 I’m not so sure that’s what it was. Our style we are able to concentrate the flow into one area and we will time it into 5gallon bucket give almost exact as possible without a pump
Super amizing good job because of your vlog tutorial I got some knowledge from you about that your vlog
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I live in Norway, here we drill energy Wells up to 1000ft. Most of the times 800ft per day per well. Solid rock, only a few metal pipes. We use 35 bars compressors to blow it out
Thanks for the insight!
I’m about to become a helper but I’m getting my cdl so I could be a driver then take a test and become a driller
How’d it go?
@@UrbanOdyssey yeah
Me to I start this Friday
Do you guys have certificates for such a job, I'm from Algeria and I have been drilling for 3 years and I Driller very interesting depths, wonder if I can find a job there, without any papers on me
@@ibrahimD.7 yo bro don’t do it. Save yourself the time go look for another job
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"Thus God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament; and it was so." Genesis Chapter 1 verse 7
The well on my farm is 816 ft. deep. The pump used to sit at 550 ft. The pump went bad a year ago last June while we were on vacation. When the pump guys went to put the new pump back down, they hit something at 434 ft and couldn't get the pump any lower. Not wanting to damage the new pump or get it stuck where it couldn't be retrieved, they quit at that point. We had water but were more than 100 ft shallower than the previous depth. We starting running out of water this year and were afraid that we may have to drill a new well. We had 4 estimates from 4 different well drilling companies ranging in price from $40,000 to $50,000. about 438 per ft. just for the drilling. One of the companies had a camera and suggested that we may want to pull the pump and send a camera down to see what may be the problem. We did that. I recently did a short video of that experience on my you tube channel.
I would guess that depending on the average water table depth in your area - maybe your farm is an outlier - most drilling contractors don't even have that much drill pipe and casing on hand. The high prices probably are being inflated by the fact that they need to rent more drill pipe third party and source double the casing they normally have on hand. 439' static water level is extremely uncommon for a lot of north America from what I've read .... very very deep.
@@safety_sid , Hi Sid, we have 3 other wells within 5 miles of me that also have deep wells. The deepest one is just over 1000 feet. The others are in the upper 800’s. Around 60 ft deeper than mine. There are no records of my well from when it was drilled. It used to be pumped by a windmill which puts it somewhere in the 100 year old range.
There is a video on my channel of the well company sending the camera down the well. Feel free to watch that one.
That is a misprint. It is supposed to read $38 / ft
@@tractortalkwithgary1271 Thanks Gary! That's incredible! I'm not a water well driller or anything ... I know just enough about them to confidently sound like an idiot haha. I had no clue there were still water wells around that are that old.
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Really interesting. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for sharing that. Fascinating to see the process.
Hi Michael!
I'm glad you like the video. That's good news to me.
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Where abouts do you live, Michael?
Bye for now and thanks for watching.
Steve
Cool! Will do. I'm in the Puyallup Washington area.
I was just quoted $27,000 for a 500’ well on a hill top. And you mentioned, drilling and not hitting water, that is scary in my situation😳
Same here 🥵
Actually there is one thing more horrifying and that's if they drop the pump and cant retrieve it. You cant decide if you should continue trying to get it out or drilling again .Either way you'll pick the wrong choice .
How did it turn out?
27k for 500 feet lmao. Where are y from?
@@pineapplepissant this was on a property in souther indiana that was on a limestone hill.
This is a pneumatic rig. Works in some areas of the world. The most common type of rig is a mud rotary
Lucky you. In our area we have to drill 375 feet minimum. Glennallen Alaska has amazing water, but we have to drill real far for it.
You are very familiar with the terms and process in regard to drilling.
What a terrific and informative video. Thanks, boo.
cool video..... very interesting ....thanks
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146 feet! Wow! Our well is over 900 feet here in Colorado. Many new wells in our area are having to go 1,100 or 1,200 feet due to dropping aquifer levels.
Wow, that's quite deep! Thanks for sharing!
What brand or type of pump can pump from 900 feet? Wow. I’m looking for a pump, I’ve got 500 ft deep new well to pump from. Thanks for responding if you read this.
What part of Colorado is that?
How much did that cost?
@@rabidrooster6525 usually 900 feet of depth is going to cost you about $15, 000-$20,000. 2 cents a gallon if you filling up a tote/cistern that would take a long time to rack up$15,000
We use drilling mud and a tricone bit ...but I've noticed that the air hammer is way faster
Thanks, well done ‘documentary’ on the water drilling process
This is a heck of a machine I worked on a spudder
Great well drilling info.
Glad it was helpful!
I’m looking at some property. Amd wanna know if it has water . What does it cost to have something like that done or a test some to know if you have water?
Well done thank you!. Now I understand the primary specifics.
I also am a well driller and loved your narrative.
What does something like this cost?
@@AlexRodriguez-jt6ho im guessing starting @$50per ft
we used to charge $25 back in the 90’s
Depends on your location. Where I am, it's around 12 a foot for drilling and 7 or so per foot for pipe.
Excellent teaching!
Nice video, where in Canada is this?
Manitoulin Island, Ontario!
Thanks. No chance of getting such a machine in Kenya is there ?
Hi, Steve!
Was this a one day project? I'm curious as to how long it takes to drill 140ft in limestone
...art
Hi Art! Good to hear from you. I hope you're doing well. The whole process took about 5 hours of actual drilling. The rig is pretty fast.
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Steve
Very informative. Thank you for sharing!
Hey how many gallons of water total did you need for this whole drilling process? Im learning and need to know please
Good Morning! I can't say how many gallons were used during the drilling process, but the tanker truck that held the water had a tank that was more than 1000 gallons. So the process took less than that.My guess is that it probably took less than 750 gallons. I hope this helps.
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Canada is so great! You guys do fun things!
perfect drilling
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Great narration. Does the liner go all the way to the bottom of the well? If so, how do you connect each section of liner?
Hi. Well driller here. No drillers know when we’ve gone threw dirt/gravel. And you put the casing in solid rock. And the metal casing is welded together.
Steve, how did you end up at that particular point to drill the hole? was there a scientific technique involved to chose the point of drilling?
Not really. Just point at a spot and hope for the best. Dry wells happen sometimes.
he’s probably guessing that answer also. I can almost Guarantee the drillers had a water “Witcher” come out Are they know the area well and did it themselvesand designate the Exact spot to drill.we used to have an ol’ timer about 80 yrs old walk around the property for hours with two 1/8” brass rods bent at perfect 90 degrees About 8 inches sticking down on one end at about 16-18 inches pointing out. he would hold his arm perfectly 90’ from his body only bend his elbows and have the brass in each hand and just ever so lightly letting them rest in his hand.. as he walk around rods will swing together and touch whenever he was over ground water.the more ground water the stronger the pull. don’t ask me how but them old timers been doing it long enough he could guess dang on the spot the exact GPM with a 99%success of at least finding water. you were at 40 gpm at 100’.not ideally @ “clean-depth”but still good volume. that’s more than my garden hose on full blast.shoot we’d drill over 1000’ for measly 5gpm(our minimum).Man I can go on and on and brings back a lot of good memories but I’ll quit rambling now.Take care
Thanks for the knowledge guys, now I know. Cheers
How much are they charging for drilling?
I was quoted $30 per foot for drilling. $15 per foot for the casing. $5 per foot for the PVC pipe. Pump and extras will cost about $5K. Most wells in my area (Colorado) are about 300 feet deep, so it will cost about $20K total.
How much did this cost?
Everything
looks like a fun job!
Very informative. Thanks. Do you recall how deep the casing went?
He mentioned the well being 146 feet deep at 7:28. I don't know if that's what you were looking for :)
HI Vincent!
Thanks for writing. The well casing was about 20 feet long.
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Thanks for watching, Vincent!
Bye,
Steve
Thanks, Steve.
Well casing goes the entire depth of the hole. Steel casing is set till you get through rock to avoid cave ins and then you install pvc casing the rest of the way. Perforated casing goes at the bottom to still allow water into the well for the pump
Michael Akins, no it doesn't.
I'm looking at this because we have to drill one and it's scaring me to death.
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Which country can someone practice this because i realized not all countries does borehole drilling?thanks
How deep did u find that water?
Helper here too!
Very good
Awesome video!
Steve that looks like a good well, in my area we need at least 10gpm
To be able to build a home take care, by the way the septic tank
Was concrete.
What is a typical work day for a drilling crew? In terms of work hours that is.
What do you call that kind of truck with the rig in the back?
I'm going to be working on a water rig soon Nothing but the utmost L&R
Well done!👍☘️
Considering buying a mountainous property, and wanted to make sure I could have a well drilled at the top of the hill even through what I presume is rock underneath. What are the limits and I assume drilling through rock isn't a problem right?
Drilling through rock wouldn't be a problem sir.
How much did this cost you?
Tre ,,North Carolina around 2,000 for 150 feet.
@@sweetjrewing5435 wow, that's lunch money. I drill large diameter shallow wells 36 inch hole with 30 inch casing. 35 to 110 feet deep. And our base cost is 6500. But then again we have a lot more overhead. Minimum 3 trucks with trailers. 1 for surface pipe (43 inch x 16 feet long steel pipe) 1 for our well casing 25 foot long by 30 inch diameter fiberglass and 1 with the backhoe. Occasionally we need a 4th truck which hauls 4000 gals of water to "flood drill". Drill rig hauls the surface pipe trailer, our 2 ton chassis support truck hauls the well casing as well as pumps, extra buckets, bentonite and various tools and our dump truck which holds 16 tons of 1/4" gravel for the filter pack.
@@Watthead80 ,,,My mistake,I was thinking of prices back when I had my well put in,,1978 🤣
@@sweetjrewing5435 Lol amazing what inflation will do. I forgot to mention this is in Illinois where everything costs more.
@@Watthead80 that's still a great price, here in AZ it'll cost $30k and up
I drilled a well in South Dakota, we went 4,950’ deep for water! I’ve never worked so hard in my life
at 20 dollars a foot thats 100 grand, just for the digging. all the rest of the system could bring the price well above 120 grand. For a well???
So like you mentioned it's always a guess but are there any pointers/indicators you use to determine whether a spot is even worth trying?
Some people use dowsing rods. If done properly you can find things underground. The thing is you have no idea what exactly it is down there. There are USGS test wells and information online that give you some information about the aquifer in your area
What kind of price am I looking at to dig my average well
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Wondering how much that cost to drill that length. Also if you are on a hill will that mean need to drill deeper?
@@johncuervo3019 thank you for reply. I found one piece of land but its kind of on a hill. Will that cause the water to be deeper or it wont matter? So if you have flat regular land and kind of on hill land if you drill both will the one on hill needs to be deeper to reach water vs flat. Thank you
@@johncuervo3019 thank you for the info but sure well is first. Take care.
How much is the length of the rods
Thank you so much. This was very informative.
Hello Steve good morning exelent video, i like it. How can i get in contac with you.
I want to drill in two parcels here in Southern california los angeles county.
You can email me at steve@stevemaxwell.ca
How much did the well cost?
Excellent vid, thank you👍👍
How deep can u guys go..?
Ty
I live in an area that I don't think would require a very deep well. I have a couple folks in my area that has added an outside well. I would like an outside well just for my outside water usage since water and sewer are expensive here. Would you have any rough idea on the total cost? Thanks
A water well can cost anywhere between 5 and $50k depending on location, depth, ground material, water table depth etc etc. I would guess a well such as the one in this video would cost ~$20k.
@@saneconsulting so much for that idea then, thanks
Really interesting to see the process! Do you have any hints on how to find a GOOD drilling contractor?
Hi Donna!
Thanks for commenting. Well drillers usually have areas where they work, so there aren't a lot to choose from in any given place. I'd ask around and see what people's experiences have been. Also, you'll want a driller who will confirm a per-foot price, as well as the extras. Metal casing and cap costs extra, and the driller may be require to do some flow testing, which will cost more, too. You'll want to know these numbers ahead of time.
Where do you live? The driller who did our well has been doing the work for about 40 years and is well respected. He does travel over a pretty wide area of northern Ontario, too.
Bye for now and thanks for watching!
Steve
Currently I'm in New Jersey, but eventually, I plan to retire in New Mexico (which is where I might need to drill a well!) Thanks for the info, though!
Some of us travel very far for drilling I’ve went 1000km to put in surface casing depends on the company’s and reputations ask around is best advice and they should have no issues explaining what’s going to happen to the yard
Is there a guaranteed formula to find water
This was a very informative video. Thanks for sharing.
That's a lot different than what we used to do they put PVC casing all the way down and the bottom pipe got slits cut into it and then a sock over it for a filter this is quite a bit different with not putting a casing all the way down
How much casing was put in
Interesting rig, not seen one setup like that, what brand/make is it?
Looks like a late model Schramm 660 only rig I have I know of having racks on tower and a rod carousal
Dan Man I'm curious too..
how do you know that the place you drilling is have water did you already speaking with some geologist or what method do you use ?
i'm sorry for the bad english
Great info .
interesting, we see them drilling here quite a bit but didn't know the intricacies
How long can a hole stand once drilled. Forever water?
Hello Negash! Yes, a well just keeps on giving water unless something happens to the underground water courses. That almost never happens, thankfully. So "forever water" is the usual way things happen.
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Our Well Drilling Crew was at about 120ft when they say that they either hit sand and it collapsed and filled the hole or that something called "Cup caking" occurred. Anyway they were at it for hours trying to get the pipe to circulate(turn). They still have an estimated 380ft to go. They finally left for the day. Today is May 10th, 2021. HELP
Hello Thomas!
That sounds like a distressing situation. Your situation is different than mine since all our wells are mostly drilled through rock. Perhaps I can help, though. Feel free to email me at steve@stevemaxwell.ca.
Bye for now,
Steve
if they lost circulation then that means they stopped clearing cuttings out the top and their air was dispersing into the formation. losing rotation would imply losing the ability to turn
I can't wait for mine
What is this Machine called plz? And the price?
We 'city' dwellers have NO IDEA how 'easy' we have it.
Damn straight. "cityiots"
For now
i dont think anyone nowadays has an idea how easy they have it, without the big truck i bet this woulda been a lot harder
How much did it cost
Interesting. Sorry to say most of the commentary was ill-informed. The air sent down the bore is to remove cuttings, cooling the bit is a secondary action. The 'cutting head' is actually called a Down-Hole Hammer and works basically the same way as a pneumatic drill used to dig up roads etc. The water used during drilling is injected to also assist in removing soft or sticky cuttings. Lastly, the driller drills deeper than the first contact with underground water to create a sump. That is required because even in good supplies of under-ground water, once pumping starts, the standing water level will often drop to a 'working level', that's called the draw-down.
Very interesting. I live in an area that I don't think would have to be drilled too deep. I would like to add an outside use only well. Would you have any idea what the cost would be? Thank you
@@Johnny53kgb-nsa Sorry, I cant begin to estimate costs for you, I live in Australia where prices are different to other places. If there seems to be water at a shallow depth, that obviously helps but it does depend on the types of formation drilled through. Drilling the hole can be a simple project but adding steel or plastic casing to line the hole, adding a submersible pump and the electrics all add to cost. Good luck though.
@@AnX8765 I'm not too familiar with the process, but what I meant was the water would only be used for outside purposes I guess, like watering the garden, etc.. Thanks
What is the cost to have a well dug?
Just by reading the comments, it ranges from $38 - $55 per ft.
Thanks for this video! Love the clear and comprehensive description!
Very well presented.
Where I came from we did this with buckets and shovels and it took us months to achieve this. Lol
Oh wow!
How much it cost to buy?
Prime Rigs Ltd
*That might be remnants from an ancient civilization*
Hey there. Do you happen to know what type of rig that was?
Its a stratton 650, one of the best out there
Oh if only Abraham had this to dig all his wells.
In Oman 🇴🇲 we drill to 700ft below the surface to pump out the water.
but 10 ft for oil 😂
I am willing to buy that machine someday and I am willing to drill some well for my people back at home for free because they are poor
which country is this??