My wife was at the property this weekend and said it was infested with wasps. So I will have to go up and de-wasp. So far it has worked every season with just one change of seal.
I'm very encouraged to install one of these at my property. I know that I have a very high water table and sandy loam soil. This looks like it'll be very doable at my place. What a surprise. I didn't know this existed before today. Thanks for the video. I've seen installing a check valve too to keep the water in the pipe instead of priming the whole distance every time.
Don't feel bad, the 37 year old in me laughed too! Thanks for the video I'm starting my sand point well process today and planning to do it the same way so you gave me hope!
one of the most lovely videos on UA-cam... the "water" laugh and smile is gold at the end. Im currently planning on doing this myself but with electric pump in siberia.
Thanks for videoing this. It really peaked my interest. So I thought I would try it... Well, well well.. I hit water at 10.5 feet. I drove the point so I have 6 feet of water in the pipe, hand pumped 40 gallons.. no sign of stopping. The water table is low at the moment.. Somnext spring, summer there should have lots of water.. I did it the same way you did with same tools except for the old shovel.... Again Thank you...
@@LordCryptid That is so cool. One of my uncles worked on a CCC camp in The Yoop of Michigan in the 1930s. Uncle Larry was a great guy. My last toast to Uncle Larry was to be one pallbearer with several cousins as we celebrated his life in 1995.
@@LordCryptid BTW, those old tools are probably worth a small fortune. But I suspect they are even more valuable to you and your family. Stuff like that is priceless and always has a multitude of stories to tell. Thanks for sharing. I hope to see more.
Funny, you made me laugh quite a few times! Found a spring in my yard, now I know how to maybe put in a hand pump, thanks for the info and the giggles!
Enjoyed the video, I think it's because of your humility. I can't 'like' a video that's too long and the maker acts like he's an expert, then the content and comments show he is not. Congratulations on your working garden well!
Thank you so much for this video. I've got all the exact same parts as you and am diggin mine tomorrow. I already dug a 6 foot hole with a post hole digger today. I'm excited. I'm doing everything the same except I've got 8 bags of concrete. I'll pour a square foundation around it, then using a form a rectangle "Stand" joined with rebar to mound the pump to.
@@LordCryptid Hah, geological info for my area shows water table down between 10-20 feet. We hit some nasty hardpack something at 14 which each sledge hit moving the pipe may 1/8th inch. Blow out the red cap for hitting entirely. We moved to sacrificial couples and stalled a bit to regroup. The 4 foot point has 2 feet of muddy dribble on the tape measure at that dept so we don't know if its clay or other. I built a jetter out of PVC and sharkbit connections and will be washing out the point to see if that changes anything before pounding further.
"...I brought back all of the deer flies..." lol, I know that feeling! - Nice video, thanks for posting! I'm about to try this in my back pasture, for irrigating and watering a new orchard for the wildlife ;-)
Look into renting a gas powered post pounder. It will be a lifesaver for your arms. A little more costly than buying the manual pounder, but your time is worth it.
In the future. Face your pump in the direction to the nearest town. Maybe make a steel placard. In case someone is lost. They’ve found water, and directions. Or shall I say. Consider it. Nice work sir.
Thanks for a great vid, my homes original well is a sand point in the cellar that I still use for when extended power outages occur, my deep well is 240v and the sand point is 120v so I plug it in to flush the toilet or emergency water if needed. The area I live is all sand so may try another point beside the other with a hand pump for SHTF scenario lol
@@LordCryptid my cellar one was the primary water source from 1953 to 2007 and they raised a family using it only, it's a concrete floor with about 8" of a tile above the floor with the pump beside it, I believe they only did the outside drilled/pounded to sell the place and I requested them to leave it usable for me. It's silt about 12" in with the pipe into the silt however deep it is
Seal the hole. After you get up to about 6" from ground level, take 2x4s and make about a 3'x3' square. Fill this in with concrete. You don't want surface water to seep down along the pipe as you stroke the pump handle. Great job.
If you are talking about putting a pump in a sauna, ground access is a requirement but why? The same process would be used but it would complicate the sauna.
@@99Racker I am weighing my options to buy land and building off grid. In the meantime, the sauna and insultated outhouse would have to be built first. my actual house will take a few years of savings to build (~900sq ft bale home) so in the meantime, im trying to plan on building a sauna with some livable space. The sauna side would have the pump and also a poured concrete slab with drain built into pad so that I can also have water in the cold canadian winters.... i can fire up stove with sauna door open during day to heat up the so called changeroom livable space (total size 8x13ft ..under 10p sq ft reqrmnt) .. maybe this explains a bit of my intentions....to my question... :-) im a nature nut trying to minimize on my environmental impacts
@@allanonamiss4224 I am not a professional builder. My pump pad comment was based upon Marine training decades ago and then putting that training in to practice in a foreign land. Building in Alaska has it's own problems. You are trying to build a place to live while adding a sauna, water source and other amenities. Tall order. Putting in a well and maintaining it in winter has installation issues. Good luck.
That last bit of pounding got you through the metal tank on the water truck....lost in a storm 50 years ago.... can't believe it just doesn't suck in sand and fill the pipe......
Absolutely! I have 7 acres in outback qld, Australia. I have 2 small tanks but not much good with heights.. have a half-built skillion w/corrugated iron but it doesn’t rain much here so I’ve been hauling water with an ibc. Problem with that is that it’s a 80km round trip and my vehicle isn’t really designed for pulling such a load. It’s ALL sand and clay here however, and we are close by a creek so I know there’s water not too far down. Been researching if termite mounds mean groundwater nearby.. and they do. Plenty of those here to! Thanks so much for this vid, didn’t know about the sand points. This opens up a whole new world because I can’t afford to get a bore drilled. Very very much appreciated!!
I missed showing my dad this by a few months myself. He was a bit too sick to come to my property last year and we were waiting until this spring but ended up being too late.
I was thinking about using a 2 in to do my well on my property I see a lot of people is using 1 1/4 well point to do their well I don't know which one to use
Where I live was once a swamp about two hundred years ago. I can't dig anywhere and not run into yellow sand, six inches down. I must be over moving ground water, sections all over the center of this property it slowly sinks down over years. However the latest on less than a month.
@@LordCryptid I had an addition put in, in the nineties it's five foot below grade and no water. It's all sand here, you drive a pipe with a "point" on the end and you very could hit water at some point I think.
Been there done that! I see some issues right off the bat. Divining rods need to be copper or willow. Never seen steel used. I think black pipe will give you rusty water. Use a screw in type post hole digger. If your ground doesn't cave in you can add extensions to dig farther. Easier than pounding.Only problem is if your ground doesn't cave in then you probably have to much clay for good water flow. Also a portable air powered jackhammer works best for pounding the pipe. You can rent them just for this purpose. In some states it is illegal to put in your own well. But I get the off grid thing. Just because you have sand on the surface doesn't mean you have sand at 10 to 20 feet. Kitchen pumps like that are only good to about 22 feet. A rain barrel with a closed system (to keep bugs out) works very well for wash water. Your well needs to be at least 75 to 100 feet from your outhouse or septic system.
If I were drinking the water I would have used galvanized but it is for my garden and washing. The screw in type drills are really cool and I wish I had one. Thank you for the wealth of knowledge.
Trust your diving rods. They pick up on the field given off with moving water or electrical cables buried underground. A useful skill to have when out in the boonies. There is a reason people used them for hundreds of years. Thank you for the video as I am learning about wells for my homestead I am buying in New Mexico. Cheers.
Does anyone have any recommendations on winterizing the pitcher pump? Can it be used all winter? I installed a shut off valve just below it the pump, so I can keep it primed during the summer and I figured in the winter open it and let the water drop down. My water table is 22 feet so it’s better to keep it primed as much as possible. Any help with winter prep is much appreciated.
Just the way I did it in Michigan about 65 years ago - and nothing cost anywhere near what it does today. And I found a spot where the water was only 13 feet below the surface with a "divining rod".
I thought I might have to disassemble the whole thing if it didn't work. Therefore, I guessed it would be easier if there was tape there to prevent it from sticking too much. Turns out it was not really needed.
That's cool. I always wanted to try that, but we have too much clay and bed rock here in Virginia. And divining rods are the coolest. I made a pair from copper wire and a pair of straws. It's incredible how sensitive they are.
Pretty sure they don't work at all. Lots of videos out there showing that they are no better than just guessing. I think it's just that there's water in a lot of places.
thumbs up !!! will water be available when the ground freezes..if it does there ...* I'm from Lake George, NY and have some backwoods land that needs water available..TXS,,,!!
I did not have the chance to get there after the ground froze and until just recently. If you can keep the mechanism of the pump and the seal maintained you should be able to draw water as the ground should maintain about 50ish degrees once you get a few feet below the surface. But, let's see if other people have more experience.
I almost added 10' of pipe today to ensure I won't run out of water in this dry spell. Then I went to the range instead because it was pretty hot. So, not terribly awesome today.
One key step to add for next time is to soak the pump in a tub or bucket. Completely submerge for a couple hours before install to pre saturate the seals. Otherwise thanks for the cideo
@@LordCryptid oh yea super easy. This style handpump was invented in the mid 1400s and the design is simple to the point that anyone could rebuild or repair them but they also withstand the test of time
Make sure you use galvanized if you are considering drinking from it. I used Amazon but your local hardware store will have it. Feel free to shop local.
LordCryptid that’s a bummer, can’t be too hard though. My dad and I are going to put in a we’ll just like yours, so it was a great vid for me especially! Thanks a lot, hope your well gets back up and running
I used non-galvanized pipe because I was not intending to drink from it. I am not sure how long it will last. If you hooked up a pump it could run a small sprinkling system because I saw it on Homestead rescue once.
@@RobinsonOutdoors.1 I would have thrown together a frame over the well and tried using a come-along. Probably because I have a come-along but don't have a hydraulic floor jack. You could put an ell on top of the pipe and push up against that with a jack. Might need a short nipple in the ell to give enough space for the jack to sit next to the upright.
Of note, one of the retired guys in the Fire Service I know is a professional well guy. He said all wells even sand points should be jetted. I had NO idea what that meant as every single sand point well video I saw is missing that step. I built my own jetter out of PVC pipe, sharkbit brass fittings and a garden hose. It will clean the screen from being clogged with dirt after driving it down through and allow it to run much better.
I have heard of using an electric "jack hammer: with a cap welded to one of the jack hammer tool points to drive a well. Stand on a small ladder to get above the pipe and use the jack hammer as a driver. The cap keeps it in place over the pipe.
My wife was at the property this weekend and said it was infested with wasps. So I will have to go up and de-wasp. So far it has worked every season with just one change of seal.
I'm very encouraged to install one of these at my property. I know that I have a very high water table and sandy loam soil. This looks like it'll be very doable at my place. What a surprise. I didn't know this existed before today. Thanks for the video. I've seen installing a check valve too to keep the water in the pipe instead of priming the whole distance every time.
Good luck. Bring along a friend.
Don't feel bad, the 37 year old in me laughed too! Thanks for the video I'm starting my sand point well process today and planning to do it the same way so you gave me hope!
Let us know how it goes.
loved this video, very relatable and now i'm itching to dig a well.
You were going to put links to the well equipment in the comments but I don't see it.
one of the most lovely videos on UA-cam... the "water" laugh and smile is gold at the end. Im currently planning on doing this myself but with electric pump in siberia.
He was so genuinely happy when he hit water I felt like I had also. Cool video 👌.
That made my day brighter. I am heading out there today and will be using the water on a garden I am setting up.
Absolutely great.......your precious look of wonderment when you hit water was priceless. Good on you! Well done!
Every time I use the pump I am still thankful.
That happy reaction at 10:30 made me subscribe. Great video.
If I had to do it over again I would choose a cooler day...and have help.
Thank you for your time in showing the world " how to find and dig " for water....
I can't say I want to do it again very soon.
Thanks for videoing this. It really peaked my interest. So I thought I would try it... Well, well well.. I hit water at 10.5 feet. I drove the point so I have 6 feet of water in the pipe, hand pumped 40 gallons.. no sign of stopping. The water table is low at the moment.. Somnext spring, summer there should have lots of water..
I did it the same way you did with same tools except for the old shovel.... Again Thank you...
That is very cool. It is a great feeling to hit water.
Most simple & useful video to get it work. 👍
Oh, you're funny! Other than the physical exhaustion, I'm shocked at how easy this is to do. Thank you.
I kept second-guessing whether it would work.
This is great. Thanks for posting. BTW, love that 1850s hole digger. Looks better than the ones the make now.
I have a whole bunch of really old tools from my Great Grandfather. Plus, awesome CCC tools from my grandfather.
@@LordCryptid That is so cool. One of my uncles worked on a CCC camp in The Yoop of Michigan in the 1930s. Uncle Larry was a great guy. My last toast to Uncle Larry was to be one pallbearer with several cousins as we celebrated his life in 1995.
@@LordCryptid BTW, those old tools are probably worth a small fortune. But I suspect they are even more valuable to you and your family. Stuff like that is priceless and always has a multitude of stories to tell. Thanks for sharing. I hope to see more.
@@nickzee7723 Funny thing is that they all still work. The best ones are obviously made by a blacksmith.
Very coo! I was thinking about hiring someone for the job but now I'm ready to just tackle it myself. Thanks brotha!!
I suggest having a friend help.
Funny, you made me laugh quite a few times! Found a spring in my yard, now I know how to maybe put in a hand pump, thanks for the info and the giggles!
Thank you Tammy. Hope you can make your spring work out for you.
That was great to watch! I felt every little sarcastic comments. Sorry about the deer flies. Hahaha congrats!
I started counting the deer flies I killed and stopped after something like 20.....
Cool video, thinking about giving this a try. And your t-shirts are awesome!
Grab a friend if you can. It takes a while. Thank you for the T-shirt comment. My wife wants me to purge them.
That's so cool! I totally hope that I can get one in my backyard ♥
I used it this week to water my trees. It saves a great deal of time and energy compared to hiking to the creek.
My husband is doing this right now! I just sent him a link for you're video! Great job, thank you!!
Let me know how it goes.
@@LordCryptid I definitely will!! 😁
So? Were you lucky, Kate & husband?
We were!!
We have a bit left to do and when it's all done, I'll send pictures!
Enjoyed the video, I think it's because of your humility. I can't 'like' a video that's too long and the maker acts like he's an expert, then the content and comments show he is not. Congratulations on your working garden well!
Thank you. I like to learn random new things and basically bring people along. That is the high school teacher in me I guess.
Good for you!!!!
The old ways are the Best Ways 🌻
Nice job! Great feeling to see that water coming out of the pitcher spout. Nicely documented
I checked it again this past weekend and everything worked great.
Thank you so much for this video. I've got all the exact same parts as you and am diggin mine tomorrow. I already dug a 6 foot hole with a post hole digger today. I'm excited. I'm doing everything the same except I've got 8 bags of concrete. I'll pour a square foundation around it, then using a form a rectangle "Stand" joined with rebar to mound the pump to.
Good luck. Share your success.
@@LordCryptid Hah, geological info for my area shows water table down between 10-20 feet. We hit some nasty hardpack something at 14 which each sledge hit moving the pipe may 1/8th inch. Blow out the red cap for hitting entirely.
We moved to sacrificial couples and stalled a bit to regroup. The 4 foot point has 2 feet of muddy dribble on the tape measure at that dept so we don't know if its clay or other.
I built a jetter out of PVC and sharkbit connections and will be washing out the point to see if that changes anything before pounding further.
Great job this is something I have to do before winter hits, thanks for taking the time to video from start to finish.
The first thing I do when I get to camp is prime that pump.
Nice informative video. Your quirkiness made it more enjoyable man. 😉 Keep up the good work. Subscribed.
It might have been the effects of too much sun that day. Thanks.
@@LordCryptid Just be you man. I can tell you got a good heart and can be humorous. This video was very informative.
Fascinating. I may replace my own system for this in my tunnel
It is still working very well for me.
Good video...fun commentary!
I used the well today. Still works.
You make this such a fun project. Well done!
Thank you Bob. I get to add a few more feet in the near future.
Can you please list out all the materials that you used, please. The pipes etc.
"I don't care what direction it's facing" *lines it up perfectly for the camera*
Guilty. It is actually facing the way I wanted to see it from the porch on my cabin.
"...I brought back all of the deer flies..." lol, I know that feeling! - Nice video, thanks for posting! I'm about to try this in my back pasture, for irrigating and watering a new orchard for the wildlife ;-)
I hope it works for you. I have almost gotten to the point of shooting at Deerflies. Probably ineffective but equally satisfying.
Look into renting a gas powered post pounder. It will be a lifesaver for your arms. A little more costly than buying the manual pounder, but your time is worth it.
@@KOTR2003 Next time...agreed!
Well. Done.
I messed up by not digging a hole before. Snapped the thread, I am thinking about river rocking around it after the hole to increase drainage
That’s awesome nice job indeed.
I used it this weekend to water my trees and it saves so much time.
well done! Informative and entertaining! thank you!
I will be adding another 5' or so in depth the next time I head out because we have had a dry summer.
In the future. Face your pump in the direction to the nearest town. Maybe make a steel placard. In case someone is lost. They’ve found water, and directions.
Or shall I say. Consider it. Nice work sir.
That is probably always a kind idea.
Ty
You’re a tough guy to be able to do that so long in 95 degree by heat. Thanks for the instructions.
I don't know if I would do it again.
thanks for sharing. Hoping to do the same at my place for the gardens
Hopefully, the water level is high where you are. I also suggest not doing it alone.
Great video! Being a Kanadian, I’m a tad envious of your open carry!!
There are a few curious bears that seem to like to surprise me at times.
I have no doubt and probably way cleaner water that the city water and way cheaper 👌👍
There really is something special about getting water out of the ground. Don't get me started on gold prospecting.
Thanks for a great vid, my homes original well is a sand point in the cellar that I still use for when extended power outages occur, my deep well is 240v and the sand point is 120v so I plug it in to flush the toilet or emergency water if needed. The area I live is all sand so may try another point beside the other with a hand pump for SHTF scenario lol
I am still considering adding one to my suburban backyard...just in case.
@@LordCryptid my cellar one was the primary water source from 1953 to 2007 and they raised a family using it only, it's a concrete floor with about 8" of a tile above the floor with the pump beside it, I believe they only did the outside drilled/pounded to sell the place and I requested them to leave it usable for me. It's silt about 12" in with the pipe into the silt however deep it is
Don't want to disturb the animals...LOL!!!
Epic! Great video had a chuckle congratulations
I am just happy it is still working. Thanks.
Nice,I like that
great video thanks for sharing your experience. that is exactly what I am hoping to do for many of the same reasons
Let me know how it goes.
Great job! Thank you for sharing.
If I had to do it again I would bring along a friend.
Thank you for the video.
You are adorable!
I have not even been to the property this year due to a randomly catastrophic leg injury. But, so far it has worked every season. Thank you.
Seal the hole. After you get up to about 6" from ground level, take 2x4s and make about a 3'x3' square. Fill this in with concrete. You don't want surface water to seep down along the pipe as you stroke the pump handle. Great job.
I have to get back up there in about a week and I will do this.
is it possible to have one of these built into a sauna house?
If you are talking about putting a pump in a sauna, ground access is a requirement but why? The same process would be used but it would complicate the sauna.
@@99Racker I am weighing my options to buy land and building off grid. In the meantime, the sauna and insultated outhouse would have to be built first. my actual house will take a few years of savings to build (~900sq ft bale home) so in the meantime, im trying to plan on building a sauna with some livable space. The sauna side would have the pump and also a poured concrete slab with drain built into pad so that I can also have water in the cold canadian winters.... i can fire up stove with sauna door open during day to heat up the so called changeroom livable space (total size 8x13ft ..under 10p sq ft reqrmnt) .. maybe this explains a bit of my intentions....to my question... :-) im a nature nut trying to minimize on my environmental impacts
@@allanonamiss4224 I am not a professional builder. My pump pad comment was based upon Marine training decades ago and then putting that training in to practice in a foreign land. Building in Alaska has it's own problems. You are trying to build a place to live while adding a sauna, water source and other amenities. Tall order. Putting in a well and maintaining it in winter has installation issues. Good luck.
That last bit of pounding got you through the metal tank on the water truck....lost in a storm 50 years ago.... can't believe it just doesn't suck in sand and fill the pipe......
Why couldn't it have been a whiskey truck from Prohibition days?
Need to do the same at my cabin but no longer have the horse power! Thank you for the video, very enjoyable!
Grab a friend and become site manager.
It only takes 1 chief to command many indians
Loved watching your video. I thought maybe you would jump around like Tom Hanks did in the movie Castaway when he started a fire.
It was too hot. Otherwise, most certainly.
Thanks for sharing, appreciate it!
It is still pulling water. It makes it much easier to water the trees etc. versus hauling it in.
Absolutely! I have 7 acres in outback qld, Australia. I have 2 small tanks but not much good with heights.. have a half-built skillion w/corrugated iron but it doesn’t rain much here so I’ve been hauling water with an ibc. Problem with that is that it’s a 80km round trip and my vehicle isn’t really designed for pulling such a load. It’s ALL sand and clay here however, and we are close by a creek so I know there’s water not too far down. Been researching if termite mounds mean groundwater nearby.. and they do. Plenty of those here to! Thanks so much for this vid, didn’t know about the sand points. This opens up a whole new world because I can’t afford to get a bore drilled. Very very much appreciated!!
no check valve at the bottom? thanks for your video and pointers.
I have not needed one. But, if I were using it more frequently it would certainly be a good idea. It would lessen the need fro priming etc.
Great job
I was considering making a wooden box for stability.
Water level in your location very high in our country you need to digging minimum 400 ft 😊
Happy to see your video 😊😊
Yes. The water level is very high, otherwise, it would be horrible. I added 15' last year and swore I would never do it again while alone.
Those rods are hocus pocus. You'd be better off asking the tooth fairy where the water is.
I promised a friend I would try it. Didn't really notice anything happening at the time.
That was a cool video. Congratulations on finding water..
I will eventually have it tested but I have been running it through a purifier and have not died yet.
I wish I knew this before, I would have build one for my father.
I missed showing my dad this by a few months myself. He was a bit too sick to come to my property last year and we were waiting until this spring but ended up being too late.
You need water to get water. Great work!
Thank you. it is still working.
I was thinking about using a 2 in to do my well on my property I see a lot of people is using 1 1/4 well point to do their well I don't know which one to use
From what I understand the 2" is for anything that will be over 50ft. If it is 25 ft or less you can use the 1 1/4.
I matched my pipe to the pump and sandpoint I purchased. The lesser diameter requires less pumping power.
Good for you! We have a drilled well that goes down 200 feet. I'm thinking of adding a hand pump well for emergencies.
Get a friend to help with a 200 footer...
@@LordCryptid I'm betting I can get lower quality water from about 30 feet down.
@@raisagorbachov That is what I went for. Much easier for gardening and if you intend to purify it later. Good luck.
Very nice,
It is still working!
Can a sandpoint drill go tgrough soft rock like limestone?
I would guess not. It is difficult enough to put it through sand.
Thanks for the information, what are the names of tools used for this process and where to get them please?
I love your shirts.
It is one of the weird things I like to do in videos. I have many...probably too many.
Where I live was once a swamp about two hundred years ago. I can't dig anywhere and not run into yellow sand, six inches down. I must be over moving ground water, sections all over the center of this property it slowly sinks down over years. However the latest on less than a month.
I wonder how far you could just dig and reach water.
@@LordCryptid I had an addition put in, in the nineties it's five foot below grade and no water. It's all sand here, you drive a pipe with a "point" on the end and you very could hit water at some point I think.
Good job!!👍🙏
It was hard to do alone. But, it means a great deal to my garden.
Been there done that!
I see some issues right off the bat.
Divining rods need to be copper or willow. Never seen steel used.
I think black pipe will give you rusty water.
Use a screw in type post hole digger. If your ground doesn't cave in you can add extensions to dig farther. Easier than pounding.Only problem is if your ground doesn't cave in then you probably have to much clay for good water flow. Also a portable air powered jackhammer works best for pounding the pipe. You can rent them just for this purpose.
In some states it is illegal to put in your own well. But I get the off grid thing.
Just because you have sand on the surface doesn't mean you have sand at 10 to 20 feet.
Kitchen pumps like that are only good to about 22 feet.
A rain barrel with a closed system (to keep bugs out) works very well for wash water.
Your well needs to be at least 75 to 100 feet from your outhouse or septic system.
If I were drinking the water I would have used galvanized but it is for my garden and washing. The screw in type drills are really cool and I wish I had one. Thank you for the wealth of knowledge.
Why would it be illegal?
Thank you for sharing. This is wonderful!
It was worth it to have water there when I need it. Plus, I was pretty astonished that it worked.
How do you know how far to go to get to the water table?
There are maps available that give you a general idea. I knew where the river was so I figured I just had to go about that depth.
Nice one man.
I don't think I would do it again if I were alone.
@@LordCryptid Well all these jobs toughen us up I suppose!
Trust your diving rods. They pick up on the field given off with moving water or electrical cables buried underground. A useful skill to have when out in the boonies. There is a reason people used them for hundreds of years. Thank you for the video as I am learning about wells for my homestead I am buying in New Mexico. Cheers.
Good luck. Let me know how it works out. I just tested the pump a few days ago and everything works beautifully.
Does anyone have any recommendations on winterizing the pitcher pump? Can it be used all winter? I installed a shut off valve just below it the pump, so I can keep it primed during the summer and I figured in the winter open it and let the water drop down. My water table is 22 feet so it’s better to keep it primed as much as possible. Any help with winter prep is much appreciated.
What type of shovel is that ? Thanks
A very old post holer or post hole cleaner.
Just the way I did it in Michigan about 65 years ago - and nothing cost anywhere near what it does today. And I found a spot where the water was only 13 feet below the surface with a "divining rod".
There was no way I could even get heavy equiptment back there. Glad they both worked out.
Could you give us the materials list? What to buy and where did you get it?
Nice job
Thank you Carter.
I thought those are mechanical joints, just what is that teflon tape supposed to be sealing?
I thought I might have to disassemble the whole thing if it didn't work. Therefore, I guessed it would be easier if there was tape there to prevent it from sticking too much. Turns out it was not really needed.
Awesome!!!
Thank you. The well is still working...I have not been there recently, but it was last I checked.
Great, funny, video..!!
I believe that if you had a real slug hammer it would have worked better than the ax. More weight behind each swing. Thanks for the video.
Agreed. It still got a bit heavy toward the end.
That's cool. I always wanted to try that, but we have too much clay and bed rock here in Virginia. And divining rods are the coolest. I made a pair from copper wire and a pair of straws. It's incredible how sensitive they are.
I think they actually worked.
@@LordCryptid I've had luck finding buried power lines and sewage pipes with them.
Pretty sure they don't work at all. Lots of videos out there showing that they are no better than just guessing. I think it's just that there's water in a lot of places.
How many pieces of pipe after the initial well kit?
Five and a half.
Cool neighbor
He made a really elaborate gun range.
What is that tool you used?
Which one? To dig or to pound?
@@LordCryptid to dig
@@curiouspinoytv The one I used to start the hole is an antique Jack Handle Post Hole Digger.
@@LordCryptid Thanks
thumbs up !!! will water be available when the ground freezes..if it does there ...* I'm from Lake George, NY and have some backwoods land that needs water available..TXS,,,!!
I did not have the chance to get there after the ground froze and until just recently. If you can keep the mechanism of the pump and the seal maintained you should be able to draw water as the ground should maintain about 50ish degrees once you get a few feet below the surface. But, let's see if other people have more experience.
Water anywhere near the surface like in NY will freeze in winter
Where can i get tha pump ??
I got mine via Amazon. Just type in Pitcher Pump.
you are awesome!!
I almost added 10' of pipe today to ensure I won't run out of water in this dry spell. Then I went to the range instead because it was pretty hot. So, not terribly awesome today.
One key step to add for next time is to soak the pump in a tub or bucket. Completely submerge for a couple hours before install to pre saturate the seals. Otherwise thanks for the cideo
Agreed. This is a good additional bit of info.
I did have to replace the leather seal once already. Pretty simple procedure.
@@LordCryptid oh yea super easy. This style handpump was invented in the mid 1400s and the design is simple to the point that anyone could rebuild or repair them but they also withstand the test of time
get the pipe where?
Make sure you use galvanized if you are considering drinking from it. I used Amazon but your local hardware store will have it. Feel free to shop local.
Lol congrats!
I need to add some depth to the well as we have had a dry summer and it is pulling less water. I was there yesterday and need to order more pipe.
LordCryptid that’s a bummer, can’t be too hard though. My dad and I are going to put in a we’ll just like yours, so it was a great vid for me especially! Thanks a lot, hope your well gets back up and running
@@PickleRickSanchez It just takes me not finding other things to do instead. Eventually, I will have to get to it.
Where is this located I’m wondering
Newago County, Michigan.
How long will that galvanized pipe last until it rusts out? Also, is there enough flow from them to feed a small sprinkler system?
I used non-galvanized pipe because I was not intending to drink from it. I am not sure how long it will last. If you hooked up a pump it could run a small sprinkling system because I saw it on Homestead rescue once.
Just curious, if you did all that work and didn’t hit water, are you able to pull it up some how and reuse it?
That would have been horrible. I would certainly try. The point would still be good...getting leverage to pull it up would be an interesting trick.
LordCryptid I’m just curious because that’s my kind of luck. I will be doing one soon.
If you were able to attach something to the pipe that you could put a hydraulic floor jack under you could possibly get the leverage needed.
@@RobinsonOutdoors.1 I would have thrown together a frame over the well and tried using a come-along. Probably because I have a come-along but don't have a hydraulic floor jack.
You could put an ell on top of the pipe and push up against that with a jack. Might need a short nipple in the ell to give enough space for the jack to sit next to the upright.
Of note, one of the retired guys in the Fire Service I know is a professional well guy. He said all wells even sand points should be jetted. I had NO idea what that meant as every single sand point well video I saw is missing that step. I built my own jetter out of PVC pipe, sharkbit brass fittings and a garden hose. It will clean the screen from being clogged with dirt after driving it down through and allow it to run much better.
Thank you for the info.
Awesome
I used it this week to water my trees. It makes life so much eaiser.
I have heard of using an electric "jack hammer: with a cap welded to one of the jack hammer tool points to drive a well. Stand on a small ladder to get above the pipe and use the jack hammer as a driver. The cap keeps it in place over the pipe.
You would need a powerful generator but that seems like it would be worth it.
@@LordCryptid Exactly .
Please for links of the tools used