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- For the 4th time I dug down and attempted to set the sand point. I hoped to get past the clay then get into the gravel hoping to get water. I was able to push the pipe and point 18' down then...
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Tenacious! Praise the LORD!!!
That's the first I heard of such a device, a sand point. I came from an area that had a lot of wells and cisterns. My in-laws had one on their property. It played out and they had to have a well dug. My uncle's farm had a great well. It was less than 100ft deep. It was great in the summer to have such cold fresh water.
I'm sure that this will all work out. And I understand the frustration. I pray that you folks will be blessed and am sure that things will all come out great.
Red Poppy Ranch I agree with the folks recommending surveyors to find springs or water sources on your property. I myself have to let frustration with a project blind me from the correct path before, and I think it is time to take a step back from the water problem and bring in the right people for the right job on this one. You can't do EVERYTHING everything brother! I love your channel btw you're a determined fella.
Happy hunting!
Excellent effort, sorry it did not work out. I agree need to move on, next project and have it drilled out. Looking forward to the future videos on the shop build.
We use those sand points down here in Georgia but what we do is put a hose with strong pressure onto the well point and use is the water jet to bore the hole to get it down in the ground. Once we hit water we use a pump called a Bullfrog which is a diaphram pump that will suck up water
Buddy I have watched several of your videos,you are a determined man and I HOPE you get everything you wish for,Bernie in UK
Bernard Tharme thanks Bern!
Hey there Heath, I used to struggle with how to put Teflon tape on a thread. Your method of under and away works great. My father showed me that also. Maybe as a seasoned plumber it's a common knowledge or trick, but maybe your viewers would like to know also. Take care and as always thank you for All you videos......still catching up, Ron
Great effort. Hard soil. Water is the most important thing to have. Everything else is second. You're putting your own septic system in that should save you some serious money. Hope the well goes to your satisfaction, I have a good feeling you will hit good water, plenty of water at around 100 feet or less. Good Luck, Vinny 🙏👍🇺🇸
I've driven several wells. There is water down there somewhere. If there is sand or gravel you can usually get a point down to it. I've always used a driver made out of 4" pipe with a big chunk of steel welded in one end and some sort of handles welded to the side. I cut my pipe into 4 foot lengths and couple them with double strength (schedule 80) well couplings. You use a length of the heaviest wall pipe you can find sticking out of the top coupling because whatever the driver actually hits will be beaten up too badly to use. When you get one section to ground level, add another and put the drive stub on top of that. I've hand driven wells as deep as fifty feet with casings as big as 2 inches. Never had one come up dry yet. Of course I was a lot younger then and it took as much as a week of constant labor to drive it, but it almost always works. Dowsing is controversial but I've never bothered. I just ask my neighbors how deep they had to go. The water table is usually pretty consistent in a given area. Long as you don't hit solid rock you'll get there eventually.
If you feed a water hose with a straight nozzle down though the pipe for a couple minutes the pipe will drive down easily. When it stops moving do it again. will take several tries depending on underground. You will need a trailer with at least a 200 gallon water storage tank and a gas powered pump.
I appreciate your updates
Congratulations on 70k subscribers! Keep it up.
Dowsing (?), you can stand on the well site , think about how deep the water is, walk off, the wire crosses at the depth, measure how far you walked , you then have it.
Keep your head up buddy! Outlandish money to drill but good clean fresh water for years to come is so important and worth it in the end.
I tried that years ago in Oxfordshire after someone lost their keys in long grass. They were found by a colleague using a pair of divining rods. He let me have a go and hid his multi tool in the grass. When the rods crossed I was not convinced but was asked to look down. There was the multi tool!
I feel for you. I had to have a well drilled, My nickname for it is the money pit ! It ended up being 500' deep and the casing wasn't cheap. about $10 grand not counting the pump,tank,fittings and line they wanted another $5 grand plus to do. So I installed it myself with my Son-inlaws help cost about $2 grand instead of $5.000+. though they may give you a break if they do the whole job
A neighbor in Oregon had four different witchers do a search on his place. He dug four dry wells before he finally gave up on withers.
Much different underground water sources in Oregon, you need to find a underground stream.
Bless your heart i was hoping it would work .
Almost every County agriculture agent has subsurface maps available or you can try to find them on their website.
Try using a Bosch t handle jack hammer with attachment to go over well cap and it will put it in. I did my own shallow well with it
If you have a backhoe, you can rig something to hang the jack hammer off the bucket. You can use longer pipe sections that way.
I've never had any luck trying to push a well with a backhoe. Usually you have to hit the pipe really hard. I've seen people do it with short sections with a jack hammer but the old hand powered sliding driver works best for me. It's really hard to get a straight vertical push on the pipe without bending it and snapping the point off.
If you use drive couplings, and a driver it should work. You can set up a tripod and pully to make it easier. Never saw any success with a backhoe due to the angle that it pushes on the pipe.
as I read some of these pros and cons about witching, I cut to the chase and use my Star Fleet issued tri-corder when I need to find water, it displays accurate locations, how much and water type
Give you an A+ for effort! A wise man knows when to change strategies...
Sure must be a high water table for you to have even considered it. Our well here is about 600' down. Unfortunately wasn't 'witched' - neighbor has a well half as deep (~350) right into an aquifer - giving >10x the flow rate of mine. I would like to put in a new well but spare $20ks are just lying about. At least what we have works and water tastes marvelous!
I'll be looking forward to how it all comes out for you.
wow! at $65 per foot, I don't blame you for trying! do you know about how deep you need to go? I just drilled one here in Kansas last month for $18.50 per foot and went 97 feet deep. I guess I consider myself lucky in that regard. total for drilling, pump, wires, tubing and pitless adapter was about $3600.
you needed one of those vibration fence post attachments for the backhoe. im going to make one.
22w bucyrus erie works great . Used one and 5 others central maryland and pa 35 years. You can do about anything vertical
Been down your road with the well problem. Witcher came out and said "25gpm at 320'". Right. Driller hit 1gpm at 500ft with arsenic contamination. Into it for $26K so far before the wiring, plumbing and filtering. What really chaps me though is that I have a free flowing spring on the property but the county says no way can I use it without a water right. Takes at least 10 years to get one...maybe. So in their infinite wisdom, I get hammered for $26K + for a low flow well with arsenic. Sure glad they're looking out for us and "protecting the environment" in the meantime I may die of arsenic poisoning. Funny thing is, they don't even have a rule on arsenic contamination. Meaning: they could care less if you drink it and get sick. Location: Stevens County, WA.
That's too bad... Use the spring.
I would think twice about living in a state that dictates what you can and can't do with your own water.
@@JamesCouch777 we can thank all the progressive liberals for that!!!
@@BRIANVANDUYN I'd like to thank them...with a boot to their backsides.
@@JamesCouch777 hahaha you rock lol
Great video!
You have the perfect tool to build a retention pond.
Try it with four inch well casing.
Sometimes you can buy it after someone pulled it from an old well.
thats really bad luck so far , but you will find some soon hopefully , we dug ours last week and have 5 ft of clear water already in the well , Im guessing some areas just dont hold water like others !
I witched my place, ordered a well driller and he did it with GPS and came up with the same answer. We went down 176'. I have 12 gallons a minute returns.
What about using a pump to send water down the pipe to dig with?
You have that stream you could draw from...and loop back to it maybe.
I've seen people use water to drill with.
I thin it's too rocky.
used to do a process called water jetting will you would take a significant amount of water a real significant amount of water to a decent pressure pump and the pressure of the water would relieve the ground driven many of a Pyle that way
You have a big hill,go up to the top of your property build a twenty by ten shed catch water in a cistern and send the water down to your house.Looks like you get plenty of water their it should be enough water for you
That's a great idea because gravity flow will pressurize it, the only drawback being the cost of pipe over the distance. Metal/aluminum roof that you keep clean will be best.
You shouldn't use the backho to drive the pipe your only going to bend it. Use a sledge or a driver and it will work much better. You would think the machinery could drive it better, but it can't because there is no way to hit it straight enough.
There is nothing better than a good working well! Money well spent!You will pay for it one time,do it right! Go a little deeper for a reserve! Just pray for good water, not sulphur or iron water!
On my last one I drove to nine fit and hit great water. I added another 20 feet of pipe to make sure I wouldn't get surface water in the casing but didn't really need to.
Now will you be able to drive over every where you installed the septic tank system , if you have to,? & Will it hold up to let's say a lot of weight without damaging anything
Probably but I won't make a habit of driving over it.
Thanks that was very informative ... sorry you didn't get lucky.
We put these down all the time get you a pipe T and weld a plate on the top of the tee then go rent two pumps if your put a 2" pipe down get two 2" pumps screw the T on to the down pipe your putting in the ground and then run flex hose we use fire hose from the T on the top of the down pipe going into the gound to the pumps then dig one pit fill it with water put pumps suction hoses in start pumps and watch it sink in dig return ditch where you want lose your water if it stops them just sit the bucket lightly on the plate you welded on the T you can also weld a chain on the tee because you may have too pull it up to screw another down rod on its according to how far you want to go down we let it wash down on its on to about 200 feet with some pressure sometimes from the back hoe pressing down lightly but we get lots of water out of them. We put a 4" casing down with 2 - 2" pumps and then up a 2 1/2 hp submerged pump inside of the 4" casing with a 1"1/2 up pipe. They run 24 hours a day with good water coming out..... just something to think about
Electric Bosch t handle demo hammer works great
When I was a young man I hand dug a well we used well tiles dug from inside the tiles which had a built in ladder ha worked went down 125 ft
That's pretty hardcore. I always wondered how they did it back in the day. I think I would be claustrophobic.
You seem to have tried everything you can. What happened to the spring you located with your relative at one stage? Was it no good or not on your land? _(only subscribed recently so not watched all of your videos)_ If your neighbour has an abundance of springs, could you maybe hire an expert to survey your land for springs, before investing in the well?
great video
Hello, I would like to buy such an earth drill, can you recommend me a site that will make deliveries in Romania as well?
Smart move .
I'm impressed with your dream...
and the making of it come true....
you have a spring in the mountain... she wants to bleed..
have you thought about drilling back into her... horizonaly..?
if i were trying with what I've seen you have and knowing your backhoe... _(drive shaft under the tractor).....
i might pick or build... or dig an area (pad) maybe 50 ft. away from your mountain.. with a downward slope into the mountain...
_(basically water jet into the mountain)
at the base where you want the seepage i'b dig a trench to a pit (large enough to use as a clarifer...maybe plastic lined to help hold the water)
i would try chaining you pipe under your backhoe... (using chain wraps, maybe 3-4 wraps around the pipe back to it self)....
one on the front of the hoe. one on the back...
then... using a trash pump...
i'ld try jetting the pipe into the mountain... driving forward driving into the dirt.. backing up to wash out the loose dirt...
back and forth... using the jetting action...
if you got a good enought flow.. terrific...
my thoughts are.... to help keep the holes Integraty since i would be jetting on a downward angle...
if you were to pull the pipe out...
i would try blowing pee gravel down the pipe as i pulled the pipe....
having a mountain to work with..
i have always thought it made more sence to drill horizonaly as opposed to down... if possible....
love to see your progress..
well these are my thoughts.. .
added to above comete..
if noting eles you could use that water for irrigation...
you are a determined fella. Is it called a sand point cause it is meant to go down in sand?
old time engineer no man, its called water bearing sand for a reason, hence "sand point"
thank you
That pipe would make a good ground rod?
I pulled it out to see if the sandpoint was still there. It was not.
"witching" works due to the electromagnetic current's generated by water. it can also work well for other materials, but since water is a fluid, it works best due to the currents generated in the mobile fluid.
using this small bit of information, i am sure you could find more clearly explained examples.
Witching just shows the highest point of the magnetism within a zone. (or a sudden shift)
Why aren't you using two inch pipe,I used air to blow the pipe out and got my well going
So, how badly bent was the pipe and point?
It broke off.
My Dad did witching...I never could...you need two people.. one blind folded and one to spin you in circles and see if you hit the same area or you are just watching your last result and copying....
I learned a long time ago a few things. First, that everyone and their grandmother tries to save a few bucks wherever they can. And second, that when you pay professionals what seems like a lot of money you're not wasting money but you're investing in something very important. You're paying people with expertise, skill, all the right tools, and abilities to do something you cannot do for yourself. You're paying for their professionalism, for the piece of mind, and security that comes with that. In the case of drilling a well you're paying to have a reliable steady secured source of that vital life-sustaining resource we all need -- water. A good way to help justify the cost, also, is to look at how much you'd likely have to pay a municipal water supply year over year for several decades, add it all up and compare the costs.
Rain water harvesting? You probably don't need many cisterns to make it work where you are.
Water witching doesn't work or you'd always end up in the creek. On the other hand it always works because there is water down there somewhere.
that for real works I've seen it, but maybe not for everyone it will not
Well at least you tried to do it yourself.
Just remember, it's far easier to beg forgiveness than to ask permission.
Man use that water in that creek and jet the pipe down with a pump.
Laughed at dowsers
Teflon tape never works for me i always use gasket sealer form the 99 cent store
hmm how about taking the pointed tip off The pipe and drive it that way. You're not removing any material yet, you're simply filling up the pipe with mud as you drive it down. once you've hit water the pressure should clean the pipe out. or get a really long drill bit. 👍 A+ for effort! You're like me in that you'll try xyzpq... before paying someone.
it works due to the electric properties of water
It works or has for me anyway.
1 inch of rain on a 1000 square ft you can collect 600 gal .
i think you were dropped on your head too many times when you were a child... the way you drill a well is you make a little pond area and fill it with 500 gallons of water then you get a brown water pump and hook it on a pipe.. put the pipe in the ground a few feet and turn on the pump and the water digs the well by spraying through the pipe.. when the water comes out of the hole you have it run into your supply pool .. its little or no effort
Along the same lines, I was going to suggest running water down the hole to soften the clay and then you might have been able to push it down more easily. This sure makes rain water capturing in a cistern look easy if your climate supports it with enough rain.
Sometimes you just gotta bite the bullet
Dowsing... you have gone to the dark side!
It is not that the wires are finding the water, you are using your 3rd eye as the saying goes.
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have something that nobody else in the whole world has, but everybody
should have !
Are you saying nobody else in the rest of the world has freedom?
What about Canadians, English, Irish, French, Germans, Norwegians, Swedes, Italians, Belgians, Swiss, Nepalese, Japanese, South Koreans, Haitians, Bahamians, Scots, Dutch, Australians, Kiwis, Israelis, Thai, and more?
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@@thomaswalsh4552 NO, I am NOT saying that US citizens are the only ones that has freedom, they just have MORE freedoms then anybody else. Canadians can be jailed for calling a mentally ill man, a "man" if he chooses to be a "woman" The English can be jailed for exposing the states wrongdoings. And it goes on and on, the "Americans" simply have the most freedom of ANY people on Earth.
Man you put spoilers in your titles!!
Sorry it didn't work for you.
actually not a science at all and has been proven false by actual scence
Need rock rig
You seem to waste a lot of time,effort not getting water for your homestead. You're always going on different tangent instead of concerning on finding water. You should get your land surveyed for springs,creek, then invest in well. Otherwise you're just wasting time,money,effort.
So your neighbor can hire a well driller and pump the water from under your land. But you cannot take the water from under your land? In Texas we have the right to drill our on well and take the water that belongs to us.
I told you couple weeks ago your just wasting time doing that...have it drilled, also your way to close to the concrete...you need to think if you ever have to pull the well...
OMG another "I TOLD YOU SO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Get lost .
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Dig a well lmao ..so easy u have machine there
Less talk more action
Nice try guy
That is not how you drill a water well, lol.
It's not a science at all. smh