As a do it yourself electrician, plumber, carpenter, mechanic, welder, heavy equipment operator I love this channel. I have friends in the well drilling business and yet never understood the complexities involved. I could watch fail army or girls dancing to be entertained. Here I am learning as being entertained. Thanks for sharing knowledge.
Wow, I keep watching more and more of your content. Your father and mother are to be complimented on raising a fine young man. You have learned so many virtures from them both, and I dont even know them. I'm an old man, and I'd like to drill wells after watching you. Your work ethic, compassion, honesty, and humility are a direct correlation of your parents. "A mans wealth is not in what one has saved, but in what one has given." You are a very wealthy young man. God bless you, your family, and all your employees. Safe travels.
I never realized how important clean threads are for drilling operations. Watching you protect and clean them at every step just adds another layer of challenge to drilling a well!
@@h2omechanicthat looks like a oilfield drilling rig so awesome 😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎
This is quite satisfying to watch, I studied Petroleum Engineering, this is similar to how Crude Oil and Gas wells are drilled, the trip in, out and setting casing rings a bell. Thanks for sharing.
Love watching you two working together and anticipating each other and what needs to be done without asking. Growing up working with your dads is something not too many young men get to do. Or want to do. 😏
It was his dream to build a business and pass it down, so I respected that vision and have been behind the machine with him for over 15 years. Family sticks together always
I looked at your video twice...not a single mistake. Not one. This could be a training video on how to dig a well and make sure there are no injuries. Especially liked the flipping of the strap
I'm here because Jason from Sow The Land mentioned your channel. We have a well that's been capped since 1971, and we're hoping to get it up and going again.
@@SeedSowerMichele Interesting. Well, you could pull everything out, and have it flushed, and then flow tested. If it has good GPM, and the water quality test is good, then go buy a pump etc for it. But don't spend the money on pump, pipe, wire, cap etc until you know you have a good hole, and good casing.
Your power supply for the well pump was right there. That yellow extension cord will work fine. That will be a lot of work to do for not installing about $20 worth of conduit. Joe
Opps - forgot the power line. I agree - cleaning prevents problems. Thank you for the video - hope the crew / family and you have a great Thanksgiving. Take care - be safe.
Worked on rigs for about 10 years, singles to triples, and your drilling, connections and trips are very similar in practice, just on a different scale. Main difference beside that being top drive as all that I was on were rotary table style. And ... I love the pipe tong, that was the icing on the cake 🙂 PS. Many thanx for your hard work, not only for the drilling ... and correcting other's mistakes, but the time taken to make these excellent videos. One thing I was wondering about is how you determine the flow rate on penetration before the pump is installed ?
wonder if they could get a concrete saw out there cut out a channel from the room to the edge of the slab big enough to run a conduit in and resetting over the top...
Do your self a favor and get a set of casing elevators much safer than a strap, just my opinion from another well guy in NC they make a world of difference!
Thank you, very informative video. If only I could come and watch you live. You're a great source of very good information. Back in Uganda, I came across a cracked borehole whilst drilling. The water is draining away somewhere when drilling using mud water pump. The crack seems to be around 5M from the top. This seems so because the water table is stable at that point when water is poured into the borehole. No casing is installed yet. So far we are at a depth of around 20M with enough water at that depth. Whats' the solution, abandon this borehole or do you think the casing will cover the cracked area when installed.
An awesome video, very well done and explained/narrated. I've learned a lot watching your videos, you have the makings of a great instructor. What's the average lifetime of a drill rig before repairs make it not cost effective to keep it? Somebody made a major f...ahh screwup with no wire to the pump. I can see it happening tho, just not thinking it thru.
Love that hard-hat. God bless you for all that you do. How tall are you, ref standing under the drill truck front bumper. That truck was up there. Thanks for sharing.
What was that section of metal tube that was placed over the PVC casing right at the end of the video, looked to be about 20' long? I'm guessing it's an added protection from tree roots damaging the PVC... ? BTW, I'm really glad I ran across your channel. I'm not in the business but for whatever reason I'm finding all this drilling stuff so way cool. Thanks for effort!
The architect or builder should need to eat that mistake. They could put up a couple of masts and go overhead or drill underground into the garage. Can you stand your drill rig on end and drill horizontally from the well to the garage or all the way to the mechanical room? We all would love to see that one! Maybe they can put in a wind turbine and solar panels! Please share with us their solution. I too love your videos! Have a happy Thanksgiving!
Really learn a lot about drilling rigs and everything that goes with it. You are a great teacher. We will be drilling a well here in boulder country. Lots of ledge rock. Question for you...... do you ever or do you believe in water witching?? Some swear by it some laugh at it. Just curious. So glad we subscribed. No two days are the same for you. LOL!
@14:30 how you know that you reached the water? does the flowing water in this particular time of the video is water coming from your water tank through your drill pipe?
Should be easy enough to run standard building wire through the house be it 10-2, 10-3, 12-2 or 12-3 depending on the horsepower and pump type. You seem to use mostly 2 wire pumps. Then go out through that garage wall with a flush mount box on the inside and an LB on the outside. Then conduit to the wellhead and make it all nice with a pitless adapter and a proper Boshart aluminum well head cap that has a threaded adapter for conduit.
What's the best way to remove iron? I really freaking hope you respond. I had a well relocated 25' away from old well because of an addition we built, that required a 200' deeper well than the original (which was perfect quality) had to have the new well fracked because we couldnt get much flow. Now we have plenty of flow but the iron is off the charts. Please help!!!!!
I was a water well driller 27 years of it, and yes Iron can be a big problem.. Filters can be used but costly and don't always work that well.. I HAVE seen a very good way to work around the Problem.. If you see this, comment and I will explain.. Cheers..
I wish you'd make a video going through the details of how you drill a well from start to finish. NOT actually drilling a well, unless you think you could do so in a timely way, but talking us through the drill. What I'm having problems understanding is what diameter drills/casings you use and when? Initial drill is with an 8 or 10 inch drill, followed by setting a 8 inch casing, followed by drilling a 6 inch hole down through/to bedrock until you hit good H2O?? Please make that video!! 🙂
Meter box wrong place it goes on the side where the water pipe coming out the ground to avoid things like this..... Utility wall as they call it phone cable etc.....
2 questions: 1) Why was it required to lift the front of your rig in the air? 2) Since you hit water at 225' why not just put your pump in the "mechanical room" and pump from that location?
I mess around with RC boats at home, I actually thought of using a pump motor in a big RC boat if I could power it off lipos 🔋 🔋 🔋 . I actually started another channel fooling with my hobby to separate the content it's H2oMechanic2.0
When I was in this type of work. So we poured cement into the water hole before I started drilling into the rock. Then the above water cannot creep into the well and give the water a bad taste. Edit: I used Google translate.
@H2oMechanic - When cleaning up the "drilling muck" from my recently drilled well, I never saw the first bit of rock chips in the mix. Should I be concerned?
Awesome video. Why is there so much pressure when you’re drilling the well that the water shoots out of the top but once you pull your drill bits out, it calms down?
I know the power her presents a big problem. Would something like a simple pump system with the ability to run it on multiple configurations such as solar, electric or a handpump be a good option? The way I understood those they could run it as solar with a battery backup and possibly not need electricity ran to the well shed.
With the shading from the trees, there's not a ton of solar available, especially with the leaves on, and when they trench the water lines in, running electrical is mostly just cost of wire at that point, as even if you put them in different trenches, you already have the equipment on site to dig the trench.
Lack of a conduit for the well wire is the least of his problems. I will bet every trade that comes in just shakes their head and quotes at "if he is crazy enough to pay this much I will do it"
Christchurch, New Zealand here, I did 27years drilling and Yes drilled Artesian wells.. Different areas, Different Depths, but some were 6 inch diameter, flowing At 200 gallons per minute.. 10 foot Head.. Great fun to work on, and drilled useing Cable tool Rig.. One of the rigs I used was a Keystone, very old style but the hardest hitting rig , for driving caseing.. .cheers.
@jt3178 also one is soft the other is Hard. One is welded together, the other is glued.. At 27 years drilling experience I can give YOU this Knowledge..
It's called a Over Reamer. Think of it as putting a straw in a thick milkshake and blowing thru the straw, it blows the cuttings away from around the casing to allow for Grout.
Great channel! I've watched many of your videos since subbing a month ago What is your take on Cycle Stop Valves , any mention of them on your channel?
I don't like them. It keeps the pump under 80% load at all times while it's running. They have a purpose, that's typically for irrigation, where specific pressure is necessary but not for regular residential use. We do use them on big 5+hp systems but those are commercial setups.
Yes, in a formation call Triassic basin area. It's million year old volcanic ash that filled in valleys. Bedrock is 700-1200ft. Your lucky if you find water there.
Your drilling rig is an impressive piece of machinery. I watched the construction design flaws. THOSE could have been easily avoided if the designer/architect had a checklist. I designed buildings myself, often for machinery and some of the design standards were incredibly bad.
Why do English people love wooden houses so much? Here in Africa people living in those are poor people. We build houses with bricks here,its much stronger and it doesnt burn down completely. lol. Are they poor over there?
I'm glad your dad helped you with safety habits.
As a do it yourself electrician, plumber, carpenter, mechanic, welder, heavy equipment operator I love this channel. I have friends in the well drilling business and yet never understood the complexities involved. I could watch fail army or girls dancing to be entertained. Here I am learning as being entertained. Thanks for sharing knowledge.
Maybe I should hope for dancing girls drilling wells?
Wow, I keep watching more and more of your content. Your father and mother are to be complimented on raising a fine young man. You have learned so many virtures from them both, and I dont even know them. I'm an old man, and I'd like to drill wells after watching you. Your work ethic, compassion, honesty, and humility are a direct correlation of your parents. "A mans wealth is not in what one has saved, but in what one has given." You are a very wealthy young man. God bless you, your family, and all your employees. Safe travels.
I never realized how important clean threads are for drilling operations. Watching you protect and clean them at every step just adds another layer of challenge to drilling a well!
It's extremely important for us.
@@h2omechanicthat looks like a oilfield drilling rig so awesome 😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎
This is quite satisfying to watch, I studied Petroleum Engineering, this is similar to how Crude Oil and Gas wells are drilled, the trip in, out and setting casing rings a bell. Thanks for sharing.
Hard to believe that those big rocks come up around your drill rod! Amazing. Your channel is addictive.
I always forget that not everyone has harsh winters. No worry of water pipes freezing confuses my brain
Just wanted to thank you for your videos. because of trhem I was able to fix my mothers well so shee can stay in her home.
The builders and engineering people just didn't think that part completely through.love the channel.👍
Love watching you two working together and anticipating each other and what needs to be done without asking. Growing up working with your dads is something not too many young men get to do. Or want to do. 😏
It was his dream to build a business and pass it down, so I respected that vision and have been behind the machine with him for over 15 years. Family sticks together always
I would recommend your company for any project. High quality workmanship, well maintained equipment, attention to detail.
Enjoyed another of your videos! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
I looked at your video twice...not a single mistake. Not one. This could be a training video on how to dig a well and make sure there are no injuries. Especially liked the flipping of the strap
Gotta love this channel, answering questions I've always wondered about.
Thanks for sharing. Good video.😊
That was a great video. Nice that you work so well with your dad. I am sure he is proud of you of you.
I'm here because Jason from Sow The Land mentioned your channel. We have a well that's been capped since 1971, and we're hoping to get it up and going again.
Better to drill a new hole. 1971 is over 50 years old.
@brnmcc01 , agreed. All of the older residents say it was the only well out here that never went dry.
@@SeedSowerMichele Interesting. Well, you could pull everything out, and have it flushed, and then flow tested. If it has good GPM, and the water quality test is good, then go buy a pump etc for it. But don't spend the money on pump, pipe, wire, cap etc until you know you have a good hole, and good casing.
Always interesting video
Waw waw amazing drilling machine modern fantastic Hi master good luck succes to all master
Yes I would have used larger pipe for the water. Some PVC pipe for the electrical out to a 2"X6" coming out of the ground for making them.
Sweet
hope you post video of how you work out that power flub up fix
Your power supply for the well pump was right there. That yellow extension cord will work fine.
That will be a lot of work to do for not installing about $20 worth of conduit.
Joe
Extension cord won't work
We have to cement in that casing.
Opps - forgot the power line. I agree - cleaning prevents problems. Thank you for the video - hope the crew / family and you have a great Thanksgiving. Take care - be safe.
Another great video 🤟🏻🇨🇦👍🏻
Worked on rigs for about 10 years, singles to triples, and your drilling, connections and trips are very similar in practice, just on a different scale. Main difference beside that being top drive as all that I was on were rotary table style. And ... I love the pipe tong, that was the icing on the cake 🙂
PS. Many thanx for your hard work, not only for the drilling ... and correcting other's mistakes, but the time taken to make these excellent videos. One thing I was wondering about is how you determine the flow rate on penetration before the pump is installed ?
This is great!
wonder if they
could get a concrete saw out there cut out a channel from the room to the edge of the slab big enough to run a conduit in and resetting over the top...
Who needs power for a well. You didn’t know it’s new magical pump called the pitcher pump. Lol 😝
love the video, yep those contractors did not plan at all.
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Do your self a favor and get a set of casing elevators much safer than a strap, just my opinion from another well guy in NC they make a world of difference!
Do you ever hit water under pressure and end up with a geyser?
At 15:17 I noticed all the water coming from the truck going straight to the house. What will a heavy rain be like for the house?
Thank you, very informative video. If only I could come and watch you live. You're a great source of very good information. Back in Uganda, I came across a cracked borehole whilst drilling. The water is draining away somewhere when drilling using mud water pump. The crack seems to be around 5M from the top. This seems so because the water table is stable at that point when water is poured into the borehole. No casing is installed yet. So far we are at a depth of around 20M with enough water at that depth. Whats' the solution, abandon this borehole or do you think the casing will cover the cracked area when installed.
An awesome video, very well done and explained/narrated. I've learned a lot watching your videos, you have the makings of a great instructor.
What's the average lifetime of a drill rig before repairs make it not cost effective to keep it?
Somebody made a major f...ahh screwup with no wire to the pump. I can see it happening tho, just not thinking it thru.
Love that hard-hat. God bless you for all that you do. How tall are you, ref standing under the drill truck front bumper. That truck was up there. Thanks for sharing.
Do you ever keep any of the rock so you can show the other guys what to expect for the geology in your area?
All the Time actually, but to give to the customer
What was that section of metal tube that was placed over the PVC casing right at the end of the video, looked to be about 20' long? I'm guessing it's an added protection from tree roots damaging the PVC... ? BTW, I'm really glad I ran across your channel. I'm not in the business but for whatever reason I'm finding all this drilling stuff so way cool. Thanks for effort!
The architect or builder should need to eat that mistake. They could put up a couple of masts and go overhead or drill underground into the garage. Can you stand your drill rig on end and drill horizontally from the well to the garage or all the way to the mechanical room? We all would love to see that one! Maybe they can put in a wind turbine and solar panels! Please share with us their solution. I too love your videos! Have a happy Thanksgiving!
Any video of you drilling in sand formation and using well screens ?
Who and how do you go about checking for a good drill site for a successful well dig.
Have you ever used a Flint & Walling pumps?
My question is will you be making a video of trenching from the house to the well?
It would be nice to post final gpm. However I respect the landowners right of discretion.
What is happening with that "clamp" @5:20 ???
Thanks for posting these interesting vids with your expert commentary.
Really learn a lot about drilling rigs and everything that goes with it. You are a great teacher. We will be drilling a well here in boulder country. Lots of ledge rock. Question for you...... do you ever or do you believe in water witching?? Some swear by it some laugh at it. Just curious. So glad we subscribed. No two days are the same for you. LOL!
Can u explain how you know when you hit water.
Yes Sir how many gallons per minute was it if you dont mind
@14:30 how you know that you reached the water? does the flowing water in this particular time of the video is water coming from your water tank through your drill pipe?
Should be easy enough to run standard building wire through the house be it 10-2, 10-3, 12-2 or 12-3 depending on the horsepower and pump type. You seem to use mostly 2 wire pumps. Then go out through that garage wall with a flush mount box on the inside and an LB on the outside. Then conduit to the wellhead and make it all nice with a pitless adapter and a proper Boshart aluminum well head cap that has a threaded adapter for conduit.
What's the best way to remove iron? I really freaking hope you respond. I had a well relocated 25' away from old well because of an addition we built, that required a 200' deeper well than the original (which was perfect quality) had to have the new well fracked because we couldnt get much flow. Now we have plenty of flow but the iron is off the charts. Please help!!!!!
I was a water well driller 27 years of it, and yes Iron can be a big problem..
Filters can be used but costly and don't always work that well..
I HAVE seen a very good way to work around the Problem..
If you see this, comment and I will explain..
Cheers..
I wish you'd make a video going through the details of how you drill a well from start to finish. NOT actually drilling a well, unless you think you could do so in a timely way, but talking us through the drill.
What I'm having problems understanding is what diameter drills/casings you use and when? Initial drill is with an 8 or 10 inch drill, followed by setting a 8 inch casing, followed by drilling a 6 inch hole down through/to bedrock until you hit good H2O?? Please make that video!! 🙂
Meter box wrong place it goes on the side where the water pipe coming out the ground to avoid things like this..... Utility wall as they call it phone cable etc.....
2 questions:
1) Why was it required to lift the front of your rig in the air?
2) Since you hit water at 225' why not just put your pump in the "mechanical room" and pump from that location?
for #1, the ground was probly uneven, and thats what it took to get the rig level. don't want a crooked hole!
Trying to decipher how much it costs to do a well with a myers submersible pump...
It seems all of the well drillers I watch on UA-cam use PVC well casing. Is steel casing out of favor these days?
Some states have different regs, the middle and eastern parts of Tennessee we use steel. If you go to NC you can use PVC . It’s up to the regulators
Love your videos but I would just like to see more details, so what if it is a hour long video if that is what it takes to show everything. Thanks
Alright I'll make that happen
Could you please 🙏 show us how to repurpose old well pumps into jet boats 🚢 🤔🤪
Double please 🙏
I mess around with RC boats at home, I actually thought of using a pump motor in a big RC boat if I could power it off lipos 🔋 🔋 🔋 . I actually started another channel fooling with my hobby to separate the content it's H2oMechanic2.0
Hi love all your video's , Question You drill, pump supply, installation do you do Water treatment?
When I was in this type of work. So we poured cement into the water hole before I started drilling into the rock. Then the above water cannot creep into the well and give the water a bad taste.
Edit: I used Google translate.
Cost per foot of drilling?
@H2oMechanic - When cleaning up the "drilling muck" from my recently drilled well, I never saw the first bit of rock chips in the mix. Should I be concerned?
Different wells and formations are in different areas. Yours may be in something different. No need to worry
How many GPM on that one?
That's how I was figuring the wire would need to be run. As my father would say, "The lights are on but nobody is home." 🤮
I started to subscribe but then realized you don't have subtitles... old folks can't hear but can read.
Do you think you hit a vertical rock fissure and is tapping into primary water?
Just curious, how much is it for a new well like this one?
Awesome video. Why is there so much pressure when you’re drilling the well that the water shoots out of the top but once you pull your drill bits out, it calms down?
The drilling rig blasts air down to the bottom of the well through the drill rods and bit, pushing water and dirt and shit back up to the top
I know the power her presents a big problem. Would something like a simple pump system with the ability to run it on multiple configurations such as solar, electric or a handpump be a good option? The way I understood those they could run it as solar with a battery backup and possibly not need electricity ran to the well shed.
With the shading from the trees, there's not a ton of solar available, especially with the leaves on, and when they trench the water lines in, running electrical is mostly just cost of wire at that point, as even if you put them in different trenches, you already have the equipment on site to dig the trench.
How do you know where to start for water?
The well permit, it's a map of the property with a "well location site"
@@h2omechanic is it a sure thing or just best estimate? Sorry I find this fascinating.
Lack of a conduit for the well wire is the least of his problems. I will bet every trade that comes in just shakes their head and quotes at "if he is crazy enough to pay this much I will do it"
How many gpm was the well making
U don’t grout your casing footing? For keeping muddy groundwater away from your new well..
ever hit so much water with pressure it flowed over the casing???
Did you ever drill a well, where water was sprouting up by it self?
Christchurch, New Zealand here, I did 27years drilling and Yes drilled Artesian wells..
Different areas, Different
Depths, but some were 6 inch diameter, flowing
At 200 gallons per minute..
10 foot Head..
Great fun to work on, and drilled useing Cable tool Rig..
One of the rigs I used was a Keystone, very old style but the hardest hitting rig , for driving caseing..
.cheers.
What is the charge for something like this???
10k + -
Is steel casing ever used by your well drilling company?
Yes, we stock it, but its used more so for commercial jobs.
What is the difference between the two
@@robertcapetola3986one is metal and one is plastic!
@jt3178 also one is soft the other is Hard.
One is welded together, the other is glued..
At 27 years drilling experience
I can give YOU this Knowledge..
How long does it take to drill a new well
8hrs typically
So i have a question in your region do you guys don't have lakes and Reservoirs for water supply
We live around of the largest lakes in our state, the closer we get to the lake, the deeper the wells typically are. That's just our experience
What are you doing at @16:00?
That's a thing to clean out the trash around the casing, so it can be grouted. Think of it like a large hollow drill bit that fits over the casing.
It's called a Over Reamer.
Think of it as putting a straw in a thick milkshake and blowing thru the straw, it blows the cuttings away from around the casing to allow for Grout.
Thanks for the explanation
Enjoying your videos! How are these rigs at getting up steep gravel drives?
Terrible, the drive engine is under powered! Wish it was on a Mack chassis! It's have double the TQ
Great channel! I've watched many of your videos since subbing a month ago
What is your take on Cycle Stop Valves , any mention of them on your channel?
I don't like them. It keeps the pump under 80% load at all times while it's running. They have a purpose, that's typically for irrigation, where specific pressure is necessary but not for regular residential use. We do use them on big 5+hp systems but those are commercial setups.
@@h2omechanic thanks
Making so many assumptions about no power.
It maybe a windmill or a solar farm. Maybe even a small nuclear reactor near the well.
Never assume :)
Ever not hit bedrock?
Yes, in a formation call Triassic basin area. It's million year old volcanic ash that filled in valleys. Bedrock is 700-1200ft. Your lucky if you find water there.
Plastic casing, thats cheap they use steel around here in New England.
Lot of water compared to what
Your momma
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Your drilling rig is an impressive piece of machinery. I watched the construction design flaws. THOSE could have been easily avoided if the designer/architect had a checklist. I designed buildings myself, often for machinery and some of the design standards were incredibly bad.
Why do English people love wooden houses so much? Here in Africa people living in those are poor people. We build houses with bricks here,its much stronger and it doesnt burn down completely. lol. Are they poor over there?
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8" hole and 6" casing? Annulus isnt big enough. Should a 10" hole for 6" casing. I'm in New Jersey and we always do +4".