Question: I live in high silt/sand country with nearby underground spring, a small dam recently dug which is rapidly draining. Is it actually possible to use the S1 pump to actually bore into the ground and line it with wider PVC pipe after using it to bore the hole? There's no rock in the soil at all, and in real heavy rain, it turns to saturated bog, lot of "brickies clay" content, but otherwise fine silt. I have electricity and a compressor already. Looking to keep costs low. Cheers.
As long as the soil is not too compact and doesn't have big rocks in it and as long as you can keep a good water level over the pump - yes, it should absolutely work. If you do have layers of compact soil, pull the pump up and bounce a crow bar on a rope off the bottom to loosen it up, then go back with the pump and suck out the loosened soil. The S1 will be ok, but the cheaper XS1 will be better for that job
Question: I live in high silt/sand country with nearby underground spring, a small dam recently dug which is rapidly draining. Is it actually possible to use the S1 pump to actually bore into the ground and line it with wider PVC pipe after using it to bore the hole? There's no rock in the soil at all, and in real heavy rain, it turns to saturated bog, lot of "brickies clay" content, but otherwise fine silt. I have electricity and a compressor already. Looking to keep costs low. Cheers.
As long as the soil is not too compact and doesn't have big rocks in it and as long as you can keep a good water level over the pump - yes, it should absolutely work. If you do have layers of compact soil, pull the pump up and bounce a crow bar on a rope off the bottom to loosen it up, then go back with the pump and suck out the loosened soil. The S1 will be ok, but the cheaper XS1 will be better for that job
@@brumbypumps8888 awesome, thanks for that. Yeah absolutely zero rock here, but I'm thinking it will make great mud-bricks. I'll order soon.