A Tough Job We'll Never Forget! First Day Drilling with a Newly Updated Machine! Schramm 450WS

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    In this video we take our 2006 Schramm 450WS out for it's First well since we got it back from a major overhaul. All new Hydrolic system, pumps, Motors, & Hoses. This Well was by far one of the toughest in years! Slightly dangerous I might add. Hopefully you enjoy the content!
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  • @lannyellison5950
    @lannyellison5950 Місяць тому +32

    I watch many "Trade" related videos because it presents the picture of what makes America great! Your channel reinforces that picture! I look forward to viewing your gift to America every week. I'm convinced that producing a great video is an Art Form ... some have it and some don't ... Rock On!

  • @allenbrown7820
    @allenbrown7820 Місяць тому +8

    Never fails when you take time off, you always get the worst job when you come back. Y’all handled it well. Be Safe!

  • @nmccw3245
    @nmccw3245 Місяць тому +10

    Ha! It’s great that well drilling became a family outing with the cool doggo. 👍🏻

  • @yellowlab5624
    @yellowlab5624 Місяць тому +17

    Cicadas are crazy loud !

    • @ky1e200
      @ky1e200 Місяць тому

      strange sounding cicadas

    • @charlesrasnick3573
      @charlesrasnick3573 Місяць тому +1

      They're above ground and in heat. My neighborhood has been roaring for the past week.

  • @WrenchHead
    @WrenchHead Місяць тому +6

    I know of a guy that pulled a no start, commercial vehicle out of the road with a set of jumper cables 😂 it was a pinch situation ofcourse, but it worked somehow!

    • @alexanderkupke920
      @alexanderkupke920 Місяць тому +1

      In some pinch situations it seems you can make a lot work on hope and prayers and McGyver you out of there. But do not try the same in an everyday situation, it sure wopn´t work at all.

  • @dropletz.
    @dropletz. Місяць тому +6

    You guys should look into communication gear like sonetics. I got them for our crew and it's so much nicer for communicating.

  • @klcameron709
    @klcameron709 Місяць тому +2

    Couldn't see the drop until you stepped in it. That was deep. Nice job.

  • @arkansasboy45
    @arkansasboy45 Місяць тому +2

    Its nice to see the rig doing so well.

  • @peteb3365
    @peteb3365 Місяць тому +3

    thanks phillip, great video. greetings from uk 👍

  • @vernt4583
    @vernt4583 Місяць тому +3

    Good info on the real world of putting wells in!!

  • @stephenkocur5090
    @stephenkocur5090 Місяць тому

    I lost water coming from my pitless well. Your videos helped me with everything. My pump was dated 1992! After replacing it and no water still, I found out it was a bad underground wire from the house to the well casing. Anyways, thank you for the videos. It helped tremendously

  • @wdxwm300
    @wdxwm300 Місяць тому +2

    Good feeling when hitting big water Thanks

  • @inekelassooij840
    @inekelassooij840 Місяць тому +2

    Geweldig gedaan het is echt een top job 👍Groetjes van uit Holland 👋🏼🇳🇱

  • @davidsauls9542
    @davidsauls9542 Місяць тому +2

    YOU are Pumped UP, and you got the crew all excited to be back doing what you love !!!
    Good to see ! You inspire young men to get a trade that is needed by their community, Then the rewards will come.
    Providing a needed service better than others will do is an extremely fine thing that gets a real man all pumped up and makes you want to strut a bit !! You deserve it, Strut !!

  • @bobderemer5015
    @bobderemer5015 Місяць тому

    I grew up in the PNW on a late 70's Ingersol Rand TH60 with a steel casing hammer mounted on an International Loadstar 5000. It is interesting to see different practices from another part of the country.😊

  • @laddlll
    @laddlll Місяць тому

    great show thanks

  • @jg6142
    @jg6142 Місяць тому

    Nice job guys

  • @AdamEverythingRC
    @AdamEverythingRC Місяць тому

    I have alot of respect for what you do. be safe brother

  • @WilliamSmith-kj5tk
    @WilliamSmith-kj5tk Місяць тому

    Good job man. I enjoy your videos.

  • @colbycollett1319
    @colbycollett1319 Місяць тому

    Man they did an amazing job with the refurb on the smeal!

  • @ChaseLogeman
    @ChaseLogeman Місяць тому

    Good job and wow on the 50GPM

  • @Carlsensverden
    @Carlsensverden Місяць тому

    Great job,cant wait to next video

  • @toddlucas9408
    @toddlucas9408 Місяць тому

    Good job man

  • @fredcroad331
    @fredcroad331 Місяць тому

    Very cool

  • @douglassmith6448
    @douglassmith6448 Місяць тому

    Wow I love wach your videos

  • @kirkschellhammer6593
    @kirkschellhammer6593 Місяць тому

    Cool 😎

  • @johnnyhomegrownholmgren9999
    @johnnyhomegrownholmgren9999 Місяць тому

    Everything is soooo different with that rig to what i used here in Sweden, when i was working for a drill company. 👍 We used a Nemek drill rig, on tracks, that is able to raise and tilt the mast in any direction. And with a 20 bar (290 psi) air compressor, powered with a CAT C13, just screaming wide open! (To be honest, that air compressor was too small.) But it makes me happy to see someone being proud of what they are doing! Good work, fellas!

  • @mechanictaft4848
    @mechanictaft4848 Місяць тому

    They make 1 in pex and it been being used since the 60s it doesn't fail unlike pvc

  • @creamysbrianna
    @creamysbrianna Місяць тому +1

    @H2O Mechanic My suggestion is you guys invest in some pig mats to place under the hydraulic valves for the next six months at each drilling site until you find all the leaks.
    It'll help you find leaks faster while under load/working conditions.

    • @alexanderkupke920
      @alexanderkupke920 Місяць тому +1

      Not to mention that it will clean up a lot faster without spilling oil everywhere you don´t want it as it stays contained in the mats.

  • @donmajkol2856
    @donmajkol2856 Місяць тому

    Well, you guys do good work. Up here in MI, we had several years ago, a driller while on a job, blow the truck engine. They had to bring in a crane to pull the engine. The rig was stuck there for 2 weeks. Front bumper 5 foot in the air.

  • @dwgelle
    @dwgelle Місяць тому +1

    try the "Yankem" Ropes if you ever have problems, nice job!

  • @khanyisokamabanga9943
    @khanyisokamabanga9943 Місяць тому

    Love these H2O Mechanic videos! I wonder how he can estimate the flow rates just by looking..

  • @bubbamuddigger6252
    @bubbamuddigger6252 Місяць тому

    Look into midland radio’s. We absolutely love them

  • @JamesMcLane-gr7fx
    @JamesMcLane-gr7fx Місяць тому

    I started working for a 3rd generation well driller who still had a couple cable machines, talked of a rope machine where you had to turn the rope every 3rd hit. And it was the farmers responsibility with his team of horses to move the rig to next job. A long way from the State of the art Chicago Pneumatic well drills we used. His brother used Ingersol rand drills. The CPs in my opinion were superior

  • @bigangelman
    @bigangelman Місяць тому +1

    Look at Yankum ropes for some great tow straps.

  • @BrotherMichaeloftheCross
    @BrotherMichaeloftheCross Місяць тому

    You got bugs making a racket in the background? I've read they got a cicada hatching event .

  • @JamesMcLane-gr7fx
    @JamesMcLane-gr7fx Місяць тому

    We used 6 5/8 steel casing, welded

  • @patriot1182
    @patriot1182 Місяць тому

    We use steel casing up here in New England and don't have that issue when we hit a lot of water! FYI

  • @pjhotosean
    @pjhotosean Місяць тому +2

    Can you come to Hedgesville WV? Really enjoy your videos.

  • @thomasclawson3977
    @thomasclawson3977 Місяць тому

    Yankum ropes can help with the pulling straps

  • @melvinsdad191
    @melvinsdad191 Місяць тому

    Tough job handled well by professional people. Love the content. Long time viewer. Got a question from Manahawkin NJ. I have a well. Township ran city water but were able to keep our wells for laws etc. Went to have mine serviced because it wasn't working. Repair company said that because of a casing leak sand was washed into the well and is keeping the pump from being pulled up. How else can this be pulled out and restarted? Thanks so much JT

  • @tonywestvirginia
    @tonywestvirginia Місяць тому

    Need water? Call Hensley. Were fast and friendly.

  • @Sylvan_dB
    @Sylvan_dB Місяць тому

    Looks like a good day to break in new clothes! 😁
    Never know what you'll find under the ground...

  • @robertpeters9438
    @robertpeters9438 Місяць тому

    I hope you had a safety rope when you went into the hole!

    • @h2omechanic
      @h2omechanic  Місяць тому

      I was holding the winch hook

  • @chrisgalliher497
    @chrisgalliher497 Місяць тому

    I can’t wait for the cicadas to go back underground. They are diving me insane.

  • @JstocktheRCguy
    @JstocktheRCguy Місяць тому

    you can really hear the cicadas in the background sounds like an spaceship

  • @Old-bold-pilot
    @Old-bold-pilot Місяць тому

    That will teach you to wear new cloths on a shake down drilling. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

  • @billmonroe8826
    @billmonroe8826 Місяць тому

    Only wish I was closer to test out Virginia drilling. It's much different up here in the Sandhills of Nebraska. lol Ever think about going with business band radio instead of CB?

  • @mikemmikem2758
    @mikemmikem2758 Місяць тому

    I'm also not a big Pex fan in certain applications. All I hear is how good pex is until it breaks and decouples.

  • @aldofischetti1897
    @aldofischetti1897 Місяць тому +1

    I have a well being redone, new pump, another 6 foot added on the casing in order to bring it above ground level and replace the water pipe coming into our house. My house is built on a steep hill with flat 15 foot backyard which the well is located. My problem is water is running out of the well casing unless I am using water. Is there anything I can do to stop the water. I would like to add a dry patio.

  • @kthwkr
    @kthwkr Місяць тому

    Sounds like the roar of cicadas in the background. They are deafening in North West Georgia.

  • @fierohoho
    @fierohoho Місяць тому

    Great video! I have a question, how do you know how many gallons per minute flow when you do hit water! Is it by eye or is there a gauge of some sort?

  • @kkmfc3s
    @kkmfc3s Місяць тому

    Just wondering if you guys have heard about Radon in houses being a bigger issue when the well is drilled near the foundation of the house? Up here in Canada, the government is saying so.

  • @miker648
    @miker648 Місяць тому

    How do you "level" the rig or "plumb" the "Tower"?

  • @mikes1345
    @mikes1345 Місяць тому +1

    Is there a video showing how you know the gpm the well is producing. Found this site a few months ago the water well process is quite interesting.

    • @PelicanIslandLabs
      @PelicanIslandLabs Місяць тому

      He does it by experience watching the flow out of the well head. Probably a good estimate.

  • @RobertMoore-fn6lp
    @RobertMoore-fn6lp Місяць тому

    want to push 4" PVC using water pressure down 100' for a well in Florida. question can this be done??

  • @mistsemy1522
    @mistsemy1522 Місяць тому

    I'm just curious, Have you ever encounter with the deep water blow out(artesian well)

  • @garygarner9007
    @garygarner9007 Місяць тому

    When you finish that job how much did I would like to know what the total cost is total job cost thank you even if you put the pump in and everything

  • @NathanBorewellsVallioor
    @NathanBorewellsVallioor Місяць тому

    Hey Buddy If you don't mind can you tell me the average drilling feet per hour with this machinery

  • @PelicanIslandLabs
    @PelicanIslandLabs Місяць тому

    Let's go people................ smash that 'like button' and 'subscribe button'.

  • @1010tesla
    @1010tesla Місяць тому

    what was in the aqua clean container? you showed a clear tube with beads flowing through it. what is it and its purpose?

  • @Damian.wagner
    @Damian.wagner Місяць тому

    41:10 in video. Your rig is missing something,, a piece of 14 inch or 20 inch schedule 80 pipe about 4 ft long.. normally gets pressed into the ground around the top of where you're drilling so that when you start your hole it doesn't blow out a 3 ft cavity.. I've seen well drilling videos and probably 22 different countries.. you're the first rig that doesn't use one of those. To direct the material coming out of your hole.. another thing that I would ask about. Most of the wells that you're drilling are in North Carolina.. but your main shop is 1 mile north on the North Carolina border, in Virginia on interstate 15,, the only reason I question that is because I live in Wisconsin. If a well driller would come over here from Minnesota. Or Michigan or Illinois.. the point that I am getting to is that if the well driller here in Wisconsin wants to come and drill a well depending on where it is they only needs like one permit.. a driller coming from a different state. Has to jump through a lot more hoops so that they know the ins and outs of what you can and can't do in this state.. so being that you're out of Virginia and you're doing jobs in North Carolina doesn't complicate the paperwork..

    • @h2omechanic
      @h2omechanic  Місяць тому +1

      It's extremely complicated to abide by both state regulations and each different county has different rules.
      What your talking about is called a diverter, it's basically a T that carries away the well cuttings. In theory it would help, but it still can blow out. We've lifted the earth from 15-18ft deep in a 30ft circle before. It's scary & can flip a Machine over. Once the ground lifts, you must add water or slow penetration rate .

  • @Tommy-K4BWN
    @Tommy-K4BWN Місяць тому

    Need to go with gmrs handheld and mobiles for everybody you can get a license from FCC for $35 no written test fill out the paperwork online and get your license and you can operate several radios off of one license . I have my Amateur ham license and my GMRS license also.

  • @SecureInformationSystems
    @SecureInformationSystems Місяць тому

    Can you tell us why hitting a spring is bad? Being as you drilling for water, the uninformed would think that was good. Glad to see you hit great water.

    • @h2omechanic
      @h2omechanic  Місяць тому

      Injecting air in the ground to cut a hole, air follows the spring & blows out the surrounding ground as it did here. Typically springs are surface water, & have bacteria.

  • @bobbyclegg2065
    @bobbyclegg2065 Місяць тому

    Great video . U allways have a hiccup or two with anything but everything turned out good .

  • @christopherhughes6519
    @christopherhughes6519 Місяць тому

    Spent 40 years in the offshore oil drill business. The last 20 years in deep and ultra deep water. Think about running 250' of 350#/ft 30" surface casing and not tagging the seabed until you run about 4500' for drillpipe. Other than that not much difference.

  • @mikemmikem2758
    @mikemmikem2758 Місяць тому

    Thanks for the long videos too. You could go to an hour and id't be ok by me.

  • @dusttoyou4550
    @dusttoyou4550 Місяць тому

    Chinesium brass fittings, avoid them. Made is USA fittings are still available.

  • @rljackson123
    @rljackson123 Місяць тому

    I have a question for anybody that could answer. Out of all the videos I’ve watched related to removing a well pump I don’t believe I’ve seen a pit less adapter with a seal. That appears to be what I’m dealing with and I’ve got the seal loose and can get the system to lift up about a foot and then it appears the seal is catching on the casing. Now this seal is 4ft down the casing. All the videos I’ve seen with a pit less adapter it’s about 4ft down the well with a well cap on top but no seal. Am I just missing something? Lol

  • @anthonyhumbert8787
    @anthonyhumbert8787 Місяць тому

    Hydrolic? What is that

  • @Danimal100
    @Danimal100 Місяць тому

    you don't want trees within 50 feet of a well, is that while drilling ? is it ok to have trees within that 50 feet after well is drilled ? will the roots damage my casing ? my casing is steel with a pitless adapter

    • @h2omechanic
      @h2omechanic  Місяць тому

      It's simply because the other truck must park beside the drill rig to bring in extra rods if it goes past 400ft.

    • @Danimal100
      @Danimal100 Місяць тому

      @@h2omechanic oh , thanks , makes 100% sense now duhhh , good luck on your 100k

  • @steveholder7289
    @steveholder7289 Місяць тому +3

    Cicadas?

    • @davidtaylor317
      @davidtaylor317 Місяць тому +1

      I hear them

    • @jamessullivan6985
      @jamessullivan6985 Місяць тому

      I think this is the plaque, famine year so cicadas…they might be in the area where 2 different years are coming together, the 13 and 17 year cycle has hit this year. Also there is a particular region in the states where the 2 different years overlap…….pestilence…..lol

    • @steveholder7289
      @steveholder7289 Місяць тому

      @@jamessullivan6985 Live in Oklahoma as a tween during an emergence. Was amazing the drone that went on all day.

  • @keen1957
    @keen1957 Місяць тому

    How long have you been in the business?

    • @h2omechanic
      @h2omechanic  Місяць тому

      Est 1982, I've been here for 18 years

  • @chrisf5418
    @chrisf5418 Місяць тому

    Beware pressurized hydraulic fluid. A "hydraulic injection injury" can be disfiguring or cost you a limb.

  • @jetegtmeier71
    @jetegtmeier71 Місяць тому

    was that the same picky homeowner where you found multiple power line breaks from when they made that covered patio and he DIDN'T want a junction box on the post of the patio but you had to replace the entire power line to the well anyways ? "Well Pump Troubleshooting" from 3 weeks ago

  • @andrewj4241
    @andrewj4241 Місяць тому

    You gold mining or well drilling

  • @jmazoso
    @jmazoso Місяць тому

    Let me guess, someone said “this will be easy” before you left the shop.

    • @h2omechanic
      @h2omechanic  Місяць тому

      Yup! How'd you know!

    • @jmazoso
      @jmazoso Місяць тому

      @@h2omechanic Drilled enough holes to know that’s the kiss of death. That and anything you drop within 10 feet of the hole has a good chance of going down it.

  • @harescrambled
    @harescrambled Місяць тому

    Regarding the water leak job....people sometimes forget tgeres only so much the customer is willing to pay for. We van recommend whats right, but that doesnt mean the client will approve it

  • @LarrySwindall-un1cx
    @LarrySwindall-un1cx Місяць тому

    Who decides where to locate the well?

  • @RVerJerry
    @RVerJerry Місяць тому

    About the copper adapter that broke, you put it back the same way as the first time. You're going to be back out there in another 18 months. Think real hard on this. You are the expert, you know there is going to be stress on this adapter and it's going to break again. Ask yourself why did I put that back together the same way next time. You could have put a couple unions in, or at least reinforced the connection. Sorry, that was not a good repair.

    • @chrislee5696
      @chrislee5696 Місяць тому

      You forgot the part he asked the homeowner as in fixing it the right way, but the homeowner wanted back the same way it was before. So, this is going to be on the homeowner. Also, he said you taking 13 Gallons per minute down to about 8 Gallons per minute with the PEX pipe, which he was referring to the pressure that going to be created with going back the same way, that means he might have to be back out there. As he said while walking away, what can you do if the homeowner does not want it done the other way (right way). Also did not charge him for the fix.

    • @RVerJerry
      @RVerJerry Місяць тому

      @chrislee5696 You guys are one hell of a well drilling team, I would score you a 10. Sorry to upset you.

    • @chrislee5696
      @chrislee5696 Місяць тому

      @@RVerJerry You did not upset me, just wanted to point out that the home owner did not want it the right way. Also I do not work for this company just a viewer and yes they are one hell of a drill team.

    • @RVerJerry
      @RVerJerry Місяць тому

      @chrislee5696 Sorry Chris, I thought you were a monitor for the channel.

  • @davidsauls9542
    @davidsauls9542 Місяць тому

    Boy, Don't you ever go in a hole like that without a rope around you and two men ready to pull your skinny ass out !!! That rig can slide back when it caves in and burry you !! After hurricane Katrina (Waveland MS), working in wet sand, it happened ! Be Safe !!

  • @william6526
    @william6526 Місяць тому +1

    I liked the videos a lot more when they showed more drilling and less complaining about how hard the job is.

    • @billmonroe8826
      @billmonroe8826 Місяць тому

      Eh, I didn't see it as complaining as much as just having a frustrating day and people get to see that it's not just as easy as dropping a drill in the ground and suddenly you hit water. Tell it like it is just as much as having an easier day.

  •  Місяць тому +1

    My goodness you 5 weeks off seem like a distant memory now. Well done excuse the pun.

  • @ohokayofficial
    @ohokayofficial Місяць тому

    26:00 the background noise reminds me of a Radiohead song for some reason 😂

  • @jameslist7385
    @jameslist7385 Місяць тому

    was that the saggy da old folks will know that show

  • @tjs6558
    @tjs6558 Місяць тому

    All that $$ spent and you are having to redo alot of it yourself

  • @mikestuart5278
    @mikestuart5278 Місяць тому

    Why dont you show the completed well running instead of your face all the time?

  • @tomsoil9909
    @tomsoil9909 Місяць тому

    Enough mats!! Have the customer pay $1000 for a cheap rock pad for you!! Crushed concrete, rejected road base or something to give you a base!!

  • @ThumperKJFK
    @ThumperKJFK Місяць тому

    🤙👍