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[@BigDaddyDough1]

I have been watching Red Poppy Ranch for some time now. I think that the happiness that is being shown to use is far more greater than what we get to see on video. As a viewer, I think I could actually hear the water pouring in to that hole. Congratulations!!!!!

[@BigDaddyDough1]

UPDATE: I paused the video before watching the rest of it and then discovered that there was a small stream of water actually pouring in to the hole. Once again, Congratulations!!!

[@annetteencalada2667]

Thank you. It's been inspiring. 4 year I've dreaming, watching hours of KZbin. I lost count how many told me I can't build my home, that I stop talking about it. This is a project I know I'm on my own with KZbin, educating me through the process.

[@DennisDuboisLifeview]

At long last, success! It's been a long time coming so finding the water at long last is a tremendous boost to your goal of moving up to the ranch. Another case of persistence paying off. Congratulations!

[@RedPoppyRanch]

Thank you!

[@tbirdracefan]

The more gravel you can backfill with, the more water you will have. Get the culvert pieces in as quickly as possible. And please be careful and mindful of the instability around the dug hole with all the moisture in it. If you fall in or slip in, It would be almost impossible to climb out. CONGRATULATIONS!!!

[@michaelwatts8052]

That's why I've never figured out why people dig wells instead of a small pond if on 2 or more acres. It's safer, costs less, no tank needed, and lots more summer fun for the family especially if you add fish. Either way you'll have to filter the water so why not choose to spend less, work less, and most fun quicker -vs- a boring, costly, time consuming, and all around dangerous well?

[@Peter195267]

Great news now you have a water source. Nothing stopping you and the family moving in, good luck God bless.

[@DeerParkFarmstead]

What a relief I’m sure this find has given you and your family. So happy for you. You got this now. Perseverance.

[@glenngoodale1709]

Nothing better than a "chat" around the O'l water hole ... This is such a wonderful video

[@forrestyoung6588]

Congratulations! I am so glad your water problems are solved. I'm excited to see the final setup.

[@KinuGrove]

This is truly exciting. Awesome to see you find a water solution that was easier on the pocket.

[@RXRSawdustStation]

Glad to see you're closer to securing sustainable water. Awesome video! Well done!

[@rogerGodsaves]

I grew up on a farm and we had a spring in the bush a little above the house its been working for almost a 100 years all gravity fed never been filtered. we can water all day the garden if we want. Looks like this will work for you big relief.

[@workingmom8162]

You are so blessed. You abilities, knowledge, and final products are 100% perfection.

[@sulebo2153]

Fantastic! What a relief. A lot of people here were convinced you'd find it - glad you didn't spend a fortune on other options. And neither you or the kids are going to climb around or in the edges until you fill it in? Certainly not when you're there alone? Say yes.

[@nocturnalpete1]

yes great to see you finally struck water i have been watching for ages and i know its a load off your mind all the best .

[@julielittle8874]

Thank you for taking YOUR time and filming for the rest of us, take care, info was great.

[@CynicalDad81]

Love water videos! Upright culvert with leeching holes around the bottom with the rest of hole filled with gravel. Make sure you top it off with fabric and sloped dirt to guide surface water away!!!

[@diversifiedacreshomestead102]

I am going through this now. We have a 150 ft well on the property with sulfur water and a natural gas leak into the well so our water smells like natural gas and sulfur combined. But I do have springs that run on the mountains behind us we are going to have to collect from. Congratulations on the great find.

[@RedPoppyRanch]

Best of luck... I'll come help if you let me borrow your saw mill for a month or two!

[@diversifiedacreshomestead102]

Red Poppy Ranch brother I wish I could. I’ll do this one for you. You get your logs bucked up and ready to mill and I’ll bring the saw out and help you mill it up. In the day homesteaders help one another anyway they could. I’m not so sure they traveled across the country to do so but it’s our day to do what we wish. You just let me know when your ready brother.

[@hameedsumbal5328]

Congrats on find the water I was away for a vacation where the cell phones and internet didn't work...so when I came back, I was looking for updates from you. Nice to know that one of the major problem is solved... TC

[@RedPoppyRanch]

Thank you for watching!

[@mpthangoldaz]

I know someone who used a post hole digger on his tractor to dig his well about the same depth as you went, he made a bunch of extensions and kept adding them as he went deeper.

[@jockflynn54]

good news for you and your family, got my fingers crossed that the spring serves you for many years.

[@hammer9390]

Looking forward to the complete water system! Glade you found your water source.

[@ZrubekFamily]

I'm glad you finally found water!! Be safe putting that system in.

[@carlinkay1151]

EUREKA!!!! We are so happy for you, congratulations. Can't wait to see the next few videos.

[@chuckr8683]

Outside of our cement culverts we had 3 feet of clean stone placed around them. This allows for water retention in the stone acting as another holding "tank".

[@stickit2theman1]

Congrats, man! Can't wait to see what you come up with to harvest it!

[@dragonflygrandma]

He hits water, steps back and takes a deep breath. Congrats!

[@garybaris139]

Lucky you, that is good water. A submersible solar borehole pump will sort out all your problems getting the water to your tanks.

[@donwat91]

Well well well, you have water. And you have a place to swim in the summer. Or a pond for what ever. I'm so happy for you, it all worked out.

[@grzegorz16100]

That is very good. I hope you will get plenty of good water.

[@robgrogg2546]

I am so excited for you! I would have jumped in that water and screamed in joy.

[@RedPoppyRanch]

I may not have been able to get out.

[@robgrogg2546]

HA!! That's true. Man that had to feel like the Lord lifted a huge load off your back.

[@glenokla2588]

Congratulations! I'm so happy for you all.

[@budwoodman1716]

Might consider a ram pump. Except for the frozen winter months, where you could use electricity to keep the water flowing to the storage tanks, the ram pump operates on its own, with no external power source 27/7, and can even pump up hill at a rate constant enough to probably keep your tanks topped off.

[@micahwatson9017]

Bud Woodman - a ram pump will not work in this situation.

[@selador11]

Dude! What???!? You think you can just drop a ram pump in a hole full of water and it will happily pump the water up out of the hole?

[@budwoodman1716]

Hooked up to an overflow line from the water hole it can and will work. I know for a fact because my father installed one off of a pond overflow back into the 50's on our hog farm. It fed a holding tank about 300 feet up a slope behind one of the 3 farrowing houses we had.

[@selador11]

That could work. IF there is an overflow line. IF there is enough flow in that overflow line. And IF there is enough drop from the top of the overflow line, to where the ram pump is. This is not likely to have an overflow line. It's a hole in the ground. It will have a water level equal to the water table where the hole is dug. That water table will be below ground level. From the looks of it, several feet below. The flow in an overflow line in this well would be "iffy". And would certainly not be reliable. And the hole is below the level of his house. There is not much drop from there, even if the line is run all the way to the road. Certainly not enough drop to get the ram pump to pump the water back up past his house. IF this hole is high on his property, it might be feasible to deep trench from this hole, sideways, so that he can put in an 'artificial' overflow line. But in fact, IF the hole was high enough on his property to do that, he might as well just run that overflow pipe to his storage tank at his HOUSE! Again, it's a hole in the ground. It's below the level of his house. If you had actually had any hands on experience with ram pumps, and KNEW how they worked, no one should have had to explain this to you. Your suggestion is rather like suggesting that someone put pedals on their work truck, to help the engine out, when carrying a large load. In the known context, it just doesn't make sense. All that said, even if he could get it to work, a ram pump is only roughly 20% efficient.So 80% of whatever water he could get to run downhill in an overflow pipe would be wasted. He wants a hole in the ground that holds water. He wants to pump that water from below his house, to above his house, by dropping a pump into that hole. All this is obvious in his video. I can't believe that I typed all that out. Just because someone suggested not to forget to put screens on the submarine doors...

[@budwoodman1716]

This will be my last reply on the topic. First of all, installing an overflow line is simple, as it just needs to be below the level the water pooled in the hole. If, as he stated, the water is filling the hole at the rate of approximately 14 gallons per minute, there will be ample run off from that line to power a ram pump. My father pushed an overflow pipe thru the high berm of a pond that had natural fill from an underground spring. A ram pump can be powered simply by installing the in feed in a stream. If you don't believe me, go to the Wranglerstar site and look at the vids of his ram pump. Also, it will pump up hill at a steady rate, enough to fill an elevated water tower. Again, view the Wranglerstar site. We had a 500 gallon tank mounted approximately 20 feet off the ground and it always had water in it. The pressure was enough to fill the water troughs for the sows to drink from as well as using it to wash the concrete floor. Regarding the effectiveness of the ram pump, it certainly does not compare with more modern pumps of the day. I was merely stating a possible low tech solution to his problem. If you feel the need to show how much smarter you think are then a 70 yr old man who does have first hand knowledge on how a ram pump can work, than knock yourself out scooter. This is my final word on the subject and there will be no further replies to any future responses to this posting.

[@Military-Museum-LP]

Good news! Be careful you don't fall in for if your alone you will stay there till someone finds you! No way you could climb out.

[@margretpinehaven2]

Yea!!!! Another hurdle overcome. looking good

[@marcryvon]

Great news Man, GREAT news. Your water supply was always on your mind, I'm sure, making your life miserable. A house without water is not a home. Now it is ! Well done Friend. Kudos !

[@semco72057]

That is great that you found underground water which you can use for your home and people here have been using this technique for decades to find water for a shallow well. There is a plant called a Wishing Willow which grows here and we have many of those plants on our property and I tried to keep them for the purpose of digging a well and have found underground streams using the "Y" shaped branch from the plant and know it works. I don't know where you live, but if you live in the Mid-West there may be some in your area.

[@Innov8orRepair]

Awesome! Glad you can finally check that off your list.

[@monicapttrsn]

Wow! This is awesome! Water problem solved!

[@matthewcornelison4786]

Awesome congratulations my friend

[@albertasigh9617]

SO, SO HAPPY FOR YOU!!!

[@lisaineastcentralohio6805]

Wow so happy you got water.

[@mandbhomestead]

Great find, if it flowing like that in the summer, it will be fine in the winter. Thanks for sharing...

[@TheFarmacySeedsNetwork]

Glad you have water! It is so essential as you know!

[@christinaperez254]

Congrats! What a relief!!

[@jamesweh209]

Great summary of your quest for water. The water witch had you digging a dry hole. Your instincts lead you to find lush greens growing where you found water. Thank God!

[@grancito2]

Water witching has been tested using scientific methods using a large number of "water witches" and found that there success rate was equal to throwing a dice. It amazed the contestants, because they honestly believed that they had a unique skill.

[@N8TheSnake]

You knew it was there SOMEWHERE the whole time! Well done sir congrats!

[@sulebo2153]

That's how all great discoveries were made throughout history right? Go with your gut and just don't give up!

[@craigmonteforte1478]

Congratulations on the water find i tend to agree with you on now you are at the easier part of getting it to where you want it and fine tuning it to meet your needs

[@lesleyharris3198]

Hi, congrats on finding water, I know it's been a real concern to you securing a reliable water source , your another step closer to living the life you have worked so hard for ,

[@patscopat]

Congratulations, well done!

[@trevor33jan1]

Great result mate, happy for you and the family.

[@diannefarrell7715]

This is such great news for you guys. Having water is the most important issue living on land. You should have a look at Guildbrook Farm - Off Grid Living they are using a similar water source...the wire size to the punp makes all the difference... all the best with it.

[@billschofield7919]

I'm glad you found water and the cost is doable on your budget 🎉🎊😁

[@kirstenb7105]

Wonderful news!!! This changes everything :D

[@richbourn1003]

Cant wait to see what you do with the spring..

[@jeffdelano5084]

Can’t wait to see how you finish this great job

[@FelonyVideos]

Looks like you could excavate your storage tank right there, dewater with a sump pump or trash pump, then concrete the walls of it. Then, put your pump in the storage tank and place the filtration downstream, then on to the house. Cover everything back up with dirt from the tank excavation for winterization. I don't think you're gunna like the taste of water that shallow, though.

[@FelonyVideos]

One last idea. That water is trapped by a clay layer underneath. If you can dig past the clay layer to the next sand layer, that water can then run down to fill the sand layer, making a useful aquifer (and safe underground storage). You can then move over 100ft and access that sand layer with a traditional hand dug well and set a sand point with pump. 100ft of sand filtering should make the water a little safer. P.S. that next sand layer is probably going to have much higher quality water, maybe even potable raw. If so, undo this hole so the layers can't mix. Pack it tight, especially at the flowing water seam. Best of luck!

[@jamessmith8480]

Hey! Congratulations on getting that water found, I know you were sweating that for awhile. Can you go in-depth on your storage, filtration, and sanitation plans? I am really interested in what you have to do to get that water potable. Thanks!

[@RedPoppyRanch]

We will detail this in the upcoming videos.

[@MrRainCountry]

Nicely done, thanks for sharing.

[@BCElginTex]

I would dig a swimming pond down hill from it. Hopefully, it will fill up from the overflow/runoff after your storage tanks are full. Would be a place to cool off and unwind on hot summer days.

[@edwardwilcox6712]

i hand dig my well 20feet and using a piston pump been good for near a year now well done

[@Tomhohenadel]

I pray that you do find water, good flow and potable

[@eamsden1982]

I missed this video,, really pleased for you. Hope all goes smoothly 👍

[@ToreBerglund]

Congratulations! You earned it :)

[@AlanaShuster]

How great is that! Congrats on the water find. You can now exhale a bit.

[@yelloworangered]

So glad for you that were knew how to search and there was something there to find.

[@Rebecca-zr2zx]

Congrats on the shallow well, please have the water tested first before going too far. My only question is that. If nothing else, you will have a great swimming hole!

[@riverlax1420]

super excited for you guys!!

[@54565syu]

Great functionality but you could draw much cleaner and deeper shallow well water if you researched on using psi to bore well casing... pipe pump and wire then goes down casing into water pocket

[@kaseysirak]

If you need any help figuring out the water purification side of things let me know. I install water treatment equipment and judging from my experience you should have no problem making that water safe to consume.

[@Grakoham]

12 feet to water!? Our well goes down around 450 ft. Glad you didn’t have to get a drilling rig in and were able to just dig it yourself!

[@beachlife1411]

That's like finding gold on your land bud , super job !!!! Can't wait to see next vid bud...

[@mhkoo1]

That's Wonderful News!

[@SouthernEngineering]

Outstanding, congrats

[@rafaeltorres4728]

That’s so cool! I wish my property had water so easily available (not too deep).

[@banjobenson9348]

Good call, beats paying for a drilled well for now

[@hercorock123]

I would bury a plastic storage tank drill holes all around and wrap with landscape cloth and put stone all around and use a shallow well pump and pressurized well tank and down to house with 1/12 plastic pipe American plumber has some real good paper filters and carbon for drinking and ice you could put a small reverse osmosis unit under kitchen sink. You could also put a couple tanks down by house for storage and for irrigation and fire protection.grunfos and Meyer makes good booster pumps to increase pressure in house. Good luck

[@davidmccullough7225]

I'm happy for you,good luck.

[@slamsshenanigans2296]

Awesome you finally got your water!!

[@mikebateman8021]

Sounds good bud I know there is water there sounds like you got it handled ground tank here's a big trunk down to the house mine works great I piggybacked it up the hill

[@ronwilson9202]

happy days. great find. swimming hole.

[@SawmillerSmith]

I always use those six foot holding tanks it come in 6 foot diameter by 2ft tall and you can stack them up. 2 foot tall by 6 foot is 600 gallons capability. Put a submergible pump in the bottom of your spring, run a water line going to line up to your house and you'll have water. You will have to put a pressure tank in the line somewhere and put a pressure switch on it has a low limit in case you run out of water you don't burn up your pump if your well runs out of water. I wouldn't waste my time getting the water tested. I mean what could possibly be in it that would make it unsafe? I'm sure it's safer than city water.

[@roberthowell932]

12 inch corrugated plastic black culvert get a skill saw make notches on the side and back fill around it with pea gravel or 5/8ths rock you could even use road fabric and wrap around it. Be careful because i you do not do this the line will ill with mud and silt. Trial and error. For years for my cabin i used a 1 inch line to a galvanized corrugated pipe 12 ft tall 24 inch pipe. On the hill cemented into the rock. Then had a float to stop flow. Then used a poly pipe 3/4 inch on the other side. I used 1 inch s/s pipe cut in 3 inch long and heat up the poly and use 4 s.s. clamps from home depot. Never failed me yet and the pipe has only frozen 1 time in 30 yrs over on the side of the cabin is a rock face so i cannot bury it. What is nice now is pex pipe. And since then i put in an inline 2 filter sediment that works great. Walmart sells those cheap ones i change out 1 time a month. Here my mum lives in a nearby city and her water bill was 300 last month she complained they dropped it to 140. It will go back up when they build the 200 homes behind her. She comes to my place for drinking water because her water has natural asbestos in it. Since she moved in her cat died of cancer. And her other cats have had medical issues.

[@jackbottomly4420]

Man, I wish I had you as a neighbor . THANKS for the info !

[@irondiver292]

robert howell that black corrugated leeches toxic stuff. Look it up

[@millieschattime9924]

I am new to this and I'm going to watch every episode😂. I want to live off grid my littlehomestead is another one of my favorite KZbin shows. I watch every Friday now I have to catch up with all of your episodes🤗🤗🤗🤗

[@vegastjg]

I feel the same and I just started watching this 2 days ago :)

[@howardfortyfive9676]

14GPM x60m x24H comes out at *20,160 gallons per DAY. I'd call that a BINGO.* Looks like y'all got yer own Swimmin Hole... No state wood eva tell ya but states just *want a RECORD of your well 4 when they decide 2 tell ya it ain't your water no more and you CAN'T use that water no more. Good Job RPR!!*

[@troyb.4101]

Reseach cable drilling!

[@dadafluff4984]

God is good. He continues to bless your family. Water is essential. I'm happy for you guys

[@keithparady2594]

That’s awesome that’s a big money saver

[@yvettehoward5409]

Thank YOU I learned a lot very helpful

[@duhe98]

WOW that's a lot of water, glad this burden is lifted.

[@josephlashley9459]

Have you seen a ram pump? If you have a water flow down hill into the pump it uses water hammer to pump water to storage.

[@grandmasfavorites]

Yea! I'm so happy for you!

[@ustinman8446]

EUREKA ! I've been waiting for this project. Great News, Game Changer.

[@RedPoppyRanch]

For sure...

[@billyyamahaboy]

God blessed your family

[@larrysowada9905]

Good that you found water, will you install a pressure tank so you can have a nice flow of water going to the upstairs area. Larry

[@RedPoppyRanch]

No. I will place the storage tanks up high enough on the hill that I will have plenty of pressure.

[@zbowen8489]

Running water!!! Game changer.

[@marcmmclellan]

I really want to see success with the well!

[@katanatac]

Water = Life, good job!

[@TheUserid82]

So DC submersible pump with 500+ feet of lift. Solar panels to run it during the day, Pipe up the hill, Tank on the hill, Pipe down the hill and a filter system in the house? Almost forgot will you put a sand point in the hole next to the concrete sections for a backup pump? With how cold it gets you will want a underground tank to avoid freezing and will require a special setup on the overflow unless you send all tank overflow back to the spring.

[@artlandry233]

I AM SO HAPPY FOR YOU!!

[@billyyamahaboy]

I can't wait for update video