All about wells: How a water well is drilled

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Had a well drilled on the farm. The well is 300 ft deep, has a static water level of 25 feet ( yeehaw) and produces 16.5 gpms. The well cost ~ 3k
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[@littleitaly83]

And btw, all the people complaining about the camera should really count their blessings. Not many people take the time to video this process in a down to earth manner, so we can just watch it. Thanks again for this.

[@jwwm2]

If anyone had their water figured out I would have said it was you. Now you're putting in another well for $3,000.

[@ferrisbueller3913]

must be nice to not have to wear high vis and hardhats every day

[@buddyratcliff2894]

No hard hat ?

[@Mooshka9]

Terrible camera work! Always too tight. Cuts off too much subject,.

[@1999mikedunn]

WE WILL NEVER USED GALVANIZED 2 INCH INSIDE DIAMETER METAL PIPE AGAIN. Both our galvanized pipe wells failed. Both have the pump stuck at 320 and 496 feet The pipes corroded. One lasted 5 years. The other lasted 3 years. When we tried to pull the pumps (7000 lb of lift) both pipes broke off the pumps One well at 600 feet was abandoned The other now has a 3 hp pump above the stuck pump. Both stuck pumps are 5 hp. we ohmed both stuck pumps and the electrical is fine. Sentiment from the corroded first well clogged the first PUMP.. A hole in the second well dropped the pressure to 12 psi from 60 psi. WE LEARNED NEVER TO USED METAL PIPE IN A WELL The case inside diameter is 4 inches. The pump outside is 3.75 inches. It is smarter to use a 3 hp pump, PVC SCH 80 ... 1.25 INCH INSIDE DIAMETER and pump to a 1500 gallon above ground tank. Then pump to the fields and houses from the above ground tank.

[@jamesmerritt7273]

Next time put your camera on a tripod

[@kastewart1001]

Could you shake your camera a little more?

[@BradGryphonn]

My Dad was a driller for 25 odd years. Had his own rig and water truck at one point. In the 60's, my mother followed him around the country in an FX Holden, towing an 18 foot Franklin caravan. We often spent months living in the desert in a base camp consisting of the van and the car.

[@kristophermichaud4467]

Well, well, what do we have here?

[@ameliavegas8295]

thank you for putting this on youtube! It's straight forward and makes more sense than an engineer talking. Merry Xmas!

[@WoodwiseJoe]

No complaints here. Thanks for taking the time to film and edit this procedure. Now I have an idea what I might expect when I have a well drilled on my place.

[@cohall46]

Very interesting - the process had more steps than I expected. Thanks for taking the video and posting.

[@snyper7979]

I never knew how they installed a well. This video was really educational. Thank you OP for the video, and good luck with your new well. Hopefully it brings you clean water for many many years to come!!

[@CockyMike911]

I'm in eastern SC. The static water level at my house was around 15 feet. Water here is plentiful. My 4" well gives me almost 40 gallons a minutes with a total well depth of about 75 feet.

[@flpirate45]

That's was great. When I was a young boy in 1959 I watched our well being drilled at 110 feet. The way it was done was they pounded the drill for a long time. The pounded sound traveled to be heard 1/2 mile away. Thanks for your video

[@Mponens]

That's one of the coolest pieces of heavy equipment I have ever seen. Thanks a ton for sharing. This is very interesting.

[@engineer775]

I will be soon. I have 4 solar powered pumps to do a video on. 2 I have been running for about a year , 1 new Sunrotor pump and a prototype 24v gearmotor for a Simple Pump. I can't wait to do these vids.

[@Dirtbug473]

Yrs ago, 1981 bought a piece of property in central oregon...lots of lava rock. Price of the land included free use of 1947 Federal Truck/cable and Tool driller. Had wooden oak bearings on the spudder. Owner told me to listen to him only and do exactly as he instructed during the drilling process. Took me a year in after hrs and spare time to drill through 400 ft lava. I worked full time, kid on the way, hauling water etc....boy it was rewarding afterwards. The hole was straight enough...w/ a mirror you could see 1/2 hole at bottem. Drilled 8'' all the way down, cased w/ 6'' PVC (risky). The most scariest thing I did. Most of my peers were skeptics including some local well drillers. One well driller though did admire my ambitions and would come out to check on my from time to time. I was about 25 yrs old.

[@danielbrand4624]

I gerw up in Michigan and my father cleaned, pumped, dug septic tanks. We even did Wells. I loved every minute of it I was only a kid having with my dad after work