I hope you are enjoying the rescue of the old well! If you missed it, I recently rescued the Crane Truck we used in this video, so if you're interested in seeing just HOW useful that truck really is, here is the video where I show all of its features: kzbin.info/www/bejne/emG8apVun9x4h9Usi=3VS_hMMxp4jqDaBP
@danielmyers45789 ай бұрын
If you lower your pole guides it will make your total height lower.
@MRrwmac9 ай бұрын
I’m sure your friend really appreciated your help. I just hope the well continues to supply clean water to the cattle.
@Whocaress2.09 ай бұрын
That long storage bin with the roller on the back of the truck is for the ladder!! Stand it vertical and slide the ladder in
@dallasarnold86159 ай бұрын
It was an interesting watch. But you guys are certainly no plumbers. Good effort though, got it done. It seems to me that having the truck closer and having the boom at 45 degrees or more would have worked better. Would have been able to lower and hoist the ladder with it that way. Also, on the bucket, I would have attached the chains at about 5/8 of the height of the bucket using only two chains. Thus it is much easier to fill and to dump. Plus something like a large screen door handle on the bottom to help tip it. Even a block of wood would help. Many, many years ago, I helped my father hand dig a well. The trick to digging straight down is you hang a stick ( like part of a closet rod ) tied in the center. The stick should be the diameter of the desired diameter of the well. So, you suspend the stick centered in the hole, spinning it as you go down to ensure uniform and plumb walls.
@patchvonbraun9 ай бұрын
The large amount of sludge at the bottom of the well may be due to ground-water run-off. I noticed that the bricks don't extend very far above the ground, so a good rain-storm, and there'd be rivulets of mud running into the well.
@tiredoldmechanic17919 ай бұрын
The bricks don't seal the surface water out unless they are sealed by some method.
@davidelliott58439 ай бұрын
Surface water entering the well is also a contamination issue. A nearby soak-away (as often happens in old British properties) is also a bad idea.
@calvincoolidge55459 ай бұрын
That silt did not enter the well, it was always there. The water table was probably much higher when the well was originally dug and that’s why they had to extend the pipes. They had to get the muck out to extend the pipes. They probably should devise a way to regulate water usage so they don’t run the well dry. Maybe only trickle water in the troughs or install float valves?
@rayscrafield21069 ай бұрын
I love everything you do. I envy you. I'm 80 years old so my time has come and gone. Now I live vicariously through folks like you. Thanks for your time and efforts.
@gtnaylor58709 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing! It's not easy being a farmer. Always lots of work. It warms my heart that you were able to use your truck for this job and help your neighbor. It was more than I expected.
@logancarter21349 ай бұрын
I've worked on everything from offshore drilling rigs to construction in the refineries of S. E. Texas and finally as a process operator in a refinery. I know OSHA rules and regulations. While you technically didn't meet them you did everything possible to ensure your safety and that of your workers. That attitude and mindset is what keeps people safe. I thought the candles in the bucket was a very good idea. Some jobs just have to be done, finding a way to keep safe and getting it done is what matters. I tip my hat to you and your crew.
@JamesThomas-gg6il9 ай бұрын
Who would have thought that watching someone clean a well would be so entertaining. That thing about not being safe sending someone down the well to clean it, how does anyone think it got done back in the day, right? I'm thinking he's done that specific job a time or two. Good job.
@jasons63479 ай бұрын
Not sure if you know but with the safety harness you have 15mins to relieve the pressure off his legs before it becomes toxic.
@clubmike29109 ай бұрын
yikes
@SalvageWorkshop9 ай бұрын
Yeah, we knew that! He was never hanging from the cable that long... most of the time he was down there, he was unhooked from the winch cable so we could bring up the sludge.
@sparkb51428 ай бұрын
@@SalvageWorkshopyeah that was a terrible idea with him down their and raising those buckets above him.
@keithmishler40959 ай бұрын
I worked for a billboard company back in the early 80's as a welder and got my on the job training. Starting with a skyhook electric powered boom and winch for 1 year and graduating to a national 1200 hydraulic Crain. After using a Crain for work I've have learned just how valuable a Crain can be to any work situation. So congratulations on your new to you Crain. Loved the video and the safety minded thought you took for the safety of everyone.
@mauricekeithjohnson25989 ай бұрын
Long retired now, but back in the 60/70s in the Fire Dept in BERMUDA, we attended a number ship pumpouts. Our Eductors had a 2 1/2" in, and a 3 1/2" single jacket hose out. Supplied by one of our 3 1250gpm MACK pumpers. Brought back memories of similar jobs !
@francoisbouchard6027 ай бұрын
Good.job Nice Farm good show 👍👍👏👏
@andreacrashe98949 ай бұрын
*The call went out & a group of friends answered that emergency call. All care was taken to keep all safe... Now it called Mission accomplished... Job well done... now the well is giving back... to the cows. 🙂.*
@fishaussie91129 ай бұрын
🇦🇺👍I think the farmer is a Wombat He just enjoyed himself going down the well
@frutt5k9 ай бұрын
You are a VAX DataTrieve user.
@WACRE449 ай бұрын
Thank you very kindly for helping them out
@sherwoodwc8 ай бұрын
Well I Love it. I’ve had to clean out my well a few times. I’m a get the job done so you over safety to me, but if my kids where doing it so again well done. Now for the next time help, an eyelet on the bottom of the bucket. Used to help tip the bucket with another rope attached to the hook.
@judscoutman9 ай бұрын
Great Job, if you ever do this again you probably want to be sure the guy in the well always has a safety line attached. if he was to need to be pulled out you don't want to have to send another guy down the well to hook him back up. You might not have that much time.
@surindersandhi39244 ай бұрын
Hi My Dear Friend Very Good Job ❤❤❤❤❤
@andywalliams9 ай бұрын
Yep loved the video, it was something different and it will be a massive time saver for the farm. Well done, always like your videos 👍
@speaklifegardenhomesteadpe87839 ай бұрын
Awesome to see neighbors helping each other. Even if there might be better ways to do things, the comments will help the next guys needing to do stuff like this, so it's helpful to everyone. Refreshing. 💦❤😊 God bless.
@michelecrown24269 ай бұрын
Great job recovering the well. And that crane truck was a steal. Amazing it works so well right off the bat. I bet you will be back to grab at least one of those old pieces of equipment that are just sitting there "chilling" 😊😊
@user-vg6df2hi8n9 ай бұрын
Hopefully
@horstszibulski199 ай бұрын
I can literally see him dragging that AllisChalmers out from that barn... 😂
@shaniaa92878 ай бұрын
Love how you're setting up your homestead. It's looking beautiful ❤
@williamjones54689 ай бұрын
Five star video for sure. If anyone doubts it just review the snippet of video where the first cow comes to get a much needed drink. Soon the other cows lined up like first graders. Thats how dire the situation was.
@krazzystallion619 ай бұрын
Loved this project your showing what true neighborhood is about in so many ways
@johnmiley4589 ай бұрын
Great Work. I used to work caissons we would us a mirror if the sun was out at all to put light down the hole. Also works to send light back small culverts..
@dickdavidson36169 ай бұрын
Nice save on the well, good learning curve. Great video, awesome scooter! Crane Truck was the hero.
@kerryevans74139 ай бұрын
Matt that was good of you to help them out with fixing and cleaning the well out. Especially when knowone else would even come out to look at the job. That utility crane truck was a life saver.
@JosephRozum8 ай бұрын
Good Evening Sir , I hope you are doing well and having a fantastic day today 😊 !
@gordontownsend15448 ай бұрын
Another Great Video, Thanks alot for sharing it, always something different to learn and watch your problem solving skills which not everyone can do. You have a great way of thinking things through. I love watchuing your videos, being I am Electrician by trade, watching you play with different engines and such and your explanations are great, to the point my Grandson wants to be a mechanic so we drove around picked u; a few free Lawn mowers, so we have started to pull one apart and replaced some gaskets in the Carb and runs great now, I told him less the parts price what ever he gets for them is his money, so he is keen to keep going. and it Starts with people like yourself showing others that things can be done, So THANKS a LOT. I appreciate your Videos and hope you get back onto that Traxtavator you had 20 odd parts for, Thanks Regards Gordon - Australia
@12345NoNamesLeft9 ай бұрын
Your truck has air, I think you also have a portable air compressor. It's pretty common to run an open air line into that space and let it run before and during your entry. If it's your business, they have testers and sniffers for oxygen content, hydrogen sulfide, CO CO2 and so on.
@jeffriley-lq5np6 ай бұрын
you need air by volume and you need to exchange air on a volume based rate. ive buried some freinds working in confined spaces more controlled than this
@Dengezik1009 ай бұрын
In Hungary we use a special tool called "frog" for sludge removal. It is a big and heavy iron pipe with a simple check valve (basically a rubber flap) on the bottom end. We let the pipe fall in the sludge, it fills through the "valve", and we winch it up. The most of the sludge/sand stays in the pipe. We do this for many times. In most cases nobody has to go down in the well, or at least for a shorter time.
@SalvageWorkshop9 ай бұрын
I wish i had one of those! Maybe if i ever do this again, ill make one for the project! Thanks for watching, i truly appreciate the support!
@Dengezik1009 ай бұрын
It's a very simple tool. The tube is usually 4 inch diameter, and 1 meter long the heavier the better. If the edge is sharpened it works better. The "check valve" has to be as big as possible, to ensure free flow of the sludge.
@waynesuttle7969 ай бұрын
Had to do the same thing woth my father's well .. He hand doug it back in the early 50's . Then in the late 70's it had caved on the sides only had a couple ft of water . We used a windless and a little smaller bucket than you have I went down and we a day and a half got it down to a rock bottom and couldn't keep up with the water coming in lined it with 4 ft concrete pipe. working well today.
@VetvsWorld9 ай бұрын
I’m always impressed by your willingness to help others. ✊🏻🖤
@singleshot22189 ай бұрын
Good job guys! Looking forward to seeing it more! Take care and stay safe! God bless!🙏✝️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
@firemanjeffgg24409 ай бұрын
That sludge probably had a wonderful aroma to it as well. Might also be worth mounting up led lights to the end of the crane to act as a work zone floodlight.
@walkertongdee9 ай бұрын
60 years ago we small 10-year-old kids would strip down to our underwear and climb down our hand laid flat rock well with no ladder, no harness, no rope, scoop out the mud with a bucket and haul it up. In the day this was a common thing called honey-dipping. My sister would have had this well cleaned by lunchtime.
@javierlindenthal66806 ай бұрын
Exactly they make a small job big here
@railroad90009 ай бұрын
That crane truck is an excellent investment!
@T.McGarry9 ай бұрын
A serious effort, deserving of all new pipe and fittings. I did a similar job on my dug well, fixed it, next year had a fault in the larger of the two pipes somewhere in the 200' run up to the house. It took 10 gallons to prime. Ran an electric line down it, installed a submersible pump. The following September, the water table went below the inlet for the 1st time in 20 years. Bit the bullet, got a well drilled next to the house.
@americanpatriot29799 ай бұрын
Pack clay then sand around well curb. Also my grandpa was a well driller from Kentucky if the well isn't producing lots of water ya might drop 6 crawdads down there they will find the vein open it up so you get more water. Bad thing is all the Fracking going on it lowers the water table. Hurting folks who use a well. Good luck.
@josephcormier59749 ай бұрын
Excellent use of the crain at this rate the crain will pay for it self this is the way nabor helping nabor awesome video outstanding content thank you for sharing this six stars sir
@ThomasJones-fn6pc9 ай бұрын
You need to hook 1inch pvc to the pump with a one way check valve to not loose the prime
@larrydavidson34029 ай бұрын
You guys done a heck of a job reviving that well, the truck did an awesome job. I bet you were glad you got it.
@SalvageWorkshop9 ай бұрын
Thank you! I was proud of the old truck!
@stefaneisenring25339 ай бұрын
Nice. Thank You!
@Drew67099 ай бұрын
59:35 looks like a future salvage operation for the Allis Chalmers track loader.
@SalvageWorkshop9 ай бұрын
I sure hope so!
@HorsleyLandy889 ай бұрын
Safety line on guy down well is a must, if someone kicks a brick and it hits him, at least you can drag him out.
@fredpierce93639 ай бұрын
A shop vac with a long plastic pipe taped onto the hose and lowered down there would be a good idea to continue sucking air out of that hole while the guy is working down there. fresh air would continue to flow down there to replace the air pulled out with the vac and make it more comfortable and safer to work down there. Hard to tell what kind of gas is mixed with the air down in that hole, maybe radon, co2, or maybe methane from rotting vegetation. These are good ideas for working in confined spaces. Not according to regs, but small measures to help you stay a little safer.
@phillipdickinson85579 ай бұрын
That was so great could not have asked for more great job guys now water for a while till it fills back in great video Matt can't wait for next video thank you
@300419469 ай бұрын
Brilliant job and done safely. Well done to everybody.!!
@markshropshire59959 ай бұрын
I saw continuous safety failures . I didn’t want to complain but I also don’t want anyone thinking this was safely done.
@rhondasweeney72719 ай бұрын
Awesome video! Awesome cleaning out the well! Beyond awesome teamwork! Thanks for sharing! Enjoyed this video!
@garytnew75049 ай бұрын
Great outcome and was fantastic to see the new addition prove beyond belief it’s already a very useful addition to your workshop and capabilities 👏👏👏👏👏👏
@Mr.Innovator9619 ай бұрын
For very low volume producing water water wells, just a suggestion: put three or four 275 gallon Square totes in your well house ( if there’s room for em) fill the totes from the well with a low GPM pump. Don’t even need a float shut off just a 120v timer set it to go off after 55 min @5gal/ min. Provided your static water level recovers and maintains (5) GPM. That way the totes can pump stored water to the stock tanks on demand and year round.
@frutt5k9 ай бұрын
Until they freeze over in winter, thereby cracking the vessel walls.
@randyjones91889 ай бұрын
Oh where to start, I've cleaned out several wells before. What you needed was a mucking bucket. It's like 3 five gallon bucket s put together with a tapered bottom and a piece of pipe on the bottom for the dumper person to use as a handle. The bucket has a hard saddle attached with the pivot just above center to stay upright while lifting but making it easy to up end to dump. Also the bottom handle anchors the bucket on the bottom while filling. Your crane is a lot less work than a windless for lifting the muck out. Hope I have expanded your horizons just a little bit.
@T_B9 ай бұрын
Great job man! One suggestion: when looking over the hole, please take OFF your hard hat so it doesn't come off and land on the guy down there.
@alangreenslade16859 ай бұрын
Least of his worries, the salvage tub would make more of a dent.
@Edward-turtle9 ай бұрын
realiy enjoyed this episode... good vid
@gregfehr12389 ай бұрын
I have a vac truck and have pumped out several shallow wells ive generally found it to be a temporary fix if the silt came in through a hole in casing or around the lid it may well be useful to pump it out but if it came up from the bottom then likely a waste of time shallow wells dug to water flowing sand levels generally have about 5 feet or more of sand come up the casing and if you pump it out the dirt falls down along outside of casing and up again the bottom you then end up with a sinkhole around the top
@DDB1689 ай бұрын
3-4 minutes, that's about the life expectancy of most Vevor products. I'm surprised it pumped any water out at all actually. I think you did this quite safely considering the difficulties and risks, well done.
@allendouglas49429 ай бұрын
I was a teenaged farm kid with a shovel and a bucket at the bottom of 3 different wells. We rented a high volume pump from the fire department to get the water out. And I know where the expression "colder than a well digger's a$$" comes from. When I bent over to get another shovel full of muck off the bottom of the well, my hind end rested against the side of the well, where the ground temperature was 47 degrees year 'round.
@logancarter21349 ай бұрын
As a teenager and 20 something I dug 5 different septic tank holes in SE Texas all of them in the summer and the further down I went the cooler it got, maybe 65*. Using a pick axe and shovel I never got cold 🤣.
@PeterOwen-e6y9 ай бұрын
You should be waring breathing apparatus going down that deep, you never know what can seep into the well
@hitoortega16169 ай бұрын
Excellent
@TheDozer2119 ай бұрын
Holy shit!!!!! you three should try out for the Special Olympics…
@jdgross63278 ай бұрын
I sure do appreciate your videos keep on keepin on 🇺🇸🇺🇲
@markskeels81329 ай бұрын
42 is the answer to life the universe and everything. Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy
@boatbeard77679 ай бұрын
Every cheap pump I ever bought failed, sometimes dismally and early... Every good quality brand name pump I have bought works perfectly to this day, several are decades old now and work as good today as they ever have. I won't own a chineseum pump again, that's for sure. In Oz, water supply is so critical in many areas for months every year - we can't allow pump failure to be a thing.
@thaddeustroyer9 ай бұрын
So many things... glad y'all got it done.
@teethofthelamb9 ай бұрын
As a child we got all of our water from a hand dug well and we also dug our own outhouses which weren’t as deep but the well’s were 25’ to 30’ deep, our family had 9 children and a couple relatives, we tiled the well with round concrete well tiles then capped it. anyway our country the USA was built on hand dug well’s and people are still digging them.
@clubmike29109 ай бұрын
Who else loves the whistling????? I cannot be the only one.
@anthonyhoult1529 ай бұрын
Good morning and brilliant video. Pleased to see you took a lot of thought into safety and as you said these wells were once dug by hand with a lot less safety. It might be a good idea to raise the head of the well and making sure it's fully cemented to stop any water run off back into the well. Also stopping leaves and soil getting washed back down to create any build up of silt. Looking forward to watching your next video 👍
@CrimeVid9 ай бұрын
Fully agree, no maintainence done since the well was dug. Farmers !
@mikehors73519 ай бұрын
Hey great job on the well hope to see more of the new old truck work outs. Keep up the cool vid's.
@VauAcht9 ай бұрын
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your family!
@АртурТамазян9 ай бұрын
Good job,really good man's, good truck! 👍👍👍 Respect from the Russia!!!
@avrel8209 ай бұрын
I enjoyed watching you and Nice seeing you help like that. You are definitely a good person 😊
@grinpick9 ай бұрын
Re those black angus steers: I'm thinking there might have been a Hereford lurking somewhere in their family tree.
@jeffriley-lq5np6 ай бұрын
if you ever get a osha walk up inspection be sure you have the manual for the unit on site and all the load charts are legible and on the derrick
@jamesholtman40269 ай бұрын
Very interesting project!
@FRANK-ex5fg8 ай бұрын
FRANK'S GREAT JOB AND GREAT ON ALL SAFETY ASPECTS! MY WELL THAT WE HAND DUG WAS ONLY 25 ' DEEP WHEN WE HIT QUICKSAND. ! WE HAD ONLY ROPES TO LIFT OUT THE MUCK IN FIVE GALLON BUCKETS ! SO YES THAT CRANE SAVED A LOT OF BACKS. GOOD LUCK WITH FUTURE JOBS! I KNOW THEY WILL BE THE SAME GREAT RESULTS.😂😂
@ShadowKylar9 ай бұрын
I’m curious if you diagnosed that pump? it sounded like you described the motor and shaft working fine but had stripped the centre of the impellers? I’ve worked with them quite a bit and can’t think of why it would have done other than either incredibly poor quality or perhaps it’s check valve not working, water running back down the outlet causing its impellers to run backwards, and then turning it on so the shaft ripped through it in an opposite direction? Can’t say I’ve heard of that, just theorising it. Would still be very poor quality materials for it to do that.. Edit: just so you know, the injector is not so you can pump more water, it’s so you can have such a high head on the suction line on the inlet of the pump, without an injector your suction line could only be about 6-7m lift max. Injectors are old school these days, uses about 30% of the water to inject and needs more power than a (decent) submersible
@carloskawasaki6569 ай бұрын
Awesome, great job, thank you for sharing 👍👍👍👍always a pleasure watch your project
@horstszibulski199 ай бұрын
Seems that the truck has already paid for itself! Great job, there are so many things that can go wrong unexpectedly, I think you did well! (pun intended!) 😂👍👍
@kirbygulbrandsen45078 ай бұрын
I’m a roofer from Miami,Florida. Nothing sketchy about it, go for it.
@johnfrantz68289 ай бұрын
Happy birthday to me. What a great gift a video from my favorite KZbin creator 😊
@SalvageWorkshop9 ай бұрын
Happy Birthday John! Hope this coming year is a great one for you!
@stanisawk13859 ай бұрын
Bravo, bravissimo Maestro
@geraldrooke49229 ай бұрын
Love the new hat.
@kevinroberts93949 ай бұрын
You need a clamshell bucket like they use for cleaning out storm drains.
@edjovi36779 ай бұрын
Great job
@serjitgill34059 ай бұрын
Be safe guys
@TCW-hw6iw9 ай бұрын
Totally real project. Not everything has to be sexy, sometimes its all about the mundane to get through the day. The boom truck seems to have paid off. Its great when you can come to the aid of a friend in need. Those young guys need to grow some thicker skin. Working in that well 40 odd feet down, hanging on a cable would not be comfortable and would test a saints patience. Put yourself in that mans shoes, his livelyhood was on the line. Cows don't eat snow, they are smarter than that. A nasty job, but you two stuck at it and came away grinning. Good on ya!!
@Makete1009 ай бұрын
Just like all your videos, I turned it on and watched the whole thing without knowing how long it was until the end. Then I realized it was over one hour long. This was a great way to send an hour of my evening. Thanks for taking us along .
@capecodmikemike74829 ай бұрын
Nice Stetson
@TheHomePros62219 ай бұрын
Man I love that crane truck so much!! Thing is so useful
@benjaminberger96299 ай бұрын
Damn, you trust the crane / those bolts holding in the plastic / chains a lot 😁 nice work!
@AWDJRforYouTube9 ай бұрын
I was thinking the same...if I was the guy below I would stand behind the ladder for a little protection if that ton of sludge bucket ripped!
@varoonsingh11119 ай бұрын
Good going and great teamwork ! The truck was good and capable !
@wayneploss19949 ай бұрын
On board air long steal pipe on the end stirs it up good. Long pipe with air suction rigged up on it works like vacuum cleaner
@PAINFOOL139 ай бұрын
Fantastic job . The new crane truck came in very handy wooooo.👍🏻
@inspiredscreens9 ай бұрын
Great video sir! Thank you. Mark, from the Philippines.
@JosephRozum8 ай бұрын
9:48 pm on Friday the 19th here in AZ 😊 !
@speaklifegardenhomesteadpe87839 ай бұрын
Man! 28:00 I want that sludge for fertilizing my garden!!!
@iteerrex81669 ай бұрын
Cool project. Great truck. Job well done 👍
@szki2729 ай бұрын
Should have put a short chain loop on the bottom of the bucket. To dump just knock it over, hook to the bottom chain lift it. also, a walkie talkie for the person in the hole and the person running the winch should be used so there isn't a delay between what one person says another hears and what they say to the winch operator.
@DaveSteen9 ай бұрын
I remember a dug well, neighbor said to light a newpaper and drop in to be safe, I gues gas and also for the oxygen. Handy crane truck, good video
@barryhayes33289 ай бұрын
Fantastic video 😊 that truck Is going to be really good, can’t wait to see what you do to it
@ralphcooling75839 ай бұрын
Wow that was different very interesting I would like to see what else you can do with that truck keep up the great work 👍. Ralph