get electric heated socks for those cold feet. Add 25 cents per foot (no pun) It's enough to make an old plumber cry......:)
@dino2gnt9 ай бұрын
Highly entertained that this video starts with "Well." You are the height of comedy, sir.
@mattyb77369 ай бұрын
He could have said "well, well well..." which would be 3 holes in the ground 😂
@timmorris73279 ай бұрын
Gonna have you boys come work up North where it really gets cold 😂
@Cragified9 ай бұрын
Wool socks, trust me. Cotton socks are the worst thing to wear in cold weather. They keep the moisture next to your skin and thus increase evaporative cooling. Thin wool sock inside a thick wool sock is the best combination ever for warmth and preventing blisters.
@rogerkennedy88499 ай бұрын
From michigan and I wear alpaca socks in the cold makes a world of difference on keeping feet warm
@stanwooddave97589 ай бұрын
**QUALITY CRAFTSMANSHIP** in every detail this man does. Cleans the sidewalk. It's freezing cold, but yet takes the time to do this very thoughtful job for the homeowner. God bless this man & crew. Hello to his dad, it's a testament to the GREAT JOB DAD did in rising & teaching him.
@smash7777-8 ай бұрын
What! Did you see the place with that red shit everywhere? Lmao! 😂
@daviddziomba96649 ай бұрын
You think its cold where you are at, try doing it in Conn. Mass. or Rhode Island in the winter then you'll know cold when drilling a well. Dave D.
@northwoodsguy15389 ай бұрын
Nice to see a tradesman take pride in his work .👍😎
@patzke9 ай бұрын
I’ve learned so much watching your videos. I’m now dangerous. 😂
@bigunone9 ай бұрын
Get you some battery heated socks my brother loved hi Now days they have rechargeable batteries
@travissandiford29389 ай бұрын
Wool socks are a mans best friend in the winter time and in extreme cold weather try Baffen Boots. But I don’t think you need something like that in your neck of the woods as that is what I wear in Wyoming in the winter time.
@ken769189 ай бұрын
Wyo-Ben, Wyoming bentonite! I live in Casper Wyo, home of 4 bentonite plants. Bentonite is a strange creature in the wild, slippery mud like you cannot imagine.
@LawrenceHanson-b9s9 ай бұрын
This sounds like a win-win situation. Yes, I do remember the video.
@Only1Shadow9 ай бұрын
That red mud reminds me of what we got here in Mississippi.Sticky, Nasty gunk... We famous for our mud.
@viperlocc9 ай бұрын
My feet are always cold in winter. Until I bought Baffin boots. Even ice fishing in slushy ice/water. These boots are amazing!
@ManMountainMetals9 ай бұрын
That looks like Tennessee mud. The kind that stains clothes 😂
@michaeljourneysr.82435 ай бұрын
Here's a man who enjoys his job...kudos to you!!!
@BerlietGBC9 ай бұрын
Get yourself a pair of heated socks, there brilliant, had them a few winters myself
@tomnagle20019 ай бұрын
Disposable toe warmers from the hardware store are one of the best things I’ve ever discovered for cold toes in these northern Minnesota winters. They last for several hours and just throw them away when you’re done. Love your videos!
@stevecurry5785Ай бұрын
Thats why we worry about our wells here in Canada where the temps can go down to - 60 in the winter and everything freezes till you hit 6 foot underground
@WrenchHead9 ай бұрын
You're right about drinking water in the winter...I know I drink a lot less when it's cooler. I also double up my socks if I know it's gonna be a cold one. Can't work with cold feet!
@jamesmaida47Ай бұрын
I will admit that I am not familiar with the geology in NC, but I know drilling in MD, VA, DE, and PA we have seen some crazy rock elevation changes over a surprisingly small distance over the ground. It's really interesting to see how the rock has been worn, shifted, and folded over years and years. I have a job in Northern DE where we are drilling rock so it can be broken up for new construction, and it is varying something like 15-20ft around the property.
@DouglasYoung-tx8xfАй бұрын
I love watching what you do but very interesting
@jackdevine53829 ай бұрын
I enjoy the detailed explanations of what you are doing. Makes for an interesting view. Nice watching something I know nothing about. Usually searching videos for a solution. Could be a car, a Harley or changing my furnace. Today it was fixing kids noisy pc fan.
@DaveBooth-qs7swАй бұрын
It’s better to drink a warm coffee or warm tea in winter! It helps keep your insides warm & if they are warm it helps blood to circulate around your whole body! Tuck the top of your socks in to the bottom of your trousers too! Your overalls go over the top of your tucked in trousers retaining the heat around your ankles! If your ankles are warm & so will your feet be warm! I’m the middle of winter here in New Zealand when installing milking machines we get very cold because we aren’t moving very far away from the milking shed as we are more confined to one area, so we learn to keep warm from the howling southern winds blowing up from the Antarctica! Wearing warm dry boots also help considerably ! Another trick is to wrap an old newspaper around your waist under your clothing as it stops the cold wind getting through your clothing!
@jakesvideos82049 ай бұрын
Looks warm to me, I don’t even see snow. -40 was the coldest I have drilled in.
@markb.12599 ай бұрын
This video (IMO) is one of the most informative videos you've made! Appreciate how you explained when and why you put the 7 ft. metal pipe as the first piece of casing. Also appreciate you explaining the need and process for blowing 40 ft. of mud out of the casing before you start drilling. I'm surprised they don't make larger size containers of PVC primer and glue. Although maybe the smaller cans are best. You can just throw any partial can out at the end of a job, cause its's likely gunked up anyway.
@chrisowen93789 ай бұрын
Amen about drinking water in the winter. I never thought of it that way !!!
@woodworker31223 ай бұрын
I agree, time for electric sox? Nice and warm.
@alkennedy11249 ай бұрын
Happy new year,24,, 2024 will be more ,more money,more blessings,more fun,more good things from God, more happiness, more in 2024,,thanks BigAl California, praise Jesus Christ grace amen
@normanmack23682 ай бұрын
I just rememised after seeing your well drilling pipe and how many times we'd break a pipe and have to fish it out. This was oil drilling. Omg i remember we called klinkers, that grabbed the pipe to keep from. I don't know how many times we had to fish drilling pipe out. Oh let alone loosing the drill bit.
@DreamState718222 ай бұрын
I have 2 wells on my property the front is above 90 feet and the back is 220’. My land is all flat and the wells are 500 feet apart even the driller did not understand the difference as neither of them followed what was normal for my area. But hey they are both great wells they just need new pumps as they are both over 30 years old. But they hardly get used any more as I’ve got city water now.
@chonzie169 ай бұрын
Great entertaining video
@clarenceclark85929 ай бұрын
Good job boys
@davidshay47739 ай бұрын
You make good videos, interesting 👍🇺🇸🇺🇸
@stevelalondejr21839 ай бұрын
Come to my area you want winter and we are mud circulation drillers, unconsolidated wells thru clays wells made in sands/gravels. I have never ran a hammer we set screens, shale packers even open bottom screens if we drill into our rock. Deepest ever been 300' average here probably less than 150' and 4-5'' well will give 40-100gpm have flowing wells here 30 gpm 3' above ground from a screened 5''
@chrisf54189 ай бұрын
Can you install a radiator at the foot of the operator's station and tie it into the drill's coolant loop? A machine that big has to have some foot warming capability.
@SPUDHOME9 ай бұрын
4:06 it is really really windy. The trees must be frozen solid they are not moving at all, from the wind.
@RuthlessMindset689 ай бұрын
I have to laugh at you freezing in such warm temperatures! Lmao!! Let me guess, you’re wearing cheaper work boots with a steel toe and sole(shank). Pony up for some composite toe/shank. Instant warmer feet. Now if you came up to Toronto and work in 0*F temps, you can also try wearing plastic shopping bags over or between sock layers for even more warmth. Hope this helps!
@kingtut59239 ай бұрын
Talking about cold feet, have you tried to muck boots they are good to -120 ....see how you like them.
@kennardjohnson78759 ай бұрын
Artic boots are rubber and supper thick liner,you can be in sub freezing weather all day and feet never get cold. Kinda expensive but will last a winter and they are steel toe. They are used in the oilfield up north,they will boost your winter productivity.
@drob56649 ай бұрын
It is amazing how the drilling conditions can change in a few feet. We set up to drill a new well after we checked the neighbors well's. They were in the 70 - 90' range, easy day we thought. we drilled two locations on the lot down to 280', found nothing but sand. Had to pull off because we had no more rod. 2 day's of work for free.
@lukasandrysik36669 ай бұрын
I am still amazed that the casing makes such a good seal against the rock just by itself with no flexible stuff like packer...
@h2omechanic9 ай бұрын
There's alot of vertical weight pushing down on a 6" ring. The well water isn't under pressure, nor is outside surface water. Once the well fills they cancel each other out unless you drain the well down hard. But the rock chips and sediment help to form a nice plug seal around the base. If 300psi rig air doesn't blow out the seal, natural water pressure definitely won't. But it is amazing to me that it works.
@eremoshomestead74069 ай бұрын
what do you do about all the crap in the yard after your done drilling???
@inekelassooij8409 ай бұрын
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@Vaticider699 ай бұрын
I really enjoy your channel, very informative and you're a standup guy....
@eddiereichel93549 ай бұрын
Did ya ever try oem power steering fluid in the rig? Most people sont know ya slop the glue on before the primer dries according to the directions
@shermanthewelder36582 ай бұрын
It is so strange seeing other states well regulations the part of Missouri i live in it is illegal to sale a well that is under i believe 100ft of death or is cast less than 80ft i don't keep up on regs but when I had my well drove the minimum for a new well was 250ft of death and cast to a minimum of 200ft.
@mxslick509 ай бұрын
Happy New Year and great work as usual.
@marshallsayre589 ай бұрын
Did they use the old well inside house? Is well drilling common skill?
@williamroberts47589 ай бұрын
Hi: Just use some rubber exhaust hose. They sell it in many sizes, from truck exhaust to glue pipe with a tarp around it. 20 to 40 below here at times to big deal and get better steel toe boots. Redwing is what we wear.
@akoffgrid6769 ай бұрын
If you use blue glue it sets faster and set in the presence of WaTer. I have used it for years and love it. Hope this helps
@Thomas-bv9mn9 ай бұрын
I am confused, do you put washed gravel around your perferations below your grout? Here they use frac sand or washed pea gravel then bentonite pellets to the top.
@KG-yn9qi9 ай бұрын
Insulated pull on red wings that boot you can buy
@oldgoatherder9 ай бұрын
Wow, that looks like it was a lot of work. What happens with all that red mud on the yard? Do you have a contractor that the home owners can call to scrape it up?
@johnsonslandmanagement9 ай бұрын
Did you start the business or was it a family business! Just curious on history of it I have been interested in getting into it just trying to figure out where to start. I have owned my own business for while very interested in well drilling
@robertleach8849 ай бұрын
It says something about a contractor when you try everything I know to do to save a well and in the end you drill a new well and the customer wants you to keep at it. You are a professional and it shows.
@rogerdivdis72779 ай бұрын
Would love to learn more about the permit side of well drilling, do you always need a permit? If it’s just for irrigation or livestock?
@Keith_Mikell9 ай бұрын
Great video. Much love. That piece of burl you stroked, thats an expensive piece of burl. Wood workers would kill for that.
@h2omechanic9 ай бұрын
That's exactly what I said! I figured it would fetch a pretty penny
@Keith_Mikell9 ай бұрын
@@h2omechanic that was a nice untouched piece.
@marshallsayre589 ай бұрын
Hi just startd watchng since sevral homes we lookd to buy had wells and we wernt familiar with wells. That red mud is clay, right? How does the drill get power, thru the engine/hydrolic?
@vaslim17119 ай бұрын
I absolutely LOVE your videos especially being a well owner. Does all the red mud/clay settle into the ground and you can seed over it or does it need to be removed? And if so, who’s responsible for removal?
@transmitterguy4789 ай бұрын
Philip, how do you keep the grout from going into the water down below at the bottom of the well and diluting with the water?
@h2omechanic9 ай бұрын
The casing blocks it from entering the well. But let's assume you mean the water around the outside of the casing. The ground hear soaked up all the water around the outer bore. In 15 minutes it went from full of water to around 80ft to water. The soil soaked it up. In other situations we would use the tremmy pipe. Only 20ft of Grout needed here, but they got over 80ft of Grout.
@jimanderson44959 ай бұрын
Thanks for the video. Could you keep the pvc glue/primer warm in the winter time? Also, how about battery powered heat Sox to keep your feet warm?
@keithjurena93199 ай бұрын
Must have a sand layer that was feeding the old well. Doubt you could video cam it due to mud. But I would bet the well has eroded
@DavidSellars-b8l9 ай бұрын
I have known several men who swore by wearing nylons in the winter. Claimed it kept their feet and legs warm. Never tried it. Maybe I should have.
@firefly24729 ай бұрын
It helps, thick leggings are realy nice to.
@markmywords51269 ай бұрын
Figure the old well didn’t make it to bedrock and the casing was just left in that mud at 80’?
@scrotiemcboogerballs19819 ай бұрын
That’s a great idea to keep the old well as a emergency backup and for garden hose stuff thanks for sharing
@scottmeredith84099 ай бұрын
Love ya content brother, yes he sure could use some grass in that yard. I know in PA our composition is different but that sure is some sandy/clay kinda of soil. Sure don't think that's good for growing a garden. LOL
@harescrambled9 ай бұрын
Was the original well an outlaw well? I've seen that in my area with wells that weren't constructed to the legal standards (insufficient casing length, casing not set in competent rock, etc...). Also we see old agricultural wells which are now being used for potable water service (agricultural wells do not require a permit here, but if you convert one it requires a permit and inspection)
@exportedafrican9 ай бұрын
Eek. Fracking in that mud would probably be horrific. Would you try? Or only if lined well below that soil type?
@h2omechanic9 ай бұрын
Fracking can only be done in solid rock formations. Unless you have double packers & zone fracking
@claytonWells-tr8yl9 ай бұрын
Make a video when yal go back
@rudolfbenner48029 ай бұрын
From a northerner. Cold feet? Wear a hat.
@fackeyutub-emael65459 ай бұрын
How much do you charge to replace the entire system? I POSSIBLY WANT TO get a mobile homes well redone.
@h2omechanic9 ай бұрын
3-4k
@wallaceloper6379 ай бұрын
put up with it for 15 years 2 water purity systems finally the country water got here. Ga red clay uses the water garden and animal's just saying
@Stepdaddy89699 ай бұрын
👍🏽
@thomasulrichs72489 ай бұрын
I was watching one of your videos where you replaced a well and system for a vlogger and I was wondering why most of if not all of the well tanks and systems are outside. Up here they are inside the house. Is that because it is warmer down there or is that code?
@haynillesen5 ай бұрын
Red water is iron?
@markb.12599 ай бұрын
The connection between the bottom most casing and the bore hole can't be a perfectly water tight connection. How does the grout not flow by that connection and flow down into the uncased bore hole??
@h2omechanic9 ай бұрын
Exactly why drillers don't like Grout! We let rock chips and sediment to plug that area & Grout above it. The state requires Grout bc they believe it seals it, but we know it doesn't. The drill cuttings do the best job. Any driller will tell you this.
@markb.12599 ай бұрын
@h2omechanic Thank You!!!
@whathasxgottodowithit3919.9 ай бұрын
A house built from Brick, is that unusual in Texas? P.S. The best Bentonite comes from Wyoming.
@normanmack23682 ай бұрын
You're too much like me dude.
@nmccw32459 ай бұрын
Hey Philip. Is that just copper based anti seize that is brushed on the pipe threads?
@h2omechanic9 ай бұрын
Basically yes
@stager339 ай бұрын
heated socks?
@anchorworks72419 ай бұрын
Have you ever found gold or silver in your drilling material? This video you are drilling through quartz
@crisprtalk69639 ай бұрын
I was thinking the same thing, I would love to pan this stuff!!
@robertpeters94382 ай бұрын
Have you ever tried to drill a well through a coal mine?
@normanmack23682 ай бұрын
You need to show others what you do when you get to the garage. You need to clean all the equipment you used and etc.
@madmatt20249 ай бұрын
12:45 Ain't that the truth. My old house was built in the 50's or 60's and there is a dug well on the property (in addition to a proper drilled well) that was piped into the house on 1" copper pipe with the pump in the basement. I've lifted the DIY cover (a square made from 4x4s and deck boards) off the well and it's basically an open pit lined with rocks. The water looks disgusting and I can only imagine how many animals must have fallen in and died over the years. It literally looks like someone was building one of those "crank wells" like you see in cartoons but stopped just as it met the surface. I would like to turn it into an actual crank well when I have some spare time, and a lot of rocks. I would never drink out of it though, given that it's less than 50' from the septic leach field.