Drilling My Own Well (With My Homemade Drill Rig...)

Today I will be attempting to drill my own well, with my homemade drill rig! This project was massive, and definitely took some time to figure it out, so sorry for the delay in the upload! Hoping I can get back to (closer to) weekly uploads in the coming projects!
Also thank you SO much for 45,000 subscribers!! I'm really grateful for each and every one of you!
#girlpower #youcandoit

[@mattharvey2031]

I drilled wells and worked in the water well industry for 43 years, you guys did a great job with what you were working with and ended up with a great producing well. Congratulations

[@mikepettengill2706]

SPOILER ALERT! LOL, I just glanced down and ruined the surprise for myself! Glad to hear it though, they were working at it pretty hard.

[@Meg.August]

Thank you so much Matt!

[@MakingUsThink]

Not sure if this is legal. But I would have just used water pressure. A Water tube inside a larger tube and the outside tube would have flushed all the dirt out. Plumbers do this to basically dig a hole under a drive way slab to run a water line. I mean since you had no rock to deal with.

[@_Daio_]

@@mikepettengill2706 The moral of the story is, Don't Look Down, although I did the same.🤣

[@MrDalsbaek]

@@MakingUsThink municipal pressure hydro-excavation is a valid method of digging... However, it requires you to be somewhere with municipal water and also be allowed to dig your own well, rich enough to not care for the water cost of an absurd amount of water you are not used as you are not recirculating while also wanting the hassle of managing your own well instead of just using municipal water. So a valid option but rarely the better option.

[@rexmyers991]

I am 81 years old. If I had a wife like you who knows what we could have accomplished. You go girl! You and Mike make a GREAT team.

[@SPGDetailing]

IF i had a wife like her, we'd never get anything done!!

[@ironworkerfxr7105]

TRUE RABBIT TRUE

[@richardcline1337]

First off, if you had a wife like her you would probably have died of a massive heart attack by now.

[@ptzish]

Great video, thank you. I don't know if the ship has sailed or not at this point but for your house foundation, because of the soils you have, I would strongly suggest you hire a geotechnical engineer to do a soil boring below your house location. This typically costs around $2500 U.S. You can use that information to design a piling-supported foundation. (A bunch of telephone poles pounded into the ground.) If you do a slab on grade house, with all of the water in the soil, you're going to get heave in the winter and your slab will get big cracks. All of the plants you took out were constantly sucking moisture out of the ground and it was still very wet so now the water will be even more prominent.

[@stefanhandel2821]

I have been a well-driller from Germany for 30 years, here it is also an apprenticeship with a master craftsman, the art is not drilling a hole in the ground but the right soil approach and the right construction of the well, then it will last a hundred years and more. The principle of flush drilling is correct, but it can be done without causing any damage to the near ground and without looking like a pig. :D And another tip for everyone, when you pump a freshly drilled well for the first time, you throttle down the amount of Water with a valve and as soon as it becomes clearer, you can increase the amount further. If you pump a full pipe straight away, you close off the filter pipe and the well intake area and increase the inlet resistance, thereby causing a significantly higher drawdown. By the way, the filter sand or filter gravel must be placed around the filter while there is still water in the borehole and before the water is pumped out, otherwise the filter area will have been closed long ago and the filter gravel will only be poured into the annular space above the water level. And be careful, when the filter gravel sinks, it can happen that it displaces the lighter well pipe and the well rises up and comes out of the borehole again. :D

[@jinjunli106]

Wie viel Wasser benötigen Sie aus dem Brunnen in Münster, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland?

[@stefanhandel2821]

@@jinjunli106 Ich verstehe leider nicht was du damit meinst

[@sfcmmacro]

About micro plastics… We have a family camp/cabin that needs a well drilled and I enjoyed watching your journey. In many of other videos, professional drillers stuff a heavy wad of micro fiber cloth that is attached to a rope down the casement, tightly blocking the pipe. This keeps the plastic shavings from falling down into the hole. The micro fiber is really good at snagging the plastic and when they pull it out, it’s like a squeegee and removes all the plastic shavings.

[@gerekappo]

Microfiber towels are literally plastic and they deteriorate into.... micro plastic.

[@justagameplayingcomputeruser]

After 25 years as a professional well driller I can assure you it rarely gets any better than what you have experienced.

[@drob5664]

It would have saved them some time and effort if they would have started with enough drilling mud.

[@justagameplayingcomputeruser]

@@drob5664 While this is true you have to take into context the fact of the lack of experience. She researched and procured all the materials that a professional would have consumed doing this same job. It's the time factor involved that lead to the shortage. This job would have been done and finished in about 4 hours by an experienced crew. Setup, drilled, cased, and completed and headed back to the shop or next job. But that's the nature of being a self sufficient enthusiast. You will always have that experience to remember.

[@scotimotti]

So just think these experienced professionals making 25,000 $ an hour. Absolute scam​@@justagameplayingcomputeruser

[@drob5664]

@@justagameplayingcomputeruser This is true, I 100% agree. But I was still screaming at my computer screen trying to help them. If the drilling mud was heavy enough, the bit wouldn't have plugged.

[@ffdtower1]

I can't wait until the word microplastics falls out of vogue.

[@joshuareed7528]

We bought a house and property in Oregon 3 years ago. The old well had caved in, or sabotaged. I decided to figure out how to drill it myself, once I realized that it was going to cost almost 30k to have a driller do it for me. First, I bought an air drill and planned on going down the original bore hole. We are about 20 miles from Crater Lake, so all the layers from 18’ and down are just different layers of lava rock. The air drill didn’t work out, so we bought a little mud rotary. That got us to 32’, until we reached a layer that was drinking our drilling fluid. Our trash pump moves about 100 gallons per minute, and that layer was taking it faster then the pump could move it. Last year we bought a 22W cable tool and a support rig from a driller who was retiring. It took 7 months to drill down to 197’ on weekends. Probably the most difficult task I’ve ever done, but we have a well now, and our property is large enough to justify another couple of wells. I have a tower shock assembly in the mail now, and once I get that on I’m going to stand it up for well #2. I can definitely appreciate people like this who set their mind to tackling chores like this. Congratulations on being a badass.

[@gqp3215]

Left my 22w in Haiti 10 years ago. Drilled 40 years in Md. State board certified master sanitary water well driller

[@stevenreid-g2y]

As part of a domestic and agricultural (submersible as well as turbine) pump company, I've been around drilling quite a bit. That includes rotary and cable tool rigs which are used for larger agricultural wells up to 14". The way you went about it with your 'homebuilt' rig and the research you have done to successfully accomplish drilling your own well is impressive to say the least!

[@keithlucas6260]

Ran tools on a 1945 Cable Tool, 3 spool rig…. Flagstaff AZ in 1997…That’s one roughneck job that pounds the ground. Picking up 10 foot wrenches that weigh a few hundred pounds and slinging ropes on a spinning capstan to make and break connections constantly was an eye opener on how things were done. Rotary tables were a lot easier. Now I make oilwell tooling for motors and directional drilling. National Oilwell is one of the companies.

[@TheTacticalHaggis]

It wasn't her that made it. She's just the face of the channel cause losers like you will clock on a video because she's wearing practically nothing in freezing weather just for clicks. Congrats, I guess.

[@mchunley]

Wow, that is some rich soil. Going to be some nice planting in near future.

[@ccjohncc1]

I worked in the oil industry doing wireline services doing logging and perforating back in late 70's. Watching you two roughneckcs has made my day. You have no idea how similar oil drilling is to this but just on much larger scale with same problems! Hilarious! Kudos to you both for your tenacity!!

[@Meg.August]

Thanks so much, we're so glad you enjoyed it!!

[@Nick_Ryder]

I live in a valley south of Seattle and the concept of digging any hole more than three feet without hitting a boulder is a foreign concept to me. I live vicariously through videos like this.

[@jakester455]

Totally. I would have sworn he would go through three or four drill heads trying to cut through rock.

[@generalcaeser9176]

I was born in Seattle but moved to Michigan 4 years back. My property here in Michigan is solid rock. Can't even dig 6" of dirt for a plant without hitting huge rock. So I feel your pain. 😉

[@mikechilders1966]

I can relate!! I live in a belt of architectural quality limestone (as seen on buildings all over the US). 3 feet max to hit boulders, then solid bedrock by 6 feet deep! Drilling a well here is literally drilling through bedrock!

[@sonorangaming449]

You can dig 3 feet before hitting rock? sounds nice!

[@Joe-S-AK.andID.]

@@jakester455 Boulders or bedrock can be cored with a DIY inexpensive section of steel pipe with carbide chunks brazed to the open bottom cut end. Water lubricates and cools the slow grinding until the pipe grinds it's way down and fills with a core of rock. Everything is flushed with water and then some steel shot is drooped down the middle of the boring stem. The steel shot drops to the bottom and, with the rotation started, the shot jams between the carbide tipped boring pipe and the rock core. The core snaps and everything is raised and then cleaned out. Rinse and repeat. Larger operations use a three carbide cutting wheel head to just grind down through the rock.

[@th86stone]

Kudos to Mike for a good design and built tool, nice work.

[@derekd1510]

No, it's a "well" designed and built tool...pun intended.

[@Xanza]

"I'm just closing my eyes and drilling" Dude sounds like every driller I've ever worked with.

[@mariacancro4095]

As a female with an Associates degree in Construction Technology, my hard hat is off to you for daring to be a rose among the thorns. I can relate to your passion, ingenuity, diligence and commitment. You are a joy and an inspiration for all women, including me. Thank you!

[@Meg.August]

Wow thank you so much, Maria! That is so kind. Thanks for watching and for commenting, I hope you have a wonderful day!

[@SanchoPanza-wg5xf]

The woman is a desirable rose among the undesirable thorns, eh? You see men as the thorns, and that makes you a misandrist. I'd venture to suppose that you've never had a positive interaction with a male in your entire life. The first thing you've got to do is stop dyeing your hair blue.

[@StaleBearFarts]

It's almost like, all you had to do was try.

[@TheTacticalHaggis]

Ew. DEI.

[@norandois]

I work over 15 years in drilling and this is very wild and impressive! Thank for sharing love this channel!

[@Cameron_F]

I would have loved to see Mike fabricating and building the well! I vote for videos of your projects together.

[@renataavgeri1132]

I love watching you do projects together and honestly some projects can't be done alone. I would suggest you keep all projects on 1 channel. I dont think anyone would mind you doing with some help and since you are a couple working on a project its not realistic to only see you in the videos. I love seeing both of you working together

[@AntonKoba]

Yeah it was a little strange to hear 'my project'/'my house' when speaking about a homestead and home building, you're doing it together, right? Also I guess that will underestimate and undervalue the part the guy did. Seems a bit unfair.

[@4570govt8]

Quick hint. When you visually check for water clarity, always fill a clean styrofoam cup and check it in bright light. That will show you clarity far better than anything else. It's what we do when we flush fire hydrants. It makes a major major difference.

[@Aussiechip]

Even better, use a clear container (like a PET bottle) with a sheet of white paper behind it, and shine a red laser (use something like a laser pointer) through the water. If you can look at 90 degrees to the laser beam through the water and see the red laser, it's still muddy. Ideally you'd measure at 11 degrees off the beam too, but that's impossible to do safely by eye.

[@tommyhooks7767]

The first thing I did, when I bought my current home, was to install a drainage system, because my soil looked exactly like yours. My first job, after completing my military duty, was working for the Department of Health and Environmental Control. This is were I learned the requirements for putting down a septic tank. and a well. If you don't control ground water, you will always be dealing with wet issues !

[@wallykramer7566]

Meg, I am thoroughly appreciating your grammar and speaking! Way better than 99% of other channels. Most DIY types can barely form a sentence. And they argue about proper use of adverbs! It boggles my mind that Canadians use feet and inches to measure lengths while simultaneously measuring temperatures in Celsius. But maybe there is an embargo on meter sticks and tape measures marked in meters? I work in technology and so am used to using both. Regards from Oregon!

[@leesharp7683]

When i was younger on the farm. It was my job to hand dig a 35 ft well. Plus a ditch by hand from the well to the farm house. I still had my morning and night hand milking 4 cows plus feeding the hogs. Firewood box had to be filled every night. Than piano practice.

[@Andy_Hinners]

We lived in a matchbox in the middle of the freeway. Monty Python - 4 Yorkshire Men kzbin.info/www/bejne/q5aaqIBmhqhogqc

[@suzyrottencrotch5132]

Lol sucker

[@briancoward8055]

Meg and Mike, that was an incredible watch! Drilling your own well is a huge accomplishment. Your excitement is contagious. You both seem so happy and proud of yourselves, and so you should be. Congratulations on this amazing feat!

[@RenaissanceThinking]

Having built several portable drill rigs and drilled over 70 water wells in Texas and Mexico well past your 50' limit, ya'll are doing an impressive job. The very first wells I drilled with my 1st home-made drill were like a being in a Three Stuggs movie. I wish KZbin would have been around back then.

[@fraeharrubah6503]

Simply wonderful. A striking example of perseverance and not backing down when facing difficulties.

[@ashleythomas2571]

Meg's outfits are so much nicer in these older episodes compared to when the weather cools. 💕💕💕💕

[@rookie28604]

Creeper

[@petrol_prophet]

If we're commenting about that, I just think it's awesome that we have a young woman with clean skin everywhere we can see. It's becoming incredibly rare. Seems like every young woman today wants to go cover their bodies with ugly looking graffiti/tattoos as quickly as possible. Maybe a couple decades ago it had some appeal just in the fact that it was unique and made a girl stand out in the crowd, but that is definitely NOT the case now. I'm not entirely against ink on women, but only if its very sparse, feminine looking, and well done. Which is almost as rare as having clean skin. Aside from that, go to another channel/website if you're itching to see a girl take her clothes off, there's only about 100million of them out there... this channel ain't it.

[@rookie28604]

@petrol_prophet you are also creepy AF

[@jadinzack9271]

Horndog

[@richardcline1337]

@@petrol_prophet I fully agree with you. If I see even one tattoo on a woman, I'm out of there. I want nothing to do with someone that thinks so little of themselves.

[@jaymoeller647]

Congratulations firstly on acquiring a proper piece of equipment for a homesteaders in that Cat skid steer. Secondly on drilling your own well. Very impressed with your team work and ingenuity of building your own drill-rig.

[@NickyC-g2n]

Meg, that was amazing! I'm in the UK so drilling a well was all completely new to me. You and Mike made the whole process so much fun to watch. I'd love to see more projects with you both as well as your solo projects. Keep going Meg, you are an inspiration to women everywhere to get their hands dirty and do things for themselves. I'm in my 50's now and renovating our house with my husband. In the last 10 years or so I have turned my hand to so many different things including plumbing, electrics and plastering walls and it has been brilliant to see so many fab women on youtube building and taking on massive projects and videoing themselves to teach others. Can't wait to see what comes next.

[@Meg.August]

Wow thank you so much Nicky! That's so kind. That's amazing that you're doing your own renovations with your husband as well!! Thank you for the support and encouragement, I (and Mike!) really appreciate it!

[@Angel-xh9hq]

You go girl's.

[@ThomasPeterson-qy3ij]

Meg, I really enjoy your videos. You and Mike make a great team. Would like to see more of both of you.

[@Meg.August]

That's so great to hear, Thomas! Thank you so much!

[@stephenscott1518]

The sun setting over the hills was beautiful. Great work.

[@discreetknight]

Well done. Awesome project and thank you for the detailed explanations. The Experience looked well worth it and saved you few thousand along the way.

[@Meg.August]

Thanks so much! It was a very cool experience!

[@SeaDog-Si]

It was really great to see Mike involved. Keep it on this channel though please. You guys work so well together.

[@Meg.August]

Thanks for the feedback!

[@bertclements]

You guys are blowing me away taking on that monumental job. Well drilling is a science but you guys just made into a "Bob The Builder" children's play special. Thanks for sharing!

[@albertgalindo625]

Great video and teamwork! Please include Mike on more videos. He is such a great partner and does well on your videos.

[@citylockapolytechnikeyllcc7936]

Meg is doing as much herself as possible. That is her intent. Of course, we all need support or a third hand, here and there.... and she has no problem taking help when needed. MEg also is humble, and credits whats-his-name (J/K Mike) when she takes assistance. But how many channels are devoted to lady badasses doing much of their own industrial arts stuff ? It is impressive to see she has no fear of a challenge, and has a knack for figuring her way out of a box.

[@Leonitus485]

I love how excited she’s getting. You all just accomplished a big feat with out any special tools or the proper knowledge of how to drill a well. Im a plumber and ive gotta say I’m amazed.

[@rb-ex]

that was beautiful hard work and the earned result of your own crystal clear water gushing out of the trash pump was awesome. way to take ownership

[@Meg.August]

Thanks so much!

[@gogee8510]

Absolute brilliant video. It's no shame to call on help. We can't always do everything on our own, but having Mike there to help is a big boost, physically and mentally. Enjoyment to share the highs with each other, and also a comfort on the lows, when frustration rears it's ugly head. I think he also brings out more of your character In the way you interact together. Great team. Was amazed at the water coming up. i am certainly sure that the water from your well is cleaner than the tap water we get in London UK, which is just hard. If we ran all those test on our water, I am sure your water will be more than a hundred times cleaner. Love your spirit, even on the down days, you bounce back. This is going to be one hell of a series when you look back, and all the things you learnt on all you previous videos, will be used on this project somewhere. Keep going, and thank you for bringing us along on this journey. Love you both.

[@Meg.August]

Thank you so much!! 😊 I am really glad you enjoyed the video! Thank you for leaving such a nice comment. Both Mike and I are grateful to have you along on this journey with us, and for your support and encouragement. We very much appreciate it and it's always great to hear from you! Hope you have a wonderful week!!

[@heyitsjay22]

You are a good team. It feels good to know you have Mike there to back you up. Your attitude is amazing. You work so well together.

[@Meg.August]

Oh thank you so much!! That's so kind!

[@Paul.Chaffey]

@@Meg.August So when are you guys hocking up 🥰😍😍😍

[@hindugoat2302]

the man is doing all the hard work she is just posing

[@Zorkz]

@@Paul.Chaffey creep

[@jameslast3192]

Back up!😂 does she honestly think she’s doing anything of credit at all. Mike clearly is doing most of the thinking and work, she’s just there being annoying for the internet.

[@CapnCrusty]

It was nice to see a real video that showed the real world difficulties encountered in a project like this. Ya done good.

[@stuffbywoody5497]

Well done 😋 Thanks for showing us all that you went through with this well drilling. Seeing the good and the bad is something that not all content creators show, so thanks for showing us all.

[@dirtyvet5404]

A suggestion for future projects of any kind. Use all thread to help level. I did this with a concrete form. I had 2x4s at all the corners to help make a box using 1/2" plywood. I drilled trough the 2x4s then installed all thread with nuts and washers above and below the 2x4s. This allowed me to fine tune my levelness. The bottom nut sets the height, the top nut secures the setting. You can set up you all thread at the near end of the outriggers to perform the same effect. The bonus is reuseable materials. I dig your drilling rig. The best I have seen yet for a DIY project. Your rig could help me get through my limestone.

[@christopherharrison3524]

Having drilled my share of wells with the good equipment, you did a fantastic job especially with diy equipment. There’s an art and a science behind drilling for water.

[@Meg.August]

Thank you so much! Yes, definitely not an easy process!

[@arkham67]

Wow not only does that CAT look cool but it’s a little beast of a workhorse too. Nice purchase!

[@Meg.August]

Thank you!!! I'm very stoked on it

[@rustyhuggins6597]

Meg, love watching the videos. I really never comment on these things but having mike on this channel is great. Good personality and brings some more knowledge and skill to the table. Always good to have support. I wouldn’t do another channel but that’s just me. Why not have him on this channel like y’all are doing already..

[@DoorNinja]

Was just about to say the forks aren’t attached properly, but you immediately corrected it! Well done!

[@MPFben]

I loved this. I ran a small water development team for 2 years with large equipment. I loved your set up. It clearly worked a treat!

[@jazzy1871]

The cuttings will fall back in the hole keep the pump circulating until there are no cuttings. Also velocity is important, it looks like your pipe is small compared to your diameter of your bit. If your velocity is low on the outside of the pipe which has the cuttings, the cuttings can fall back through the circulated water and accumulate in the hole and cause (by the way I'm a petroleum engineer:) I was writing all this at the beginning, I see you guys figured it out good job! Looks like you have well sorted sand which should have really high permeability (lots of water flow.)

[@hhanger1]

my dad was PE for Arco for 25 years. It was a lot of fun going to the well sites as a kid in S. Texas.

[@patrickpatton7123]

Mike im sorry man, best of luck you will need it. She will toss u out once her house is built.

[@dennishardin6619]

Don’t you mean “viscosity” Mr engineer?

[@utfanatic79]

​@dennishardin6619 permeability is the rate a fluid flows through something porous. Viscosity is the resistance to deformation at a given rate. Basically the "thickness". Mr engineer used the correct term concerning the wells rate of recovery after drawdown. (How fast the water replenishes the well)

[@jimmyalgiere1291]

Hi im a 72 year old retired long distant truck driver and want to say that i am so PROUD of you two Great fantastic job. You two will grow into a very big Business in the future.

[@mar4kl]

Meg, you inspire me. Really! A few weeks ago, I decided to take my basement toilet, which had been flushing slowly and clogging frequently, off the floor because it had also started rocking. My youngest daughter helped me. (I have 3 kids, all daughters, so all DIY projects here are designed for Dad and whichever daughters are available.) We quickly discovered two things: First, the reason it was rocking is because it had been installed on an inch-high wood base that had been tiled over, and the wood had rotted to the point that it was mostly just soil, so the toilet was now balancing on a failing tile shell. Second, I had expected to find a toy or some other item lodged in the bottom of the toilet where my closet auger wouldn't reach, but there were no objects that I could see, and no matter which end I tried to snake it from, nothing came out. If there was anything in there, it was lodged tightly in the trap out of sight, or the slow flush was due to hardened sediment, or it was just a crummy, old, slow-flushing toilet. So a new toilet seemed to be the best way to go, but installing it was going to be, well, I could just see the dollar signs floating away with the cost of getting someone to build a new base or cut that drainpipe down to the floor level. Then I had a WWMD (What Would Meg Do?) moment. Would Meg give up and pay a pro for something like this? NO, I decided. Meg would talk to some knowledgeable people who wear plumber hats, do some online research, figure out how best to install a new toilet in that bathroom and then DO IT HERSELF! If Meg could do it, I should be able do it, and so that's exactly what I did, minus the video that Meg would undoubtedly make of the process. (Actually, I did take a few videos of my daughter working on it.) I did my research, found a way to make a new, waterproof base with a couple sheets of cement board, adhesive, concrete bolts (a belt-and-suspenders suggestion that I received along the way) and some leftover tile to make it all look nice. I had to fix a broken jigsaw (that took way too long) so I could cut the cement board, and had to buy a few new tools, such as a hammer drill and a couple types of tile cutters. And then we got down to work. My daughter was the superstar here, tracing lines for cutting because I couldn't do it accurately enough (the kid's an artist, so drawing straight lines and round circles freehand on pretty much anything comes naturally to her), and cutting most of the tile with both a straight score cutter and nips (she got pretty good at both). It took a few weeks to complete the project, mainly because it's best to wait for thinset to cure for a couple days before moving on to the next step, and the only day I have each week for DIY home projects is Sunday. But we finished the job last Sunday, and the new toilet is rock solid, has a very satisfying flush and the whole thing looks pretty good. Thanks, Meg, for providing the weekly dose of motivation!

[@Meg.August]

OMG this is amazing!!!! I'm proud of you guys for doing that yourselves! That's incredible! Thank you for sharing! 😊😊😊

[@johnfoy5760]

Meg, you all did a fantastic job. Very encouraging to watch your video. I look forward to watching your other videos. I have almost 2 acres near San Antonio, TX and want to get as close as possible to being off grid. God bless you all.

[@Meg.August]

Thank you so much! I'm glad you're enjoying the videos! Best of luck with your off-grid property as well! It's definitely a cool experience!

[@bruceweight7319]

You did a great job with what you had. I only assisted a driller, but did a lot of well development and pump installs. Keep working as it will be rewarding even though tough times.

[@klif_n]

No problem with the collaboration with Mike. Heck the pros have helpers as well. Lots of projects just need a second set of hands to do them safely and effectively.

[@Meg.August]

Thanks so much! We appreciate the feedback and yes so true! Everyone needs a second set of hands from time to time! 😁

[@larrymitchell3502]

Heartily concur. Y'all appear to be partners in creating your own place; good to see you working together. None of us is 100% self-sufficient. None of us have ALL of the knowledge, mechanical skill, tools and time to do 100% ourselves. Combining your abilities with another person is synergistic. We really do end up with more than the sum of the parts. Closer to 80 than 70, I've learned this first hand. Hope you two continue to build your lives together.

[@tuberstitious]

If my wife had your willingness and drive, I (we) could accomplish 5x what I can do alone... maybe 10x. We are old and I am physically impaired but usually figure out ways to accomplish tasks. Help multiplies what you can accomplish (usually). 😊

[@joshuam122]

​@@tuberstitiousif you got a loyal, loving, supportive wife I think your doing better than most these days. The modern woman's trying so hard to compete with men they forget what they bring to the table and makes them special. But I hear ya man a little help from an ambitious partner would make the projects fly by. Plus would be more fun.

[@calebdoner]

Definitely do more projects with Mike. It is great seeing you two working together.

[@rollienewton2192]

Really enjoyed this. Earlier, when you discovered that there was no well, I wondered what you would do since wells are so expensive. Well done. If other women were more like you, this world would be a better place.

[@edsiefker1301]

Well done indeed.

[@dputub]

You guys are incredible! I love your spirit and resourcefulness. We just bought land on a lake in Minnesota to build our retirement home. Planning to do much of the work myself with family helping. Your are so inspiring! Although I'm going to ante up to have our well drilled by an expert. I'm told it will be about 150 ft. But your video was so interesting. I understand so much more about it now. Keep it up! You will have a fantastic place soon that will be in your family for generations. And I have to say, Meg, you are every man's dream!

[@MrJimArt]

As a retired diamond driller , you nave my respect!! I made my first rig when I was 10 yrs old!

[@bernardcromarty485]

Fascinating!! Looks like you two are having WAY too much fun! Very impressive team work, not so much a 'light bulb moment', more a 'flash of perspiration'...!?! So pleased that you were able to save a fortune by research and ingenuity, which is your trademark! This episode was a long time coming, but it's easy to see why - and so much more enjoyable because you've clearly saved a small fortune this way! The best Meg Fix so far! 🥰😎

[@bernardcromarty485]

Meg'n'Mike channel? YES, PLEASE!

[@Meg.August]

Aw thanks so much Bernard!! Yes, this was a massive project and we're so happy with the outcome!! Such a cool feeling, and the money savings is an added bonus for sure! Hope you're doing well and have a great week ahead!

[@dirtyfingersgarage]

As a couple you two rock. I totally see where your channel is and where you want it to go but brining in Mike isn't you giving up it's the two of you working together to solve problems and work towards your goals. So yes keep Mike coming on the vid's and keep it one channel. It really works. That said your determination is amazing and inspiring to watch. Looking forward to following your journey... R...

[@KevCampbell]

What a fantastic project. Tracked loader/skidsteer - a tool is an investment you'll benefit from job after job, compared to paying someone to do the job for you each time On our land in Arizona we budgeted to drill 300-500', so you're definitely better off in the river valley there for access to the aquifer! Mike did a sweet job on that drill rig, and you guys work really well together - he has a nice onscreen "energy". I think a channel for joint projects would be a great idea. Hitting sand/gravel is more exciting than gold 🙂 and what an incredible step forward this project represents. Well done!

[@Meg.August]

Thanks so much Kev! Yes, the skidsteer is such a great investment, and it will help us massively over the course of the property & home/shop development. Mike really did do an amazing job on the rig 😊!! It worked out great! and thank you! We enjoy working on projects together as well so I'm glad you enjoyed his involvement in this episode! Hope you have a wonderful week!

[@txvet8474]

❤❤❤

[@ironhorsecowboyluke]

Such a capable woman and an awesome attitude to boot.🔥

[@Meg.August]

Appreciate that, thank you!

[@illadelphlife6002]

I'm just subscribing to your channel. I don't know anything about you all personally but you two make a very good team in making your videos. No arguing, no fussing, just fun and pride in owning and developing your property. Of course things aren't always all gravy, but y'all do a great job managing things. Keep up the great work. And yes, I'm encouraged to try to get my own land to develop. Great job you two. 🎉

[@Meg.August]

Thank you so much! We appreciate your support!

[@illadelphlife6002]

@Meg.August you are welcome. Keep up the great work and stay encouraged

[@alanstock5618]

G'day MEG as you can see im from AUSTRALIA my long life partner Melissa and I purchased 15 acres out bush and are planing our own water bore you have inspired her to do it ourselves . Problem is its 35 meters but we will have a go. Thanks for the great episode. Live your dreams and we will follow

[@Meg.August]

Thank you so much! That's amazing! I wish you both the best of luck drilling your well! Thank you for watching!

[@joesuglia1624]

Great job! Mike grabbed the bull by the horns Making the drill aperture and you both accomplished a difficult task/ project!!

[@Meg.August]

Thanks so much Joe!

[@72chargerse72]

I just discovered you channel by accident. As a 63 yr old handi man I have to say.. Meg YOU are a rock star.

[@Meg.August]

That's so kind, thank you so much!

[@keithvanbrunt6721]

excellent. Thanks for filming and posting.

[@CATownsend777]

That was awesome! Thanks for the documentary video.

[@Meg.August]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!

[@carlgeisser2463]

For cutting the pipe with no plastics getting in well, use a pipe cutter that uses a wheel ( they should have one where you got your "drill stem") or possibly a string (may still get a little flakes in, but uses friction to cut the pipe, so maybe none)

[@Fakeplanetbuster]

you and mike work great together !!! you guys will be telling the well stories for the rest of your lives !! great memories !!!

[@Meg.August]

Thank you!!! Yes definitely a project to remember no doubt!

[@Norwegiansteam1]

That was informative. I learned everything I wasn’t seeing when I was watching wells being drilled. Bravo to you both. Fantastic job..!

[@Meg.August]

Thank you so much! We appreciate that!

[@BrassBuilder]

Goo-Goggley-Goo!!!! I thought I was totally nuts when I lifted my late 1800s house to dig out the current partial basement to put a full basement in it. I did it all...lifted the house, did all the block work, and the concrete work. I had a friend or two come over to help me but it was still a lot of work. Our city building inspector thought I was nuts too when I went in to get the building permit but I did enough work on my house that I guess he trusted me...he gave me the permit. What you and Mike did was very impressive or as Spock would say "Fascinating.". You also joined what I call the Squirrel Club. "I have squirrels chasing me." "Why are squirrels chasing you?" "They think I am nuts."

[@o.w.dobbins6927]

Those two will have some great stories to tell their grandchildren….awesome couple!❤

[@Meg.August]

Thank you!

[@mindurbusiness-b3u]

wow!! interesting, intelligent, well spoken, down to earth, not afraid to get your hands dirty, AND absolutely stunning. i hope you know how rare you are.

[@richardcline1337]

I'm just amazed that Mike's blood pressure isn't off the charts. Meg is one beautiful woman and not afraid to get her hands dirty.

[@petegilbert6886]

Best video yet Meg! Mike is an engineering genius and the two of you work great together! Congrats on the successful well dig. 😊😊👍👍

[@Meg.August]

Thank you so much Pete! I'm glad to hear you enjoyed this one!! Mike definitely is an engineering wizard lol!! Thank you for the support!

[@lds6899]

Winter Haven, Florida here. Great job, guys. Reminds me when I blew my well with air and water and installed a sand point. Love the skid steer.😊

[@Meg.August]

Thank you!

[@thomasbyng3641]

Great video guys, Meg you are BAAAD ASS Girl. Congrats to both of you on an Awesome job and Video... Nothing will stop you two

[@Meg.August]

thank you so much! 😁

[@markyoung7470]

I drilled my well 40 years ago and did it a little differently I auger down until I hit the sand at 15' and then switched to a casing platform and a sand bucket I slid the first 5' of the casing and set the casing platform on the casing and then added 2 30 gallon garbage barrels full of water for down word pressure and switched to the sand bucket mounted on a frame with a pulley and rope dropping the sand bucket into the well pulling sand out and the casing started to move down into the well when the first 5' of the casing was on the ground I glued on another 5' of casing on installed the casing platform and 2 barrels of water and back to the sand bucket. I reached 44' when I hit a clay bank that I couldn't punch through with the sand bucket. Stopped there I had 22' of water in the well this was used for my irrigation system and has never gone dry. I rented the casing platform, sand bucket, rope, and pulley from a local Rental company. cost was low just a lot of sweat labor. Loved what you guys did great job!

[@NoiseEverywhere]

Amazing teamwork and congrats with the new well. I loved how both of you were working and learning together to achieve this milestone. Keep it up!

[@victorpayne6586]

Kiddo, you are something else. I think we all are blown away with your accomplishments.

[@Allen-by6ci]

I really like your long form videos. Like watching a movie. You tell the whole story. Nice job Meg.

[@Meg.August]

Thanks so much for the feedback! Glad to hear you're enjoying the longer videos!

[@zenithreefkeeping7732]

this was awesome! it was cool to sww the moment you two found a rhythm and start over communticating and just finding the sync! Got it done!! Great job!

[@Meg.August]

Thank you so much!!

[@jaredschmidt701]

I really enjoyed this video. In my youth I worked for a water well service. It brought back memories.

[@Westie_NZ]

Love watching you guys finishing each other's sentences as you review what's happened and what's next!! Love the channel.....

[@Meg.August]

Thank you so much! 😊😊

[@air-drive]

You know you have a keeper when she runs to switch the pump off and not go straight for the pipe, any mans dream come true, LOL!

[@mmautomotive6647]

I came to your channel as a VW mechanic watching you work on your Jetta, but this was a genuinely enjoyable video. To see the joy you guys had while drilling the well was very enjoyable to watch. Good job!

[@Meg.August]

That's amazing! Thanks for watching and glad you enjoyed it!

[@StocHomesPropertiesLtd-fn6uf]

As a Geologist, I did supervised couple of well drilling during my time in the university, I must say you guys did a great job even with a locally fabricated well drilling system. 🎉

[@brynduffy]

Very well done. And thank you for a thorough description.

[@bigdaddy741098]

I'm absolutely blown away by this and honestly a bit speechless. I have so many things I want to say and so many things I want to praise you both for that I can't even put int words. You did this by YOURSELVES!!!!! That's not enough exclamation points... !!!!!!!! There that's better lol. How???? Wait.... What???? I don't..... I can't.... My mind is boggling right now. I don't even care if Mike is secretly an expert well driller, it would still be impressive that you built that rig and drilled it yourselves, but I think you'd tell us if he was. So, how??? What the....???? You've broken my brain lmao. I'm so f'n impressed, well done to the both of you (see what I did there? Yup that was on purpose lol). Well... well almost done, but you get what I'm saying. Now you've made me ramble on (that's a good song btw, you should check it out) and try to be funny, which never goes very well. Oh well.... Ok I'll stop.... I do mean well.... 😂

[@sveindo]

You had me watching the full 80 minutes! 🤣 Now im late making dinner. Meg and Cat, you´re such a team! That´s a piece of machinery! I envy you both for your fun projects together, projects that you succeed in with grace. But most I envy your boyfriend getting to spend time with such a person.😘

[@Meg.August]

Thank you so much for watching the whole way through!! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@richardcampbell9928]

You amaze me every time with your ambition and talent, so inspiring. Keep up the good work and the awesome videos.

[@Meg.August]

Thank you Richard, that's very kind!

[@richardcampbell9928]

@@Meg.August you're welcome

[@michaelgreenvalley9567]

The water leak is the problem and once you get it all into the drill it will blast the sand as well with the gel solution it will all fall into place. GREAT job guys.love the can do attitude awesome. content.much love from down under Aust

[@bruceweight7319]

Water wells are like a magic mystery. You always want to drill farther to see what's down there. The drilling fluid also makes the specific gravity of the water heavier, and it actually floats the cuttings or holds them in suspension, so they travel out of the bore hole, and they drop out and do it all over again. Fun stuff.

[@jasonjones5213]

I didn't realise all the work that goes into drilling your own well.That drill rig is awesome, Great job!

[@Meg.August]

It is quite the undertaking lol!! It makes sense to me now why well drillers charge so much! Thank you so much for watching and for the support!

[@joss67uk]

Must admit at the start of the video I thought no way will that work, but Ive never been so happy to be wrong *LOL* you guys knocked it out of the park, awesome job...

[@Meg.August]

Thank you so much!!

[@4N5W3R5]

More Mike is better honestly... We all know he has been helping out behind the scenes... Just nice to see you guys working together... With all due respect I know the mind set on baiting views, but the internet needs more productive couples 100% and you two make a great team!!

[@jakester455]

@@berryreading4809 Fell asleep around "countless." Brevity is your friend, dude.

[@johnnybgood1288]

@@berryreading4809 Just another female content creator lying to their audience that they can everything a man can do.

[@berryreading4809]

@@jakester455 TY

[@daltonsband]

100% agree, i'm so tired of the look at my tits thumbnail, you dug your own well that enough was interesting, selling your visage is just ugly

[@garyfairbrother5532]

@@jakester455:.Why you gotta be that Dude, Dude???

[@richardrumplik7023]

What a great compliment to you both! And that was from a professional ! 👋👋 BRAVO 😎 from NC USA

[@christopherhudson604]

You guys are doing a great job .

[@Meg.August]

Thank you, Christopher! Appreciate that!

[@theroving1]

Wow that was EPIC!!! What a team you guys are! Absolutely stoked for you Meg. If you think you have enough content to start a separate channel for the both of you then go for it, I'll watch for sure. If not then keep it all here. Mike reminds me so much of myself (even if he's 20 years younger than me lol) with his ability to turn his hand to making something out of nothing to make the job easier and save tons of money. What a fab channel you have grown.

[@Meg.August]

Wow thank you so much!! That is so kind! and thanks as well for the feedback and support on the channel! We appreciate you!! 😊

[@BillyJoeJimBob28]

Well now you can go make some big bucks drilling a well if you ever run short of cash. Must say ya'll did a great job together drillin your own well! 😎👍 Congratulations Meg & Mike! 🎉🎉🎉

[@Meg.August]

Thank you so much!!

[@neonaffliction]

This has nothing to do with the vid but I wanna share this story. Maybe 15-20 years ago my parents decided to have their own water source so they started working. They had to drill 20 or so meters to get fresh water. The way they did that was my dad took a long water pipe (metal ofc), drilled many holes and added a pointy cap at front, on the sides he welded pieces of scrap metal that he bent and they were at sharp angle. He dig a couple of meters down untill he hit gravel, put the pipe and hammered it in maybe a meter or so, next step was to weld a piece of metal that he would cut off later to act as support for another long piece of pipe that he would tie and it would look like T, then we children (i was very young at the time) would sit on the pipe and he would add sand bags and gravel buckets for added weight and then spin the entire construction in circles, many many circles. I remember it being so fun, like we were on an amusement park ride. Basically the pipe would screw itself down in the ground. Now, as of me writing this we are still using the same water source and same pipe its been in ground ever since.

[@frrapp2366]

we had something similar! what is called a "Sand Point" a thick pointed piece of pipe with very fine holes drilled in it (actually slits ) it had a driver cap and was pounded in through the sand.

[@Antipodean33]

Youthful energy and youthful dreams, god it seems like only yesterday that was me. 62 years of life makes me realize just how much I miss those teenage and early adult years. i always think of my father when he would say to me often when I was a teen, "son these are the best years of your life, get as much of it as you can"

[@billincolumbia]

Great work! I love the self-made rig.