Hand Driven (Sand Point) Well Install on our Homestead Property | Part 2 (good news, bad news)

Part 2 of our hand pump well! Great news, terrible news, and our mistakes along the way (when do we get to stop making mistakes?).
Securing water on our homestead property is SO important to us. We decided to tackle it as cheaply as possible given the nature of the area in Wisconsin that our land is located. We checked out the well depths of surrounding neighbors, and knew we could probably find water between 10 and 20 feet. So this is our attempt at a sand point well, doing it ourselves.
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[@lorettaandjasonoffgrid]

AWWW guys! I was so happy when you found water. Super bummed this didn't work for a proper well. So much work went into it. I love your attitude and "stuff happens" for real! Also...trust me, we know ALL about rock problems being in the middle of the Canadian Shield. I'm worried one day having to hire a heavy duty crew to blast our well! For now we have an awesome neighbour that allows us to use his water! Enjoy your time south and I sure hope you keep posting your videos! Cheers from Ontario!

[@thiscreativehouse]

Yay for awesome neighbors!! We are in a fairly rocky area 🙈 but there's lots of neighbors around with this style well. So hopefully if we try enough times (I mean, only one more time 😅) we'll make it. So close! Thanks for watching 😘

[@lorettaandjasonoffgrid]

@@thiscreativehouse ONE more time! 🤞👍

[@thekiltedtexan2480]

Put your pipe wrench on it then use car jack under it to lift the pipe up

[@thiscreativehouse]

Smart! Thanks!

[@kennethrutledge9222]

Hahahaha hahahaha hahahaha hahahaha hahahaha hahahaha hahahaha hahahaha hahahaha hahahaha hahahaha hahahaha hahahaha hahahaha !! That little girl or boy (can’t tell) is so cute and funny!! I couldn’t stop busting up !!!

[@thiscreativehouse]

Lol!

[@scottbamasime4338]

Sometimes its worth the time and money to spend to get things done right. When I lived in Glidden Wi, in 2017 I was going your route to get water then talk to a professional and he said yeah you can do that but in a yr or 2 it can dry up and have to do it all over again. If your planning to live on the property I'd say save up and let them put a conventional well in that'll work right and no issues. But that's what I did never had a problem with a real well. It'll only add value to the land,

[@thiscreativehouse]

Agreed, and long term that's definitely the goal! But for now, this is what's feasible for us, and John's grandfather had his sand point well for 50 years before it dried up. So if we could get a few years out of it until we can afford a professional conventional well driven much, much deeper, that's what we'll try. Thanks for watching!

[@ryanm1776]

Who did you buy the pipe and couplings from?

[@thiscreativehouse]

Menards

[@chrislittle9801]

Drop a mini camera with a light down there. Sounds like there is a void. Maybe it’s part of a cave

[@thiscreativehouse]

Oooo! Interesting! We'll have to figure that out!