How Deep Is A Pivot Irrigation Well?

Super cool experience! Pulling the casing out of a 200foot irrigation well and checking in on the bin site.
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[@skyhawksailor8736]

I am a retired microwave technician from AT&T and have gone through pole, ladder and tower climbing classes. Just a hint and you might want to try this when you climb a ladder. When climbing a ladder, for safety reasons, you should always maintain three points on the ladder. When climbing hand over hand, a lot of people will wind up having only one hand and one foot contacting the ladder at a time. If you only have two points on the ladder at a time, if your foot slips you will most likely fall, because your one hand will not be able to hold your weight. We are taught to have our hands on the outside of the vertical rails, with our grip holding onto the backside of the rails. This way we slide our hands up the rails, always maintaining contact with the ladder with both our hands. As we come to where the rails are attached to the tower or in your case the silo, we maintain our feet on the rungs they are on, as we move each hand around the attachment. Personally after finishing climbing school, I found I could climb the ladders much faster, by using the hand sliding on the back of the rail than using the hand over hand on the rungs as I use to.

[@mfontana1978]

Hey Laura, love the content as always. Fun fact, I probably built that pump for you! I work at FLOWSERVE/Western land roller here in Hastings and that’s what I build!

[@markfletcher5457]

All I can say is WOW. I could never climb up there to check the corn. You 2 blew me away. Great video.

[@rob5828]

Wow. love all the stripped clouds in the sky, wonder what that means..

[@danfinley3690]

What a cool process thanks for talking us through the process

[@ahmed-ur1ss]

Too much cold, looking beautiful everything's in white snow.

[@bobbydevine2154]

freaking me out watching you up so high!!!

[@tombyorn8278]

1st time I ever saw top of a grain silo let alone it being full. Totally different perspective - that's an amazing amount of corn.

[@justinmurray6148]

When we have our pivot wells drilled here in South Georgia, we always find seashells and fossils that are blown out when they reach the desired depth and force air into it to clear the line. Crazy part is the nearest ocean to our farm is at least 150 miles away.

[@zstrode.8953]

I'm in South georgia myself, and I see the same things when blowing a well out. It's crazy to me

[@FreedomRock44]

Laura and Grant please please please always take your time on that bin ladder. Always make sure when going up or down that first step on to the ladder is slow and steady.....sure footed!!!!!

[@joefudd]

Our Laura, looking and sounding cute opening the lid to the grain bin with her angels singing voice! So adorable!!! :-)

[@iiro173]

Look on the sky chemtrails

[@manelson647]

Geez Laura! You just scooted up and down that very high ladder like it’s no big deal! I was afraid just imagining how high it was! Thanks for the education on replacing the pipe workings on that pivot well. Very cool!

[@ianclarke4660]

Very interesting video. Always hold onto ladder rungs and aim for three points of contact when using a ladder. Ideally ladders should have landings to break really high climbs together with appropriate safety cages. Remember most people only fall once from a ladder and the result is either serious injury or something worse. Love your videos and want to see more of you and Grant. Take care. ❤❤

[@jdgolf499]

When I built my house in Michigan in 1991, we didn't have city water, so we had to drill a well. We went 96 feet deep. Around 2000, they brought city water out, so I tapped into that. With the well, I put on an irrigation system to water about 1 acre around the house. As time went on, the water system was expanded to most of the township, and there weren't a lot of wells remaining. So, farmers were allowed to start drilling to irrigate their fields. They drilled far deeper than my well, so, if we get into drought conditions, after a while, the water table is lower than my well, so my sprinklers don't work!!! Could spend the money to go deeper, but not really worth it.

[@claudairsocoll]

Olá wow que história legal senhor imagine só perfurar um poço 96 pés deveriam ser tempos bem difíceis esses

[@rp9674]

Left mitten

[@davidlaswell3812]

Very interesting video on how a well is drilled for your irrigation pivots. Hard work is why that corn silo is filled to the brim. Americas backbone is the way it is because of hardworking farmers like Laura and Grant and your families. The snow on the ground looks great. Stay warm and best wishes. 👍😊

[@norm-nas]

This is not drilling a well. This is replacing the water pump and pipe inside the well casing. If a well was being drilled you would see mud, water, and mess running all over the ground as the hole is drilled. Think of drilling a hole in wood, wood chips everywhere.

[@ernestjoiner3040]

Just FYI- In any type of well, the "Casing" is the outermost pipe inside of the well bore and can even be cemented into place (which probably is a procedure mostly relegated to the oilfield) . The "TUBING" is the pipe attached to the pump housing through which water/oil is lifted to the surface. Tubing is easily replaced. Casing can be replaced but is difficult, and, if your water well has PVC casing, It should never even need be replaced. Unlike the tubing, the casing is never under pressure. It is only there to prevent the well bore from caving in. That said- I don't think that they replaced any casing. Only the pump and the tubing. I wish that we were replacing our turbine pumps like this. We have 2 great wells, but dad prefers submersibles. They probably make like amounts of water as your turbine pump, but we are reliant on electricity. With drought conditions so bad this year, some of our cows ate the electric power supply wire going to the submersible :'D COPPER AND ALL! My girls wouldn't do that. I think dad is raising Giant goats.

[@norm-nas]

Well said about it being pipe and not casing. At 2:54 you can see down the hole and see the casing. She works with pumps all the time and should know better.

[@19dcw50]

Interesting, I don't know what the cost for digging a well in Nebraska is but here in Alabama it is not cheap. And I once worked for a popcorn company & Occasionally I had to climb the grain bin ladders to change the belts on the augur motors , and I am not cut out for high places. I remember the first time I climbed the tallest one we had, about halfway up I made the mistake of looking down. I swear I felt my strength leaving my body. And we didn't have the guards around the ladders, but I closed my eyes and bear hugged the ladder until I got myself composed ,sorta but I kept my eyes closed tightly and slowly started back downward until I felt the ground. And said Thank you lord. Love you guys

[@dans_Learning_Curve]

I like the shot of the both of you looking into the bin!

[@stevenharris2502]

Great video Grant and Laura enjoyed seeing you climb up and down the ladder and making sure the lid was locked ❤

[@amytaylor8487]

Hello there👋👋,how are you doing today?hope you have a wonderful day.God bless you!!!❤

[@psg6314]

My well was done in the 78 and the pump has been replaced twice last time in 2000, great video keep up the good work God bless from GA and stay safe

[@RiDankulous]

I stayed at a residence in high elevations east of Phoenix. They get well water and told me they had to drill very deeply because of the high elevation, to get to the water. They also have generators for the well that they enable when water is needed, which isn't always. Further, they have solar power. Very nice fairly self sufficient residence in an area with usually low rainfall.

[@peterbuysen8172]

Another trick in the box of Laura knowledge with pivot well replacement. So next will be pivot installation, looking forward to that video 👍👍👍

[@manureface64]

Great video, Laura Farms! Question from a novice: IF you had found the corn in the bin was rotten, what would be the next steps??

[@biasedaudio]

I'm a city boy living in the big city. Your videos never fail to cheer me up!

[@hardcoreplayafromthehimala4888]

City dweller

[@michaelwilliams7481]

I knew the pivot well goes down a long way, it is good that you don't have to replace it all that often. Good to see you keeping grain back for when the price is right. Love to you both from Mike. ❤

[@Sailor376also]

Wells have many depths. 12 and 20 feet is not unusual for a small residential well,, years ago and even today.. 100 feet is still no big deal. The well here in Arizona for the nursery is 900 feet deep with a submersible pump at the bottom. Half a million dollars to drill and equip.

[@mikeknowles8017]

So timely. I had to replace the submersible pump in the well my house runs on last week but the casing was fine. It's a 6" casing 400 feet deep. We borescoped the well while we had the pump out and the water table is at 300' with the pump submerged at 360". It's only a 1.5 HP pump and it just cools and lubes itself with water. I didn't think about the fact that a big pivot pump might need an oil line so, once again, I learned something at Laura Farms!

[@keithswindell2812]

Those line shaft wells can also be water cooled with out the oil tube

[@iiro173]

Look at the sky chemtrails like hell

[@dannysinclair1028]

You two are so funny and Goofy in your own way that's pretty cool a silo full of corn never seen that either in my lifetime we love you guys thank you for also continuing to put your lives out here on KZbin we love you so much blessings from Martinsville Indiana

[@EscapeePrisoner]

What an absolutely stunning landscape you are surrounded by right now.

[@ronmyers324]

Hey, I've been enjoying watching you vlog. When you were climbing the ladder on the grain bin, I was thinking of something simple to keep you safer while climbing. If you put traction tape, lime is on the surface of skateboards, it will lessen the risk if slips.

[@greywolfwalking6359]

Thanks, a very interesting story!! You 2 are a great team for many of " Life's Olympics "...challenges!! Good to see a reserve,in your back pocket!! (Corn in the bin)... all in all a good time on our visit!! Many thanks!! 👍🐺🧙‍♂️🦊👍

[@danalbus7557]

Thanks for sharing Laura!!! I learned how a pivot works watching your video

[@walterchapin33]

Great explanation of water source. Thank you.

[@bradolsen8629]

Laura, I watched your video again where you were talking about how you spent $1 million on your operation. You said some really wonderful things by the way I live in southeastern Minnesota. FYI and I want you to know how proud I am of you we do not know each other, but I do watch your videos you are loved and cherished by your viewers.

[@testedok4038]

I love that smile😍😃

[@massey35]

Hi Laura and Grant, it doesn't matter how old we are we never quit learning, love all your programs

[@terrydarow8401]

Good luck with your new pivot Laura and Grant and we love you guys God bless TerryD.

[@SADDLEHORN1A1]

Each stage of the pump has an impeller. First stage sets the rate in gallons or barrels per minute and produces X amount of pressure. Subsequent stages boost the pressure. The depth of the well determines the number of stages required to lift the water to the surface and have a given pressure to operate the system. Impeller diamater, RPM and HP also come into play. It is graphed on a curve in feet of head pressure.

[@Doug_Morgan]

I used to take care of our depressurization wells in the mine I worked at. They ran from 200' - 320' deep. We used 20' lengths of 4" threaded stainless steel riser pipes with a threaded coupler on the top of each joint. There was no smaller pipe on the inside like yours as our pumps were self contained with only an electrical cable running down to it on the outside of the riser pipes. We used stainless due to corrosion from H2S in the water. The pumps were Grundfos 50-75 HP submersible pumps. They ran 24 hours a day, 365 days a year until the pump wore out or the area it was installed was mined out.

[@unclebones2488]

Thanks Laura & Grant , our well was 1500 ft growing up on our ranch in South Dakota ,Black Hills . My Dads best friend from North Platte we would visit

[@jd-zr3vk]

Thanks for a pivotal video.

[@Encourageable]

There are a lot of jets flying right over your head. Must be a hub city somewhere up there.

[@JB-bs1se]

I noticed that the sky about that field looks like an aircraft highway with all of the contrails.

[@kopenhagenkid]

Great video Laura and Grant

[@ricksuydam5718]

You are fearless climbing up to the top of that silo!

[@sitchad]

Laura, I'm with you give me summer all day and everyday.

[@Robert-ud4zk]

It was a fun experience and a cool day 😎

[@gilleslepeytre7449]

Bonjour Laura et Grant super video bon week ened bon courage pour la suite

[@thomascruff786]

Awesome video Laura Farms and have a good day Laura.

[@Bryer68]

Hey Laura I love watching you from Bryer

[@floydferguson5366]

Great video!

[@alanskinner7031]

You are doing great kid !! 🙂

[@davidlabedz2046]

Good to know winter is your preparation time for the next season

[@paulc.4211]

Thanks for the informative video

[@rick8676]

Cute little pulling unit, missing working on a rig.

[@andrewgraves3719]

Safety tip of the day. When someone is following you down a ladder, always put your hands on the vertical part, not the rung. This is in case Grant is faster he won't step on your hand if he catches you. Stay safe, God bless, and thank you for still putting out content.

[@donh6416]

Firefighters will tell you to only use the rung as the proper hand hold. Just sayin'...

[@nickh30]

You mean the "Unsafe tip of the day"... Never Only hold the side rails.. If you lose your footing you go sliding a long ways.. hands ALWAYS go on rungs...

[@ianclarke4660]

Always use the rung. A fall and you can’t stop it if your holding the vertical part. Three points of contact needed when on a ladder.

[@ryancarlson1041]

Another tip of the day. Only one person on the ladder at a time that way if one person slips they don't drop onto the person below them.

[@alexischapdelaine9476]

thats really cooll thanks for sharing the well pump that you showed with the impeler is the same type pump blades used in fire engine , fire tankers or tendors. Have a great week keep warm see you in the next vido

[@larry6379]

DS at it again.i see chem trails above your farm.

[@clydeosborne5359]

Love watching you guys! Please be careful and keep up the good work and the great videos ! Oh and hey from Alabama !

[@iiro173]

Look at the sky chemtrails like hell

[@williamjones3462]

We put in a well in '90. 285 ft. deep with the pump at 190 ft. Had to pull it 3 yrs ago for a burned out pump. The only corrosion wad at the rise and fall of the water table. 30 ft. The rest of the pipe was pristine galvanized. I don't understand why it doesn't clog the pump with sand over that time. But I'm glad it didn't.

[@wvtaco4379]

Look at that sky. Lots of aircraft overhead!

[@michaelhuff6459]

Love ❤️ your show!

[@arnman2093]

Love the music during the 'speedy' parts of the vid!

[@Traktor_Ngawi]

good work friends, the scenery is also very beautiful, thank you for sharing a good video, best wishes always

[@jackiedeemccoyjr949]

Back in the late 70s I worked for a company that is what we did is pulled well pumps and changed them or repaired... a few where pivots

[@shaunroberts9361]

Great video.

[@MCarrick-ss7xc]

In Nebraska sometimes not very. It can be scary when the ground erupts water.

[@oldtractorlifestyle801]

Wow!😱Looks very cool

[@terrydarow8401]

Take care and good luck with your harvest God bless TerryD.

[@ronaldholmes4250]

Fascinating

[@Donuts_random_stuff]

I already learned a lot from you I really think your videos are very educational and I hope you’ll hit 1m subs very fast

[@oldfarmshow]

Pulling a well in winter, fun work

[@brendonchase9460]

Awesome Laura/grant 👌

[@edlehman5726]

Nice to have that shallow a well, your pumping costs are much less $$$$ wise and power wise to irrigate. Our well is 560 feet, static water level is 230 feet and the 150 hp electric motor “loves” electricity.

[@JagjeetAgriGroup]

Great work 👍

[@timothyrhoads5634]

Hi It’s Tim Rhoads from East Petersburg, Penna. Just wanted to say I love your videos. Wish I was close enough to spend a day with you guys. Love it 😊👍🏻♥️

[@fredericdelage1542]

Magnifique vidéo et le puis et le cilo à mais

[@k1200ltandrews]

Thanks! Laura, you are just so darn cute!!! You make my day!!! Big fan!!!

[@Nico101.....]

Im halfway around the world and what a channel to watch. Just one thing and i dont wane put a damper on anything but look at your vid and especially the sky in the background and do some homework. Don't know if you know this but that's not good news for farmers. The next time you see a plains fly overhead look at what they leave behind !!! Plain don't leave clouds like that behind. Just something ive been looking at couse we get them her aswell plz Thanks for a grate channel

[@bradpogue3448]

Very cool information that’s for that

[@rackets001]

3:44 The Doozers are gonna be furious!!! IYKYK 😉

[@j.a.387]

great video

[@GruvyTubie]

Thanks!

[@keithswindell2812]

Those line shaft Wells can also be water cooled without the oil tube a lot of city Wells are oil cooled line shaft wells

[@sgregg5257]

When we did the well test, when we were purchasing, the pump was not pumping enough, the owner pulled it and the well lining collapsed. So the owner was not stuck with property with no water. So they had to drill the well out. It was 875' deep. Our neighbor had a well was about 500 feet away and it was only 150' deep. The geology in our area is really messy being young and highly volcanic. Some wells are shallow, some are deeper than deep.

[@grumpbrewer5893]

You got snow there! LOL!!!!!

[@vovaerm]

Real winter start now!

[@BerlinBo]

10k views in one hour! Keep up your support, wwe are all enjoying their work!

[@ronaldferino3414]

I think you should put a slide on the side of your bins and you could slide down super fast. I think that would be fun !! Might not be practical , but fun none the less.

[@rasruhmann4463]

I pull water wells for a living here in Tx respect the hard work 💯

[@billmonroe8826]

There goes a couple bushels of corn out of that bin to pay for pivot work. lol Grant, your wife said it's winter time so it might be time for a winter cap. ha ha

[@orgeirjonsson3014]

Farming lessons with Laura :)

[@brucerleech]

thank you

[@zaynevanday142]

Laura have you noticed all the contrails in the sky ?

[@westerndiesel2948]

Can you show more detail on how you are powering the center pivot with a generator ran off of the irrigation engine? What generator are you using and how does that compare cost wise to using electricity from the power company? Great videos! Keep the details coming.

[@robertferguson3268]

THATS A SILO FULL OF HARD WORK, AND EFFORT ON YOUR PART. THAT HAS TO MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD.

[@jgthotel]

I could almost smell that corn myself from my days on my grandparents farm in Iowa

[@steven.h0629]

❤ Laura &... Grant 👍😎✊ Dang that's a bunch of corn.

[@davedefea5530]

3:45, Ah, the simple pleasurers!

[@pierrewichser2298]

Wintertime in Nebraska ... It looks real freezing cold ! 🥶

[@marcodisasso8061]

Ciao e sempre un piacere vedervi un saluto LAUURA 🌹 e GRANT💪🇮🇹

[@Mr-Mag00]

More mice when it's empty and you have clean it =), thanks you 2 for your informative videos reminds me of when I was younger and hung out on a Farm.