How to drill a well on your property, land or farm?

How to drill a well on your property, land or farm. Cost? Depth? Details! Come along with me today as we show you a well drilling, you'll learn what to expect Here's the pump we're going to install: www.bisonpumps...
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[@JoeTheFarmer]

Great video! Big upfront cost but YOU become the water company. We have two wells on our farm and have the water tested annually. Always makes me feel good that our water is how God intended it. No gubment additives. 😁👍🏼

[@SammyGDude]

Oooookayyy. Lol.

[@Daniel1000rr]

Just had my well drilled in Washington, $29,689 tax included drilling only, it included metal casing and PVC casing, 320 feet deep well and 20 gals a minute. Than it was another charge for a pump setup and get it ready for the house, electrical work, panel on base meter for pump, 2 frost free hydrants, so that was another $16,900 tax included, I didn’t know it was going to cost me that much, but they did a good job

[@chipprice1174]

WOW, How time changes things! 37years ago, when I had my well drilled, it cost me $5 a foot! I got 25 gallons a min. Then several more homes went in and took my water table and I kept going dry. They came back out, drilled through the same hole( and only charged me from the bottom down) First time I was 125' deep, then they went down to 246' deep and I got 500+ gallons a min(pump truck would not pump m00re than that) and my static water level is as 12'. We didn't add any more water pipe into the well. still only have 120' of pump pipe in the well. I have run three sprinklers 24 hours a day for three days, and never run out. at forst, on the second drilling, water flowed out the top for three days before they put the water pipe and pump in. It was an artisan well for three days, then it settled. Been a great well since, I replaced my pump once.

[@jakebob5101]

My dad used to run one of those drills. Did that job for 45 years. He did mostly blast holes for quarries but did geothermal and water wells also.

[@irishhazy3412]

And they’re still using that same rig but charging for a new Jen 😂

[@morris3j]

Another great video! I’m UK. But landed in Raleigh for work last night.. so cool getting up and seeing your video pop up knowing you are just up the road! 😊

[@danielalamo2075]

We are in the central valley of California. Back in about August of 2019, my parents had to drill a new well. Old well had metal casing and it collapsed. The cost was was about $20,000 for drilling to connecting to the system. Total depth was about 225'. I think static water level is 35'. Where I live, in the height of the drought, our well static level was 8'. Our well is only 53'. And our pump is a submersible and is down about 35'. I would have thought since you get a lot more rain than we do, your well would not be very deep. Awesome video!

[@h2omechanic]

The Red-ish color coming out at 285ft looks like Terasic Basin rock. I wonder if that's the case. If it ever collapses, the well should be screened. These guys are 90 miles from me. Static in NC should be around 30-40ft typically

[@HaveFAITH-7]

Thanks for sharing. Im currently looking for a well driller in the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia and having a difficult time. Tricky location and DEEP... Neighboring property went 650ft deep and we are higher up the hill. Prices here are double what you have. Thanks again.

[@KPVFarmer]

Great video! Over 400 feet!!! That’s a long way down, and no oil either. I was hoping you’d strike black gold! 🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸

[@bay9876]

Nice to watch rough neck riggers drill for water. Good team work and looks like they'll be back to drill another well. Well done video of water well drilling.

[@allenbuck5589]

Built my house 8 years ago. Had a well drilled. Two hundred ft. 5 k. On top of my sand hill in Sc. Great video Josh thanks from. Sc

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

heck...me too...we went 360 ft and it was $5k...but that was before the rise in prices of everything...funny though...if you owned the truck in 2008 how does it cost more to drill a hole with the same gear? Hmmmm

[@kingwoodster1674]

​@Stoney Ridge Farmer I get the price of pipe and pump going up aswell as cost of living for employees, gas etc but that's a big jump. buying a home now and have to dig one so this is definitely a eye opener of whats to come

[@superskunkygrow]

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer That's exactly my point. Only thing they're putting in the hole that's staying, that may have risen in price is casing. PVC aint that expensive compared to 5-10 yrs ago. They say "oh a new rig is 1.5 mil, that may be so, but I personally have yet to see a "brand new rig" out anywhere in the field. Most of them was their daddy's truck that's been in service 20-30 years.

[@scottsmith6846]

Hey Josh thank you for the video and good luck with the well pump woo🙏👍

[@robertmycroft8268]

That is a deep well. Now I see why building ALWAYS goes over budget! I feel for you, I am going through that on a house build now. Some say it is only money, but I can't find the tree it grows on?

[@sammynatal6471]

He will answer all your questions in this video I think. He’s pretty good with his videos.

[@todewalzer]

Love that you show this! Still rocking my OG SRF hat! Getting a ranch (the goal anyways) in montana in a few years and saving my dear life away for it.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

awesome!

[@sevenfrommatthew]

Crazy. I had mine dug in NC in 2020 and it was $6k. Can’t believe what they are charging now.

[@superskunkygrow]

Makes me sick tbh, looking at building a house that'll need a well and its insane what they wanna charge to drill a damn hole. I can do the pump and plumb it to the house myself.

[@taurota1554]

Awesome as always.Thanks for sharing and taking us along

[@shaymousshay]

Greetings buddy been absent for a while just trying to get back into the swing of things. My desktop comp went bang so been trying to get back online oh and to boot i lost my phone aswell. so was totaly out of the game. but all is up and running now touch wood anyway. caught the odd show recently good to see your doing good. you deserve it bro your a good EGG. keep it up new startup farmers can learn a trick or two from you. show them how it done fella. been with you from the start. i knew you was a good one to stick with. we the people well i do thank you for your efforts and wish you all the best 👍👍😉😉🙏🙏😇😇🐇🐇❤❤👊👊

[@fit4ya1975]

In late '19 I paid $4500 for my well here in West Central Michigan. 59 feet. Im also on the water so the water table was high.

[@terresiagregg9326]

Great job guys getting the well dug have an awesome day Josh whoooo

[@brockstar1311]

How to drill a well on your property. 1) call a well drilling company 2) pay them thousands of dollars

[@cupwalker24.7]

Yep 👍 Gotta have a skill or trade and licenses , insurance , Couple Million Worth of Drilling Rigs etc etc . Takes a Ton of money for the Company Drilling the well up front to even drill the well itself . Water is life though . Gotta have a good Driller Also 💪

[@ClickinChicken]

I have this on VHS, back in 1980-83. ha Still works! WOOO!

[@Norbingel]

In our country, that kind of depth is unheard of. Of course, the vast majority of people just have those primitive hand digging equipment that can take hours to dig several feet. I just contacted some guys to do it on our mountainside property and they weren't willing to dig on the higher elevations since they anticipated having to dig more than 50 ft and hit rock while doing it too. With their equipment they can take hours just to drill through a few inches of rock. Although, of course they only charge the equivalent of about $400 (about double the minimum monthly wage) to do it and you only pay if they manage to draw water so there's that too.

[@superskunkygrow]

Damn where they do this, 😂😂 here in the states you pay the same regardless if they hit 100+ GPM or its a dry hole, cost is the same. Drillers probably love going 3-500 ft to charge ya all over again to try another hole. SMH.

[@davidsmathers5621]

Wow that's great there using PVC in stid of steel pipe congratulations

[@plt903]

Had a well dug in Washington. They said it would cost $40 a foot. When the bill came it was $100 a foot. Not sure why where the 40 came from. Did my own plumbing. Just the digging. The guy made $10,000 in 6 hrs.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

the guy has a $500k truck my brother....he didn't make all that much lol

[@superskunkygrow]

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer thats not the customers fault they want to operate a brand new top of the line rig. The one in this video has surely been paid for several times over by now..

[@seansysig]

I hope a dowsing rod was deployed prior to drilling a deep hole in the ground?

[@SethBrantley-cq6qz]

Yalls rig is crazy different then what im a hand on. We go typically 280-380 for red bed. We use water and mud pit to pump out what the hole makes and raise suction and add watwr as needed. Casing is last and fast the we gravel pack the outside of the hole. Depending on whether its irrigation, personal or stock well depends on the pack or concrete level

[@ccjensen4670]

JEFCO 30 K ...had two of them. Sold out in 2017..our company works in Northern CA and is now 102 years old. Ran Speedstar cable tools up into the early 70's.

[@superskunkygrow]

what do these rigs run, honestly?

[@RobertJones-ey9qz]

I had a neighbor that had to have a new well drilled about 15 years ago and it was $34 a foot for them. I think it was only a three inch well at that. Meaning only a one inch water line. At the time, I think he was the cheapest guy around.

[@charleswise5570]

Josh, I'm gonna say it, just for laughs. "Oh well! This is a deep subject." 😆

[@J_Beazy223]

It doesn't really look like you are drilling your own well. More like you are paying a company to have a well drilled for you, naturally on your property. I like to have good companies do work on my properties as well. What a deep subject. Interesting video thanks!

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

yep...I'm not...and nor should anyone. If you're watching the videos on youtube about drilling your own well....those are getting ground water which is not suitable for human consumption in most cases

[@bcgrittner8076]

Little Canada, Minnesota

[@janfranceschi8458]

Geeezzz! I didn't know it was so expensive to drill a well!!!

[@tee-steel.0158]

It looks like your putting the well-head in front of the garage door???❤

[@jameskidd8203]

The best water in the world is water from a deep well , no exception Pure and cold.

[@nurlatifahmohdnor8939]

Page 357 Blowout preventers (BOPs) are used to control the pressure in the bore when drilling or working over, ie performing remedial operations on a producing well to restore or increase production.

[@nurlatifahmohdnor8939]

Page 134 boring (Eng) = The process of machining a cylindrical hole, performed in a lathe, boring machine or boring mill, for large holes, or when great accuracy is required, it is preferable to using a drill. Page 659 lath (Min) = A term commonly applied to a lath-like (long and thin) crystal.

[@ericmurphy7529]

14-18k here for 500 ft. Ridiculous. Yeah I get it, cost of equipment yada yada. Doesn’t help much for people who doesn’t have a pile of money in the bank. Bout to dig it myself.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

if you have a home or a farm...you need water my friend. It costs money to live...that's why they make it lol

[@ericmurphy7529]

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer I know and I agree. Unfortunately my pockets aren’t deep. I’ve been hauling water in last 6 months trying to get it to where I can get a well one day 😊

[@CadenConnolly-og1bs]

The equipment is defiantly expensive to run/maintain. Something else to consider is the 30k+ worth of drill pipe, hammer and tooling that went in the ground with no guarantee of getting it back. A risk that would be the drillers to bear if things don’t go his way. It costs what it costs for good reason.

[@joshbigelow9924]

It's crazy. My sister just had to get a well for her house in Canada Quebec. 27678$ and it don't even work properly now they just left 5 days ago. And it's almost out of water.

[@laytonabernathy]

Shit I drill water wells for a living and we drilling a 1200ft well rn and it’s costing close too 2m

[@williamhanna5224]

Awesome video Great work !

[@petermavus4131]

Very WELL done

[@goldensmile2005]

I am in Oregon. I just got 2 quotes for a 520 feet well. One is $62000, another is $58000…..

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

yep...and an acre of land out there probably cost 5 times as much as here too....things cost less here...we don't have the "california" influence that drives up land cost to make everything unaffordable...thank goodness!

[@dorothydevinney694]

$22 a foot was what my well cost in 1999 and was 800feet

[@ronniekoehn9413]

Josh the outdoor kitchen will it have a roof? If so why not put solar on it for the pump?

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

cost

[@Mikst74]

Hi guys! Cool equipment and Great job 👍 I’m drill a abyssinian well in Russia, using only a hand drill machine. what do you mean about it?

[@jenyfursmith8413]

How did you determine where the well should go?

[@revgee93]

👏😎 Bravo. Great Work. Currently enjoying the Bargersville water. Naturally filtered reservoir. Best tasting aqua around. 😏 As the song says the only people who poison their own well are people who are on their way. Vice President, covered landfill, sludge blob have in common? 😕 Big Oil.

[@iamslbc]

How much would permitting and inspections add to cost to drill human consumption vs. agricultural well? Can an agricultural well be “upgraded” by inspection at a later date for human consumption?

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

you need to check your local county or municipality my friend...every county is different

[@rchuso]

My well will probably be about 250' deep. That seems to be normal here in the high desert.

[@dhansonranch]

Interesting. Equally interesting is that you are planning on drilling a 4th well. And I thought mine was bad in fall of 2021 for a large diameter well, 40 ' deep at 16000 CDN (11800 USD) including submersible pump installation. I got 100 gallon per minute recharge - problem is water is not good at all. Surprised you are putting hand pump in because it makes washing vehicles a little more difficult.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

40ft deep is ground water....and ground water is dangerous

[@dhansonranch]

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer Can be. But in these parts deep wells are typically sulfur. My water is not dangerous per se, it is all the minerals, hardness, etc that are in it that make it not great for use.

[@batpherlangkharkrang7976]

Hi..... Josh nice to see you love watching your videos homestead Beautiful good job 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 👕🐔🐓🐣🐥🐕🐈🐄🐝🐠🐟🎣 🌱🏡🎥👍👍👍

[@carlhedrick7385]

Why would drill so close to your shop and in front of a shop door?

[@tkskagen]

Darn good question. I was hoping for a FIREPIT off the Staircase from the Upper Level of the "Stoney Shop" for recreational use...

[@johnsadler8637]

Isn’t that the door at the back left where the kitchen/butcher area is going? Probably where more of the water will be used maybe?

[@eileener27]

@@tkskagen l

[@christophercarr8717]

More so why is a kitchen going next to the agg well.

[@jeronimosouzadeandrade1430]

Em pais vc está amigo

[@oxford821]

How far down does the schedule 80 PVC go? Why is necessary to dig hundreds of feet if the water starts at 26 feet?

[@kidcdelliott]

Well Driller Here- Typically you Drill through all the dirt and clay until you hit bedrock, and then install the Casing so that it is sealed inside the Rock, so nothing can leach into the well. The reason this well was dug so Deep is because they probably hit the Water Vain at a deeper depth, also you want a good gallon per minute to depth ratio for Storage capacity inside the well. Wells producing more water don't need to be as deep, and vice versa. The reason the water is at 26 feet is because the water pressure from the deeper vain is pushing the static water level all the way up to 26 feet inside the hole. Hope this helped a little

[@ireneturner2944]

Whoop Whoop Water... Good morning !!!!

[@jeronimosouzadeandrade1430]

Em que pais vc está amigo, estou perguntando porque trabalho na area a uns 25 anos.

[@BorewellDINDIGUL]

I am Indian i BORE WELL operation expert

[@airplane247]

Yep the building a new house on my street they dig a well 800 feet it only had 12 in of water in it. What happens then???

[@wevibe4811]

Excellent video

[@johnwootton9031]

GOD bless America 🇺🇸 👍

[@yvonnegathing3634]

How awesome❤

[@jeronimosouzadeandrade1430]

Vcs são do arkansas porque maior parte das empresas são de la.

[@kipcudd7253]

Call the drilling company! Easy!

[@tweetlebugzz]

What do you do when it is straight rock?

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

you drill my friend

[@johnwalker863]

Going deep huh...lol Here on texas coast try 720 ish feet

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

everything bigger in TX right!

[@MR525MAG]

How much elevation difference can there be between well and house?

[@royreynolds108]

The pump pressure takes care of any elevation difference. water is 62.4 lbs per foot or about 0,43 psi/ft for each foot of rise. If the well is above the house, then gravity works in your favor.

[@Farm2Code]

13k for 450 feet is hell costly amount. Here in India they change 90₹/feet after 300 feet the price slab change, increase by 5 i.e 95₹ , your 450 will cost 450*95 = 42750 ₹ in $ that will be 570$ and motor, gi pipe and electricity starter board will cost another 1lakh ie 800$ Congratulations on your new wel

[@AmishHitman73.Archive]

1:29 it takes a specialized operator as dude is drilling and texting bwahahaha totally specialized!

[@environmentsollution]

Is the depletion of aquifers/fossil water/groundwater, that is, the naturally stored water in the Earth's crust, part of the reason why certain parts of the Earth's crust are sinking (southern Sweden) and sea levels in certain parts of the world are rising by 1 mm per year (magnetic anomalies) regardless of how the polar ice caps fluctuate, as well as the glaciers on land fluctuating over millennia?

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

the earth is moving...constantly my friend....water is moving too.....and temperatures are constantly changing....did ya know that an ice age is typically preceded by a very warm spell? Water is the most plentiful and renewable resource on earth...it literally falls from the sky my friend....we've got 6 creeks and 4 ponds on the property here and it's been great

[@markb.1259]

Why the need to drill down 465 feet, if the water level is 26 feet down from the surface?

[@A_Person_You_Dont_Know]

Thats not where the water is but where is sits static in the well pipe. Remember the water is under pressure and is being pushed up the pipe to the 26'. They drilled to 400+ feet to reach enough water to get the min 5GPM. Its actually not that much flow. I would assume the GPM for an agricultural well would normally be closer to 20 GPM.

[@hickoryridgehomestead9177]

$22 per foot is super cheap. I’m a well driller and we get $45 per foot.

[@bmerrittful]

What state?

[@barryfigel9957]

You should have went with a pounder instead of a drill you bypassed a lot of veins

[@rickrack4812]

Maybe

[@stilltuckered]

Plastic pipe for your well? So it will last about what? 5 years?

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

it will outlast me, my children and my grandchildren this is schedule 80 pvc well casing....poly pipe. Both will be here long after you and I are gone

[@mrnascar9129]

Wow......i thought $16 a foot was high

[@denniscleveland669]

Cha ching!

[@TroyArmstrong]

8 hours for 465 feet vs??? let's say you want to dig a well 5 feet diameter by hand, 12th century style, stones " gray walker" wall and mortar. Then, rope and a bucket. How long do you think it will take???

[@A_Person_You_Dont_Know]

Well it wouldn't be one guy for starters. And then they would normally have a pretty good idea where to dig where they would hit water shallow. I would say under 2 weeks. Small price to pay vs. hand carrying water long distances or living near a stream that was maybe not clean and potentially volatile with flooding etc.

[@johnsadler8637]

Water delivery into a 5’ hole would be higher than into a 6” hole - way more surface area. So it wouldn’t need to be as deep. Deeper than the static water level, but maybe 10-20’ below it instead of 300+.

[@bud5084]

It could take someone's lifetime.

[@rickrack4812]

PVC SCHED 80?? NOT CAST IRON PIPE?

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

cast iron rusts, rots, PVC is there forever my friend...it's the standard around here

[@QKJM19]

Is the second well using the same water source as your house or?

[@timhlavnicka8478]

That’s a cheap well. 80$ a foot in Alaska

[@brianandglendaharkin9457]

👍🏻🇦🇺

[@DanielKing-h2d]

that's a great investment. side note, this inflation is maddening. #endthefed

[@jmtplittleguy3042]

A hand pump ?

[@hjean7789]

Interesting choice. If you gonna spend 10k+ to drill a well, mind as well get a fancy pump.

[@jmtplittleguy3042]

U ever use one ? Doubt it You'll be pulling and putting a sub in . I'm an x water contractor

[@usausausa2305]

In Florida some company want charge me for 150’ well $11000

[@BorewellDINDIGUL]

Low cost in India

[@hannahdivic28]

My local water company wants $50,000 to drill a well!!!

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

go to the local ag center....talk to someone at soil and water conservation and ask them for some well drillers in your area

[@hannahdivic28]

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer yep. That’s who they recommended

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

keep on shopping....you should find someone that drills by the foot in your area...I hope

[@rickrack4812]

Wow... got unSUBBED,, BEEN A YEAR OR SO

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

welcome back! Where ya been!!

[@west2008u]

pay them dollars,it is all

[@rickrack4812]

MOST well drillers are rio off artists.. intentionallt drill way past good water... temember, $$/foot

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

lol...same gets said about slaughter houses for cattle lol

[@r.t.bfitness6450]

Talk about inflation…

[@Boomer703]

5gpm lol let’s get a big well 1200 gpm

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

yep.....that might be nice

[@BorewellDINDIGUL]

Please raplay me bro

[@jeffcoombs1672]

Iron your flag. Thanks.

[@joelgray3904]

5 gal a minute is terrible for a well that deep. Definitely wasted money on that.

[@AmishHitman73.Archive]

i hear if this was done in LA, youd have to pry women off the drill as the think its a stripper pole

[@irishhazy3412]

18k due to equipment costs and there isn’t a one I’ve seen with a drilling rig newer than 1989 but cool story .