The Mistake Every Well Owner Is Making

[@hankkline7300]

As a former crane operator I was taught to install cable clamps with the saddle on the live part of the rope, and the "U" bolt on the dead end and to never reverse them.

[@ironmayhew]

Never saddle a dead horse. That's what I was always taught.

[@ProleDaddy]

Great bit of info for folks. Thank you for sharing. You make all of us a little better.

[@thetessellater9163]

And.. is there any reason to leave a gap between two clamps? Is it not better to have them side by side? Feel free to inform, if you have - presumably - engineering knowledge. 😉

[@hankkline7300]

@@thetessellater9163 Don't know.

[@chrisgoudy1709]

As I was watching. Saw he was doing it wrong and thought there must be comments and sure enough there was. Never Seattle a dead horse. Taught in every safety course on rigging!

[@mikemraz8569]

The saddle always go on the live line “ never saddle a dead horse “ generally three clamps are used good video you two are having too much fun

[@steveharte8712]

the stainless crosby clamps should all face the same way per the manufactures instructions, do NOT alternate them.

[@billroberts3864]

We are happy you replaced the yellow rope with steel cable. Hope you used stainless steel cable so it won't rust. The garden looks great and with a bit more sun then everything will 'pop'. Mike, you were so caring to take your bride's hand when you came out the door and walked to the well.

[@davep6977]

on the cable clamps- "Never Saddle A Dead Horse"

[@rickoncordova1]

@@davep6977 I always heard it as "Nuts To The Load."

[@MILGEO]

LOL!

[@waynemoody3489]

Never saddle a dead horse. both clamps face the same direction

[@johne.hilbert2046]

I've installed hundreds of well pumps, anywhere from 25ft to 1000ft. •Use a stainless fitting with a long hose barb at the pump, with 4 clamps to the well pipe, heat the pipe (inside only) slightly with a torch to slip the pipe over the barb, allow it to cool a bit, then tighten the 4 clamps. The heat creates an actual mechanical connection to the hose barb. •On yours, 2 torq boots is enough one above the pump, other half way up, *you gotta compress them, to expand to almost the size of the casing tho. *if not, the pump will slap around the hole on start up and muddy the water, could even loosen the threads at the pump and fall off, I've seen it. •Electrical tape the wire to the well pipe 3-6 inches wide, every 10ft. •use water proof heat shrinks with sauter inside them, for connections at the pump. •Put tape over every single clamp, as you feed the wire up the pipe and tape it onto the pipe... tape everything. •as you tape the wire to the well pipe, keep it fairly snug to the pipe, loose wire chaffing on the casing is the biggest reason pumps fail. •only time I've ever used a pull rope or cable was on pumps over 400ft. ●always use the same exact size pump that was originally put in your well. Oversized will literally hammer itself to death, undersized will burn itself out working too hard.

[@MILGEO]

I also have done hundreds of pumps and agree with just about everything you said! Soldering the crimps is an optional touch and I would make sure that they don't pull the pump out again just for that! 🤭 We usually skip the nylon rope but do find it was often used when submersible pumps started replacing jets. I usually will switch to threaded schedule 80 threaded pipe when the length is somewhere over 200' depending on if I'm replacing heavy gauge (160-200 psi) pipe if it's not ridiculously long. IMO once you get over 200' it becomes very difficult to deal with coil pipe and using length's with the Upsy Daisy machine is easier at that point. We in our area (the NE) normally will consider galvanized steel pipe (requiring a pump truck) when the pump needs to be over 600'. Some will use the even heavier plastic length's that reduces the diameter and go a little deeper. I don't use a pump rig anymore and shy away from even 600' wells. They might be using an over-sized motor with a high gpm water end because it seems to be set up for irrigation. But the small amount of area being watered wouldn't justify that set up. I didn't see or hear the tank size which might have been in a prior video, but as long as the tank is big enough I wouldn't give them anything else to worry about and think that needs repair or replacement! It's amazing that they didn't drop that pump with the pitless pipe barely caught into the pitless adapter! Probably have a bad thread either on the pitless pipe or in the pitless itself.

[@joemc111]

Two years ago my brother, in Maryland, had to replace his well pump. 165 feet, 20 foot steel pipe. New pump and plastic pipe. The well was installed in 1978 and never been pulled out.

[@ronstuart7494]

Are these pumps. 110, or 220?

[@MILGEO]

@@ronstuart7494 They are most often 230 Volt but can be purchased as 115 Volt. I generally have found that if the pump was upgraded from a jet pump or even an old piston pump that the installer might have stayed with the original voltage. When doing a jet to submersible conversion, I recommend that the owner have a new circuit to the panel installed as 230 volt pumps seem to run smoother and at some point in time when replacement is required, most pump repair or well drillers will more likely have a 230 Volt replacement. For some people who don't want to wait for an electrician, I have just ordered and installed a 115 volt pump. Wells that had a jet or piston pump aren't likely to be very deep. Probably less than 180-200' so a well that's much deeper was likely drilled with the newer equipment that came out in the 1960's and actually drills instead of the old chopping machines. It's not likely that you could find a pump with enough HP to work in a well like that and be available in a 115 volt version.

[@ronstuart7494]

@@MILGEO I haven't even started drilling, however, it appears submersible are better all round while jets are for 100 ft. or less? You are an appreciated font of the information.

[@westbayoutdoors123]

I'd suggest you disinfect (shock) the well any time you open it, especially after dragging your pipe across the ground. No telling what you've introduced into your formerly closed system. And once the bugs start growing, it's difficult to reverse the damage without abandoning the current aquifer and going deeper. Also, I'd have more confidence in a poly rope than plain steel over the long haul. It won't degrade in the dark (UV is the enemy of poly), while that steel cable will eventually rust. May take a week, may take 10 years, depending on the pH of your water. Also, poly rope won't vibrate its way into your cable insulation...

[@roberto.peterson9917]

Was cable stainless as regular cable will rust and eventually break and rust turn water red possibly

[@rich077140]

Stainless steel Hopefully. Never saddle a dead horse= saddle of the clamp goes on the long end not the looped over dead end.

[@Noidea242]

It has been my experience that where the galvanized meets the air it will rot and fail stainless is more expensive but will last forever. Also the Crosby you used are of dissimilar metal and will cause electrolysis. What you have will last a few years depending on the acidity of your water and the iron content. Good luck I hope it works well(no pun intended)

[@MILGEO]

I've found that about 95% of the time the pump needs to be pulled due to an electrical problem assuming that the original installer didn't do anything too terrible like over tighten and crack a fitting. Of course galvanized will rust eventually since it's carrying water. And low PH would hasten that but I don't believe I've ever seen Stainless Steel pipe in a well. If it's made it would be so expensive that I couldn't see spending the extra money since the pump will likely need to be pulled out long before the pipe rots out! Stainless Steel pipe is something that is more suitable for a food processing plant or similar. And galvanized is usually only used on very deep settings, like over 600' maybe 700' if the extra heavy Schedule 120 plastic is used which has a narrower inside diameter. FYI, I've pulled out stainless steel pumps that had the outer portion rotted away exposing the impellers. (rarely).

[@howardw7727]

I have a well system and any time I have my well worked on and the pipe and wiring is out and set on the ground you should put a small amount of chlorine in the well before you use it for drinking to kill any bacteria that my have contaminated the sys while laying on the ground.

[@zenjamin6262]

Every guys dream working on the homestead with your beutiful wife dogs runnin round .. we can't all be so lucky these two are living the dream !

[@frankkelly6016]

You guys should’ve used a coated cable due to the cable will eventually rust ! I’ve done wells many many times & discovered this Idea quite by accident. It does work very well. Y’all are doing very well keep it up. I’ve been off grid over 35 years. Good video 👍👍👍👏 👌

[@NotOnYourLife]

We have no cable/rope holding up our well pump, so no mistake was made. We also do not use that cheap poly pipe, ours is schedule 120 threaded PVC well pipe. In time your wire rope and galvanized clamp will rust.

[@brucewitcpalek5120]

Actually you are 100% wrong because every well should have a safety cable on it just for cheap insurance and the pipe that they are using is certified schedule black pipe and there is absolutely nothing wrong with it !!!!! You sure are rude !

[@NotOnYourLife]

@@brucewitcpalek5120 Schedule black? Seriously?

[@rickoncordova1]

@@brucewitcpalek5120 Here in Canada we use 100 psi poly-pipe. Also , you should only use all stainless steel gear clamps. Rick.

[@brucewitcpalek5120]

@@rickoncordova1 Thank you that is exactly what I was talking about but I made a mistake because I couldn’t think of the name at the time and I called it a certified schedule black pipe instead of what you called it.

[@rickoncordova1]

Something I forgot to mention, but, Very important, is to STERILIZE the well before you close it up. Any time you have the well open and the pump, the pipe, and cables out of the well and on the ground it picks up contaminants. when you put it all back in the well, they will breed and spread throughout the well. you will be drinking this stuff. Don't believe me ? Test a water sample from your well at tour area public health unit, wait 3 months and test again. I'm pretty sure you will crap your pants when you see the results. Good luck. Rick.

[@nancychristiansen3735]

raised beds would work better for you, with some amended soil-wouldn’t have things under water when you have heavy rain.

[@carlkantor4203]

I agree with you on the raised beds , they can add some of the dead wood and burn a bunch also for some ash. They definitely need some compost and black top soil what they have is pretty much mud not ideal for a garden but I give them a A for effort . Just do a little more research, my self reliance does a lot of nice soil amendment to watch on KZbin.

[@cygnus1965]

Ashes are bad in Colorado as we have very alkaline soil and it just add to that problem. We need to add acid and even then depending where you are it’s hard to combat alkaline soil.

[@helmuthschultes9243]

Looks like the soil in the garden will improve in future years with compost, chicken manure and straw plowed in. That will all loosen the soil and add minerals to make good dark loam soil. Probably add better water soak into the ground as well. Presently seems somewhat clay bound, so retaining surface pooled water standing not soaking deeper into the ground.

[@rachael9372]

You can use nylon rope. It never rots. Used it a lot in the Navy.

[@TomDoesUtube]

First time visiting .. the dude could chill a bit .. all good wishes going your way .. hang loose and enjoy the ride ..

[@PaulMSabol]

Are those clamps and cable suitable for drinking water? Are they stainless steel?

[@noyopacific]

I used to replace well pumps occasionally. The previous installation sometimes had poly safety rope. There was often a short length of rope outside the cap that was exposed to sunlight. That short piece of exposed poly rope would become so brittle from light exposure that it would break and fall down into the well before we could get a hold of it. Stainless safety line is a better choice.

[@jimcrowell5093]

Garden is coming along fine its a learning process no doubt but fun in the learning😁👍✌🙏

[@potteryjoe]

Not sure how I got here, but grateful that I did.

[@hubertwebb9869]

All this summer work on gathering grass clippings, chicken poop, weed cuttings, logs that you find in the woods that have almost rotted away, dead fish, etc. and begin the composting process and next spring you can amend your soil in your outside garden. I always throw wood mulch on mine in the fall and it works well.🧡🧡🧡🧡

[@capttom7772]

MIKE ! A rule for cable and "BULL CLAMPS" is "NEVER SADDLE A DEAD HORSE"!!! Your 1st. clamp is correct...your second clamp is incorrect. While in this application it works OK, In heavy loads it is a "No NO!"

[@davec991]

Manufacturer recommends installing all wire rope clamps in the direction of the first one. "Never saddle a dead horse". The saddle being the forged part on the nut side. In your application, it shouldn't matter.

[@davec991]

Fyi: the dead end is the shorter folded back portion, so the curved part goes towards that side (in case it was unclear).

[@robandnell4305]

boat rope is good . even though you may have put stainless cable in the well it can rust. the stainless we get now days is not what it use to be. Good job on your homestead and garden.

[@greentree180]

Looking good guys. Love the overalls.

[@paulyh4531]

Liz always looks great doesn't she 🙂👍

[@hyundia1]

hope that is stainless wire rope because other wise it will rust and those clamps will rust also good luck

[@andrewcarson1713]

you never saddle a dead horse...

[@balanced4harvest552]

There were many Commenters who recommended galvanized pipe! Woah, I had a Commercial Water system and I don't know how many time's I took Piping apart by the Jet Pump and McDougall Bulldozer Piston Pump and found Only One Thread left because of corrosive water! I started making my own Pipe Nipples from Schedule 80 PVC, or use SST, or Brass found at Farm Supply Stores.

[@brucewitcpalek5120]

Job well done Mike and Liz !! Your garden will do just fine once the weather breaks in your favor with the sunshine and everything on your homestead looks so nicely done and blends right into the landscaping where are you live. You both deserve 100% credit for it always figurine what to do when things don’t go exactly right !! What a beautiful life Mike and Liz and that’s what dreams are made of. God bless you both and stay safe 🙏🙏♥️🍺🍺🍺🍺🥂

[@flowerstone]

All that rain caused a lot of low lying brush to grow. Fire danger will be worse when it all drys out in the summer. I live in the timber and same problem. Metal roof on all my buildings and no wood siding. No close growing trees or shrubs. Be aware of the surroundings. Lots to learn. 😊

[@tomsmith8348]

After you laid the pipe on the ground with animals bacteria around .Shouldve thrown 1/2 gal bleach down it for 8 hours.Then pump it down. X plumber for 50 years. Cable guides for wire helps too.

[@roniniowa1661]

you guys started with a large garden for your first attempt. With the clearing off of the top soil to level off a spot to garden, you're doing well. Don't give up. As you go, you'll figure out the varieties of plants that do well in your short grow season climate. Ya'll were in a rush this spring to get something started, each year keep a record of the date stuff is planted and when its ready to harvest. When I plant something, I usually take a picture with my phone. This embeds the date so that each year you can make decisions based on prior results. Good Job!

[@peterstevens6555]

Hope you used a Stainless Steel Cable with your water pump when dealing with water !!!

[@davidschramm363]

Mike…. You don’t saddle a dead horse. You installed one clamp correctly and one incorrectly. I hope what was installed was stainless steel.

[@bmovement9449]

Great video! Really enjoyed watching. Good luck to you and yours!

[@jameselpers2967]

Liz, like the new look. Most of your plants you can start indoors a month or two ahead of time, works out great for us.

[@BirdYoumans]

It's fun to get to "visit" with you! Your place is coming along quite well. You live and learn as we all do. But isn't the process fun!!

[@estellaknox9285]

my first-time garden did not turn out as good only the peppers squash tomatoes took off i couldn't keep up with them peas didn't make it. this year everything growing beautifully. Liz & Mike, you guys are amazing love watching have a wonderful weekend GOD BLESS.

[@kennethhopson7087]

If you have more cabbage than you can use, pull them up with the roots. Dig a hole and bury the cabbage head. Make sure the roots are sticking up. Make sure the cabbage is covered good. In the winter, if you want a cabbage head, wait until the temperature is about 36 degrees. Go to the garden and pull the cabbage head out by the roots and shake the excess dirt off.

[@colinboniface194]

I like what your doing. I respect self sufficiency...

[@rebeeccaborne]

You should very proud of your work. Outstanding.

[@davechisholm4264]

When it comes to your clamps the old saying goes "Never Saddle A Dead Horse"

[@ilonakatalindako-tolman5545]

I think your doing wonderfully for your 1st ...and it is only doing that you learn and get aware of your area way and how to adjust to it all...your area is large and giving you so many ways and practice choices, all your area looks wonderful ....I love how you arranged for your garden house and your chickens place...🥰💫

[@genedegiorgio1617]

Good thing about making mistakes is you learn. The garden will be the same look what grows good and expand. What a team. Thanks for sharing.

[@goodfriend6428]

Wonderful! Enjoyed the tour, too. Thank you!

[@thepapaearl7326]

tey make splicong kits that have rea;lly heavy crimps and really good shrink tube that will keep the conerction away from the moisture in the well

[@mccradyfarms6410]

You should have used stainless steel clamps and cable so you don't have the cable rusting and contaminating your water and rust particles getting in the pump and the cable Rusting into and not being able to retrieve

[@kennethhopson7087]

When your onions get about 6 inches tall and are standing up good. Take something and rake the dirt away from the onion heads. That way, your onions can spread out and make really good onions 🌰

[@billboy7390]

Mountain life in the west and the cool nights. Take some of those cedar trees and build raised beds. They warm up and help retain heat and the excess water will drain better plus you can make them level. Cut down some cedar and build the beds inside during the winter months. 4' x 8' x 18"-24" high. You could easily put 10 of them in the garden and leave room for all the vining plants that need lots of room, start them in the greenhouse. You can start earlier that way plus you can use PVC to hoop over the beds and cover them with plastic for mini greed houses until it finally warms up plus it will help with plants that don't play well together. Your growing season is short enough and anything that extends it makes a big difference.

[@roberto.peterson9917]

For your garden suggestion consider building a hoop cover to protect front early frost and would act as green house ? Somewhat in spring just matter of wood frame and pvc or cpvc making hoop arc to support plastic sheeting or even a netting to prevent flying insect preditors and birds that at may eat you vegetables So of the early episodes of Lumnah Acres in I believe Vermont or that general area also a cooler growing inviroment

[@bobjoncas2814]

...good job. should get 'er done, keep safe and well...

[@johnwehunt4305]

Stainless steel cable is the way to go so no rusting and failure occur. Lucky for ya'll, I had to go 550ft for good water.

[@geofreypejsa54]

Another good video. Keep up the good work. I'm very interested in how you are fixing up your property (especially the shop house). I enjoyed the well fix too (having had a well problem years ago)

[@ronwood3214]

I agree with shocking the well any time you open that cap interesting video

[@anthonyspadafora1384]

You should have wire guides every ten feet to stop your wire from rubbing the casing. Next time install a variable speed pump. These inverter driven pumps have no inrush current and do not torque spin because of the start windings.

[@MILGEO]

If they spread out the football torques, they'll be fine. But at 50' 1 or 2 wire guides would have been the thing to use. I wouldn't pull it out again just for that! He almost dropped it just changing the nylon for steel. He shouldn't have bothered with that either.

[@jimruby9316]

But wont that steel cable rust off over time

[@corydickey6977]

Just saw your video, love ❤️ your area you must be up around the Sandpoint area I'm down here in Moscow outside of town and this year I built a cattle panel greenhouse cause it seems we get a early freeze and I loose all my tomatoes 🍅 our growing season isn't like Lewiston. But we try and get something out of it so the wife can canned fir the winter . I have looked at alot of KZbin videos 📹 and trying out grow bags and the kiddy pool where you put in 2inches of water 💧 and it self wicking. Looking forward to seeing 👀 more of your videos.

[@thepapaearl7326]

what i mean is the wide part of a cable clamp always goes on the pulling side never on the dead end

[@chrlsraines]

When working with cable, you NEVER “saddle a dead horse”, meaning the saddle side of the clamp NEVER goes on the dead end side of the cable, otherwise the cable could pull through the clamps!

[@burtzorn4059]

just as soon as it dries out get the dirt clawed up . It will help a bunch. maybe you can find some more started plants. that will help you catch up.

[@kennethhopson7087]

If you plant your tomatoes in pots early, it won't matter if the plants are a foot tall or more. Dig a trench and lay the plants in it and cover them over. The more roots your tomatoes have, they should do better. Put your tomatoes in the garden when the signs are in the thigh. They will produce a lot of bigger tomatoes 🍅

[@clydedecker765]

Probably would do better with planting in mounding so that the water drained off a little better where that garden is.

[@larrysowada9905]

Maybe in the future you might want to build yourself raised beds, i planted my first garden in the ground , the next year i built raised bed , made my own compost . My well is 300 feet down and we couldn't use a machine to pull it out it took 3 of us to do that, we were changing out the pump to a stainless steel so pulling it out by hand took a lot out of us, i had to burn my cloths after that , very messy , anyway y'all explained it to us very "well " thanks again, later

[@bobschallalcs584]

I hope you used stainless cable/wire rope galvanized cable some of the coating has lead in it and will still rust

[@richardsb3606]

Great video, we always use cable like you switched to but we used 1/4" cable. Be aware that if you're fortunate enough not to have to pull your pump for years, that the cable can or will rot and break in two, it happened to us and our well is just a little over 300 feet deep.

[@Susan.I]

Good luck with your garden. Have your soil tested! Next season, amend your soil and mix well

[@fiendeng]

That fit !! Buncha flames 🔥🔥🔥

[@jackiegluszczyk8369]

Liz for what you guys have done out in the garden and when you did it it looks great yes it's your first year. One of the things that my mom taught me is each year because we had a half an acre of a garden growing up it would be all the adults that would sit down after dinner my grandfather would pull out the notebook they'd write down what they wanted to grow and see if each family member wanted more than the year before so they wrote that down and this was basically the notebook was a journal to see what they did last year when it went in when it was harvested what kind of weather we had which plants needed to be start earlier or gotten from the nursery cuz there's some plants that you just can't grow from seed no matter what you try so and then they'd always change where they put stuff basically to keep the nutrients going in the soil if you guys have any friends that have livestock other than chickens see if you can get if they've got a manure pile see if you can start grabbing some and start making yourselves a manure pile usually takes a year or a season for manure to break down so it's not too hot in the soil this way once spring hits or before spring if you guys got enough collected after you've pulled everything out of the garden you can take that manure lay it over top of what you've got run the rototiller to start mixing it into your soil and you can still keep throwing the chicken stuff over there throughout the winter it'll just be that much more manure and substance for the soil to grow by the time you're ready next year and then kind of see when people start putting stuff in the other thing you can do is call host tools because they have a seat division and they have a knowledgeable man over there that Grandpa from Adler farms talks to on occasion because last year was his first year so this year he talked to horse tools the guy who runs the seat division and they've helped him out with where to start what and what has to be started by seed your onions I have never had luck with any onions from seed I've always gone out and gotten see onion sets and planet those and those have worked the best your chives pick where you're going to they come back each year they create a flower and you just cuz those are your seats you just crinkle up the flower and the seeds will drop back down into the pot and you'll get an even bigger bushier pot full of chives the next year those chives could probably even be brought into the greenhouse at the end of the year I don't know if you guys like garlic but you can take the garlic bulb in the house take a couple of pieces of garlic off and you can plant those and they grow like chives they're wonderful the only thing is you have to keep in mind is if you grow garlic garlic will spread just like the chives will but garlic picks up on the wind and will float further and if you have your chives and your garlic next to each other your chives it's very highly likely that they'll turn into garlic chives because garlic can't stay in its own pot it's always got to be on the move so if you put them at different ends of the garden or different spots that might help. But I would suggest you guys do a journal that way it'll be even easier to keep track of stuff date it give yourself an idea about the weather that way next year when you go to start stuff you know how much earlier to start it and with your herbs yes you should be able to grow your herbs even with the setup that you guys have got your herbs should be able to be grown in that greenhouse year round and talking to Haas they should be able to tell you what a winter crap would be for you guys cuz I know in Oklahoma Daniel of arms Family Farm they have a hot tent and he grows a winter crop and then he's got his summer crop so I hope that helps but you guys are doing such a fantastic job everything looks really good. Mike when you go up in the into the hill and grab down those logs you look like you're a lager that you've been doing this all your life and Liz you jumping up and down on that Hill getting stuff moved and everything or even just running the camera girl you got guts. So have a good week stay safe and we'll see you on your next video.

[@brendacreighton872]

You soil needs some serious amendments added to it, like compost, peat, etc. Most plants do not like sitting in water and will rot. So by amending your soil it will help with drainage. The other option would be to go with strictly raised beds full of compost.

[@kennethhopson7087]

If your cucumber, squash, cantaloupe, pumpkins and other vine plants, if you have too many blooms and no fruit, pinch off the end of the runners and your vines will produce fruit.

[@jameshinkle7109]

I work on wells get rid of all that now you will have rust, good job getting rid of the bacteria rope tho the pipe is strong enougth to hold the pump

[@curtisharlan9230]

Hello mike and Liz I forget where you folks are

[@duanebolen543]

Don't use twist wire nuts use wire nuts that has the clamp that clamps the wires together you can burn them wires off if they're not totally wired correctly and then that plastic cap goes over top of that saddle clamp and you have a sealed connection

[@kenyh6695]

Steel cable can rot out too.

[@AskBud]

Be patient with the garden. It takes time and you're doing things right!

[@kevinwassellsr.5646]

Should be stainless cable and fittings Try Wago fittings instead of wirenuts. Good luck

[@beachlife9419]

I turned a field into a garden on my horse ranch homestead property , 65x70 , I made a video on it , on my 2 nd year of it , still wanting to build greenhouse soon too , got to start somewhere , lots of plants that will grow in the cold too , nice 👍👌

[@joebeecher3919]

You may need some amendments to the soil. compost of the chicken droppings/bedding or getting other not manure and mix with wood chips/etc..... getting a soil test from the cooperative extension service would give you some recommendations of what is lacking. Adding lime to sweeten acid soil is something most conniver soils need

[@chuckdavis7681]

Did you sanitize your well? I used to put Clorox bleach in mine until I smelled the bleach coming out of the faucet. I hooked a hose to a hose bib and washed down the entire pipe from the pitman valve on down. We drank and cooked with bottled water until a couple of days after the bleach smell went away. You should be testing your well water quality for bacteria every few months.

[@stevelalondejr2183]

I'm a retired Water Well guy and we have been in business since 1966 an now 3rd generation ownership. Why the need for a torque arrestor is #1 then a safety cable #2 no need to double check a pump at that depth ,only need use a single clamp per hose barb and a few other whys need addressed like pump wiring & tape job just my opinion. That looks to be a 6'' well with a high static level no clue to its gpm output and or drawdown but that pump install would and could be a much neater job an last in theory 20+ yrs before needing touched/worked on. I've done thousands of well's and pump installs from 4'' and bigger both well & pump sizes no need for all the extras 90+% of the time.

[@betsiedeysel316]

Great job on vegetable garden. I get all excited whenever I see seedlings. Raised beds definitely has pros but some cons aswell. Just maybe try to dig a ditch to lead water out of the garden. And my other tip would be to add organic matter as a mulch. Not too thick as you don't want to harbering pest and slugs. You guys are living my dream!!thanks for the tour

[@donaldhofman5257]

When I worked on a huge dairy farm, their pump quit working! They had replaced their pipe with black poly! But the plumber forgot or didn't know to put spacers to keep the pipe in the center of the well pipe! When the pump kicks on the torque from the motor will spin the pump! Without the spacers holding the wires, they rubbed the insulation off and shorted out and burned off the wires! You have to have the spacers to protect the wires !!!!

[@screepster]

Your lucky my well is 343 feet with 220 feet drop pipe including 4 torque arestors and is inside the house root cellar so it all has to be pulled by hand thru the bladder roof and SOB is it heavy.

[@rodvaughan8628]

Good job guys

[@dondassingercentralphoenix9101]

@Laid Back Living Mike and Liz, and all gardeners, be sure to start and keep year after year a garden planting and average and notable weather log. The video record can be quite helpful too of course. Also, as you proceed in future seasons of gardening do also try additional, duplicated, rows of potted plants to see if within the good gardening areas, certain plants thrive better in one of the various microclimates of your gardening areas. The growth favoring slightly cooler and slightly damper air may do well closer to the wooded edge of the garden plots that you test. A line of many potted plants nearer to the edge that is nearer to buildings may thrive, or not. A row near those boulders may like the slightly warmer space next to the lined up large boulders. Compare and plan according to your actual overall recorded results and according to your plans and your needs. Consider over and under, planting top foliage plants that grow quickly over or adjacent to plants that will mature a bit more slowly and grow as root crops. Also quick plants like snap peas, lettuce, and additionally plant what will take longer to bloom and mature, to get maximum results from your growing acreage and growing season. Some do plant corn, beans and squash together, the three sisters but go light on the number of squash plantings (also, snap peas) as they proliferate so successfully. Thanks for helping to save the world and to be more self sufficient, one planted seed at a time.

[@OffgridwithJayandJen]

Good work on the Well guys. You have time for your veggies to catch up.....if we have a warm august and September like we have been experiencing lately then you will just have a later harvest. Best wishes

[@cliffyarboro1163]

Good video hope you used stainless cable and clamps

[@ueoalf]

Your doing a good job 😀

[@mikediamondcoxon6556]

Put a soft start on it

[@MartinJohnsonOffGridLiving]

great title and thumbnale!

[@LaidBackLiving]

We’ve been getting advise from the best 😉

[@thomasgoad3695]

The saying is, never saddle a dead horse . The saddle of the clamps should go on the live end, not the loose end.

[@robertbird3086]

Suggestion - Make raided bed from some of the wood you cut , that way you can control the quality of the soil. Many plants love a light soil . I live in Hot Central Texas and I do raised beds, as we either have clay or loamy soil, so I use some bag soil. Seems to do better after doin g this. Ninette Bird- The Caribbean Wife.- Tx

[@janetestis1472]

Y’all sure are smart 😀

[@mikelskelley]

Good change from rope to cable was the better choice, only suggest is to use 3 clamps, the 2 you used and a 3rd turn the cable back on itself, that way you will never have to worry about the cable clamps failing, specking from personal experience, love your channel and you both are willing to do the hard work,

[@paulatwood998]

I just now became a subscriber. I have viewed some of your previous videos and have enjoyed them. Now that I have subscribed I will be getting notifications for your future videos..

[@rodneyrichards5706]

A useful tip is use a mirror and reflect the sun into the well bore to see.

[@lesliebarger897]

Green house be good idea because weather is so bad Raised beds if it’s gonna be just for you

[@terrydougherty7078]

That polypropylene line would serve you as long as the pump.

[@ynnel55]

Next year you can start all your plants in your greenhouse.