Pump Rebuild, Robson Ranch, Connorville, Oklahoma.

[@formerfarmer1718]

❤️Loving your content! Loving your chatter back’n forth with Lorie. I don’t know what it is but when you get older (77) your thirst for knowledge grows and grows. Your curiosity about EVERYTHING grows. You satisfy that curiosity and I’m grateful. I’ll keep watching, you keep fixing. Makers and fixers keep the country going!

[@OkieWindmiller]

Thank you! We are best friends and I guess that shows. I’m glad we’re helping you add to your lifetime of knowledge. That’s exactly what we’re here to do!!!!! Thank you sir so much!

[@PopPopTerry]

I am like you ,a jack of all trades. At 66 and after a stroke and 16 heart stents I still get out and work everyday on all sorts of heavy equipment. It's what I enjoy doing. Keep the videos coming. Take care and be safe.

[@OkieWindmiller]

Man I’m glad you get me! It’s good that you still do it!!! I hope to be able to do this for a long time. Thank you for watching and you also keep doing what you’re doing!!!!

[@NolanTaylor-e3l]

I just stumbled across your channel today. I'm loving it! I used to do the same thing in the 80's in South Africa. The equipment is different and I just had a block and tackle and a few fittings. Some of the wells were 6" cylinders, and others 120 lengths of steel pipe deep. You just never know what you will find!! Thank you both for the entertaining content. 😁🙏🙏

[@OkieWindmiller]

That is so cool! Thank you for watching! I have quite a few viewers from South Africa that are in the windmill business. Thank you again for watching and saying hi!!

[@samohtw1]

The fact that your wife knows exactly what tools and equipment you need and has it ready before you actually need it tells me that she has the knowledge and ability to perform most of the functions related to your tasks. Of course her size and strength might be somewhat limited. She is a fine smart woman. I,ve been waiting for her to say "all right daddy" 😅

[@OkieWindmiller]

Hahaha yep she has actually said that before trying to hack on me. It didn’t bother me like she thought it would. She has been mama for 20 years now. She has also been by my side for almost 30’years, so she has picked up a lot. She is so amazing and she could totally take over if she had some help if she ever had to. Thank you for watching and commenting!!!!!!! Please stick around!

[@jasmith1867]

Mama just needs a couple cheater bars and a remote for the winch.

[@randomnamehere1776]

Your video production quality has really increased. I like the format. Keep doing your thing and putting out informational stuff for us. - Sincerely, TIK.

[@OkieWindmiller]

Thank you for liking it and noticing the better quality. I’m wearing myself out trying to make this something I would watch, so hopefully it’s paying off. I’m my biggest critic so hearing that makes me feel like I’m doing something right!!!!!

[@Dr_Kenneth_Noisewater]

This is exactly how sucker rod oilfield pumps work. We just use a different “prime mover” and bigger rods. I always wondered what kind of pumps were in use under these windmills. Pretty cool.

[@OkieWindmiller]

Yes sir!!!!! I think it’s pretty cool how alike they are. I was raised in the oilfield and doing this doesn’t seem that far away! 😀

[@robertanderson2118]

You need to have on a harness when working on top of the windmill. It only takes one slip to ruin your day and maybe your life. Love your shows.

[@OkieWindmiller]

Thank you!!!!!!😀

[@CapnBubbaa]

I love your videos, they are very interesting to watch

[@OkieWindmiller]

Thank you buddy!

[@George-rt6hl]

Time to harp. Maybe it will boost the algorithm. You make me nervous as hell you trying to work and hold on. I’ve worn a belt since I was 10 y/o. You forget you have it on and wear it into Walmart. There is a pouch for tools so you climb hands-free. No more throwing tools down. And all of that is above/beyond the safety of being hooked on. Love your channel. Don’t want you hurt. Blessings

[@OkieWindmiller]

Thank you! Some have added the belt as of recent. I totally understand the risks of the job for sure, and figured it was time with all the people seeing what we do, and us trying to educate. Thank you so much!!!!

[@raytravis4097]

Thanks Shane & Lori I always learning some thing on the channel cheers Guys Stay Cool ,safe...........

[@OkieWindmiller]

You are welcome Sir!!

[@ramblinman2033]

I've seen alot of windmills in the past 50 years but never saw how they operate. Thanks for sharing your experiences.

[@OkieWindmiller]

Man thank you for watching!!!!! That’s why we’re here!!!!!! Have a great day!

[@jackschriewer7284]

Hey hi from another Okie. I live in Piedmont, Ok just discovered your channel yesterday and can’t turn it off. I have a Aeromoter 6’ wheel that my dad rescued from Goodland, Kansas in the 70’s. I now have it running in my pasture. I would like to follow you guys around someday.

[@OkieWindmiller]

Howdy out in Piedmont! We’re thru there alllllll the time!!! I bet that little 6 footer is nice!!! We love them!!!! We go to some pretty cool places! Thank you for watching!!!!!

[@formerfarmer1718]

As I mentioned in a previous comment when I was a kid our hired man did windmill repairs in his off time but I’m pretty sure he didn’t have a truck with a boom and a winch on it with him. What a guy. Huh? Renewed respect. Ok?

[@OkieWindmiller]

Oh yeah! Them people were a different breed. It had to be done and they made it happen usually with block and tackle. And it was all steel pipe, no plastic!

[@beekey30]

Hi, the German guy here. As you pulled out the upper valve I thought the pump was broken because I missed the brass cylinder. Didn’t knew that there are different pump types.

[@OkieWindmiller]

Howdy there is Deutschland! Yep! There are really 2 different types, open top and closed top! You can pull everything out of an open top and leave the pipe, but a closed top, you have to pull it all! Thank you for watching!

[@beekey30]

@@OkieWindmiller can you see at the first sight which type of pump is installed before deassambling the mechanism?

[@OkieWindmiller]

Sort of. Usually 2” drop pipe is a giveaway, but not always. Second test is to lift the sucker rod a dot or so. If it hits, it’s the closed top, if not it’s the open top😀

[@beekey30]

@@OkieWindmiller thx👍 for explaining.

[@lizgibson5266]

Second time I've watched. Like what I've seen so far. One suggestion. Get momma a hard hat before you give her a waswell. You know, it was well but it ain't no more. Can't wait to watch some solar stuff.

[@OkieWindmiller]

Thank you for watching!!! She has one!!!!!!! She just don’t wear it. She don’t like her hair in it……… I will tell her she needs to put it on, especially with me around!!!!!!

[@alanmaennche9493]

When he says I guaranteed he sound like that man that had a cooking show

[@OkieWindmiller]

Hahahaha Justin Wilson!!!! Yes, I may have watched him as a kid!😀🤣

[@willr69420]

I came, I subscribed, I liked what I saw. Puddin's Fab sent me. I'm glad I found you.

[@OkieWindmiller]

Man yah thank you!!!! Glad you like it! It’s different but I’m gonna try to keep getting better!

[@SA-76234]

Thanks for making video. I enjoy watching. I hear ya on needing glasses. I hit 43 also and wow I keep reaching for reeders.

[@OkieWindmiller]

Man you’re welcome! Yep, thinkin bout getting it fixed, but readers are cheap!!!!!!!!🤓

[@Jerhyn7]

Seven words to make algorithms love you.

[@OkieWindmiller]

Tell me the words! Need to know!!! 😀

[@kb5hxt]

I used to work for a water well service, have only put in one solar powered pump in my career. You made servicing an old technology look easy. Wouldn't want to try that in the winter. nice channel

[@OkieWindmiller]

Haha yep but we still do it in the winter! Thank you for the compliment!!!! It keeps us warm!!!! Thank you for watching!!!!

[@klcameron709]

I couldn’t do that work. I don’t like being more than 10 feet off the ground. The small work platform, I would never get anything done 😂😂😂. Nice job!! Cool rebuild.

[@OkieWindmiller]

Hahaha I’m at home up there thanks to the 20 years doing it. I bet you could do it!!!!! Thank you!

[@davidbarton2788]

Has to be a jack of all trades

[@OkieWindmiller]

Buddy you are correct! Jack of all trades, master of none is what I say! Thank you Sir for watching!

[@timvansiclen7135]

you have some great content on your channel very knowledgeable about windmills i was thinking about how to make your job a little easier if you got a bag or something to be brought up by the hook that way if you forgot something your wife could bring down the bag or something and rush it up to you and also when your done throw all of your tools in it and then your hands are free to climb down

[@OkieWindmiller]

Thank you! Yeah I totally need to do that! I’m just so used to the way it was for years when I ran solo, hard to change! 😀 Thank you for watching!!!

[@jimamccracken5783]

I do believe your wife is a great lady . You to work great together. She sees what you need and it appears. Hang onto this gal brother.❤

[@OkieWindmiller]

Yep you are 100% right on! We’ve been married for 24 years, and she gets better every year. I will tell her. We love working together! Thank you for the comment and for watching!

[@Jim-np9it]

from OKLAHOMA, we too thank you. GOD bless you and yours [and be safe].

[@OkieWindmiller]

Thank you!!!!! Glad yall are okies like us!!!!!

[@Tommy-K4BWN]

You and your wife is doing a great job on them windmills I could not do that climbing that thing up that tall I am afraid of heights anything taller than a woman's belly just scares the crap out of me

[@OkieWindmiller]

Bahahahaha there’s some tall ladies out there tho! Thank you and thank you for watching!!!

[@sydneyrhamilton]

Glad Lori got a mic! I think it’s fun to hear y’all’s conversations!

[@OkieWindmiller]

Thank you Syd, although sometimes I need to take it from her and hide it. 😀

[@jodyrayvictor]

I love it i keep learning something new and it also brings back memories. We can see what you are doing but also we're enjoying the view of southern Oklahoma so thank you, it's beautiful up there

[@OkieWindmiller]

Haha awesome! Thank you so much, the scenery is special for sure, just wished the camera did it more justice!!!

[@richardvirchow2757]

Great job on it! Sincerely! R.S.V.

[@OkieWindmiller]

Thank you!!!!!!😀

[@delmarhodges995]

great job I pray everytime you climb

[@OkieWindmiller]

Man thank you! I do to! Well, not every time, but before every job! I say Lord of it’s my time take me quickly, if not, thank you for another day!!! 😀

[@rockypergin2216]

Those leather cups are very interesting. It might be cool to see how the make and shape them

[@OkieWindmiller]

Yeah I would love to tour several types of factories that produce the products we use! Thank you!

[@jimoakley3436]

Need is the mother of invention . Farmer from Southern Iowa here.

[@OkieWindmiller]

Howdy up there in Iowa! Man you got that right! They needed it and made it!!!!!! Thank you for watching sir!!!!!

[@sparky178]

Another successful fix! Funny as soon as you did the quarterback pose, Uncle Rico came to mind and then you said it 😆

[@OkieWindmiller]

Haha thank you!!!! I’m trying!! Thank you for sticking around!!!!

[@toddodell2904]

I served 25 years as soldier with the USAF as a Jet Mechanic from 1986-2011 I loved it and I miss it everyday. I Would do it all again but my body says no. I’m a 70% permanently disabled veteran and unemployable.

[@OkieWindmiller]

Awesome! Thank you for doing it! I loved it. I had a cool job also, got to travel all over fixing planes that were sick. Thank you for watching!!!!!!

[@DelButch]

Another great video with something different and the scenery is magnificent, thanks Mr

[@OkieWindmiller]

Awesome thank you! Yep we love that part of the state!!!!

[@TerryCampbell-xp8is]

I'm interested in how you got into this line of work. I'm a Shawnee born and raised and currently live in Choctaw, OK. Wife retired from Tinker and she is so much happier, lol....Be safe out there and keep up the great content.

[@OkieWindmiller]

Man thank you! Well mana bought me our first windmill in 2004, rebuilt it, people heard about it, and here we are. Been doing it ever since!!!!! Also nothing like leaving the big job and working for yourself! Thank you for watching!!!!!!

[@SPUDHOME]

54:10 that’s when you need a fishing real clipped on your belt. You can ask momma to attach a wire cutter and you can real it up. That’s in case you forgot to take a tool up in the first place.

[@OkieWindmiller]

Yep, that would have came in handy that day!!!!!! Thank you for watching!!!

[@nick540g]

Your production quality is improving every week -- well done. Lori's camera work was outstanding - like she was on a tripod! The banter between you is informative and entertaining; it makes your video shine. Now some comments: 1) On your first trip up the tower you magically stopped the wheel despite the brake mechanism not being hooked up and you didn't say a word about how you did it! You've got to explain those details! 2) Why was the pump so close to the bottom and how did you know that would be the case? In a recent video you said the pump should be several feet up to stay out of the mucky stuff. 3) Why do you leave all that old water in the stock tank instead of siphoning it out? Setting up would only take a minute. If you used disposable hoses, you could leave them on site and it would stop siphoning when the tank was empty and not restart.

[@OkieWindmiller]

Man thank you again! She is soooo good and always getting better! 1. I stopped the tower by hand. Just put a hand into the back of it and apply pressure to the convex side of the blades until you overpower the wind. Works every time!! 2. I need to check the video to see what you are referencing, but we do like the pump to be 5’ or more off the bottom of the static water level allows. 3. As much as I would love to clean out the tanks(I’m being serious), if that tank had 12” of water in it, then it was probably 5,000 gallons. The ranch wouldn’t like me pumping that out because they want it filled with water. It will settle and look clear and I guess the livestock doesn’t care enough to worry about it. That would also take a long time. Thank you again for the good comments and questions!!!!! Happy 4th!!!!

[@nick540g]

@@OkieWindmiller At 9:45 you noted concern about dropping the rod and at 13:55 you confirmed it was intact and the pump was just a few inches above the bottom.

[@OkieWindmiller]

Ohhhh ok! So we test to make sure the bottom of the pump is still there before we let go of it. Since we were able to let go of it, we know the pump was there. It just a safety measure when dealing with an open top cylinder. Since there are several things that can cause a windmill not to pump, one of them being a broken pipe. With an open top cylinder, the pipe can slide down and disappear into the well if it’s deep enough. If we were to let go of the sucker rod and the pipe had been broken below the surface, we would have a chance to lose it all. 😀Clear as mud I’m sure.

[@nick540g]

@@OkieWindmiller I appreciate your attempt at explaining it for me, but I've watched the first 15 minutes three times and it still looks (to me) like that pump was only inches off the bottom. Maybe the other video with the five foot standoff was the Grundfos motorized pump. Would that need a longer standoff than this leather version? Thanks also for explaining why not to drain the tank; I guess livestock can digest a lot dirtier water than we can.

[@OkieWindmiller]

You’re good! So I said that the traveling part of the pump should be just several inches from the bottom of the cylinder, not the bottom of the well. Apples and oranges. 😀

[@SharonShorney]

Another good one. Beautiful country!

[@OkieWindmiller]

Aww thank you Sharon!!!!!! It’s so nice down there!!!!!!

[@drew1229]

Today you earned my subscription. Watching from North Pole, Alaska.

[@OkieWindmiller]

Thank you soooooo much! That is sooo awesome where you are! Would love to be there now.!

[@Motorizeify]

Really enjoyed this one. It covered the windmill from bottom to top. I was surprised by how small (diameter) the sucker rods were.

[@OkieWindmiller]

Thank you! Yep the steel ones are 7/16. Easy to work with!

[@n9uib]

new sub here.... what a great channel... lots of into and fun to listen to

[@OkieWindmiller]

Awesome!!!!! Thank you! I’m trying to make it something I would sit down and watch!!!! Thank you for subscribing and watching!!!!!

[@George-xm6di]

Can’t remember the number of the Aermotor I restored. 26 yrs ago. It was 6’ I’m pretty sure. Spokes were bent in a hairpin w/ a bit of a hickey at the base and poked thru the hub. I have a full set, -1, of lazer-cut blade holders if you want them.

[@OkieWindmiller]

Yep that was a 602 I bet! Nice mills! Hard to rebuild tho, but totally doable! Thank you for watching!!!!!

[@edwardlincoln5680]

I spent most of 2years at Ft Sill 64 and 65. seems like there would be some snakes hanging around those water tanks.

[@OkieWindmiller]

Well it funny, the ranch boss talks about all the timber rattlesnakes they see around the windmills and tanks, but we have yet to see one in over 10 years. I’m wondering if they’re just pulling our leg……haha. Thank you for watching!!!!!

[@Avalanche701]

Shane you should get a couple 2x6 and drill holes halfway through them for the sucker rod to sit in on the ground, plus some for the pipe as well to keep the threads good and clean and organized

[@OkieWindmiller]

I hear you. I have several that I use in the truck, but at that location, there is concrete poured at the base of most of the mills. It’s pretty nice working down there! Thank you for watching!

[@Avalanche701]

@OkieWindmiller I love watching your videos, have you ever tried the chest mount for go pro

[@OkieWindmiller]

Thank you! I have not but I may. The head mound bugs me because I can’t see where it’s pointed.

[@AWRay1300]

I wasn't aware of the open sucker rod pump option until you mentioned it in the video, but it does make servicing the well easier, especially for deep wells. I am sure that there is a small taper for the pumping mechanism to slide in fairly easily. Thanks for showing that style of pump mechanism. I'm sure that if the foot valve was bad, you'll be pulling the pipe and all out.

[@OkieWindmiller]

Thank you! You could run all the road back down and rotate clockwise and grab the lower check and pull it also, without pulling any pipe. Super easy!

[@AWRay1300]

I wasn't aware of that. WOW!!!

[@OkieWindmiller]

Yep!!!! 😀

[@stan2719]

Shane looking at the mill itself for how old it looks really complicated with the engineering. I'm glad you're able to explain it where people can understand and be able to follow. I'm sure when those were new it was cutting edge technology. How much has windmill technology evolved in just the short 20+ years you have been doing it? And congrats on 5k subs!! Let's GO!!!! Now onto 10k and beyond.

[@OkieWindmiller]

Man thank you! Yep I’m loving the growth, just gotta keep the Puddin momentum going. The mills still are unchanged, since you can’t fix perfection. They still are cutting edge. It’s crazy. All that has changed(and not for the better)is going to Garlock instead of babbit for the bearings.

[@stan2719]

@@OkieWindmiller oh ok. Hey that's why I like watching this channel because you learn something new all the time. Can't wait till the next video

[@OkieWindmiller]

Awesome! Thank you soo much! I’m working on it now!!!!

[@kabbey30]

Subscribed. Wichita, Kansas

[@OkieWindmiller]

Awesome!!!!!!! Howdy neighbor!!!! Thank you!!!!!!

[@LyleBrand]

my mill is a 6 ft aeromotor 2o ft 4 4 legger tower purchaed from a gentleman in ainsworth neb my mom was raised near silvwe city nm where a lot of mills were used on ranchess in the area.

[@OkieWindmiller]

Oh that’s a nice one for sure. I love the 6 footers. Yep that part of the country has so many, and so many are neglected and rotting away.

[@billcar741]

Another great day in Oklahoma.

[@OkieWindmiller]

For sure!!!!!

[@willmechling2537]

Could you make some kind of tool bucket for the lifting cable on the boom truck and have everything handy then climb up? For the really high ones. ...I like your videos

[@OkieWindmiller]

I have a tool bag I carry up sometimes, but not all the time. I try to pack light, and I don’t mind the climb. Keeps me in fightin shape!

[@nicclark9791]

A folding table would be nice, I actually use several now, older. lol was always fascinated by the old windmills. My mother has a very old plan from a windmill out of Chugwater Wyoming where my aunt was born, Its been a long time since I looked at it but I think it had some kind of patent on it. I will see if I can get you a copy.

[@OkieWindmiller]

Man that would be awesome and would love to see it! We love the old ones!!!!! Mama always mentions she wants a table, but we still never stop to get one! Just a small one would work.

[@nicclark9791]

@@OkieWindmiller Called my mom and they are looking for it, I think it was in this old book on Chugwater.

[@OkieWindmiller]

Oh sweet! I really like books by T. Lindsay Baker, you would too!!! You need to look them up.

[@fredbrooks6488]

Thanks for the video

[@OkieWindmiller]

You’re welcome!!! Thank you for watching!

[@erinmeyer6526]

Thanks for another great video! Congrats on breaking 5,000 🎉

[@OkieWindmiller]

Thank you! Yep we’re getting there!!!!!!!!

[@winterhorse290]

Forgot your bushing. Seen it right off.😆

[@OkieWindmiller]

Hahahahahaha yep, knew someone would😂!!! Thank you!!!!!!!!

[@kevindowd31021]

Maybe get a safety harness. You can hook yourself to the Crane and she can lift you up😅 Besides, It might be nice to be able to hook yourself to the windmill so you can use both hands 😁

[@OkieWindmiller]

Hahaha on both! She has offered to hoist me up before but I was scared she wouldn’t let me come back down. Even when I used to harness myself to it, I didn’t trust the harness, so I still hold on. I only trust myself up there. 😀

[@rickpalmer9518]

Thanks for the great video. now i understand how the foot valve assembly?? works

[@OkieWindmiller]

Thank you!!!!

[@johnsmart3587]

What about some sort of safety belt when ur up there working? We worry... Thanks.

[@OkieWindmiller]

I hear you! So, it’s a very small area to be in. When I started, I was safety Sam up there with all the things. But, it’s kind of like not wearing loose fitting clothing around machinery. Several times I have been almost hurt because of my safety harness/lanyard. You have to be able to move and get out of the way sometimes, and that even means being ready to bail over and get below the platform in certain conditions. A lanyard impedes all that. So, I feel safest when I’m up there and not tied to it. I know this doesn’t make sense, but until you’re up there and find yourself in the bad spot, you will never know. I also believe that if it’s your time, it’s your time. Thank you for your concern, and please keep watching!!! Have a great day!

[@johnsmart3587]

@@OkieWindmiller thanks for answering! You two are good!

[@mrclaus859]

Thanks for posting you guys. This is so interesting

[@OkieWindmiller]

You’re welcome! Thank you for watching!!!!!

[@harveystephens6115]

Awesome!

[@OkieWindmiller]

Thank you so much!!!!

[@jackreed3445]

You sound like Owen Wilson the Southern chef. I gar on tee! I think that was his name. Very interesting video. What would I do different? I'd have a belt pouch like a carpenters nail pouch to put things in and a light duty rope to hoist things up and down with your grunt. I have bad joints and a lot of that is from climbing ladders and poles and going up and down ramps. You soon realize everything you will need and things you won't and you pack accordingly. Your helper can shag everything you forgot. With the helper you have she would have probably had everything you should need for a normal service but the rope is for the unexpected. Thank you and have some fun, jack P.S. please escuse my typing as I'm having trouble seeing right nor.

[@OkieWindmiller]

Perfect thank you sir! I may need to do that, because you are right, it’s gonna catch up to me. Thank you for watching and for the wisdom!

[@AWRay1300]

I believe that he's referring to Justin Wilson, the Cajun chef.

[@OkieWindmiller]

Justin Wilson!!!!!! That’s it!!!!!!

[@RandyB1973]

That was neat to watch, thank you!

[@OkieWindmiller]

Thank you!!!!!!!

[@fredbrooks6488]

Fine job sir

[@OkieWindmiller]

Thank yo so much!!!!!!!

[@russelltrupia4479]

Awesome video love the content very interesting👍👍

[@OkieWindmiller]

Thank you!!!!!!!!

[@SHADETREESHACK]

👍👍 GREAT VID. ENJOYED

[@OkieWindmiller]

Thank you very much!

[@tonygawel9]

You need a lineman bucket to take your tools up and down and if forget some thing you can send the bucked down Saves some climbing

[@OkieWindmiller]

Hahaha I hear you! But then I would have to go to the gym for leg day again!🤣

[@oklahomesteader]

Another fine video you guys! Keep it up!

[@OkieWindmiller]

Will do! Thank you buddy!!!!!

[@EWasteJILL]

Here's the technical talk folks may have missed start dictionary? : solar, 8 foot by 27 air motor, open top cylinder, sucker rod, service the leathers, Ferling mechanism, 14 guague, a dawg, 7/16 14 thread, Momma, coupling, brush hog blade, traveling valve. 😮 Now your are use to your location but combination of accent and how fast you mentioned location it would help to show location overlapped on video. 😊 Most people aren't familiar with Indian words. Johnson County/Pontotoc County lines, South of Aida. I use 2 live in TX, was OTR trucker drove US 59 100 times. What animal is leather made from. 💖 from Minnesota 😎

[@OkieWindmiller]

Man good idea! I did it once, put a dot on a map and had the image, will do that here on out! Thank like that! The leathers are cow hide, hair side out that contacts the cylinder! Thank you!

[@EWasteJILL]

@@OkieWindmiller Now we need 2 add hair side out on da hide towards da cylinders to da dictionary don't Ya know. #OKWindmillTechTalk 😉😎

[@OkieWindmiller]

I’m on it! Dictionary coming!

[@EWasteJILL]

@@OkieWindmiller So once you've got the dictionary started we'll need to figure a has tag so its easier for Y'all to add to it and for us to get a quick link from google search. #OkieWindmillTechTalk Ask you viewers for other names

[@EWasteJILL]

@@OkieWindmiller What do you call us groupies? If Y'all don't have a name yet here's some of my suggestions.#1)OakieH2OhhTURBINENATORS A) Windmillers B) Blowhards C)Wind Blown Water Pumpers YES ask viewers for help the WE can fote. Online surveys are easy to post. 😎#OakieWindmillerGroupies Can you tell I might be future Groupie President?😎 💖From Minnesota

[@johnkanaly1242]

👍😊

[@OkieWindmiller]

Thank you sir!

[@andrew-cm3zn]

I would put a fishing wire down the well to see if you can find any stuff left in there

[@OkieWindmiller]

Oh I bet there is all kinds of stuff down there!!!!!

[@albanliege4989]

very interest video !!! I like very mutch !!!!

[@OkieWindmiller]

Awesome! Thank you for watching it!! Working on the next one now!😀

[@jackwalker3582]

You may need a tool basket for your hook, that way she could winch up your lithium, save a climb,

[@OkieWindmiller]

Haha I know! I like climbing too much!

[@ButchLogan]

Why don't you make your self a hand line like power linemen have, so your helper can pull every thing you need, up to you when you are on top of a windmill. It will save you climbing the tower so many times. Butch Logan. A retired lineman. I have worked on a lot of windmills my self. You two do good safe work. Keep it up.

[@OkieWindmiller]

Thank you sir! So we have tried buckets and lines, but never had luck due to the taper of the tower, snagging the bucket on the way up and down. That’s how I stay in shape!!!😎😀

[@SteadyCreations]

👍😎👍

[@OkieWindmiller]

Thank you!!!!

[@Detailedstream]

I'm in a Missouri the windmill you're interested in. Do you combine with windmill and water wheels combined with to make electricity from discharge pipe

[@OkieWindmiller]

That’s a good idea!!!! Water wheel spinning making electricity!!! Never seen that done yet!!!

[@ericthacker5868]

Sure miss the Oklahoma country side

[@OkieWindmiller]

Yes it’s pretty amazing here!!!!

[@zanehamilton]

Shaneman!!

[@OkieWindmiller]

Zaneman!!!!!

[@duotronic6451]

Get a couple of hard hats.

[@OkieWindmiller]

We have them. Just don’t wear them very often. She is supposed to be nowhere under me, but she totally walked under me on this one! She was like whoops! Thank you for watching and commenting!

[@larryclaviert9509]

you need a tool basket for the crane with operator

[@OkieWindmiller]

Boy you are right!!!!! Maybe one day!

[@harveystephens6115]

Does leathers on check valve on bottom get eaten up ? When do those change out?

[@OkieWindmiller]

I have never had to change them! Since they don’t move, they just stay good! We pulled a lower check this week that had been in the ground for 12 years(as far as he could remember), and they went right back in!! Nothing wrong with them at all!!!

[@EWasteJILL]

Momma is SIGHT MANAGER. Now this next thing is a JOKE NO TRYING 2 B MEAN: Or if she's feeling EXTRA ORNERY......HBIC....(Head 🐩 In Charge) 😊 Just want to say have a happy/safe 4th! 🇺🇸💖🥳💥🇺🇸

[@OkieWindmiller]

Haha yep, and she knows it!!!! Thank you! Happy 4th to you!

[@michaelporterfield7836]

Good job! One of these days "L" should do the narration....or are you worried that she would turn into the "fan favorite"!?

[@OkieWindmiller]

Thank you Sir! You know she already is!!!!!!!😀

[@kevindevine5102]

a toolbelt and a long rope can cut down on your climbing

[@OkieWindmiller]

Then I would lose these amazing legs hahaha! Just kidding. True! Thank you!

[@chrisroccaforte3934]

Yall forgot weatherman and philosopher! And maybe iron worker.

[@OkieWindmiller]

Haha yep ain’t that right!!!!!! Thank you so much for watching!

[@harveystephens6115]

Teach Mama to step and tear down truck. I watched an 82 year old Gould electric sucker rod pump tore up in a video today taking it out. It was mint. Just needed leathers. Sad

[@OkieWindmiller]

Oh she knows how!!! Oh no!!!! Was that the one on H2O Mechanic? I think I saw that one……….

[@randywilson6869]

I sure wish you would put on a safety belt

[@OkieWindmiller]

I hear you and appreciate your concern. I do sometimes, depends on the amount of time I will be up there. On such a small platform, and usually unstable, I don’t like the false sense of security the harness brings. This is across the board with most in our profession. I also don’t like being strapped to a moving item, which these are. The only good way to attach is to the towers below you, which still creates quite the fall. Anyways, again, thank you for watching and please stick around.

[@rickregister9424]

If you worked at Tinker do you know Joe Bivins?

[@OkieWindmiller]

Man I don’t, but I did 14 years there and there’s a lot of people I don’t know! Thank you for watching!!!!

[@markellars9245]

I thought you would use pvc pipe tape when you turn that pipe around!!!

[@OkieWindmiller]

Naaaaaa! 😀

[@curtisharlan9230]

Where is the pump?

[@OkieWindmiller]

At the very bottom! Some people also call them a well cylinder.

[@bullwinklemoose9574]

Maybe a Hank of rope in your pocket might save a trip up & down the ladder?

[@OkieWindmiller]

Haha yeah for sure it would!!!!! And a tool belt. Actually used to have one, but didn’t like how it snagged on everything on the way up and down, and space up there is pretty limited…….. thank you for watching and commenting!!!!

[@winterhorse290]

A bit of advice. When tightening a bushing, you should put the nipple in it so you don’t egg it. I know, I’ve done it.😩

[@OkieWindmiller]

Man thank you. Never had that happen or even considered it, maybe because I’m a weenie😂. Thank you for the advice and for watching!!!!!!!

[@n9uib]

she isnt bossy.... she is authoritave.... i got me one of those wifes also....!!!! lol

[@OkieWindmiller]

Haha they’re wonderful tho! Wouldn’t have her any other way! Thank you for watching!!!!!!

[@randylinn502]

2 people, bucket with rope, easy to transport tools and other items up and down the tower... why waste time climbing up and down the tower.. You should use a set of side cutters to grab the cotter pins better, not to cut them, but they grab better.

[@OkieWindmiller]

Yep agree 100%! As for the side cutters, there was a few weeks mine were lost, and we replaced them for that very reason!! You seen the struggle! Thank you for watching!!!!!

[@randylinn502]

@@OkieWindmiller I hope to see more use of the new pair of side cutters (Dikes)...

[@OkieWindmiller]

😀

[@George-xm6di]

How do you know that is an open-top cylinder? You must have had prior knowledge of that well. Man, why aren’t they all open-top? Pull rods, not pipe!

[@OkieWindmiller]

Yes, I installed these about 10 years ago! But usually if it’s a smaller windmill and has 2” pipe, good chance it’s an open top!!! 😀

[@boying100]

for your protection sir; at least use a safety harness please

[@OkieWindmiller]

I have one. I have worn them off and on in the past. Seems like every time I use it, I’m reminded why I don’t. It’s not like being ties off to a static structure. It’s always moving and doing things. Thank you for your concern. You will probably see it on me again soon. Thank you for watching!!!!

[@paulmitchell445]

Why don’t you use a rope and bucket to send things up and down so you don’t have to climb up and down so much? Please use a safety strap and a tool pouch to carry things up and down and use both hands to climb lol, you scare me sometimes lol.

[@OkieWindmiller]

I have used the rope and bucket in the past, and just didn’t like it. I love climbing!!! I will try to get to wearing the belt, I have one, but don’t like being strapped to it for several reasons. But, safety is always paramount.

[@roycepruett5862]

WHY do you not tie a rope around your waist when going up on top so you can haul up all the supplies you need without having to make extra trips up and down the ladder a bucket on the end of the rope would work wonders. (It makes me tired watching you climb. LOL).

[@OkieWindmiller]

Haha it’s just the way I’ve always done it. In the early years, mama was raising babies and I was solo, so it wasn’t an option to have someone load a tool into my bucket it I needed it, so I climbed. I love it. Keeps me in good fighting shape!

[@tommypitcock6646]

Not southern. Okie engineering

[@OkieWindmiller]

Haha yep!!! I will tell her to change her verbiage😀. Thank you for watching!

[@jasmith1867]

WichitaFalls. I was looking at DIY videos of hammering a 25 foot sand point well and youtube led me to your channel. It's addicting.

[@OkieWindmiller]

Man that’s awesome!!! Thank you for finding us and watching!!!!!!! Oh, have fun with that sand point!!

[@scottylogsdon7367]

sir, i am an excellent pipefitter, welder, hvac/refrigeration technician and turbines rebuilder , who works on everything from skyscraper buildings, hospitals, chemical plants, oil refineries, and power plants !!!!!! Safety comes first for u, so would u please consider the investment of a safety harness for yourself ?????!!!!!!! think about not only yourself, but your lovely wife too !!!!! i am a climber too, even at my age !!!!! What if u hurt yourself, while working on the tower, your feet slip, or have a heart attack ????!!!!!! i had a buddy who was a young in his 30,s who fell off a tv antenna tower and never was the same ever again !!!!!! He had younger children, too !!!!! We use those safety harnesses all of the time !!!!! Please think about it, sir !!!!!!! IF NOT FOR U, FOR HER !!!!!!!!!!

[@OkieWindmiller]

Thank you! I have one and need to use it. Not many windmiller use them. Long story short, there isnt anything good to hook to up top that isn’t moving or rotating, and that’s not what you want to hook to. Also, the tower seems logical, but the windmill will rotate and now you’re having to do the lanyard dance to keep it from getting tangled. We’ve thought about once done with the lift, use the truck’s hook to anchor to, to look like we’re trying. I will try to do better! I hear this one daily!!!! Thank you again and thank you for watching and commenting!!!! Have a great day!

[@Walk-With-Me-Philip]

I also cant look when you up there without safety harnest. Using the liftboom is a good idea. Just attached yourself with a rope or something to the boomlift, so if you do slip and fall that the harnest or rope will save you from falling to the ground.

[@OkieWindmiller]

Thank you!