How to DRILL A WELL the LEGAL WAY! Solar Powered!

How to Drill a Well the LEGAL WAY! Come along today as we work with a well drilling contractor to find water and drill our first agricultural well on the farm! We'll teach you about the process from start to finish! STONEY RIDGE MERCH STORE: www.stoneyridgefarmer.com
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[@bencapps5509]

I once watched an old dude. Use his witching sticks to try to find an existing well where the well casing had been buried about 36 in underground. The well had been dug probably 60 years before and he couldn't locate it for new wells, whichching sticks are never wrong because if you take deep enough anywhere in North America, you'll find water

[@rexoliver7780]

The water company in my area replaced the water main pipes and the service pipes for the homes in may area.The old pipes were breaking adn leaking-clay-asbestors pipes.New pipes PVC.The water folks used the devining rods to locate the present pipes adn the servicelines-trace them to the mains.I didn't beleive the sticks would work.They let me try-Did work but I was off-but still found the pipe.Figure the rods must be matched to their user.Only drilling and pulling done was with horizontal drills-no vertical drills as you used.The drills also pulled the pipes.The old pipes left in place-cutover was kinda neat!And when they made whole large peices of pipe from several sections.A pipe welding machine welded them together-the horizontal drill pulled the pipes underground.Was fascinating to watch.I have also watched a well get drilled-Many years ago-my fathers neighbows in Rapid city,South Dakota.Was cool when the driller hit water!!!They had to drill about 600Ft through rock-diamond bit was used.Thecleint had to purchase the diamond bit.

[@Dirtybird37]

Awesome video ! Very informative 👏 We are restoring our 1850's farm currently as well and are in need of an AG well. Glad you did this video. Can't wait for your solar pump video.

[@geraldtuck8864]

Great job Thanks for the close up video and your passion to show what you do on your farm.

[@Dregandaapbt]

I learned this over 20yrs ago while working for an old timer! We had to trench across his backyard and no one knew where the water lines were! Since we were adding an electrical line the old timer asked if we had solid copper wire (which we did #6 solid copper) and he found all of the pipes that had water in them across the backyard! Even the old cast iron sewer lines! I still use this method to this day! Whenever I tell people about it they don't believe it! I pull the sticks out and tell them to walk over to the toilet and like clock work the wires cross over the toilet! Jaws Drop!

[@shaniaa9287]

Wow Josh, that'll be the best water👍 I'm so glad you dug that well for your cattle and all your water needs. So good ❣

[@Harvesttimebluegrassgospel]

This isn’t a slight in anyway of your other videos but this was the most entertained I’ve been on one of your videos. I love seeing processes that I’ve never seen before. Very interesting video. Keep it up!

[@davidvelen9835]

Good stuff Josh! Thanks for explaining the entire process and looking forward to the solar part coming up next .

[@jasonac]

I put a solar bore pump in almost 3 years ago now. Bought a cheap one from China, panels, pump and controller, pipes etc AU$2000. Its moved about 1,500,000L to my tanks that gravity feed to 14 troughs. you dont need to spend a fortune on the gear and you can always upgrade it later.

[@badsms7118]

Do you have a picture of what you bought?

[@1973quarterback]

Oh yes this is very informative. Professional too. Appreciate what you do for the proper care of your livestock as well. Makes the cost worth the effort. Good video.

[@orchidhouse297]

Greetings from Essex, UK. Thanks for a fascinating, educational video. I've often wondered how these well are created. Looking forward to the next stage.

[@deanbarr5740]

I had a well drilled in 1997 Josh. I'm a probably 4 - 6 hours north of you in the northern panhandle of West Virginia. He struck water at about 30 feet down. The fellar said by law he had to go to atleast 75 feet. He stopped drilling at 92'. You just can't beat a good water well. I've seen the witching method used. You can also use a peach tree limb and get good results.

[@B-VILL2022]

I have worked in the oil fields since I was 8 years old . I have pushed tools for many many water wells being drilled. Your description of what was going on during drilling.. well it made my head hurt. ..

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

sorry bout the headache

[@xFlavoriax]

What makes ur head hurt.? May be we shared something together..

[@willardlocks]

Enjoyed the video Josh. They were two older men in our area who witched water they are gone now. We use a geologist now and he is spot on.

[@anthomypoe2543]

In 1971 in Western Kentucky my dad had a friend come and cut a forked limb from our peach tree. He walked the property and located a drill spot. He walked away from the spot until his witching rod went back down. We measured it and it was 37 feet. He said that was where we would hit water. The drillers hit water at 35 feet and produces about 15 gallons per minute still today.

[@xFlavoriax]

Local ppls in Africa also using a branch from a' tree n telling us where to start hand dug wells.

[@tomfillmore9710]

great video Josh thanks for explaining the steps glad you got water take care and have a good weekend thanks

[@graemecrowther.7557]

Yeah, it is great thing to do and watch, my 43 metre well cost about £375 to drill, the second hand pump and rest of the stuff you need cost about £250, and it all works just fine and I am really happy with it, It’s in Thailand that explains the cost.

[@waltmooredanwilson8754]

Fascinating process. I've never seen this done before. Thanks for sharing. Take care and God Bless.

[@joebrownawell8597]

Truth brother 👍 we used the exact technique in Pennsylvania on our property to find water for our well

[@monicarust2383]

This is so awesome!!! SOLAR, PASSIVE love it!!!

[@bengrant8890]

The vibrating bit, as you call it, is a down-hole-hammer. It has a piston that beats up and down and you rotate the hammer to grind. The air, water, and foam exhaust the cuttings to the surface. I do rock well drilling up in Nor-Cal. We also do undereaming with max bit system on 6” steel.

[@Carlissaf]

That’s what my husband and I do for a living. We call them drill bits and the boom as you call it is a mast. Lots of stuff to it. In Montana you have to use steel casing and costs a lot more.

[@kentlange5338]

The terminology did leave a bit to be desired.

[@randysretired2020]

Is it stainless steel? I’d think stainless steel would be better, since it doesn’t rust, but I don’t know how important that is in this application.

[@chrisbaker528]

I have used these sticks to locate lines buried under the ground and they are extremely accurate.

[@johnjohnson-cv7kf]

Learned how to witch this way when I worked on a golf course In Red Feather Lakes Colorado in the late 70s. Works great.

[@ironleatherwood1357]

I did that on my off grid property and hit water myself. Great job

[@bearbonze8907]

Glad to see that your thinking about solar, starlink and the future off your farm. 👍

[@rickster9993]

It won't be long and he will add a solar powered hydrogen production and storage system for the home. There available now but the technology needs improvements. Give it a few years and it may be a great tool.

[@jimjones5077]

Thanks Josh. That was very educational. I especially liked your narration style with muting all of the noise from the machine and having the soothing background music.

[@darrenh5665]

Awesome Josh, never seen anything like it. Thanks for sharing.

[@danielalamo2075]

It's really cool watching first hand how it's done.

[@farmingourway8493]

Here in sw MN our well for the farm is only 40' most in the area are around 90'. its the same well when my grandpa had a dairy and made it through the drought in the late 70's, thought it was going to dry up for how shallow it was. we have a rural water main line pipe that goes around our farm but its $18,000 to hook up to plus so much per gallon. and have heard of some bad things about the rural water here, low pressure and to many pig barns hooked up to it.

[@derrickburbage1597]

Great price for drilling. Up here in Ontario Canada we are about $40 -$50 /ft

[@Lucas-vk8fz]

Yeah so I live up in northern ontario ..the little claybelt area and my well cost me $16,000..we went down through 200 ft of sand and then another 5 into the bedrock..works out $78 a ft and I get 11.5 gallons a minute..

[@centraltexasoutdoors9802]

@@Lucas-vk8fz valuable resource :)

[@bhawanishankar8683]

In India there is 10 inch holl with hard steel ceasing pipe and the cost of drilling is $10 per feet and well cost is $6700 maximum with 750 feet ceasing and the technology of drilling machine is much better than wholl world

[@summerland6397]

I watched an old guy witch and drill a well just like this fellow. It worked.

[@Montanagrizzly]

Just drilled a well on my property in Western Montana. 285 feet to bedrock and it cost $65 a foot. 20 GPM. Had to steel case it with 6 inch. I wish I could get a well for 15 bucks a foot. LOL

[@johnnyholland8765]

I watched my neighbor drill a 16 inch gravel pack irrigation well. The rig they used makes these guys look small. It was almost like drilling for oil. Well drilling has always been a mystery to me. There is a science to everything...

[@dominicchavez7183]

Lol oil rigs are much bigger

[@Carlosity223]

Yeah and if the rigs were bigger, they go THOUSANDS of feet not hundreds so that’s an expensive well

[@ddelano7408]

My grandfather showed me how to use a Willow tree branch, that was a Y shape, to find water. You held onto the two branches and the stem would dip down when it found water. It would agree with the dowsing rods, that you call witching sticks. Great video as always!

[@ddelano7408]

@Keyzer Soze That's your opinion. Try it yourself before condemning it.

[@shaniaa9287]

Love your videos Josh. Appreciate all the time and effort you put into all your informative videos for us 👍❣️

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

Thanks so much

[@2002dkallam]

I have a set that the same guy made for me. Set them in the ground in same spot. 100% best way to find water. Seen it work first hand.

[@mikewigim4529]

In 1961 my dad located the underground septic line using whitching sticks. When he dug into the ground, he was right on the spot. He replaced a broken section the same day.

[@DJ-uk5mm]

I use this method. You can think about water (or copper gold silver etc). And you will find what you are looking for particularly if you are ‘tuned’ in. Secondly you can determine the depth by re working the area and thinking/concentrating on a depth Then. Refine the depth. By dividing in two. Eg. Think 0 to 100 m. If you get a signal Then 0 to 50. Then if still a signal 0 to 25. Then 0 to 12.5. If you lose the signal then think 12.5 to 25 then 12.5. To 20. Etc etc. Until you pinpoint the depth Just something that’s worked for me (although I’m not a well driller I just do it for fun

[@jimmysmith9957]

The well I had drilled last year went to 640 ft and only produced 1 gallon per minute. Decided to stop at than depth and not spend any more on drilling. Planning on having it fracked soon to try and increase production. You certainly do watch the money meter run for every foot of drill pipe going in the ground while your waiting to hit water.

[@emerlamine8184]

Great team work thank you for sharing

[@javier0304]

Hahaha that gentleman said "Legally" with a smile.

[@jaywhoisit4863]

My father in law could witch for gold (on the surface). We would hide a gold ring in the garden and he would use a green willow sapling and just walk in a grid pattern until the willow dipped. He found it every time!

[@bcgrittner8076]

Man, your water is deep. Years ago we carried some divining rods in our surveying truck. I wasn’t very good with them, but our city inspector (old guy) found water, sewer, and gas lines every time. We always finished up with the locator service to cover ourselves legally. That was quite fascinating.

[@georgedavidson7986]

I did the very same thing working with Toronto water Canada

[@kentlange5338]

I've seen this too. Individuals would walk around with bent wires and swear of the location of underground utilities or trenches. Around 20% sucsess rate. Pretty sure I could guess n get that good of a rate.

[@georgedavidson7986]

@@kentlange5338 I have done it not you

[@kentlange5338]

@@georgedavidson7986 and that would prove conclusively what again? I've "done it" as well. And sometimes, although seemingly rare in my experience, I have seen it work. But, I'm here to tell you, I've soundly disproved dousers, water witches, whatever, when they've said "Oh yes, water, right here, a strong vein, about xyz deep, such and such gallons per minute, traveling north by northwest". Bullshit. I've disproven this too many times to put my faith, let alone my hard earned cash in some charlatan's pocket. If you have good "luck" with it, you do you. But don't try n baffle people with the bullshit that it's a hard and fast rule/fact of science.

[@georgedavidson7986]

@@kentlange5338 I do not do water. Too deep

[@darltennant6005]

My dad worked for a sewer cleaning company and he was good at water witching just using #9 wire! I can do it sometimes!

[@akvc2003]

Love watching your videos always learn something new

[@garylewis6192]

Happy for you guys

[@victorflores9790]

Wow! Educational! Thank you!!

[@titogaray5224]

That was a great job, well done.

[@sandybowden2388]

Cool to watch the process!

[@kalaipaa]

Super interesting!!! Thanks Josh!!!

[@wildbill23c]

Thanks for the video, very interesting to watch. I've seen the well drilling trucks but never actually seen one in action and have it explained how it works. I know its very expensive that's all I know about well drilling LOL. I can't remember how deep the well is at my place, I've heard people say most likely its 125 feet, a pretty common depth in the area I'm at. Its weird to see a PVC well casing, every one around the area I live is I think iron/cast iron pipe.

[@MegaRobodoc]

An wonderful and worth full great job .

[@brandonburdette7895]

Thanks for the great videos Josh

[@stevenandrews6627]

That was so interesting, I watched the whole post three times.👍👍👍👍

[@ARCHERDAVE1]

Need to take you boys snipe hunting.

[@cherrydowns7745]

I've done this in my yard looking for water pipes and sewer pipes so I can plant trees or bushes! When the gas co. marked their lines it was right where I had water witched!

[@adamhogeland8033]

As a drilling rig operator love to see your content

[@DavisFamilyLife]

Always wanted to see how this works. Read about using witching sticks a long while ago. Thanks for sharing. 👍👍🤪

[@mikeholland721]

I found my buried electrical line with two clothes hangers bent like witching thingys. Works well.

[@Rshtuni-Papikyan]

Simple,educational ,thank you

[@keithneal3253]

Interesting video. I’m I the oil biz but never seen a water well drilled before.

[@ndiagandiaye8459]

Great video. I was looking for the material to drill wells with

[@44warlord41]

Great video sir. Well done

[@Fatamus]

ALSO Pump Saver works for low flow wells. It can be bought integrated into the pump starter or bought separate and added to an existing pump starter. It senses the drop in Amps and breaks the circuit for a programed amount of time .. 2 ~ 120 minutes to allow the well to recover so you don't burn out the pump. ..

[@SWITCH7425]

Watching from Ndola Zambia 🇿🇲🇿🇲🇿🇲

[@armandoizaguirre7057]

Bad ass job I’m proud of hard working people like you guys

[@vasanth9624]

which country is this???

[@trevorsidley7697]

Don't know why but I've done this many times and it works, and can do for many people. When I was Scout Troop Leader in the UK we took simple wire coat hangers, cut them into "L" shapes and held them using the outer cases of Ball Point pens. We had about 25 kids in the Troop and at least 20 used this way and found water. Good Luck with your search! Incidentally on the Farm where I grew up they had a Ram Pump system that supplied the whole farm back in the day - It was first installed over 150 years ago - there's not much that's really new!

[@pharvalleyaussies6215]

Wow awesome video

[@theoneandonlyowl3764]

I've used dowsing rods myself. The material they're made of isn't important, just the intent of what you're looking for. I used to use them to find lost buried power lines, but have used them for sewer lines too. No one in my country bores a well without dowsing first.

[@chelemichele1524]

😆legally..hmmm Enjoyed this I find it interesting.. Have a good day 🌷🌷🌷

[@josephdriscoll8527]

A shout out the the crew allowing you to share the drilling process with us just a great job with their work and your editing .

[@lloydwilliams8715]

Good morning Josh and the well crew. Let's get him some water.

[@mathamoz]

Definitely interested in seeing the solar setup for this. I'm building an off-grid homestead in the south western part of NC and have been looking at various options for the well once we get it drilled. Most seem to focus on a lower gpm pump filling a cistern which seems like the way to go.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

This pump setup pumped over 10gal per min at around 30 psi once we finished the install. Released part one this morning, part 2 coming tomorrow morn

[@vasanth9624]

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer which country is this??

[@ericphillips2741]

I've been part of this business my hole life my grandfather started Phillips well drilling in Indiana in the 60s

[@michaelrader2772]

My grandpa was the local well Witcher in our area, He was never wrong. He didn't use copper wire he used a green Y shaped sapling twig. You can't make this up!!

[@javier0304]

I've seen that before. I literally thought that man was crazy. Sure enough he was right.

[@mikerogers9711]

I had an old timer use the same thing up to my camp. He said anyone can do it, showed me how to hold the sapling and the hair stood up on the back of my neck when it started to bend. I held it so tight the bark pealed off in my hands. 🍻

[@Saustrup]

Yes. Yes, you can.

[@kentlange5338]

Can and do make this up. Absolutely foolishness. I've got the experience and disproven water witches to show it.

[@thomashadwen6864]

@@kentlange5338 Jesus Christ is the son of God and sadly this evil satanic lower form of magic has a slightly amount of power like a satan board game thing.

[@corywillbanks6348]

Wow amazing how everything is different is different areas. Our current well is 300’ and we get 5 gallons per hour (yes per hour) just enough to eek out a living. I was quoted $33k to drill to 600 feet.

[@budlite8207]

Watched two guys find the same spot for a well in North central Oregon for a dairy. It was there just 1200 ft down. 600GPM.

[@Ripper_RS]

JEEZE

[@dougdodson7498]

I use to watch oil wells drilled on my grandparents farm they share cropped with the owner. still amazing to watch. less a lot of words not allowed on youtube lol

[@katelutterodt2479]

GOOD SHOW, GOOD INFO

[@j.dewald2030]

Very cool! 👍🏼

[@scottbumgarner7214]

South Dakota its $70 a foot and wells about 3500 feet

[@jrisnerny]

Great information. Next year's business for me so this is helpful

[@HomeWithTheBuffingtons]

Very cool Josh!

[@MosmMAli]

good day from queensland australia wow very info detailed awesome coverage

[@rabaswithfun5555]

Hope we have that things here in in the Philippines..we use only manual drilling to hard if we make in a stoney area

[@bslaws]

$12-18 per foot, I'll take it. Just got quoted $55-80/ft for a well in Idaho. Was told by three different drillers they are booked until 2023.

[@MrBoiler09]

Hi Josh !! Love your vids!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@tunnelfoxx3633]

I Live on Long Island working as a WELL DRILLER now FOR OVER 10 YEARS THE PROCESS is the same NO matter where We are. Theses days there’s a lot of demand for environmental ground cleanup installing monetary wells

[@Fatamus]

I've witched lots of wells but I knew a gal that could witch a well and tell you how much water was at what depth. She would find the water in the area where you need water. Then she would make a grid setup like an eight point compus in the area 20-25' from where water was found. She would take eight readings and then do a little calculation. She was on the mark most of the time. She told me how but it's been 100 years er so.. FYI. copper rods will find any pipe (even wood n plastic), lines (gas, water, ele. ect.) and underground water. A wood witching rod, I find, works best for underground water if fresh cut; local willow or large shrub or young sapling works best ... one that drinks lots of water.

[@user-pi4fq1bv8n]

Before covid ,i got my well punched for 2 grand. His truck was new and cost 800,000. i guessed a million. That well got 18 gallons a minute. i was happy, until i got my septic bill.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

septic bill? For the install?

[@user-pi4fq1bv8n]

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer I got a quote for 8 grand on the septic install for that house. i hired my buddies instead. I saved nothing. I was complaining about that price. You know how we are.

[@firemanrj4982]

I have watched it done using Willow "y" branches....several different times...being accurate each time.....also was glad they picked the right spot....because as kids we had to pound the wells by hand!!!

[@kendallhaltiwanger1083]

I use 2 metal clothes hangers untwisted and shaped into a L. Locates water lines and electric lines.

[@Brian.N]

My great uncle used to use peach saplings to find water,it works the same as copper rods. Everywhere he witched they hit water.

[@FletcherHillier]

In my area you find water pretty much wherever you dig, we have a lot of clay though. I could look like a genius with a couple of sticks :P

[@annettemillette4091]

So simple with the machine

[@floydfarms1578]

Great price, ours was 452’ deep and cost double yours. Hope it serves you well for years to come!

[@yoandervmoney6321]

I'm having a hard time getting one done 450 feet for around 20k

[@gary98837]

We witched all of our bid irrigation wells,used willow sticks would twist down so hard it would tear the bark off.

[@akjaydub6620]

Good video, thanks

[@SunshineValley121]

Very interesting video. 👌

[@danielsanders2895]

That was great to see like that stuff