Getting Rid of Old Well/Cistern!

An old well or cistern on an abandoned home site is dangerous so Tractor Time with Tim, along with his brother, Tom and nephew Randall dig up and fill in these hazards. Tim uses the John Deere 2038R while Randall put the Case 580 backhoe to good use. This site also had huge blocks of old concrete sidewalk that needed to be removed. The Artillian Grapple is very useful on the compact tractor - just wish we had a thumb for the backhoe!
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[@shanephillips113]

Boy I just love coffee with Tim in the mornings . this was very enlightening because my wife and i own and operate an organic farm in western ny and here by the house which used to be my grandfathers there is an old well i want to open up and use for irrigation . The water bill was huge last summer and if we could supplement with some well water we could help bring that bill down . i love the scriptures at the end of the videos. some people are afraid of proclaiming the name of God in the public. God bless you all stay safe.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Thanks for watching, Shane! If we don’t share the love of Jesus, no one will know in a generation! We MUST confidently demonstrate our faith!

[@davem5370]

I expected the Case BH to be strong, but the JD sure impressed me. I also look forward to the scripture quotes. An elderly gentleman said something that resonated with me-his grandson, in the midst of covid19, said this is the end of times and God is coming. His grandfather simply replied-“Coming? He never left, been here all along. A lot of us have either abandoned him or just plain refuse to see him. He is here.” Thanks Tim

[@karl9997]

Really enjoy the videos when you're on the farm with your Dad, Tom and Randall. Always learn something new.

[@FishFind3000]

If you need to break larger concrete like that you need a hard object to drop it on so if you put a log or another piece of concrete in the middle of what you want to break and drop it that should split it. Concrete is good at compression but not tension.

[@allenelmore4570]

Case has the best design of bucket tilt you can use, I really wish the other loader manufacturers would do something similar. If you look at how the backhoe bucket tilts back the cylinders are able to use the extension of the ram for tilt back versus dump on a standard loader. This gives the full surface area of the end of the piston without losing the area of the ram that the oil has to flow around and since pressure is pounds per square inch, the more inches of surface area the more force exerted. The backhoes and trackhoes get there strength in the curl of the bucket from the same principal. I'm wondering if you carried the PVC tiles further down the ditch into the woods and let it run out onto one of those wide pieces of concrete then covered them with soil and net fabric adding a landing that can stay grown up in grass that the natural ditch flows onto if you could slow the washout? Just a thought. Keep having fun! Sincerely, Allen.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

We cannot drain the tile further as it is not our property.

[@allenelmore4570]

@@TractorTimewithTim that's a real shame, it would benefit the land owners the most to be able to stop/slow the erosion of their best soil.

[@patrickjoy9551]

Really enjoy watching the interaction between you and your family on the farm. Reminds me of how blessed I am to have had dad granddad and my uncles to do stuff like this with. They are all gone now but I still have the fond memories. Enjoy it as long as you can because life is but a vapor. God bless.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Thanks. Spent the weekend doing tractor projects with my dad. What a joy!!!

[@matthewcampbell8071]

Can you guys show a wood chipper in the future? I would like to see a compact tractor and how it handles a chipper

[@1ton4god]

Great job Tim.

[@jddriver9565]

wow i could watch these farm videos all day long!:D

[@genedameier8746]

JDdriver95, Have you watched:How Farms Work, Cole the Cornstar, Harmless Farmer, 10th Generation Dairyman, Sonne Farms, WTFarm girl, Millennial Farmer, A Tale of Three Cabins, just to name a few farming channels. Also recommend: Ron Pratt, Andrew Camarata, Outdoors with the Morgans, for other hard working channels but not farming.

[@peterkober6758]

Tim and Family get to things don't always go as planed but new ideas always help God Bless All PaK

[@johnhfischeriii]

Tim I really appreciate your narration and how you explain what you're doing and why you didn't do something. God Bless!

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Thanks John. Appreciate your subscription and continuing to watch.

[@joelhenderson5526]

Tim somebody went to a lot of work to put those in. Its ashame to have to break it all up is it?

[@myself7630]

I like that grapple but gota get forks first. Somehow became a pallet farmer

[@MrNosajwhitey]

Awesome work can be done by these tractors

[@stolarcykdesignandwoodwork1460]

You should do a tour of Johnny’s equipment and your shed

[@amossnowdaharleyman9179]

When I bought my land I found a length of 4" PVC sticking out of the ground. That was a 360' deep water well. A bit later I found a low cut piece of 6" steel pipe in the ground(hole up) and I gauged it with a weight and a spool of fishing line at 330 yards: never did find the bottom but there was oil in the pipe. That was an unregistered wildcat oil well....Plugged that with an inflatable plug at 10' down and filled it with concrete.Well pad was perfect for building 1 of my barns.Found a bunch of old forgotten things but still looking for a spring I see flow from. It's on my list. Oh, put a pump on the well and built a well house. Flow rate of the well is unknown: haven't been able to pump it down even with the pump producing 20GPM for 24 hours.It's a good well.Testing the water was easy:drank some and didn't die. Does have a good amount of dissolved iron in the water though.

[@hhr1862]

Take it to your states commission of environmental quality and they will test the sample.

[@robertmalis4493]

Hey Tim can those be old cesspools or remnants of a septic tank

[@Blast357]

cool video showing the little backhoe. but when you have a 580 real backhoe... use it to save time, we arent stuck on the little tractors, used big backhoe are cool and not that expensive, some viewers may be interested in some video of them as well. stay safe!

[@TractorTimewithTim]

We showed some 580 backhoe work in prior episode. Most of our viewers have made it clear that they prefer the smaller machines working where they can.

[@Blast357]

@@TractorTimewithTim I guess its always a compromise for you because you need videos but also need to help family. for me its simple, i need to get the most done in little time. not an easy task for you.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Not that big of a deal. The little machines are often faster than the larger ones due to maneuverability, etc. I get your point. Notice that when we get to tasks that are too large, we fluidly move to the larger equipment.

[@stanleybaker1520]

You two have too much fun I wish I was there,bored in brantford Ontario Canada 😀😀😀😀😀

[@marcth37]

There was an old well on my uncle s farm and when my cousins were able to walk he wanted to fill it for safety reasons.He pumped the water from it and we picked rocks from the fields,put them in the trailer dumper and dumped them in the well.We covred the top of the well with sand and that was it.

[@harmab2]

As are all your videos, very interesting and entertaining!!! Thank you

[@mikefortune4796]

Hi Tim and Christy nice video

[@chrismills4213]

Just awesome....always love the farm videos. It’s unfortunate you guys live so far away from the farm. Stay safe and God bless.

[@tomoaktree4951]

Hi Tim, Great video as always. I would likely have been a bit nervous with using your Johnny so close to the well/cistern. Especially not knowing for sure its dimensions in case of a cave in. My choice would have been the 580 to keep some distance. Definitely looking forward to the next portion of this project. Stay Safe, and wishing you and your family a Happy Easter!

[@nathanbrodeur]

Tim they might be drain sump pits to protect where the old basement was

[@gregembrey2947]

Thanks for sharing

[@wyattbonnette3414]

Tim, would you do a video comparing the differences between backhoes on the 1025r & 2038r. Flow rates, movement speeds, reach, all the awesome stuff. I'm stuck between buying one or the other, and I would like to use the backhoe feature around my property. The price difference between the two tractors is significant, but I remember seeing when you first got the 2038r how surprised you were, when you started using the 2038R. Thanks for the excellent videos, and great information. You and your family are a true inspiration.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

The specs are available. We have several videos showing each in action. Hard to do a better description than action videos in various situations with each of them

[@wyattbonnette3414]

@@TractorTimewithTim True. I guess I was more interested in an opinion piece, from an operators perspective. Looking forward to your future videos, as always. Thanks.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Makes sense. We talk about the differences (opinion) in several of our videos...especially the somewhat recent 270B episodes.

[@brentbrown8393]

Very interesting Tim, I don't mind watching videos that don't go as planned, they give a real-life perspective that many times makes them more interesting. I will be watching for the concluding video of the cistern project. Many thanks to all in the video, stay safe good people. I just received a message on my screen that said by May 1st the country will be able to go back to work. 👍🙏🙋‍♂️

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Will likely be a few months before we get back to finishing this project.

[@brentbrown8393]

Tractor Time with Tim Yeah, I got that from the video, it will be interesting to see whenever you get to it. 🙂

[@jonathanosborne9889]

Thank you Jim and family for another nice video God bless you appreciate the Bible verses at the end

[@jasonk4855]

If you don’t mind me asking....why not just use the case for that job if it’s there anyway?

[@jonathanguess4052]

I wish i had a Family like you

[@marlinguidegun1657]

I'm always impressed with the relevance of the biblical quotes.

[@michaelofsc4143]

These old wells have destroyed many a front end of tractors. A dump truck full of dirt should be enough to fill them in, they are usually only 40 feet deep.

[@stedder8436]

Nice video tim

[@norton2742]

Well! That was cool!

[@chrishansen169]

I enjoyed the video. Happy Easter and stay healthy.

[@Akcd11r2002]

Easiest way to bust up that concrete without a demo hammer or hydraulic hammer it to use the big backhoe and pick up a decent size boulder and drop it from as high as you can lift it.

[@mcgradypilot]

Why not use the full size backhoe to dig those out?

[@unclealansyard5176]

Just wondering isn't farming considered essential even though you own property on the farm as well?

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Yes, probably so. However, with my parents age, we decided to avoid getting near. We have no symptoms, but we would be exposed to more folks on the trip there. Just decided to play it safe for now.

[@TallTexasGMan]

What a way to wake up on Good Friday! A TTWT video. Kinda surprised you are filling them in, having some sort of irrigation water these days is so costly. If they keep water year round they can be useful.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Probably wouldn’t do much to irrigate 69 acres of crop land :-)

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Glad to see your comment! You mentioned a social media purge of sorts on fb. Glad to see TTWT survived, and made the cut :-)

[@TallTexasGMan]

Yes. I pretty much dumped every group. Since I work in local government, had an elected official comment on a group I was in and, made me realize the privacy settings were not tight enough. Only way to keep my work safe was to get off FB as much as possible. I used to run a separate account for work, but FB algorithm keeps getting rid of it.

[@warrenfogleman9962]

Loved the video

[@mandeladams4793]

Place a chunk of concrete on the ground to either roll and drop the large piece on or to beat on it with a machine.... point load it so it will fracture. Sometimes have to hold it with one machine on one side of the fulcrum (picture a kids toy of the see saw) create a void space where the concrete can not distribute the force evenly.

[@peteragnel509]

You should cap them old wells with bentonite clay so run off does not go into the water table in my area it is law to have a well driller cap old wells and map them

[@kenrichardson4144]

I wonder what the actual dimensions of the cistern are. Great video! Thanks for sharing❗❗❗ 🙂🙂🙂 👍👍👍

[@benjohnson9175]

why dont you daylight the woter out so you can see whut you are working with

[@petermavus4131]

Alls well that ends well

[@Itsa_Mea]

So that is where Lassie was trying to lead me. To find Timmy.

[@cdee6096]

You are lucky you are not in California. You would have to have a permit form the CA EPA if that was infact a well. I believe that if it was a ground water well it would have to be professionally de-commissioned to ensure no aquifer contamination in CA.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Hence the reason everyone is trying to leave CA!!

[@SuperTigerTV]

In California nobody would fill in a free water well that would be like burying a gold mine!

[@bert26a]

You don't need a thumb just need to learn how to work without. I've been operating backhoes and excavators for 20 years and hate thumbs they add so much parasitic weight when your stretched out. My favorite backhoe and excavator attachment is a tilt bucket you'd be amazed what you can pick up with one....

[@Tractors_Trucks_And_Pups]

Hello Tim and Christy, we might be getting Johnny's cousin. A little LS xj2025h like the one you guys drove before I think it was at Philip house? Anyways we are needing a grapple and wonder what kind you would suggest, we were going to get one from the dealer which is the style where it is more like a plate and a big grab, it is the other kind that you didn't use in this video. Now I showed my dad the kind you used in this video and he really likes that. What would you guys recommend for someone like us who will be hauling lots of blackberry bushes...shrubs...and occasionally some logs? Thanks so much in advance, thanks for all the wonderful verse you guys always post to

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Two choices. 1) Artillian.com. ...used in this episode. 2) precisionmfg.com mini 322. 10% off with code TTWT at agfolks.com

[@thedungeon1288]

Why is this being filled in? Is is it just safety?

[@Bill-NBfarming]

Old wells can be recycled! You cut them into 6 foot lengths and sell them as postholes 🤣!

[@harmab2]

lmao

[@ericlaker1983]

By the way love the videos thank you so much sir!!!!

[@orserjrci]

When we get stubborn concrete that doesn’t want to break we find a big rock and drop it on it.

[@alanhayes3156]

Do you ever think of returning home?

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Not seriously.

[@fyrman9092]

Kinda sounds like oak island where the well shaft keeps filling with water as one digs for treasure.

[@justinwright6611]

Tim that 270B seems like a really powerful unit! Does the 2036R have a higher pump flow then the model below it? The backhoe looked not only effortless but very smooth in operation seemed to handle multiple movements with ease. Very impressed! Do you think it would run an appropriately sized mud bucket?

[@TractorTimewithTim]

We will see at some point.

[@curtwhite876]

I am very much looking forward to the end of the rigid COVID-19 spend controls we've had to put in place. This was going to be grapple acquisition time. For now I will experience using a grapple vicariously through TTWT.

[@chrispileski6640]

Love it!

[@connorwilliams4859]

On top of Johnny rops what is that and how to get one

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Mount for a canopy. Artillian.com (code TTWT available for a discount on the canopy)

[@okjd159]

Had a cistern that was covered with a piece of galvanized sheet metal and a model A & T frames. The state was working on the hyw in front of the house so had the contractor dump some of the small rock he would have had to haul away, so I had saved him about two trips. It is some times better to be lucky that good.

[@rick9031]

Any idea how old that well was?

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Maybe 1920’s?? Not really sure

[@jamesmaddox1450]

I have a 29 ft deep, 3 ft wide well that was dug in the 1960s that I STILL use today. Best tasting water around. In the 1990s, city water became available and everyone, literally everyone went to it. Then as soon as they did, the water quality went to hell. LOL Glad to have the well now.

[@JDSWeather]

Tim I think those are some old sewage tanks

[@TractorTimewithTim]

No, I don’t think so. These were for drinking water.

[@michigantler5046]

thanks

[@MISSMOLLYTAZ]

Tim, could this be an old sewer cesspool? You might dig a trench on the old house side and you might find the sewer pipe. It will only be a couple of feet deep.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Nope, not sewer, that is for sure. It is for house water supply.

[@alanswanson1952]

@@TractorTimewithTim are you sure? Looks like a drywell for a septic system to me had one behind an old cottage I had. Lined with bricks just the same

[@alanshelby5980]

This is like every project I do . Think it is going to take an hour and takes a day.

[@jeepxj]

almost lost a skid steer in one of those in the yard. terrifying.

[@bobpurs]

Nice work before someone falls in those. 👍jdmich

[@Alanschmalzried]

Quite an onion of a project there. You kept peeling away at it...and the concrete kept exposing itself.

[@ericlaker1983]

So funny you ahead of me!! You always give me ideas 👍. I have well in front of house. Old. It's laid rock. Crazy. About 20 -30ft deep. I haven't take exact measures not sure about how much sand it's going to require. Did you happen to have an idea how much sand to fill the bigger one by chance Tim?

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Use your geometry :-) You can figure it out! I don’t have any idea without calculating!

[@ericlaker1983]

Absurd lol!! Me do math? Ha ha you crazy. I only do that at work Tim. You rock Mr. Thank you for your time and efforts 😊. I really do enjoy!!

[@ericlaker1983]

I wish I would have gotten to visit you when at farm machine show this year. Would absolutely love to meet you and Cristy maybe katrel. Maybe when all this is over I'll drop ya a line when near Indy maybe we can come buy you guys dinner

[@court2379]

It would have been funny if that slab broke in half when jumping on it. So why not keep those wells and pump water out of them?

[@billfenner7084]

Lots of caution tape and plywood over the top of the hole

[@Shane_O.5158]

you don't push sideways with a backhoe, good way to break the boom or dipper,

[@mikecapizzi5062]

It's a field drain

[@REVNUMANEWBERN]

Believe I would of pumped out FIRST, then got a camera in there to survey, may be going through MUCH NOT NEEDED work, after surveying the inside you possibly could use as a catch all to throw all the plowed up rocks & scrap stuff through out your years there, you know stuff you would possibly take to a dump site!

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Monday morning quarterbacking!

[@jamesdiehl8690]

This durn virus is becoming more of a nightmare than just physical. Seems to me that more people need to be on their knees repenting, getting saved and pleading for help. Maybe it will open up some people's eyes, ears and hearts.

[@randyhughes5160]

I’m not sure why you have to be there to have rock or sand delivered

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Uh, Tom will be hauling the sand! ...and it is 60-80 mile trip (each way).

[@randyhughes5160]

Tractor Time with Tim in the video you just said a long time to get it delivered and you said your 2 hours away I was just saying you could have it delivered and waiting you didn’t say Tom would get the sand

[@TractorTimewithTim]

randy hughes correct, I did not say that in the video. Sorry.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

I may have said something like ‘we don’t have time to go get the sand’. Would be very surprised if I used the word ‘delivered’

[@randyhughes5160]

Tractor Time with Tim Tim you did not say delivered I was suggesting it because you did not say he would go get it never mind just for get it

[@rodbaker2097]

A big rock dropped onto concrete from a bucket makes a great wrecking ball

[@joeschratz9360]

I always am quick to like a video when someone asks simply. I hate when people hate when people yell "YO SMASH THAT LIKE BUTTON."

[@TractorTimewithTim]

We usually don’t even ask, Joe. I kinda feel like a beggar when I do.

[@Treeplanter73]

Too bad you couldn't just leave the waterhole be. Great habitat for critters.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Until they fell in!!!

[@FUfon-gf5ph]

Aww too bad Yall didnt fix it not fill it.

[@RKHarm24]

Have Tom put his Speedo on and play Sea Hunt, Go Diving.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Ugh! :-)

[@stevesmith-wc2gb]

Should have used that case backhoe

[@utubota5522]

My backhoe thumb is one of the best mods I have ever made.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Yep. It is very nice. We have one on the 260B.

[@billz410]

Tom, can I just come get a job working for you or on your dad's farm????

[@wyett0172]

What happened to Casey????

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Went to a trade show, and didn’t find his way back!

[@noahhelmuth6497]

What happened with Casey

[@TractorTimewithTim]

He went to a trade show and never found his way back to our house.

[@noahhelmuth6497]

Poor Casey I would not mind coming down and looking at your toys I do garden killing myself and I'm starting to put new lawns in I just want to see what equipment I want to get

[@garylipscomb1347]

Boys and their toys, playing in the mud

[@jerrydewitt8585]

Lord don't let the state know your doing that. Act of god sometimes if they know, got to have a permit and use correct materials. Hate working with state sometimes just better not telling anyone what your doing.

[@bigjim5723]

yeah this lousy corn virus has ruined a lot of plans-huh

[@isaacsoutdooradventures776]

why don't you guys use the big backhoe for this job

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Because most of our viewers enjoy seeing the little backhoe work. Myself included!

[@isaacsoutdooradventures776]

I see

[@billfenner7084]

To bad you don't have a pavement removal bucket

[@benjaminstockton3917]

Enjoyed every minute of it Tim your content always good that was a lot of concrete or rock for a well