I did a few hand wells at out post camps, all water pasted as full safe drinking water, I used a gas fire pump, made a fitting to go from the 2” fire hose fitting to male pipe thread to 1” pipe w/a car spring point welded to the end, run the fire pump and hand pushed the pipe down as fire pump was blasting water, put a sand point on the end of a 2” galvanized pipe, and push by hand down along side of the 1” pipe that was making the hole, works great
Thanks for the video,good trouble shooting.I will be doing something similar digging my water well soon. I am contemplating an electric jackhammer with the proper fittings to spare the pipe from destruction.Seems like it should work better with that kind of vibration. What do you think?
I am going to do my own drive point - in sand to 20'. I definitely think you made things more difficult than they needed to be. I will use a "sacrificial" drive cap attached to a 3" nipple for each course of pipe I drop down (two 8' sections + 4' well point). Big question is will a sledge hammer work or is a post driver best?
@YTscott40 100% post pounder. Good luck with your drive cap, mine crushed and wiped out the threads. Use the longest pipe you can and stop to tighten often.
@saltylug In some ways I did make it much harder on myself than it needed to be with all the things I tried. If I had to do it over again #1: I would in a heartbeat because it works so well but #2 I could be done in just a few days with just about 1/2 the cost. The ground under my place is all about the same so unless I hit a big boulder any spot is about as good as another.
I did a few hand wells at out post camps, all water pasted as full safe drinking water, I used a gas fire pump, made a fitting to go from the 2” fire hose fitting to male pipe thread to 1” pipe w/a car spring point welded to the end, run the fire pump and hand pushed the pipe down as fire pump was blasting water, put a sand point on the end of a 2” galvanized pipe, and push by hand down along side of the 1” pipe that was making the hole, works great
arnoldcustom 2 months ago
And as we know jack hammers have no problem with rock or concrete! I'll make a video if thats what I try.fail or not it will be fun:-)
SanEverett 2 months ago
Thanks for the video,good trouble shooting.I will be doing something similar digging my water well soon. I am contemplating an electric jackhammer with the proper fittings to spare the pipe from destruction.Seems like it should work better with that kind of vibration. What do you think?
SanEverett 2 months ago
@SanEverett I think it would work and drive with less damage but still tighten the pipe often just in case.
acme663ryo 2 months ago
There are people that have machines and drill wells for a living ya retard lol.
justin37901 3 months ago
@justin37901 Thanks for kind offer to pay the $15,000 for those people to come and dig.
HEY EVERYBODY THIS GUY IS WILLING TO PAY FOR YOU SEND HIM A PERSONAL MESSAGE AND ASK FOR IT!
God bless your generosity sir!
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davetileguy 1 week ago
I am going to do my own drive point - in sand to 20'. I definitely think you made things more difficult than they needed to be. I will use a "sacrificial" drive cap attached to a 3" nipple for each course of pipe I drop down (two 8' sections + 4' well point). Big question is will a sledge hammer work or is a post driver best?
YTscott40 3 months ago
@YTscott40 100% post pounder. Good luck with your drive cap, mine crushed and wiped out the threads. Use the longest pipe you can and stop to tighten often.
acme663ryo 3 months ago
Why did you not try drilling in another part of your garden. You sure make it look hard!
saltylug 5 months ago
@saltylug In some ways I did make it much harder on myself than it needed to be with all the things I tried. If I had to do it over again #1: I would in a heartbeat because it works so well but #2 I could be done in just a few days with just about 1/2 the cost. The ground under my place is all about the same so unless I hit a big boulder any spot is about as good as another.
acme663ryo 5 months ago