This is the first video or explanation ever of a well but I like it. I think you did great and hopefully it was a start for me to build one of my own in the future. It seemed cheap too. THANKS <3
@don350x i dont know what the weight would be but it will go 100 ft. it will go 300 ft. we attached a vid in discription of another you tuber who made some adjustments for his well and it worked great :O )
@don350x Yes it works at 100 ft. but to keep the weight down the lift pipe must be sealed so that it's filled with air. Check out the video linked at the bottom of the description.
I built one kind of like yours about 16 years ago, & it would push water out of the tee on the down & up stroke, because the 1/2 inch pvc sucker rod would displace the water in the 1 1/2 in pipe. It worked just fine but then I bought a nice brass cylinder pump. My well was only 66 feet deep, water level was at 15 feet.
I have installed this set up in a 400' deep well and only went down 100'. My water level is at 65 feet inside the well. It is sooo hard to pull the piston up and down. I think I need to seal my pumping pipe as greekjohn mentioned. I hope that most of the water isnt going to go between the piston wall and the cylinder wall because of the weight. I will update when I have completed sealing the pipe....
I pumped water this AM and pumped it hard, it was black, from the rust & crud form the well sitting for 40 years. I think the foot valve might be stuck open because I'm not getting anywhere near the flow that I got yesterday, and when I poured water down the 1 1/4 it drained.
Well is 30 ft deep
I also omitted the "T" and handle, it's pretty easy to pull and push.
If the top of the 1/2 pipe isn't capped, you will get water gushing out of it, so I might drill some more holes in it.
@mespe79 Good job. it worked and you got water. that was our goal. to see if we could get water from our well. once there is no electricity we needed something to get water out of an artisan well. that has a 6 inch cover. we have no other water supply. we are still experimenting so whatever your doing, we are trying brand new ourselves. the best part is you was able to do that will a nice cheap alternative. well pumps are expensive. thanks for sharing your experience with us :O )
@babaloo42 Been pumping 3 days straight, the water is full of a grey silt sediment. The 1st time I only got 2 buckets before the pump vibrated and the water level was low. Next time, 4 buckets, I guess 40 years of sediment buildup is gonna take a while to clean up. seems this morning I gave up before the pump quit pumping water out of the well.
Looks really good, how has it performed? any problems? any changes that you would recommend? Thanks for taking the time to make this video. I need to figure out how to build a piston pump for my well.
@babaloo42 Well, I built one of these. Instead of the 1 inch to 3/4 inch to 1/2 couplings, I removed some of the 1/2 inch exterior wall and stuffed it into a 3/4 inch PVC pipe that had some exterior wall removed and shoved into the 1 inch Ram Piston at the top.
It only took about 1/2 hour making the Ram piston. The whole job (installling the 1 1/4 well casing and the pump) took under 2 hours!
I tested it after 30 minutes of glue drying time and I got water!
Yesterday I said "Please come to my house in FL & install one for me. Great video & how to. It looks doable." Today I looked at my wellhead & the plumber installed the pipe to the house on top of the metal cap. There is a plug less than 2" - so what can I do? Disappointed in what looked to be a great solution. I am too old to do much heavy work. I basically need a siphon I guess. BooooHoooo!
Thank you very much for the inspiration. I built a very similar pump and pumping from 175', using Tee handle which to me means this technology is not limited by depth at all but only by the strength & stamina of the person operating the pump. It gets tiring after a few minutes using a Tee handle but I installed a lever and pumping can be sustained for much longer. Only two differences to this is I sealed the pumping pipe at about 90' down and my piston has a much snugglier fit with the cylinder
I bought the materials to make one of these. I will let you know how it comes out. I have seen other videos and plans and this seems like the best for water that is not very far down. It seems like you would need a lever pump handle for deeper water.
so do you have water spraying inside the well from the frost hole. Maybe something to angle it strait down so its not running down the inside of the well casing so much.
awww. i was at work and he was doing his little project. isnt he pretty? i am so proud of him. i hope everyone who is interested in this kind of set up has luck with putting one together and assisting your hard job of getting water , and make is an easy task. big smiley to my man :)
LOL Just made my hubby watch. He had to correct me on my comment below...he said it's a Bison Pump not a Buffalo pump...LMAO Buffalo or Bison same animal should be the same pump !
Excellent...nice job !!! I've been watching vids on this manual pump set up.... it looks like a really easy project to do.. We went to the Buffalo pump store and have considered buying their set up...but very expensive. This would be a great alternative. How far down the well into the standing water do you have to go with the pipe? Is the water brown because you went deep stirring up sediment with the pumping action?
@NewDaysOldWays1 Our water level is 11 feet down at the moment and I went down about 30 feet just as a guess. With a manual pump I don't expect that I will take more than ten gallons at a time and this should leave me with plenty of water remaining above the piston. I may have to add pipe if their is a drought situation. Our water is rusty anyway but I may have shaken some rust loose from the well casing during the installation. This well is over 300 feet deep no sediment. Thanks for watching.
This is the first video or explanation ever of a well but I like it. I think you did great and hopefully it was a start for me to build one of my own in the future. It seemed cheap too. THANKS <3
jfengstrom 1 month ago
Great!! I loved the way it was explained it was Brilliant Thank You so Much..
Hope i Could get in touch when i will be building one.
Thank You!! Once Again!! :)
Keshavamol 2 months ago
@Keshavamol Thanks for watching. Be sure to check out the video I linked in the bottom of the description. It should be helpful.
babaloo42 2 months ago
do you think this would work at 100 feet or will it be to heavy
don350x 3 months ago
@don350x i dont know what the weight would be but it will go 100 ft. it will go 300 ft. we attached a vid in discription of another you tuber who made some adjustments for his well and it worked great :O )
babaloo42 3 months ago
@don350x Yes it works at 100 ft. but to keep the weight down the lift pipe must be sealed so that it's filled with air. Check out the video linked at the bottom of the description.
babaloo42 3 months ago
I built one kind of like yours about 16 years ago, & it would push water out of the tee on the down & up stroke, because the 1/2 inch pvc sucker rod would displace the water in the 1 1/2 in pipe. It worked just fine but then I bought a nice brass cylinder pump. My well was only 66 feet deep, water level was at 15 feet.
VerifyVeracity 3 months ago
I have installed this set up in a 400' deep well and only went down 100'. My water level is at 65 feet inside the well. It is sooo hard to pull the piston up and down. I think I need to seal my pumping pipe as greekjohn mentioned. I hope that most of the water isnt going to go between the piston wall and the cylinder wall because of the weight. I will update when I have completed sealing the pipe....
sameggers1 5 months ago
I pumped water this AM and pumped it hard, it was black, from the rust & crud form the well sitting for 40 years. I think the foot valve might be stuck open because I'm not getting anywhere near the flow that I got yesterday, and when I poured water down the 1 1/4 it drained.
Well is 30 ft deep
I also omitted the "T" and handle, it's pretty easy to pull and push.
If the top of the 1/2 pipe isn't capped, you will get water gushing out of it, so I might drill some more holes in it.
mespe79 6 months ago
@mespe79 Good job. it worked and you got water. that was our goal. to see if we could get water from our well. once there is no electricity we needed something to get water out of an artisan well. that has a 6 inch cover. we have no other water supply. we are still experimenting so whatever your doing, we are trying brand new ourselves. the best part is you was able to do that will a nice cheap alternative. well pumps are expensive. thanks for sharing your experience with us :O )
babaloo42 6 months ago
@babaloo42 Been pumping 3 days straight, the water is full of a grey silt sediment. The 1st time I only got 2 buckets before the pump vibrated and the water level was low. Next time, 4 buckets, I guess 40 years of sediment buildup is gonna take a while to clean up. seems this morning I gave up before the pump quit pumping water out of the well.
mespe79 6 months ago
@mespe79 Sounds yummy but looks like your getting somewhere.
babaloo42 6 months ago
Looks really good, how has it performed? any problems? any changes that you would recommend? Thanks for taking the time to make this video. I need to figure out how to build a piston pump for my well.
mespe79 6 months ago
@mespe79 It's working good but now I need to make a filter for when the water gets rusty every time there's a storm.
babaloo42 6 months ago
@babaloo42 Well, I built one of these. Instead of the 1 inch to 3/4 inch to 1/2 couplings, I removed some of the 1/2 inch exterior wall and stuffed it into a 3/4 inch PVC pipe that had some exterior wall removed and shoved into the 1 inch Ram Piston at the top.
It only took about 1/2 hour making the Ram piston. The whole job (installling the 1 1/4 well casing and the pump) took under 2 hours!
I tested it after 30 minutes of glue drying time and I got water!
mespe79 6 months ago
Yesterday I said "Please come to my house in FL & install one for me. Great video & how to. It looks doable." Today I looked at my wellhead & the plumber installed the pipe to the house on top of the metal cap. There is a plug less than 2" - so what can I do? Disappointed in what looked to be a great solution. I am too old to do much heavy work. I basically need a siphon I guess. BooooHoooo!
gatorDennis 6 months ago
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gatorDennis 6 months ago
Thank you very much for the inspiration. I built a very similar pump and pumping from 175', using Tee handle which to me means this technology is not limited by depth at all but only by the strength & stamina of the person operating the pump. It gets tiring after a few minutes using a Tee handle but I installed a lever and pumping can be sustained for much longer. Only two differences to this is I sealed the pumping pipe at about 90' down and my piston has a much snugglier fit with the cylinder
greekjohn1968 7 months ago
I bought the materials to make one of these. I will let you know how it comes out. I have seen other videos and plans and this seems like the best for water that is not very far down. It seems like you would need a lever pump handle for deeper water.
Thank you for taking the time to share this.
MeAndMother2 8 months ago
so do you have water spraying inside the well from the frost hole. Maybe something to angle it strait down so its not running down the inside of the well casing so much.
lmen255 11 months ago
awww. i was at work and he was doing his little project. isnt he pretty? i am so proud of him. i hope everyone who is interested in this kind of set up has luck with putting one together and assisting your hard job of getting water , and make is an easy task. big smiley to my man :)
babaloo42 11 months ago
Did not know about that no cleaner needed PVC cement. I'm used to using the purple cleaner.
amy2x 11 months ago
LOL Just made my hubby watch. He had to correct me on my comment below...he said it's a Bison Pump not a Buffalo pump...LMAO Buffalo or Bison same animal should be the same pump !
NewDaysOldWays1 11 months ago
Excellent...nice job !!! I've been watching vids on this manual pump set up.... it looks like a really easy project to do.. We went to the Buffalo pump store and have considered buying their set up...but very expensive. This would be a great alternative. How far down the well into the standing water do you have to go with the pipe? Is the water brown because you went deep stirring up sediment with the pumping action?
NewDaysOldWays1 11 months ago
@NewDaysOldWays1 Our water level is 11 feet down at the moment and I went down about 30 feet just as a guess. With a manual pump I don't expect that I will take more than ten gallons at a time and this should leave me with plenty of water remaining above the piston. I may have to add pipe if their is a drought situation. Our water is rusty anyway but I may have shaken some rust loose from the well casing during the installation. This well is over 300 feet deep no sediment. Thanks for watching.
babaloo42 11 months ago
Very impressive!...
I really enjoyed this video. Thanks!
ArizonaPublic 11 months ago