Wood Pumpjack

A wood pumpjack near Oil Springs, Ontario Canada pumping oil from 380' in the ground. Make sure you turn up your sound to hear the squeeking of the jerkerlines and pumpjack.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• pumpjack
• pump
• jack
• jerker
• line
• rodline
• historical
• oil
• well
• springs
• wood

[sw8741]

amazing......so basic! how old is the well?

[cabletoolcowboy]

the well was drilled in the 1860's, but the pumpjack is only about 30 years old

[pumpe69]

it is so cool. it is a lively museum. can you make more videos?

[cabletoolcowboy]

There is a museum close by, but this is an actual well we still produce. There are still almost 400 wells like this in the area pumped by this system. I will get more videos up when I'm somewhere with highspeed internet again.

[decoysk]

I WOULD QUESS IT BRINGS UP ABOUT A QUART OF OIL AN HOUR ?

[OldTimerGuy58]

Do you get tired hiding in the bushes pulling on that rope like that? Or are you just doing that for the video?

[MrTrailltrader]

@cabletoolcowboy

I wonder how many times she's had her beam replaced? Figure 1860,,,to now,,,once every 40 years? This should be the 4th beam or so!

[imautuber444]

This is incredible, I'm amazed it works.

[LPV1974]

Nice to see this named properly as a Pump jack !

[reynardfoxx]

nice little well. i like the noise too

[Nigwump]

how quaint

[peepeevagi]

So, say somebody should strike oil in their back yard by, i dont know, an accident involving a rail spike. Would this be the best and cheapest way to pump the oil?