Let me know if this is something you’ve done and your experiences.

Dude your soils like butter, holy cow I would have found like six baseball-sized rocks and not first little bit you dug

It was very entertaining and informative when you explained things at the end! I appreciate the fact that you were willing to share your true experience and I am glad that you didn’t give up and succeeded in getting it done for you and your family! I wish I could do it but I’m in Virginia and my soil is clay and it needs to be over 150’ to get to the water table. I have a 110’ well that gives me 150 gallons and then takes 3 hours to recover so it makes growing my garden a real challenge. I’m considering getting some ICB totes and putting a pump in them. I could collect rain water and use my well to fill them over time if needed but I’m on a fixed income and don’t have a lot of expendable income. I have more pressing needs and every time I save up for something another thing seems to come up and gobble up my savings. But I am very thankful for what I do have and I am very blessed in many ways! I pray that you and your family will be blessed in every way! ❤

You've shown me that I shouldn't try to do this myself after all lol.

Oh man, this was such a heartwarming video. I love your entire family participation! Thank you for sharing.

steve in my experience i look about 20 videos before a dig my own well and you almost got it!

Thank you for sharing. The galvanized “bit” that you made really helped your process, even if not cutting through shell rock I would think the steel vs PVC would cut so much better.

Interesting video, I don't think the process would be quite the same here in our rocky Pennsylvania ground, but it started the wheels turning in my mind. Pretty good story/plot delivery, thanks for taking the time to put the video together!

Great video Steve. Working on a shallow well using the pressure washer approach. We're about 30' down and progress is now slow....Very encouraging to see others run into problems, work through the process and figure it out in the end. Appreciate you showing failures as well as successes. Keep it up man.

You had the right idea for the drilling bit, but you needed carbide drill points or anything that was hardened steel to drill through the shale rock easier. But at least you got it done. Now you know what to do for the next one. Good job.

Proud of you. saved thousands of dollars. Unprofessional video but real and original. I like it. You are a hard working man. You needed to buy a batter pump though.

Great job!! I have drilled 3 wells with a Deep Rock one man drill and got plenty of water, but had a problem because I had gravel and the gravel wouldn't flow out of the hole very well, but I finally had success and got plenty of water each time!!!

Was going to click away early in the video. Glad I stayed till the end ! Good job you have true grit.

I drill a set of four near Ocoee, Florida about twenty years ago doing the double water hose method. Kicked my ass. We had very fine sand and clay, so output was low (hence the four wells), but the water was excellent. I only used it for irrigation but it tested fine for drinking.

Makes me even more grateful that I live in West Michigan. I got a jackhammer and beat a well point down 25 feet to good water in an hour. The water is clear and delicious. I don't know why people want to live anywhere else. If you do, try a jackhammer and 3x10-foot sections of galvanized pipe and a jackhammer.

This is so inspiring. Thanks

I make that same configuration when drilling horizontal under slabs for irrigation. Best to make the teeth 45 degree or so..like a saw blade. Much better bite into soil.

I live down in Hendry county and I want to drill a well on my property. your video was very informative Thank you and your Family.

Nice work. You stuck it out - Congratulations!

Good Man, Your efforts, paid off, staying on point.

Damn woman asking reasonably curious questions while I am working on something, secretly winging the whole mess. All calculating and intentional.

Been there, done that several years ago. I found it works better if you drill the coupling bit and put a bolt through it so it can't unscrew from the pvc. If you make a paddle board that you can grip on each side and then use steel hose clamps you can tighten it up on the pipe and turn the pipe in either direction and then as needed loosen the clamps and slide the paddle board up to where it works best. I drilled three wells and lost the second one and had to abandon it. I've decided if I ever want to drill another I'll dig a pit to fill with water and bentonite and use a mud pump to flush the mud out of the hole and save all that effort.

"this was not a task for the faint of heart"..... Is an understatement of the highest magnitude.

👍 this is Amazing . the Skid Steer Drilling attachment is an option ..

If you are going to hand drill do it in the valley center in a slight sloping ground, take two pieces of 2"×4" join them together with two bolts bore a round hole in the joint so when it is bolted around the pipe its tight enough to turn the pipe, use a belt as a shim if needed

Is it stuck..! That line hooked me perfectly..!

Good job 👍 I plan to do similar.

In central Illinois (shameful state), I used a hand crank auger with extensions to go down about 20 feet (8inch diameter). I did the project in late summer when the water table was the lowest. It was crazy easy and did not take very much time.

Nice work congratulations 👏

Excuse me SIR, you SHOULD be using a N⁰ 3 OR N⁰ 7 16 tap certified water pick axe combo unit with a galvanized steel plate for the first hole pipe. I'm just being a turd burglar, lol, I love how you did this and the fact that you did it YOURSELF, with YOUR OWN TOOLS AND HANDS. BRAVO, kick ass!

Nicely done!

Good job man. I'm looking to jet a well with a 2" or 3" mud pump along with bentonite clay.

You got it, bless you

Good job mate you got there in the end.

Very cool brother 💪

It look's like your in Fl. The "Shell Rock" is called Cashea (I probably slaughtered that lol), they have another way to do it and it's almost like an oil rig but way smaller and you drive 4" at a time. It's ssssoooooo much easier!.

Mad respect!!

Are you a great handyman? Thanks for that

Well done Steve!

I did 45 feet with just connecting metal pipes and a large auger type end to dig down all manually but around here it's supposed to be 100 feet that was way back in 2000 I might just invest in it because they want $800 dollars to renew contract that's why I am here looking to get ideas I had more energy back then

This guy knows what tools to use

You definitely have me thinking. We just had to have our well pump replaced $2,500 later. My current well is 220 feet deep with the well pump set at 120 feet. He said I could pump 100GPM which seems like a bunch... The well should always have plenty of water in it if it's that deep I have thought about the steel pointed drill, the one you drive into the ground. But I'm afraid the water might be too deep to reach after hearing how deep our well is. Our soil is very sandy even though we are well inland. Here SE Texas where we are there is sandy clay under the sand. I have not been down much more than a post hole digger, but the dirt all looks the same everywhere I have put a fence post. I think I have a shallow spring just outside of the back yard fence. Our pasture stays wet forever after a rain. Even though it has not rained here for two full months and we have been living with the 100 degree days my grass is still green in the low area that leads to the creek. Most of my grass in that area is still green. I'm just looking for water for my gardens (2) and fruit trees.

You get an A on perseverance!

Would love to see you talk about your finnshed setup. Tank, pump looks like you put a softner/ filter on.

Need a well at cottage. Might try this.

Good Job. More need to know how to do this. 😀

Yeah😂 ,it was entertaining. In my opinion, knowledge is the first step to DIY own well drilling. Learning from the best (on KZfaq, even if it's in foren language) will help you to be successful, with lot less of work

How are you removing the particles you loosen by drilling? Normally a drilling fluid (thickened water) is used to lift up the particles. How deep did your working well go down?

Doing one now in Punta Gorda. Shell rock at 20'. Making a separate drill stem from galvanized 3/4 and fitting at the end with teeth. Connecting to post hole digger, to punch a hole through the hardpack. Should be fun.

Good job!

Did you plug the 4inch strainer to keep dirt out

Is it stuck, what a dump question. That’s basically how I did mine except I didn’t think to use a pressure washer. Mud pump would work better with the large pipe then maybe the pressure washer. I made it 27’ before all the water just disappeared. At 8’ I hit coral. I made a bit using steel electrical conduit as the shaft. I hooked it to my big electric impact. It was about 2’ thick. In the end it took me about 2 weeks also. That was 2013 and it runs perfectly. 1 hp Gould 27 gpm pump. Since you have a skid steer you could of used it to drive down s steel point.

various things... mount the drill on a frame, with enough height to pull each rod... or pair of rods. stops it spinning on you too... get down a few metres and its a nightmare... watch an oil rig setup... on that note, you want the clamps to hold the string when you add/remove rods. doesnt actually have to be much fancier than a decent bit of plate with a hole in it. pivot on the top edge and the hole will grab the rod... either grab some masonry drills, or stump grinder teeth, and weld them on the pilot...

It's BRAVE to show the fails & successes. Good on ya

Nice video, thank you

Oh man, if I got paid to replace every well a homeowner thought they could do on their own, I could make a lot of money. Oh wait, that's what I do!

Well done, I was watching your video couple times, as well as others. we're currently driving our own well. We also use same metal bit on a 2'' pipe for drilling, but 2 water hoses from normal water supply. we met small gravels, difficult to get them out. Question - did you smash the gravels and water rushed them out by using jet water? whats your mud pump's driving power or that of power washer pump? Thanks

When you cut off the first piece of pipe leave enough of the pipe past the bell so that if you have to you can use the pipe in the future.

You did good , water will clear up in a few days , good luck with it.

It would be nice to know what state you're drilling in

Boa noite toligadinho no canal

I love how one of the key aspects to almost every DIY well vid is a water source, and not one content creator seems to see the irony.

easy there with the video aditting and cutting off whole sections the the drilling proces

Your video was VERY AMUSING 👍😂😁😄😆 I was laughing endlessly. Are you serious. All of the great videos made of drilling an off grid home well. OMG, OMG, OMG, OMG You should have watched a few. Your poor choices and methods were endless, even to a rooky. I applaud your efforts, and willingness to share. Hitting water or not, it was A GREAT VIDEO 😂😆😄😁👍

What quality of water did it end up being?

Lolol…. After she sees him trying to pull it out and finally shut off the motor….”is it stuck”? Lol

I myself will be drilling a well sometime soon

you'll always be a better man for busting that ass to support yourself..great job

Is there any reverse on those things?

Good job

LOL,,, this is awesome comedy ... kids, this is why you should not use drugs!!

If you are using galvanized fittings of any type you may want to check the lead content

Bud, you really need a face shield with that grinder .

Very nice job!

Parabéns amigo

Good job. What is the name of that machine with two wheels?

Yah bless you brother.

So was it worth it? Versus hiring pro? Or using city water on the lese than 1 acre crops? What is the dollar per lbs goal again?

I live in texas and we just use old oil drilling Steel pipe

👍👍👌👌God bless you and your wonderful family 🤗

How much water do you think is the need during the process. Where are you getting thevwater to use in thevpipe

Best part of this, the government doesn't know about it.

Estoy cavando un pozo a martillazos manual he llegado a una profundidad de 12 metros a una capa de lodo al perforar el hacha se pega en el lodo por lo que es dificil sacarla hasta que tenga la ayuda de otra persona para jala el grano ¿Nos puedes ayudar con una solución y el tipo de hacha que se usa en el lodo?

Wish we could have seen you do the second well?

Wouldn't you recommend having the water tested for chemicals, bacteria, and spores?

Excellent video,

Русские пословицы. Терпенье и труд , все перетрут. Если долго мучится, что ни будь получится 😂

I would’ve answered the clay question to my wife the same way. “Nope, sure don’t.”

Where do you get bentonite clay from?

Question: How do you know where and how deep water is underground?

Imagine the work involved in ancient times digging wells hundreds of feet -sometimes in rock!

Is there some better equipment you could of used to drill the well ?

Fine video but try it anywhere but in sand like most of us have...the Poconos of P really knows how to grow rocks.

A high volume pump is what is needed to lift the soil & mud out of the well. If you hit rocks or Shale with this setup you are do e for sure. Rotary drills and carbide bits for most rocks is required at minimum.

Try that here in Aridzona Caliche soil.

I think your problem was choosing a pressure washer, instead of a large volume gasoline powered water pump. The loosened sand/dirt needs to be removed from the hole by the water coming up. A pressure washer doesn’t pump enough water to do that.

You do know that we saw that the auger was stuck even though you refused to acknowledge it or say anything right!?! 😂

You should've watched other videos before making this video, I do appreciate your efforts but it really should've been titled Water Well Does and Don's or something like that, achieved the goal and that's a plus. God Bless.

cluster F...but...I have to give points for trying...next time...more research.

why not a sand point well ?