I've watched a plethora of hand pump well construction and hands down this is the best one I've watched. Thank you!

We just did a sand point well at our cabin. It was an all day project using a fence post driver! We just got our water test back yesterday and it's 100% safe potable water! Total game changer for us!

That kind of well pump brings back memories. When i was less than 10, that is the only thing we used. Before we got electric pump in the late 80's early 90's.

That was really amazing. We have become so out of touch with our heritage and old ways that it's great to see people getting back to basics and showing us that we don't need to be so reliant on industry to enjoy life. Well done, thanks for sharing.

These are actually useful videos for anyone who likes it and everyone who wants to live it 👍

Another great project successfully completed. All hands were on deck, Brooke brought her guns and that division of labor was great to watch! Seeing the components go together was a blast. And seeing the water coming out of the pump was great. Thanks to Scott for his expertise and to you Dave and Brooke for sharing another great project off the grid!

I used a much lighter driver made out of a piece of pipe of larger diameter with the top welded across, and some extra weight welded onto the whole thing. It only weighed ten pounds, but it slides up and crashes down on the inner pipe just fine. I've used it to drive a whole bunch of metal pipes and fenceposts deep into the ground. One pipe used for fencing actually struck water - only three feet down! The property has a dug well, 25 feet deep, and a bit over 3 ft in diameter, lined with brick most of the way down. Whoever built that was a real pro; it's been in use close to 70 years. Its big electric pump has been left running for about 12 hours and never run out of water or lost its prime. Most of the neighbors have Jet wells, much deeper and only 3 or 4 inches in diameter. They all complain about running out of water after only an hour of watering their gardens. Thanks for the video. I learned a lot, though hopefully I wont ever need to use it.

Best husband and wife duo hands down! Happy belated Father's Day Dave!

Awesome job, guys!!! I believe a hand pump to be the most essential necessity in these days. Thank you for sharing!!! Yah Bless!!!

This video is great and I am not trying to be negative, but you left out one very important step. You need to seal the well off from everything on the surface of the ground. There is a space between the wall of your hole and the well case [well Pipe] that will allow contaminated water from near the surface of the ground to run right down and into your drinking water. Also, a dog could pee on the pipe under your hand pump and his pee will run right down that Case / Pipe and into rour drinking water. It is easy to fix this. Pour some clean sand down and around your pipe. Pour enough to fill up and over the filter at the bottom of your well. Next fill the remaining space the rest of the way up with the clay dirt that you dug out in the beginning. I always like to finish off my wells with a small cement slab, about 3' x 3' that I use to build a small table that the hand pump will sit on to steady the whole thing up. By doing this, you will ensure that your water is always pure as the water from the sand layer that you have tapped.

It’s nice to have a strong mountain woman to help.

You just saved 10 to 15 grand. Gotta love that !

Good job Dave and Brooke. Damn! Brooke got some guns there, she is no slouch when it comes to getting the job done. Gotta good woman there Dave.

So happy I found you and Brooke!

Great video ,,,,, living the good life 😊

Reminds me when we drove the well for my uncle's camp in the the Upper Peninsula. We drove the well then built the cabin around it.

Love your channel brother, I have watched all your stuff! Having successfully completed this task myself in Manitowish Waters, WI I will share some of my lessons learned. 1.) I had water at 5 feet but I still used 4x 5' sections plus the point. The water flows great and is very clean. 2.) We rented an electric jackhammer with a 3" cup attachment. It was only $80 for the day and made this job so easy. 3.) Used 18" cheater bars on the 18" pipe wrenches to get the couplers extremely tight. 4.) stay away from the last thread on the pipe with the dope otherwise you will taste it I'm told. Also, clean out the inside of the point and pipes with dish soap before you drive them. I used a 1.25" pipe brush on a section of 1" pvc pipe as my scrubber. 5.) I used 12" section of pipe to drive on; it had a nice mushroom top by the time we were done. I had a drive cap on it at first but that quickly broke the threads on my 12" section. I didn't have enough couplers to sacrifice one. 6.) We cut a hole in the cabin floor and ran the pipe right down below the utility room. It will be boxed out in the crawl space and heated to prevent freezing.

Did this at my uncles home, when he moved into his trailer. We went down 250 ft, Used an old capped casing as the driver.

Thank you for the info & motivation. Getting ready to install a well by hand in fla. DAN WHIPPLE

We lived in the highland and the old way was digging a well the diameter is 1 meter. Our well was 25 meters deep. It gave me nightmare just look down into it, so deep. But the water was so fresh and cold. My father made a metal screen with an opening big enough for the bucket, that helped preventing us from fall into it. During the dry season we have to wind the 4 gallon bucket to retrieve the water and it was hard work. It took two persons to do it because we were young and because the long distance from the bottom. It took an hour to get a 55 gallon drum to be filled. And after 10 buckets it felt like eternity and you are out of breath half way. Few years later my friend and his brother digging their own well and i had a chance to go down to the bottom. It was about 12 meters and they had a long way to reach water. It was a very scary feeling when you down there by yourself, the earth smell, the darkness, the cold black earth wrapping your whole being.

"Are you hitting it yet or you are just warming up" priceless... 9:39

You are a lucky being in Michigan to drive a well. I know because I was born and raised there and had to have a well drilled (drilled means pounded down in MI) at my home in South East MI. We hit ground water at 20 foot which back then you had to be a minimum of 25 feet for drinking water so I had it drilled at 45 foot deep to be safe and the pipe went down like butter. Where I live now you have to go through rock and if you're lucky shale and a 1000 ft is about right to start and you are paying for every foot whether you hit water or not and sometimes it will take 2-3 tries or more and a 3000 foot well is not that uncommon. It was great to watch you all and BTW you must be HARDY individuals to stay up there for any amount of time in the winter! I love the U.P but I was never "Yooper" enough to stay very long in the winter! God Bless you and good luck to you all. :)

This video has more information on how to drive a sandpoint well than most videos specific to well driving. Your friend Scott knows his stuff. Great video!

Outstanding! Even though I got a blister watching...

I have to say you and brook are such a inspiration I love you guys in this world of stupidness. Wish everyone would be more like you guys. Just simple

That was a total education on a hand-pump well.

everyone needs a scott

This brought back memories. I helped my father pound a well just like this almost 50 years ago. The only difference was the "pounder from hell" was over the pipe instead of inside it. We went down 66 feet and every inch was hell. Thanks!

I've noticed how Brook always pitches in and works just like you do. She doesn't let it stop her and she seems to enjoy working with you. You got a good one there Dave!!

★Everyone needs a mentor in the special/professional field and should appreciate their wisdom. Mere knowledge/information does not always help us survive in the wild life, until it becomes the wisdom. ★Thank you for providing the great video.

I love your wife , she is so inspiring for women! I watch her and learn so many things ! Could you guys do a q&a for learning ? Thanks so much for what you do. God bless you all your land is absolutely amazing

Dave, I can not explain how much I love you for what you are doing. I know it should be your wife I'm oogling, but I don't need trouble from the likes of you...I hope you see humor in this. I am so glad to know of you.

I just put in a well here in SC 4 months ago by myself. I wish I had a big driver like yours. I used a fence driver and it took 25 licks per inch for most of the depth. It took several days. I went down 20ft plus the point.The result was worth it. I just got the test report back and it is very good pure water. Thanks for the video.

My grandfather and great grandfather used this exact method according to my father 66 years ago on the family farm near Thomastown Ireland 🇮🇪 and to this day pulls water with all original equipment. Well done!

AWESOME!!!!!!! We have Water!!!!!!!

How exciting that you have water on your property! Love Brooke's smile at the end!

How cool is that! I bet some backs could use a good night's rest 😉

What I love most is you and your wife are Christian and not ashamed to say so. I lived in Alaska in 1990 was a commercial fisherman now I live in Kentucky a homevme and my brothers built

Love the videos Dave and Brooke!

Brook is a beast!! My hero!! I love seeing y’all work together, thanks for sharing!

Good job. I would recommend anyone doing this use some pulleys or snatch block to lessen the labor

Brook is a beast! You go girl!

A trick my Dad used to do to clean out the silt down in the hole, is hook up a portable Air Compressor tank to the top (he used to make a fitting) and shoot compressed air down the pipe. This will "stir" the sand and make it come out when you bail it with the hand pump. You can also use a "rotary" "drill" water pump to help bail the water and silt. You'll need an Air Compressor to keep filling the tank or just run the compressor down into the pipe. Blasting it with compressed air not only stirs it up, but it also make a void which will make the water clear forever.

For almost every job, you need a guy like Scott who knows exactly what he is doing.

I’ve never seen this done. Really interesting video. Thanks, guys.

That was Super Awesomeness....an Outhouse and a Well? Sweeeeeeet Baby Jane hahaha

😀😀😀😀 this digging technique is so old,. I am from India and here we use advanced and easy techniques to build a hand pump

Just amazing 🤓. Never knew with a few pipes and some sweat equity, this was possible. Always seen folk doing this with a boring truck 👍🏼

When I was growing up in the late 50's early 60's, until we moved when I was six or so, we had a very similar hand pump next to our kitchen sink. It was our only source of water on the property. Outhouse of course, and bathing was done with water heated on the stove and poured into a galvanized tub. If you are in the right geography, a sandpoint is a great way to get a constant water supply, however keep it away from outhouses and sewer leach lines for safety. We always used a step ladder and sledge hammer to drive the pipe. I like the driver that your friend Scott had made. A very purpose built tool and worked well. Never dug a hole ahead of time to start a sandpoint though I understand why you needed to. You both have fun up there, its looking very good... Joe

That gal is a helpmate...

Good to have a woman like Brooke!

1966 prime pump boil water for bathing life with 10 siblings miss the hand pump as i do my siblings

HERES A GREAT TIP PEOPLE. I used a harbor freight post hole digger and kept adding sections of 1 inch pipe. Got down 20 feet deep with a 6 inch hole in about an hour. You can do it.

Hey Dave, you're wife is a great pipe driver., you are a very lucky man.

Brooke is one tough cookie. Most women would worry about breaking a nail.

You're an inspiration Bud keep living your best life. Thanks for the hard work put into the videos

I’ve driven many a well with my dad when I was younger, then when we first moved to Mecosta County, I was at work, and my wife and dad hand pounded a well. I was so proud of them both. Came home to fresh spring water. Our camping all summer was something we will never forget. Thanks for the memories Dave and Brooke.

Good thing you had the old man knowing what he’s doing so you could get it perfect

I want to do that on my land in Crivitz this summer. Thanks for the video neighbor!

I'm so happy you scored water so quickly !!! the look on Brooke's face ....PRICELESS 💪👏❤

Great video. I didn't know that you could do it this way. Where I live I bet that I would hit a big river rock every 6" . Thankfully we where able to have a well drilled years ago.

Great video, that's the best one yet that I have watched.

Excellent!!!! Doin' the happy water dance! 😉🇨🇦

That was really cool. Glad it went smoothly.

I just imagine walking in a store and asking where the dope is for the pipe...lol

Brooke...arms look 💪

I just love your videos and this wall was very exciting for city boy to watch keep up the great work

I also live in Michigan. And my father did some wells like that when I was small. He was originally from Missouri. And my relatives in Missouri hand dug wells into the 1960's. At least that was the last time we were down there.

Just want to say - your instructions and tips on this are super clear, easy to understand and follow. Same with your recent camp build. Well done, dude. I will def be checking out all your vids.

OMGosh, watching her lay that pipe was incredible...... that's a full time job.

Just watched Brooke hit 100k on her YT channel -- so....... I’m spreading the love and subscribing to your channel as well.

That brings back memories from when I was a kid. In the 70s I think every well in the neighborhood was put in that way. I got to participate in several and there was always one of the senior residents bringing over the tools and giving the planning advice. Always a good idea to have a water test done just to make sure you didn't hit a pocket of something not so good for you. Nice video and thanks for sharing the experience.

I'm a fan. Very educational .I'm Also a big fan of brooke.you two are very educational pair and really pleasant to watch.

That’s the kind of woman I need, not scared of work

Thanks for the video! Hopefully we will be doing this near our cattle pasture sometime soon. Finally started watching season 4 of Alone...I think y'all are on day 38. Very impressed with how well you two have done so far in the show. Y'all are definitely blessed, focused and have your priorities where they belong. God speed.

Now you have water, so you just need to find a current bush for power.

We just ordered the supplies to drive two wells on our property. These may come in handy in power grid failure. Thanks for the great information!

Hello from Maine. My husband an I have been living off grid for the past 5 yrs and I was watching 9252Life about his experience trying to put in a well. My husband has tried multiple times and keeps hitting clay and a shelf so we are still using our rain water system and of course snow in the winter or a local well w/ a hand pump when we are in real need. I really enjoyed 9252Life and he recommended I check your channel out as well. So here I am lol.... Looking forward to watching your videos 😉

When I was a real little kid, we had a hand pump just outside the door of our four-room tarpaper shack ... quite convenient.

This made me so happy during the pandemic!

Cool project , Brooke got some guns on her💪☺

That was a lot of fun to watch. Thanks for sharing.

Wow just sand and hit no roots ?! Try that where I live you’ll hit rock easily about a foot down! Town I live in is all river bed!!

No rocks, no roots, I think I want to move.

Years ago a friend of mine drove a well with some sort of tripod setup and a Wheelhorse lawn tractor. He took off one rear tire (leaving the rim). Then he jacked up the other rear wheel off the ground. With a swivel pulley at the top of the tripod, a rope would get a turn around the spinning (slowly) tractor rim. All he had to do was give a little tension to the rope and the driver would ascend. Release the rope and the driver would obviously descend. He was a printer by trade and had access to lead (which was used to cast type back in that era). It's possible that his driver may have been heavier than yours, but the principle is the same- without the heavy lifting! I seem to recall he drove it down to about 100' .

Thanks Dave for the tip on washing out the well pipe. I just finished our second well on our northern Luce county off grid camp so we have water close to the Suana. I had a driver made to attach to a Jack hammer once had the bugs worked out probably took an hour start to finish!

That was so cool to watch. A lot of insight on how to do your own well.

Every time he says "pipe dope", I'm like....hmmmm :D

Very nice I see this vedio 3 times

OMG. I want to do it , just so I can have a smile like Brook's! PRICELESS I'm serious, I've been heading in the direction of off grid living for a bit now and I'm getting a little closer! I hesitate because i'm in my late 50's and live alone! I know once I get set up, I'll be okay, who knows maybe I'll find a like minded man, a real man who is up for the beauty and freedom of off grid living! I did it once before and I'm going to do it again!

'Round here our pipe dope is a little more green. ;)

That seemed to go quite easily. Seems to be a soil that is well suited for sandpoint use. Awesome

That was fantastic. Seemed like got got water fast. Way to go. ,💖👍

Great video! Thanks for sharing! Lots of work but water is life.

Never knew that was how it was done. Interesting.

"Last week we put in an outhouse, this week we are putting in a well." 🤔 I like to keep those two things a lot further apart! 😁

My Dad used a portable Air Compressor tank to blew 100lbs of compressed air down the pipe. This did two things: 1. Cleaned out the sand from the pipe and 2. made a void area around the pipe near the tip. If you have a generator, you can always us a real Air Compressor also. My Dad, being a machinist, built a custom fitting for connecting the pipe to the air compressor. That way he could "blast" it with as much air as he wanted.

I love the U.P. of Michagan live in northern WI go to the U.P. few times a year. Love this channel.

This video is amazing!! My hubby and I just bought our off grid property across the lake from the UP in MN! Lol we've been reading and learning about how to put in our own well at the property, and this video has been an amazing visual to what we've been reading! ❤ You and Brooke are an inspiration to us.

Great video, again. Dave, any ideals on driving a well in a rock ( I mean rock) area? Take care and God bless.