FREE Water, DIY hand well pump install two different ways. Off grid pitcher pump. Part 1

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FREE Water, DIY hand well pump install two different ways. Off grid pitcher pump. Part 1

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Жыл бұрын

I install a off grid hand well pump and show two different ways of installation for emergency water on our property.
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@jeremiahs45 Жыл бұрын

Very nice to have a backup water source on your property

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

Yes it is!

@DossFarm Жыл бұрын

That 6:58 mark 😂. Thank you Lord! We’ve all had a point in a project like that. Nice work man!

@evgenyonishkevich8494 Жыл бұрын

Really looking forward to the new video on their off grid filter. This one was a good one too 👍👍

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching

@joebufford2972 Жыл бұрын

Looks awesome! My last comment got cut off but yes getting your own water is a key on being so sufficient. And by the way, big old Ruger looks like he's just a lovable big old dog 🐕👍🇺🇸🙏 thank you, Andrew ❤️

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

He's a great dog! Yes the water is critical!

@larrykusler5294 Жыл бұрын

I think the water table in my part of Las Vegas is down around 800 feet or so. I know there are some wells that were put in deeper before finding potable water. While a hand pump isn't likely here I still found the video great to watch. Andrew always does a good job of providing great information to those that need it.

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

Yeah I don't think it would work for you 😉

@stevensaxon8888 Жыл бұрын

How much do the average well in las Vegas area cost per foot?

@stevensaxon8888 Жыл бұрын

Andrew could you water jet say a 8"-12" well diameter using pvc pipe then go back with the Sandpoint well system inside the pvc pipe for more traditional well?

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

All you would need is a 3-4 inch well casing accomplish that. It's possible.

@JosephOfBorg Жыл бұрын

Keep in mind it's very difficult to dig in the Las Vegas Valley because it used to be an ocean floor the rock is super hard almost a stranger bus to concrete I believe they call it caliche

@ryanzynda5114 Жыл бұрын

Awesome educational video. Thanks for sharing. 🤠

@PineyGroveHomestead Жыл бұрын

good video Andrew. Don't think we have water on our property that close to top, but I'll keep this in mind for the future.

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

Never know when you might need it.

@PineyGroveHomestead Жыл бұрын

@@TKCL We got that 2 cycle post driver....easy breezy!

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

It's on my shopping list

@patricialjones2000 Жыл бұрын

That’s a great chocolate lab ❤. We are also in north Florida with an existing clay? pipe where a well was drilled in the past. It was not capped, just covered with dirt. Going to look for your green hand pump.

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

Link for the pump is in the video description. Thanks for watching

@hrlee2381 Жыл бұрын

Another exceptional video. Nice seeing the grapple on the tractor.

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching

@mikerichard-FOPA3 Жыл бұрын

Andrew, Another great video, I see you had your supervisor there Ruger did a good job as well.

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

He did do a good job!

@m9ovich785 Жыл бұрын

It's hard to concentrate on Andrews Video when Watching Ruger HAHAHAH

@dougdavis4439 Жыл бұрын

You can never have enough water sources. Really good information on how to reach shallow water Andrew. Wish I had that type of access here in north GA. Too much rock, granite, in the ground and hill country to try it but will be using the water drilling to get an established line under some driveways. Enjoyed it, thank you!

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

You sure do have some beautiful country up there.

@dougdavis4439 Жыл бұрын

@The Kelley's Country Thank you, sir. Yes, it's beautiful hill country. Rocky and beautiful!

@auburnaviator6167 Жыл бұрын

@@dougdavis4439 I grew up and my parents still live southwest of Asheville, NC near Brevard. When you say beautiful and rocky, you aren’t kidding!

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

Asheville is gorgeous! Very expensive, but beautiful.

@BADD1ONE 11 ай бұрын

Great video. This is one of the best well videos ive seen yet. You've answer many of my questions and ill be going with your pitcher pump recommendation. Thank you.

@TKCL 11 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@vanguardactual1 9 ай бұрын

You "could" use a set of posthole diggers to establish an entry point to start with and save the excessive height to work with.

@sharonurschel6753 Жыл бұрын

I remember as a kid our neighbor had a hand pump in the house that they used for cooking, drinking and heated it up to wash dishes. I remember how the water had a slight metallic taste to it. Heck we probably injested lead and didn’t know it when we’d get a drink at their house! Great video, never seen this done before!

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

There's no telling 😬

@astikennel Жыл бұрын

They may have had an artesian well which does tend to taste that way, but causes no harm

@humbleredneck8816 Жыл бұрын

It's funny, I just saw for the first time about 3 weeks ago a video of water jetting like that and thought it was brilliant! Now seeing u utilize it its like I'm the last person to know about it! So many applications for that method

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

Lol I remember as a kid sticking the garden hose in the dirt and watching it disappear.

@stuartkorte1642 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing both types. Planning for my shop build recently, ran into pipe clay from 2-10 feet. Hopefully I’ll find a good spot since the soil is generally very sandy.

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

Sandys is perfect, hope you find it.

@OurNewLand Жыл бұрын

Good info, man. I really appreciate you showing the issue you ran into at the first well spot. Gracias.

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching

@johnmiller2278 Жыл бұрын

That was so Awesome. I learned a lot from that. Thank You for sharing. 👍

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching

@rongray4847 Жыл бұрын

Hi Andrew, I love your reviews. Look forward to all your videos, interesting content. 👍👍❤️🇨🇦

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching

@lotus.... Жыл бұрын

Awesome we have been talking about doing this. We are like you guys..house, shop, & barns on the hill gradually sloping down to the ponds. I believe our 2 deep wells are around 100ft.

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

Mine is 160ft with the pump at 140ft

@ronniepankey3252 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for you hard work!! Very helpful

@TKCL 7 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@ArcherCanobra Жыл бұрын

You might have pressure on you drill site. That would make it an artisan well. That's a handsome pitcher pump.

@donnagarrett5196 Жыл бұрын

Love it....can't wait to see what you are going to do with this next time

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

Getting my supplies ready!

@edsecorr7812 Жыл бұрын

Great job thank you keep up the good work

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching

@nwflboy007powell8 Жыл бұрын

I used to put down well 300 foot wells with a tripod with a pulley, rope and a old driveshaft. Deep wells because I'm in the highest elevations in the state.

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

That had to be rough work

@brianbosse8805 11 ай бұрын

That was great man! I'm looking do one on my land on Cape Cod

@TKCL 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching!

@ocean1233 11 ай бұрын

EXCELLENT JOB 👏👏👏👏👏

@TKCL 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching

@InTexasMatt Жыл бұрын

They don't make post drivers like they used to. You can weld the top of a sledgehammer to the top of post driver to get some extra weight. Helps with driving posts, etc.

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

I've been eyeballing one of those gas powered ones 😬

@m9ovich785 Жыл бұрын

AHAHAAHA About 15 Years ago I added 15 Lbs to Mine, now it Weighs in at 32 Lbs I'm a large well Fit Guy and can wield it no Problem. I use it to Pound on My worlds Largest log splitter that Weighs in at 31 Lbs. HAHAHAHA..

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

I've got a few thousand fence post ahead of me, that's why I'm liking the sound of that gas powered one.

@m9ovich785 Жыл бұрын

@@TKCL Are 3 point post drivers rentable down there ??

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

Never seen one at the rental stores

@scubajasona Жыл бұрын

Works great in sandy soil......in Florida you can get thru a layer or two of limestone down to 40ft for irrigation, but I'd be cautious of using that water for drinking even filtered or boiled. Consider having water tested.

@robertbrooks5385 Жыл бұрын

Haha 😂 I’m fat, I’m outta shape… ur the best. Keep the vids coming Andrew

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching

@AllstarVentures Ай бұрын

New sub Will be trying this soon 👍🏻

@TKCL Ай бұрын

Thanks for the sub!

@MartinP1214 Жыл бұрын

A great teaching video, thanks!

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching

@dalepellerin Жыл бұрын

You’re so lucky to have so much water. In the desert Southwest it’s much harder to find and almost impossible to get a new well permit to drill and if you get caught with a non permitted well it’s a pretty serious charge due to very tight control and ownership of water rights across the aquifers . Great information and really enjoyed watching.

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

So glad we don't have that here.

@Bward216 Жыл бұрын

That's kinda bs. What happened to the property rights where you owned to the center of the earth and as high as the heavens.... I could understand water rights on a stream or something but

@dalepellerin Жыл бұрын

@@Bward216 actually I’m not sure those types of rights ever existed in the modern world. Water rights in Colorado are a huge topic as Corporate agricultural interests have tapped into public aquifers thru wells drilled on their land and depleted water supply so the intent of the current water restrictions and protections are good ones. Of course big corporations are now buying up all the land with water rights to give them larger percentage of ownership to aquifer capacity. Many buy land in Colorado dreaming of a homestead only to realize it’s very difficult to get a well permit. Best to always buy land with an existing well but just that presence can exponentially raise the cost of land. Water is the new oil and gold in the desert southwest.

@dalepellerin Жыл бұрын

@@johnnyllooddte3415 not in the desert Southwest 4 corners region unless you have specific water rights. Water access underground is accessible only via State water permits. This helps keep the big agricultural corporations from siphoning all the water from the public aquifers. You’re probably right though about ‘most states’ but the desert Southwest of Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah and California have very different water laws and for good reasons.

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

It's not required here, I'm thankful Iive in an area without all the extra BS. My home well was drilled by a professional company and no permit required. I even had the sanitation department out here doing water tie in and septic inspections while building our house. Not one mention of a well permit.

@LatitudeSky Жыл бұрын

The gray clay will be useful for a dam if you ever put in a Letsdig18-style pond. Would love to see what he would do with your property.

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

A nice big pond is on my list if I can ever find that money lol.

@m9ovich785 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Andrew. I was puzzled at the 1st one, Why so far out from the Tree line ? Then the 2nd one You moved it back. Now it is out of the Way. Mike M.

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

Part 2 will make more sense why the first location was the best location.

@CircleCitySlicker Жыл бұрын

Cool project!

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching

@angelapriddy6308 Жыл бұрын

Wow. I was wondering how you do this.. thank you

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching

@zipnasty2154 Жыл бұрын

You can always add a food grade strainer small to cover the outlet

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

I put trash bags over both pumps.

@kaula300 Жыл бұрын

I guess you're between a rock and a hard place lol, thank you very much I'm here all week lol, great video.

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

🤣

@mrz6462 11 ай бұрын

New Subscriber here, I enjoyed the video, nice job!

@TKCL 11 ай бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!

@markrabbia8281 Жыл бұрын

You can get an air operated post pounder if you want to put another section of pipe down for more static level

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

I'm eyeballing a gas powered one.

@JimmyPooper Жыл бұрын

Laying pipe is so much fun

@auburnaviator6167 Жыл бұрын

Awesome video! I’ve been wondering for a while if you were gonna try to install something like this since you started down the “being more self sufficient/homesteading” route. I remember watching my granddaddy dig their well when I was just a tike. I didn’t think anything of it at the time since I was so young but now looking back on the time he spent digging with a shovel/pickaxe (over the course of 2-3months) after coming home from being at work all day and then tending to the farm…. You just don’t find people with that work ethic much anymore.

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

It's definitely a different breed of people nowadays.

@patriciamuskevitsch8359 Жыл бұрын

Where I am in Louisiana our water table is so shallow digging a post hole fills with water. We have a permanent well at 23 feet that hasn't run dry. Also we have no rock.

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

My last home the well was a little over 20 ft, and the water always stayed around 15 ft.

@RobertKohut Жыл бұрын

All's well that ends well... 🙂

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

🤦🤣

@kennysmith8831 Жыл бұрын

Could have took post diggers and dug a 5ft hole to start to make it easier just saying

@rodneyjones5907 Жыл бұрын

Over here in the panhandle around Panama City we call it gumbo clay that’s from a man who dug in the ground all my adult life

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

I've heard that too.

@hansmuller9121 Жыл бұрын

Congratulations on building the pump quite quickly. Unfortunately, I had to give up the project because the water table is 150 feet and there is clay soil. A company once made me an offer for €5,000 plus the pump, which would cost another good €1,000 plus the high power consumption. That's why I prefer to use public water, which is cheaper. Greetings from Berlin

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching Hans

@joebufford2972 Жыл бұрын

I've been waiting for you too. Address this because sometimes

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

Sometimes?

@edwardenglish6919 3 ай бұрын

"Hold my beer!"

@pampilgrim2274 Жыл бұрын

Hi, Andrew! Very interesting. I am beginning to think there’s not much you can’t do. I do remember you hate hanging drywall. It’s a nasty job with all the mud and sanding. The lifting is awkward and heavy. I don’t blame you for disliking drywall work.

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

And painting 😒

@x91w Жыл бұрын

Are Ram pumps a thing in the USA?

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

I don't know of anyone with one, but I've seen several KZfaq channels promote them. I'm considering building one.

@robdavis4209 Жыл бұрын

Ram pumps work. Local amish well driller installs them.

@hammerslap5639 Жыл бұрын

now a windmill with linkage that can be engaged to pump it for you when you dont want to hand pump

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

Yes sir, it's on my mind.

@Glenn_and_ShannonsSalty_Life Жыл бұрын

The gray stuff…bentonite? I seem to remember you having some strip mining done on the edge of your place. If so, bentonite is used as waterstop, no wonder the well wouldn’t siphon

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

Bentonite is usually white colored here. The clay mining done on my property was for red clay, great for building roads and more.

@5150cash Жыл бұрын

Hopefully you'll build a little box underneath it and fill it with sand and gravel so we can filter back into the ground 🤔

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

I've got a lot more coming

@5150cash Жыл бұрын

@@TKCL ok copy that.... Can't wait to see it.

@historygradstu 4 ай бұрын

Wetland well...keep an eye on the water quality

@TKCL 4 ай бұрын

Will do

@zod5966 Ай бұрын

So you pulled out the 2" pipe completely and then dropped the steel wellpoint into the hole 14:29? The hole didnt collapse when you removed the 2" pipe before you could get the well point in?

@TKCL Ай бұрын

Correct, but even if it did collapse, that sand point is designed to be pounded in.

@anagongs6353 7 ай бұрын

Does anyone install this for pay in Florida? Disable nurse here would love to have one installed but I can’t do the work. Thanks for sharing!!!

@TKCL 7 ай бұрын

I would reach out to your local well drilling companies and see if they put these in.

@radmilamiljanic5977 Жыл бұрын

Interesting one. Now, what crossed my mind when I saw that fire pump are armadillos. If you can find their location (don't know what you call the place they live in) can you use it to destroy the "nest" with them? Just a thought:))) p.s. For putting fence posts I guess you'll need that gas post driver ( I saw one @Living Traditions Homestead), no comment on your fitness level, LOL

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

The gas post driver is on my shopping list. I've been considering the flush out method for armadillos myself.

@radmilamiljanic5977 Жыл бұрын

@@TKCL LOL, great minds think alike🤣🤣🤣

@richnessofexperience Ай бұрын

The pump shows a G1-5/8 inch fitting on the bottom. Will that accommodate a 1-1/4 inch pipe or do I need an adapter to connect the pipe to the pump? Thanks

@TKCL Ай бұрын

I screwed standard 1 1/4 water pipe right into it.

@alexwisienski903 Ай бұрын

What length pipe are you using and how many? Does the 36" drive point count in the 22' depth for well draw.

@TKCL Ай бұрын

4ft pipe sections, it's 18ft of suction from top of the sand point.

@kewpiefan72 Жыл бұрын

Crazy weather makes me wonder if you’ll ever have to worry about freezing and breaking your pipes/spigot?

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

Very simple process, unscrew the pump before winter and the water will go back below ground.

@kewpiefan72 Жыл бұрын

@@TKCL chuckle! Yup!

@ocean1233 11 ай бұрын

OMG... Two hours? I am NOT doing that myself. 😅

@jason27swg Жыл бұрын

Andrew, say you left the pvc pipe in the ground and you wanted to water livestock. Could you drop a pump in the bottom say with poly pipe and use a solar panel to keep them watered is there enough water that shallow to do that ?

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

Not sure if it seeps quick enough for that or not. I plan to find out 😉

@historygradstu 3 ай бұрын

How many gallons of water did you use when you used the 2 inch water drill?

@TKCL 3 ай бұрын

Not sure to be honest

@uncletom1986 Жыл бұрын

My buggy tail gate doesn’t like it when I tans on it like that;)

@kevinmahon4460 Жыл бұрын

Why didn't you use the tractor bucket to push the pipe into the ground? Bend it break it?

@kevinmahon4460 Жыл бұрын

Never mind....just saw your answer below 😜

@niccolealdrich4890 Жыл бұрын

For those who are not so fit, they make gas powered post drivers 😉

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

I want one!

@Mr.Swamp12 5 ай бұрын

Can you attach a hose to that well pump?

@TKCL 5 ай бұрын

Not the pitcher pump.

@brentphillips262 Жыл бұрын

How do I research how deep our water table is where we live, in a subdivision in Ohio sadly, and can I do this with us having clay ground here?

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

No idea, our water table fluctuates wildy.

@palladini9718 Жыл бұрын

Where can I get a microphone like your using? I grew up on Tobacco Farm in Southern Ontario, and we had 2 Green houses and in front and besides these greenhouse was a water tank, elevated about 15 feet in air that held about 750 gallons of water, and it was fed by 3 points sunk 13 feet deep in sand, and this supplied all the water needed for green house, showers that were set up in green house during harvest and drinking water at the tap at hip level for an adult

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

Amazon, Rode go 2.

@rhb30001 Жыл бұрын

How can I find where to drill and get water though? Isn’t there only a couple of areas where water is?

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

Look up "dowsing" for water. Streams and aquifers run all beneath us, some shallow, some deep. The technique seems crazy, but it's commonly used here.

@SetitesTechAdventures Жыл бұрын

I've been digging holes for a solar installation and they filled with water pretty quickly. It's made me think a Sandpoint well might do well here and I'm considering it for a hose. I have clay too so hopefully it's not as bad. Is the next step rain catchment?

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

Sounds like shallow water.

@madampolo Жыл бұрын

I didn't see if you put that regulator in to prevent the water from going back down.

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

No because part 2 I'll be adding something else. However the back flow preventer built into that pump works very well.

@stevensaxon8888 Жыл бұрын

Andrew can u hook up a harbor Freight 110v well pump(I believe it called a transfer pump,has it's own pressure tank) to the water well you just dug? Can a people water jet a larger diameter well say 4"-12"?

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

Shhhhhhh....... 🤫🤫🤫🤫 Coming soon! 😉

@coreyhawk6307 Жыл бұрын

Why didn't you use the tractor bucket? Would have much easier.

@coreyhawk6307 Жыл бұрын

Great video

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

Can't remember if I editing that conversion out or not, I tried and literally lifted the tractor off the ground.

@grammydayao7581 6 ай бұрын

My water is about one hundred feet deep 😮 can you show me how to make that happen .

@TKCL 6 ай бұрын

Your going to need a professional well drilling rig to go that deep in my opinion. They make special deep well hand pumps, but they are expensive.

@AdamDeal-KF0PRI Жыл бұрын

work smart not hard thats how its done lol!

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

Sometimes smarter is a little more expensive and less diy friendly.

@AdamDeal-KF0PRI Жыл бұрын

@@TKCL true but sometime you have no choice

@MTNmyMAG Жыл бұрын

I believe you were checking for plumb

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

Yes, I have a bad habit of saying level because I'm using a level.

@MTNmyMAG Жыл бұрын

@@TKCL lol me too but I heard the voice of my father correcting me when you said it 😂

@MTNmyMAG Жыл бұрын

Maybe late do a cast in place concrete post with footer around the pipe for that pump to set on top of? Probably not necessary but would be a cool video and take the wobble out of that pipe while you’re pumping

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

Wobble is coming out soon enough. Wait for part 2

@davidhammer9283 11 ай бұрын

FORGOT CHECK VALVE

@TKCL 11 ай бұрын

Pump has built in valve plunger that seals, watch next episode where I do have a check valve for the additional pump. You also do not need an extra check valve when I have a manual cut off valve below the pump.

@steakhouse45 Жыл бұрын

You need to make a post driver because the store bought one are junk

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

I'll be getting a gas powered one soon enough

@thiago_thesaint Жыл бұрын

Wjeres part 2 video?

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/npypdZmFltibXZs.html

@davidhammer9283 11 ай бұрын

HEART ATTACK TIME

@jefffrancis6824 Жыл бұрын

👀

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

😑

@aliasfred Жыл бұрын

I had experienced "Brackish" water at some restaurants in the I-75 areas of The Villages, nasty tasting stuff, makes nasty coffee and other cooking. While I was only passing through, not living here. I was wondering if you have this problem where you live? The ocean water has infiltrated many fresh water wells. Now many restaurants now order spring water deliveries to at least for making coffee for their customers.

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

Not here, we are 40 miles from the coast with no inlets or Bays near us. Impossible for the brackish water to make it here as the majority of underground water flows are North to south.