That's a bummer to hear for sure. And yeah that local shop of ours has everything in the back lot. It's pretty awesome. As far as your spring goes have you tried maybe finding a local farmer that could take on a side job helping you out? They're usually pretty good with projects like this.

@@downstateradv I have had a local man that does springs, septics, excavating on the side come and look at it. My spring is actually coming out in two places within 10' of each other. The water tested acidic and the environmental company that tested my water asked if roots were in the water...yes, tons of them from grass. They told me to get closer to the source away from the carbon dioxide exchanging roots🤦🏽‍♀️ The gent is wary of using mini excavator on the hill afraid the spring might get shy and change direction! Whaaaaat? Lol. Anyway, I'm ready to drop some bang for his help. My well water is disgusting!!!

Yeah I would say put all of your effort into it. Springs tend to be far better than wells in terms of water quality. Find a better excavator that doesn't mind getting his hands a bit more dirty. Honestly a lot of these especially on the hillsides can be done by hand and really kind of should be done by hand to be honest. You definitely don't want to dig too deep or reroute the spring or smear the mud etc. Big machinery can actually do more harm than good if the spring is fairly accessible.

@@downstateradv it's very accessible but I'm in the mountains of NC and there is so.much.rock!!! I wish I could show you video of it. It's amazing. You are probably right though. I should keep pecking away at it by hand!

@@downstateradv as a fun aside, my son rebuilt an 06 Kawasaki 600 zzr. He swears it was a hunk of junk lol.

We shall see! First year with it like this. In the past we always winterized the line that crosses the creek and just let the spring flow down the hill. I'm going to get it running towards the middle of winter for a day and see how it does. I've been told as long as it's starting at 57 degrees and constantly moving it should be ok. If it ends up freezing, I may add a small solar system and a regulated heat tape and wrap the line. That's a lot of investment but likely well worth it for that good water!

@@downstateradv How did it go with the freezing? What type of hose do you use that runs from the spring to the tank and from tank to house? Does the hose flex and not break when frozen?

A standard 4-in well pump. 120 volt. I believe it's only about one horsepower or maybe slightly more. Does the job just fine though and I can run it off of a small 2500 watt generator. If you're confused on what size you might need just Google pump head calculations and do a little bit of reading about it. Then when you're ready to buy just look at the pump it should have a head chart. Basically head is distance and height combined that the pump can actually pump and what kind of flow you'll get at that distance and height. That should get you on your way.

Head is how much the difference is in elevation translated to pressure, it has nothing to do with distance or friction loss.

Incorrect. Google "total dynamic head"