Drilling a New Water Well Next to the Lake on St. Patrick's Day!

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  • @normanmack2368
    @normanmack2368 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Most people don't realize how dangerous this occupation is. I helped oil drilling in the late 50s.
    My hats off to you all for paying attention to safety.

  • @keithnolan-fns
    @keithnolan-fns 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Happy belated St. Patrick's Day from the centre of Ireland

  • @Per409
    @Per409 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Wind makes the human body a punching bag, been there, really drains a person working outside. Nice water!!

  • @michaelhinkle6648
    @michaelhinkle6648 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    People can't hide money can they lol. I could build a decent little cabin for my pup and myself since my wife passed for the money they have in their dock lol. Great video. I truly respect you for your work ethic and customer service. You show a great rapport with your customers.

    • @2xKTfc
      @2xKTfc 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      These fancy toys are great, all that money has to come back into the economy somehow after all :)

    • @biker55555
      @biker55555 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      the other reply is absolutely correct. These toys create and provide many many jobs. So don't look at it from only one angle. Someone had to create all those materials, then someone had to put them together, and now someone will have to maintain it all. There is NOTHING wrong with spending money. Money exists to be spent.

    • @Failure_Is_An_Option
      @Failure_Is_An_Option 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Look at the consumers... propping up corporations. Never stepped foot outside their country.

  • @terrysadventure1529
    @terrysadventure1529 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Thank you for taking us along with you on your adventure on showing every one thank you again God bless my friend

    • @billping2633
      @billping2633 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It's a great channel. I don't know why I find it so interesting but I do.

  • @2wwwilly
    @2wwwilly 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Gosh no lack of water...😂😂❤❤

  • @garygarner9007
    @garygarner9007 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Like your videos from North Carolina you seem like you do a good job and seems like you are honest

  • @garlenseong38
    @garlenseong38 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Keep up the good work...

  • @bobbyclegg2065
    @bobbyclegg2065 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Thanks for the video . Reminds me of my days in the search for water !!

  • @patzke
    @patzke 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Another great video. Thank you.

  • @geraldsanderson6162
    @geraldsanderson6162 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hello. Thanks for the very interesting and informative videos. Yes you have to adjust to the variable elements of Mother Earth. Do you ever drill and drill and get no water and have to walk away?

  • @brucehobbs1734
    @brucehobbs1734 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Love all your videos, but the well drilling has got to be the best!

  • @jeffblalock4630
    @jeffblalock4630 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Brother, get you a go-pro, i think thats what they are called, lol, so you can have both hands on whatever you are doing, lol, just a thought!

  • @googacct
    @googacct 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Maybe you have covered it in some other video, but perhaps in your next video you could explain (or reexplain) how you know you have hit water and how much is coming up?

  • @jjfenn-b4r
    @jjfenn-b4r 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Great video. That's some nice scenery.

  • @LDhusky
    @LDhusky 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Young man you are impressive as hell👍

  • @l4xx03luyf6l0to
    @l4xx03luyf6l0to 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    The wind off a lake can be brutal.

    • @Failure_Is_An_Option
      @Failure_Is_An_Option 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Never seen a "lake wind" fold the doors on a vehicle.

  • @codygillespie3369
    @codygillespie3369 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Do some jet ski videos lol

  • @nooneknows6060
    @nooneknows6060 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Nicely done!

  • @AugustusTitus
    @AugustusTitus 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Pretty wild, but also illustrates why there is a lake there: because there wasn't something it could drain through!

  • @jamesretired5979
    @jamesretired5979 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thanks

  • @rollo32004
    @rollo32004 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Have you ever found good chunks of gold while you were drilling?

  • @paull.drownjr.5477
    @paull.drownjr.5477 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great Video. I enjoy your cintent lot. Thank You for all of the work that you do!!!

  • @chrisgalliher497
    @chrisgalliher497 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love you videos and hope to continue to see new ones pop up. Appreciate you letting us follow you while you work.

  • @kat2641
    @kat2641 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Nope nada I always hit the 👍 button right on the first even before I watch a video.( for all my subscribed to people)) that way?? I never forget😂 but if it is a crappy video?? I don’t take it away I just make sure I am no longer subscribed.😂😂😂 8 gallons?? I would be super pleased with that

  • @David-lf2ne
    @David-lf2ne 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Oh, “hit the like button “. I didn’t realize it was for your benefit too. Thought it was just for my end feed to recommend more like it. I figured it knew how long I watched yours to tally your “importance”. for your account. will make that effort now on.I encourage you to keep up the good content. I’ve learned a lot. WEST KY.

  •  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video, you make this very hard work look like everyday thing a very good skill set, saying hi from the UK where we are so pampered with water on tap.

  • @MWestern-m4g
    @MWestern-m4g 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    He should install a vertical wind generator. Free Electrics!

  • @RIANRBRCHANNEL
    @RIANRBRCHANNEL 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hi friend great vidio drilling machine good luck succes always

    • @billybadeaux648
      @billybadeaux648 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I am a subecriber. I have a ?. Can you tell you drill rig's name brand, year model and how much is it worth. Just curious.

  • @brianwalsh-l9l
    @brianwalsh-l9l 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Loved this video! I'm a city boy and I have always had city supplied water. It astonishes me that you guys can drill almost 400 feet and bring water to a home.
    By the way I went to Walmart and looked at the TurboFlex frames. I think they may be just what the doctor ordered. Thank you for putting me on to them.

  • @scottjones7279
    @scottjones7279 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Good evening

  • @fort147
    @fort147 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What measures the flow rate, and do you test for water quality?

  • @MikeDQB
    @MikeDQB 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I've been watching a lot of your videos - I really enjoy your content. I'm not sure what it is about the well drilling - but it's fascinating.
    I really wanted to see what was going on inside the hammer - so I found a video about the "Sandvik Down-the-hole hammer" here on YT ... very fascinating stuff!

  • @watomb
    @watomb 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You make it look easy

  • @aperson9495
    @aperson9495 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Fourth lol. Always love your videos.

  • @johncoffelt6645
    @johncoffelt6645 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Many years ago when my Father in Law, RIP, own a boat dock with one of his cousins, the Corp of Engineers put out a directive that all boat docks had to be see thru, there were issues with transients living in them in the off season at the lake. So no more galvanized siding. People were using expanded type fencing materials, i.e. hog wire, chicken wire. Well he was no going to go along with the crowd so they built a brand new dock with 2 bays, Bass boat and Pontoon boat sized slips. Then proceeded to submit plans to the Corps that left them, the Corps, puzzled and speechless. They used .25 thick plexi glass. Could see thru it, had garage doors on the slips that seal with the water added, AC, heat, a refrigerator, two deep sinks for dealing with the days catch, a propane fueled stove to cook with. Was able to use it year round, Lake Texoma still can get dang cold in the winter and of course hot in the summer. Expensive of course, about $25K, back in the 90's. But when the cousin passed he was able to buy it from the widow and it did add a good amount of value to his house when he sold it and moved closer to us to be near most of the Grand Kids and Great Grand Kids.

  • @francodeiuliis1562
    @francodeiuliis1562 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You guys do excellent work
    Cheers from Nova Scotia

  • @kirkschellhammer6593
    @kirkschellhammer6593 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Another cool video

  • @mshaw290808mi
    @mshaw290808mi 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    385 feet deep, How far did the water rise up the well? Static water level?

  • @anthonytoreson5571
    @anthonytoreson5571 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'm a hands on learner I would have to do the job to understand why all the knobs do what they do I get what your doing but I would have to be in the mud to drive it home on how it all works

  • @davidlongman2341
    @davidlongman2341 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I think my main concern there would be the lake feeding into the well via the local water table and the house ending up with the lake pouring out of their tap

  • @wizardgmb
    @wizardgmb 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    I would greatly appreciate it if you can do a couple of videos about bored wells & the challenges they pose. Here in Central Virginia east of I95 most wells are bored because when the Atlantic Ocean receded millions of years ago it left benind a very deep vein of sand. The 14+ year old pump in my bored well has started passing air so it's time to climb in the well to pull it out.

    • @ChuckCrover
      @ChuckCrover 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What in the world... try billions@@BlackpowderBBQ

    • @2xKTfc
      @2xKTfc 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@BlackpowderBBQ Get the heck out with your creative writing

    • @wizardgmb
      @wizardgmb 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@BlackpowderBBQ Take your Bible thumping crap somewhere else; stick with your own kind whose minds have been distorted by somebodys interpretation of a stagnant, never changing book of fiction. Those of us grounded in the REAL WORLD will live our lives according to truths from hundreds of years of ever expanding scientific knowledge!

    • @grahamstretch6863
      @grahamstretch6863 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ⁠@@BlackpowderBBQ hey look the blackpowderbbq is connected to an ID 10T button! 🙄 🙄

    • @jttinsleyjoey
      @jttinsleyjoey 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      ​@BlackpowderBBQ you're right it isn't millions of years old. It's 4.3 billion years old. Go push your silly Bible studies else where. This is a drilling video...

  • @David-q4h5r
    @David-q4h5r 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    How can you tell how many gallons of water the well is making?

  • @larrygwinn6649
    @larrygwinn6649 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    When you are drilling, how do you know how much water is coming out

  • @RVerJerry
    @RVerJerry 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Liked😅😂😅😂

  • @davidsauls9542
    @davidsauls9542 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Looking Great ! You got over what ever crud you had a while back !!
    I'm a physician. I was wondering how you were doing. I wish you drilled on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

  • @shivgangaborwellsbhilwara
    @shivgangaborwellsbhilwara 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    #shivgangaborewellsbhilwara

  • @markb.1259
    @markb.1259 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I guess I was wrong in assuming that the grout depth was from the surface of the well all the way to the bottom of the casing? Did you say that some of that length is filled with spoils from the drilling process??

  • @chrisingle5839
    @chrisingle5839 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    So your lakes are muddy just like here in Oklahoma!

    • @Failure_Is_An_Option
      @Failure_Is_An_Option 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Its as if they are part of the erosion process... Shocked!!!!!!!!

  • @davidstearns9664
    @davidstearns9664 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hello ! #1

  • @TomZech-r7t
    @TomZech-r7t 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Do you have any videos going down to 1000 feet

  • @sheldon8115
    @sheldon8115 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Have you ever started drilling and couldn’t go further because of hard rock?

  • @md2320
    @md2320 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    385ft and you've started to drain the lake 👍🤣😂🤣😂

  • @timothyobrien1850
    @timothyobrien1850 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I live next to a lake. The well is about 20 years old and makes plenty of water. Now for the question when drilling next to a lake are there any special considerations?
    Thanks
    P.S. I will buy a new pump from you this summer, I know I've had a good run with the existing pump and I'm living on borrowed time.

  • @tonyhunt9674
    @tonyhunt9674 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Good job 👏 😂

  • @gordonauld5945
    @gordonauld5945 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Did I miss the static what is it.

  • @michiganporter
    @michiganporter 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You tell by filling a bucket with water and timing how long it takes to fill it...i think..😅

  • @Wheel_Horse
    @Wheel_Horse 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    @h2o-mechanic Up here in Noo Joisey near the shore the drillers don't typically hit bedrock so the casing goes all the way to the bottom of the well. It seems you guys only case down to rock. But what's after that? You stick the pump down into the open bore hole beneath the casing? How does the hole stay open? Why doesn't it collapse back in on itself?

  • @talusranch990
    @talusranch990 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    #3

  • @rich3784
    @rich3784 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    How much lake water do you get in the well? Casing was down 60 Feet

  • @bobderemer5015
    @bobderemer5015 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Here for the AL Gore Rhythm😅

    • @h2omechanic
      @h2omechanic  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks 😊

  • @daneclark3161
    @daneclark3161 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    How are you able to estimate the GPM of flow? Do you have something techie or just guess by experience?

  • @Polydactyl_Pterodactyl
    @Polydactyl_Pterodactyl 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hi Philip! Fellow Virginian (at heart, not born there, but lived there for 12 years, miss the old dominion state, but live elsewhere now) here. Really enjoy your channel. Have you ever considered turning off video mirroring on your phone when filming with it? Makes everything backwards and is kind of disconcerting. On iPhone go to settings -> camera -> mirror from camera then turn it off. On Android it’s a little hard to find. In the camera app go to settings and look for something in by that says something like “save selfies as previewed”. Turn that off and your video will be saved NOT backwards (so I’m told, IDK, I have an iPhone). Hope this tip helps you. Keep up with the cool content.

    • @h2omechanic
      @h2omechanic  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Hey! Thanks for the tip! Just flipped it off. I never knew it existed, just thought it was part of the front 📷. Much appreciated

    • @Failure_Is_An_Option
      @Failure_Is_An_Option 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@h2omechanic Thank you for finally turning it off. I've literally mentioned it at least a half dozen times before.

    • @h2omechanic
      @h2omechanic  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @Failure_Is_An_Option honestly those questions were always funny bc it helps the algorithm

    • @Polydactyl_Pterodactyl
      @Polydactyl_Pterodactyl 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@h2omechanic 😂

  • @berniewilson9015
    @berniewilson9015 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I just sort of stumbled onto one of your vids, watched it and loved it. I have enjoyed every single one I have watched. I find the videos very informative. Well done! I do have a question for you. Why do you appear to be driving from the left side of your vehicle, and later it appears that you are driving from the right side of your vehicle? Are the right sided shots done when you have a chauffer to drive you? Kidding about the chauffer. Thanks for the info you put out here on the web. Keep up the great work, and may God Bless you in your life and endeavors.

    • @h2omechanic
      @h2omechanic  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Gopro vs cell phone. Phone flips the image. But I think I've fixed that for the future

    • @berniewilson9015
      @berniewilson9015 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I sorta thought that might be what was going on. I know I had that knowledge bouncing around in the space between my ears somewhere. Thanks again. @@h2omechanic

  • @bigcountry1009
    @bigcountry1009 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Awesome video again. Does being next to a lake affect the water table depth?

  • @ascension8811
    @ascension8811 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I know a gal a minute isn't enough, what is the minimum gal/min and optimum? Isn't recovery important also?

  • @lloydmiller5690
    @lloydmiller5690 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Why plastic casing instead of steel

    • @kevinblevins2612
      @kevinblevins2612 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Plastic = No rust

    • @lloydmiller5690
      @lloydmiller5690 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@kevinblevins2612 not as strong

    • @Failure_Is_An_Option
      @Failure_Is_An_Option 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@lloydmiller5690 Funny... because they don't fail.

  • @jimmyaber5920
    @jimmyaber5920 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I would love to see the face of a well driller that had been in a 50 year coma that you were about to visit a well site and use an orbiting set of satellites to tell you where the well is located.

  • @KatieMartin-z4b
    @KatieMartin-z4b 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My well pump went from working perfect to not over night just put a new switch on brand new pump tank all ect what do you think is wrong

  • @RobertKohut
    @RobertKohut 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Why don't they use the lake for water? :-)

  • @2xKTfc
    @2xKTfc 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Right on about the melanoma. While it's often "treatable", the process of cutting it out to the bone is godawful. I very well rather use a minute and be sticky from sunscreen than risk that as far as I can help it... talked with too many people who did have to have the treatment.

    • @Failure_Is_An_Option
      @Failure_Is_An_Option 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Use better sunscreen. Zero reason to feel anything. Neutrigena Ultra Sheer for example. Every morning, and again after lunch.

  • @safffff1000
    @safffff1000 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Who drills a well after the house is built instead of before, or is this a second well?

    • @Failure_Is_An_Option
      @Failure_Is_An_Option 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Everybody....

    • @safffff1000
      @safffff1000 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Failure_Is_An_Option What if they don't find water?

    • @h2omechanic
      @h2omechanic  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Wait for my next upload! You'll see what happens! It's a nightmare

  • @justinrawley3313
    @justinrawley3313 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Can I run poly on a 300ft well that makes 1.5gpm static water level would be 90 foot. I live in Montana and the well will feed a 2000gal in ground cistern. Cistern pump would then feed the house. I just don’t know if that’s to much head pressure to run the poly with the static being so low in the well.

    • @h2omechanic
      @h2omechanic  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Itll be fine. I'd recommend using a steel well seal or pitless. The system will get heavy once the well is pulled down. But it will handle it just fine at 300ft with a 90ft static

  • @billybadeaux648
    @billybadeaux648 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Can you tell me how much is your rig is worth. Name brand and age

  • @kirkschellhammer6593
    @kirkschellhammer6593 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Why was he shoveling dirt back into the hole

    • @Failure_Is_An_Option
      @Failure_Is_An_Option 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Gravel... he said why and if you think... just a little bit. You can hypothesize why too.

  • @grandmasterpanda8006
    @grandmasterpanda8006 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Do you guys ever pan the sediment that comes out to see if you have gold?

  • @lesterburtard7588
    @lesterburtard7588 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    3:22
    Howdy, Long time listener, first time caller A thought came to my head , , , Have you ever "Panned For G O L D " 3:22
    Man your in the Right Business to do it Hmm youtube Think of the Drama you could have, combining that, with your great Mentor skills
    Thanks for your time
    ty, les

  • @wallacefrey6247
    @wallacefrey6247 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Is there any benefit to casing a shallow well ( 20'-30'), or would you just use a sand-point? BTW, this well will be for irrigation only.

  • @Failure_Is_An_Option
    @Failure_Is_An_Option 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    In your career. You need to be applying sun screen every morning, and re apply after you finish lunch. Minimum SPF 15, but 30 would be better. Once you make it a habit you will think nothing of it.

  • @Natsumidragneelkim
    @Natsumidragneelkim 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My local well drilling company puts casings all but 50 foot of the well regardless of depth drilled is that good for a healthy well

  • @onewayt
    @onewayt 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Those jet ski’s are evil. They have an effect on some peoples minds.Makes them do stupid stuff. 😝

    • @h2omechanic
      @h2omechanic  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I buy old & rebuild the engines as a hobby. Actually have a Playlist on one.

  • @MaxStax1
    @MaxStax1 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Ever pull up any gold nuggets while drilling? 😀

  • @Traci_S_Aaron
    @Traci_S_Aaron 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great video as always if sometime if you can think about dowse the area mark and compare your dowsing findings with what happens when you drill it will help sharpen your skills and you can get results

  • @swedenfrommycam
    @swedenfrommycam 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Quit smoking?

  • @ThumperKJFK
    @ThumperKJFK 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    ✌👍

  • @claytonWells-tr8yl
    @claytonWells-tr8yl 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    If 40 mph wind hurts your face don’t ever come work in the oilfield in southeastern nm it blows worse then that daily

    • @bigunone
      @bigunone 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      For sure! LOL

  • @eugenebennett5800
    @eugenebennett5800 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    HAVE YOU ALL EVER PANED FOR GOLD WITH A BUCKET OR PAY DIRT. OR SOEM THIGN LIKE THAT .. THOUGHT I ASK..