Well im hooked, (see what i did there😂) this is really awesome seeing how these work and how much work goes into them, the back and forth is funny, and helpful, it's good the be your own Boss, but we know who the real Supervisor is lol,
Haha yep you know it! I do what mama says! It’s great but terrifying being your own boss in a small field. Thank you for watching and thank you for subscribing!
Thank you so much! We try! Sometimes it’s hard to smile when it’s hot and we’re dirty, but we always try to make it fun! Thank you for subscribing!!!!!
I've worked on in ground wells before, never a windmill.This kind of knowledge is priceless. Puddin mentioned you and TH-cam sent you. Cool boom truck!
Hello, I’m just a guy who likes to to watch different real life events. I love the way you explained your every move and most of all I love that you and your wife are an amazing team. Keep doing what you are doing and may God bless all and your family
Like most of your comments, I also had Puddin recommend you guys Channel. I like these videos where you learn something. I live in north Caddo County and have worked for an Irrigation Dealer in the past. Our stuff was 6-8" tube and up to 360 foot to the pump stages. Powered by LP and Natural gas engines. Wells here flowed 250-600 gallons. Love these Windmills. They saved the day for country folks for sure.
Puddin brought me here as well. My family had a long history with windmills in west Texas before moving to Oklahoma. Look forward to viewing more of these
I'm a subscriber, Have been watching you and your wife fix windmills for a long time, and I have a few suggestions you might think about. Use a wire brush for your drill to clean off rust from anything, and not use the file,Buy a new strap,Get some antirust spray,Get a spray can of florescent paint, spray some on your tools, it docent have to be a lot, just a little to mark your tools you won't loose them and you can identify them in your truck, When you cut or pinch yourself stop working and bandage the wound to stop any infection that might occur, Clean your truck bed and put some bins, hooks, and things that will help you to identify things you need to use. buy a lightweight tool belt with some pockets so you cary small tools and mall parts you will need when you are at the top of the windmill, this will store nuts and bolts etc. you might drop. Your Faithfull watcher. Jim Day Walla Walla, Wa.
"It's always extra if I do [find a snake]." Darn tootin'! I see a live snake all of a sudden and all the fun just runs away... just a few steps behind me!
Nice work I’ve been working on water wells and windmills for the last 20 years in the Oklahoma panhandle I hate jug cylinders cause you got to pull pipe and rod just to replace the leathers but interesting to see how other people do things and learn new ways thanks
Awesome! Glad to meet another one of us!!! Yep I hate them too, but don’t like the limitations sometimes of the 1-7/8 cylinder. Nobody wants bigger pipe than 2” around here. (Price)
When I built my home I asked if I could drill a well and the engineer said sure, no problem. You just can't pump any water unless I could get water rights! There is no way short of The Lord himself coming to help that is going to happen ! Water in Utah is harder to get than gold!
Howdy! Thank you so much! We do take pride in what we do, as if it were on my own property. I like happy customers and not irritated ones. 😀 Thank you for watching and the wonderful compliment!!!!!!
Another puddin crossover!! Im in Connecticut but was born Ft Sill. Lawton. Oklahoma im sure you know the place. Dad started his 40 year military there .and my life !! Lol. Gret videos looking forward to watchin more!
This was vastly better than the first video I watched! Sound, 100% better. Sure, it helped a lot to have Momma filming and passing tools. I prefer it if you keep then under an hour, but that's me. A wee rant on our host's comment, "Kids, go to College!" My opinion, maybe not. I went, and I kept on going through graduate school. I worked for mostly private clients, but many of my customers were governmental entities. Private or governmental, they mostly don't know a danged thing, today. If your goal in life is to be the richest person in the world, go for that, but you won't get that in college. Otherwise, you will be working for somebody and they will tell you to do exactly the wrong thing, the wrong way. By the time I would get hired, things were messed up so badly those customers would just shut up. I can't guarantee it, but just watch, Elon probably has Crew Dragon prepping to launch to go rescue the crew of Boeing's Starliner; I do not see how Boeing will be able to bring those people back. An option for younger people thinking about life is to go hold the camera for this guy. Do the sound, do the editing and apprentice in useful skills. Maybe just learning the camera, sound stuff is what you need. Our colleges are filled with crappy people, that will be hired by the previous generation's crappy people. Or maybe consider something like Mike Rowe Works. Only consider college if you already have a plan and you will not be allowing the people in our colleges to get in your way. Yeah, Elon will probably have to rescue the Boeing crew and Elon went to college, but go look for yourself. All of the "smartest" people insisted he needed to build with carbon fiber, or aluminum. His rockets work. Nobody else's do. Go find the interview where he explains why Falcon 9 and Starship are made with Stainless Steel, (his own alloy). Don't spend money going to college, when you can learn useful skills for free! Peace.
I totally agree 1000% with you!!! Every word you said. When I say that, it’s in a jokingly way and usually when I’m stressed and hot and dirty and possibly bleeding. Lol. It’s an inside joke around our house because we are all the “un-colleged except for the wife. She is an RN trade, but we love what we do and couldn’t think of anything we word rather be doing, especially when we’re leaving the job site happy with what we had just accomplished. Thank you soooo much for watching and thank you for letting me know about the production being better. We’re working our tails off rounding up equipment as we can afford it. Also have the wife a microphone now so she will be able to be heard getting on to me! 😄
Oh, as for the length, if I make them shorter, I get a lot of flak from viewers about not enough detail. Our typical job is 4-8 hours, and I condense them down as much as I can without losing the intent of the info being passed along.😃
I could be wrong but I was under the impression that Norman draws off Lake dirty bird (thunderbird) or Draper Lake . But your right the demand on the water table has increased. Especially as more and more people move out of the city.
Oh yes they have the nice tall ones!! It’s sad to see they have done that there, but in Oklahoma they’re making a comeback. We are getting a lot of old ones back to working because people are realizing how important having a water supply is!
This is the 2nd video I've watched. Your work is interesting because it's something many of us have never thought about. We see the windmills in the field but don't understand what makes them tick. Your narration was good on this one, and the conversation with Lori and her excellent camera work really make good viewing. I would like to hear you explain in more detail these points: what did you expect to find why this rig wasn't working? Why did you unscrew so many joints? Why are some segments so short? Am looking forward to catching up on other previous work!
Man thank you! I will do my best to be more descriptive here on! Thank you for the kind words and I will pass this on to Lori, she doesn’t think she does good, but we know better! Thank you for watching and subscribing!
I couldn't believe you did not have extra work gloves, a weed eater, a chainsaw, and other supplies since you do go to a lot of very rural and far from the beaten path places, Dude, really, LOL.
Man I can only haul so much on that truck! Need a long bed! Truth is, 99% of the time it would be in the way and never get used, but that 1% will get you!
Another example (if you don't mind): At 27:00 something happened (you didn't say what) that caused you to break open a pipe joint (which sprayed cold water on you). Then you moved several vice grips to different locations (you didn't say why) and you turned the pipe above (without explaining what you were looking at). So we (who don't know what is happening) are watching you fix something without knowing what you (or we) are looking for. The more you explain, the better the video! Thanks.
Man thank you! I will do much more explaining now on. This is exactly what I need to hear to get better!!!!! Thank you for watching! So I have a “7” shaped piece of sucker rod that is screwed into the rod that I’m removing. The “7” kept hanging up on the short tower, which wouldn’t let me unscrew it. 😀
You can go to college and still run a windmill company if you decide that's what you want to do. It's about choosing. Working outside, enjoying the fresh air, working with your hands. That scores high in a lot of people's books.
Aww thank you!!!! So glad yall like us. We’re trying to keep it where couples want to sit down and spend time watching what we do!!!!! Have a great day!
That is a cross arm. The holes are for locust pins. A piece of wood made out of locust wood it was a cone on the bottom to wedge into the big holes I the arm. The top of the pin was threaded for the insulator to screw onto. 1900’s tech that is still working today. I took some down a few years ago that was almost perfect but the pole got drunk and jumped out in front of a car.
Ah yep! That explains it!!!! Some old wood on an old windmill! How cool, people used whatever they could get their hands on back then! Thank you for the info and for watching!!!!!
You take the time to measure the well static and depth. Do you ever write it on the well tower for the next time you service the well. I know it might cost under $20.00 but if tower service technician had a weather proof document holder attached to the well tower the owner would probably like the idea and might get you more calls and references for going the extra mile. When I had a business, I would hand business cards, Flyers, and free t shirts the t shirts were walking billboards and cheap advertising. Start out small, you might have a friend who can do some for you at a low cost and if you have a Cricket cutting machine you can make your own.
Howdy! So, I don’t write the numbers anywhere other than the invoice, which I have a copy of as well as the customer. I think (and have been told) we go the extra mile. We just don’t see any added value with hanging anything on the windmill that is pretty much useless info for anyone other than the owner and the well company. I’m going to measure it anyway, so other that “trending” water levels, there is no reason to keep the info. In Oklahoma, we also have “mandatory” well logs that have the static levels at time of drilling and well depth, of course this is only good for wells drilled post 1990 or somewhere along in there. As for the advertising, we don’t advertise. Plenty of word of mouth advertising that keeps us running crazy every day. Thank you for your suggestions and for watching!
Haha man I’m glad yall do too! That’s what we have always called it but Lori was like, maybe we shouldn’t say that on camera in fear of getting us kicked off or something😝. Thank you for commenting and watching!!!!!!
What did i miss? Why was this pump not working? Do you service the the actual drive mechanism also when you maintain these? We had one when i was a kid long ago, i remember it fondly. Great video, the young lady does a nice job. Best regards from Indiana.
It was the sucker rod couplings that worn in two. That caused the no-water call. We also rebuilt the pump while we were in there! I normally do service the windmill if it’s a new one to me and don’t know the records, but this one had the oil changed by the customer 2 months ago, so we didn’t. Some people actually still climb these and do the oil changes themselves! Thank you for watching!!
the pipe down by the pump is stretched. the threads have "necked". you are right to replace it, that things about to break right there and leave your pump down in the hole. the pipe is probably real thin on the inside.
I would charge the customer for clearing the brush...or better yet just leave and reschedule when it's done. Forget about it....P.S....Thanks not only for windmill tips, but the water table remarks. I have an open well I want to cap and add a small windmill to access the spring fed supply. ❤
Good question. Windmills make about 2 gallons per minute. Most won’t keep up with the usage from the stock tank, so people let the overflow to a pond or creek.
buy a small weed hacker to clean up weeds on some of the weed and gassy junk arrouns the stand pipe. Thank for not using foul language on your repairing.
NC will check it more on videos after while, thank Puddin he said you where great just don't act like Mortske drinking complaining sometimes gets people turning off Videos lol everybody has good bad days.
In Australia we have trouble where the pipe meets the pump with electrolysis Wrap duct tape around the pipe for a few feet up and top off pump Problem solved All so tap the pipe where the pump rod joiner is to see how thin the pipe is and use neoprene buckets instead of leather
Howdy way down there! Man thank you! We have heard of the neoprene but none of my local distributors carry them, so never tried them. Thank you for watching mate!
@@OkieWindmiller They have been hear for years a lot better than leather Probably used them in the space shuttle in a different form 🤣🤣Your water must be good nothing is corroded bad It’s heavy duty hear I’m using 2 inch heavy wall galvanised pipe in the water 2 years at the best Changed to submersible pumps and solar now with poly Stock water only tryed to get a water softener for the house in the drought The water tests said no it’s to hard All the best with it all🍻
What happened was when they was cutting in pipe threads on their pipe machine. They put new dize on it. And the guys weren't set, right? And then they reset them and started threading. That's what happened.
Haha we do! Is hourly, but still something! Takes about 15 min, but we do charge for that, especially if they are able bodied and tell me it’s ready to be worked on. Thank you for watching!!!!
I hope you do not make that mistake again, what did it cost you, an hour of hard work, LOL. You just have to laugh it off and come to work better prepared.
So your looking for an intern to do camera work for free. The might be an audio visual student who can help boost you like and subscribe....... There are ways to work ANF increase numbers.
For sure! Unfortunately our working conditions aren’t usually what would lure people in that industry to want to volunteer their time, or at least I wouldn’t🤪!!! That would be awesome tho!
Glad Puddin put me on to y'all!! Awesome teamwork!!!It takes two and it's awesome seeing the pair of you getting it done together!!
Thank you sir! I’m glad he did too! 24 years of marriage and we can still do this as a couple. Thank you for subscribing!
This. Is for your wife he miss you when you not there you got a great man
Well im hooked, (see what i did there😂) this is really awesome seeing how these work and how much work goes into them, the back and forth is funny, and helpful, it's good the be your own Boss, but we know who the real Supervisor is lol,
Haha yep you know it! I do what mama says! It’s great but terrifying being your own boss in a small field. Thank you for watching and thank you for subscribing!
Another Puddin referred. Like the content. Y’all are fun!
Thank you so much! We try! Sometimes it’s hard to smile when it’s hot and we’re dirty, but we always try to make it fun! Thank you for subscribing!!!!!
I believe that for sure. I know that anyone who says they like hot weather has never had to work outside.
I'm in England and came here from Puddin's channel. Your work looks really interesting. I'm looking forward to watching more of your videos.
Thank you for watching across the big pond!!!! Welcome aboard!!!!!!!!!
Y’all are for sure are the best windmillers that I’ve ever seen .
That means a lot! Thank you so much! Please stick around and we will keep it up!
I've worked on in ground wells before, never a windmill.This kind of knowledge is priceless. Puddin mentioned you and TH-cam sent you. Cool boom truck!
Sweet thank you! Buddy we love our old truck. It’s a 2004! Thank you for subscribing!
sir, you are very fortunate to have a living doll as your helper! your video was very interesting as i have never seen this done. be safe............g
Yes I am! She is amazing for sure! Been married 24 years! Thank you for saying it was interesting! I try to make it as watchable as possible!!!!
Another Puddin referred. Like the content greats from the netherlands
The Netherlands!!!! Awesome! Yall have bigger windmills than we do!!!! Thank you for watching!
Puddin sent me too ! HOW COOL TO LEARN SOMTHING NEW !! Yall make a great team working together . Im here for good . Thanks puddin !
Awesome! We will keep doing our thing and hope you keep liking it!!!!
It was very good to see you two work so well together ( no pun intended ) Your Mrs's appears to know all the right parts and moves to assist you
Howdy there! Yep, she is more in tune with what I need than I am! She’s amazing! Thank you so much for watching!!!!!!!
You explain things well. Your wife is a good helper and you get to spend the day together. She is petite cutie.
Thank you!!! Yep she is the best!!! Thank you for watching!!!!!!
So brave to dig into that brush! Thanks for another great lesson!
Yep we figured we would find a snake. Thank you!
Always enjoy watching professional s working and doing it right for the customer
Man thank you! We try!!!
Thank you for turn’n your vise grips the correct direction,
you very well may be the only one on TH-cam to do so .
Haha you noticed!!!!!! Thank you for noticing!!!! Thank you for watching!
Hello, I’m just a guy who likes to to watch different real life events. I love the way you explained your every move and most of all I love that you and your wife are an amazing team. Keep doing what you are doing and may God bless all and your family
Man thank you!! Please stick around!!!! Thank you for watching!
Puddin needs a windmill tower so birds can hangout and squawk at him.
I totally agree, but then they would poop on all his cars………..hmmmm. Maybe out by his pond! Thank you for subscribing!
Like most of your comments, I also had Puddin recommend you guys Channel. I like these videos where you learn something. I live in north Caddo County and have worked for an Irrigation Dealer in the past. Our stuff was 6-8" tube and up to 360 foot to the pump stages. Powered by LP and Natural gas engines. Wells here flowed 250-600 gallons. Love these Windmills. They saved the day for country folks for sure.
Man thank you! That’s crazy and I wouldn’t know where to start!!!!! Thank you for watching!
The Heron flying by said thanks for fixin the fishin spot, I heard it.
Haha yep!!!!! He was worried his fish were gonna die!!! That cracks me up! Thank you for watching!
Going the extra mile is quality work. Well done folks. Enjoy
Thank you soooo much! I take great pride in it! Thank yin for subscribing!
Puddin brought me here as well. My family had a long history with windmills in west Texas before moving to Oklahoma. Look forward to viewing more of these
Awesome! These things have touched so many lives! Thank you for watching and supporting us!!!
I'm a subscriber, Have been watching you and your wife fix windmills for a long time, and I have a few suggestions you might think about. Use a wire brush for your drill to clean off rust from anything, and not use the file,Buy a new strap,Get some antirust spray,Get a spray can of florescent paint, spray some on your tools, it docent have to be a lot, just a little to mark your tools you won't loose them and you can identify them in your truck, When you cut or pinch yourself stop working and bandage the wound to stop any infection that might occur, Clean your truck bed and put some bins, hooks, and things that will help you to identify things you need to use. buy a lightweight tool belt with some pockets so you cary small tools and mall parts you will need when you are at the top of the windmill, this will store nuts and bolts etc. you might drop. Your Faithfull watcher. Jim Day Walla Walla, Wa.
Thank you for the tips sir! Thank you for watching all the way up in beautiful Walla Walla!!!!
Another refugee from Puddin's place!! WOO HOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Woohoo is right!!!! Thank you for subscribing!!!!
Came from Puddin's place!
Woohoo thank you!
very good job !!! and very intersecting vidéo , I like very mutch
Thank you! Glad you like it!! Please stick around!
Well, i guess ill add learning windmill service to my list of hobbies.. Puddin sent me to the right spot
Haha yep, might as well! Never know when you may need it! Thank you for watching!!!!!
"It's always extra if I do [find a snake]." Darn tootin'! I see a live snake all of a sudden and all the fun just runs away... just a few steps behind me!
Haha mama hates them!! So do I as well haha! Thank you for watching!
a lot more to this job , then i knew about , you guys Rock.
Thank you! Yes every day is different and some are better than others! Thank you for subscribing!
Nice work I’ve been working on water wells and windmills for the last 20 years in the Oklahoma panhandle I hate jug cylinders cause you got to pull pipe and rod just to replace the leathers but interesting to see how other people do things and learn new ways thanks
Awesome! Glad to meet another one of us!!! Yep I hate them too, but don’t like the limitations sometimes of the 1-7/8 cylinder. Nobody wants bigger pipe than 2” around here. (Price)
When I built my home I asked if I could drill a well and the engineer said sure, no problem. You just can't pump any water unless I could get water rights! There is no way short of The Lord himself coming to help that is going to happen ! Water in Utah is harder to get than gold!
Oh I bet!!! Nobody’s gonna sell the rights these days! Move to Oklahoma, there is lots of water(in most places)😀. Thank you for watching!
Nice repair!
Thank you!!!!!!
I didn’t know a windmill service even existed! My grandpa and uncle were well drillers here in Northeast Wisconsin.
Oh cool I love it up there! Yep, we drive around and fix them! We stay pretty busy here in town Oklahoma!
Wow you do good work , you also take pride in what you do.
Howdy! Thank you so much! We do take pride in what we do, as if it were on my own property. I like happy customers and not irritated ones. 😀 Thank you for watching and the wonderful compliment!!!!!!
Another puddin crossover!! Im in Connecticut but was born Ft Sill. Lawton. Oklahoma im sure you know the place. Dad started his 40 year military there .and my life !! Lol. Gret videos looking forward to watchin more!
Thank you soooo much for joining! I love hearing Oklahoma connections. Thank you for watching and subscribing!
This is good content👍 Refugee from Puddin's. Greats from Denmark
Denmark!! That’s waaaaay across the globe!!! Thank you for watching!!!!!!’
Rødgrød med fløde og én over nakken fra Nørrebro nv 🇩🇰
Thank you!!!!
A lot of water but we’re close friends now!!!!!
@@OkieWindmiller
Copenhagen Denmark 🇩🇰 here
Awesome work.👍👍👍
Thank you!!!!!!
This was vastly better than the first video I watched! Sound, 100% better. Sure, it helped a lot to have Momma filming and passing tools. I prefer it if you keep then under an hour, but that's me. A wee rant on our host's comment, "Kids, go to College!" My opinion, maybe not. I went, and I kept on going through graduate school. I worked for mostly private clients, but many of my customers were governmental entities. Private or governmental, they mostly don't know a danged thing, today. If your goal in life is to be the richest person in the world, go for that, but you won't get that in college. Otherwise, you will be working for somebody and they will tell you to do exactly the wrong thing, the wrong way. By the time I would get hired, things were messed up so badly those customers would just shut up.
I can't guarantee it, but just watch, Elon probably has Crew Dragon prepping to launch to go rescue the crew of Boeing's Starliner; I do not see how Boeing will be able to bring those people back. An option for younger people thinking about life is to go hold the camera for this guy. Do the sound, do the editing and apprentice in useful skills. Maybe just learning the camera, sound stuff is what you need. Our colleges are filled with crappy people, that will be hired by the previous generation's crappy people. Or maybe consider something like Mike Rowe Works. Only consider college if you already have a plan and you will not be allowing the people in our colleges to get in your way. Yeah, Elon will probably have to rescue the Boeing crew and Elon went to college, but go look for yourself. All of the "smartest" people insisted he needed to build with carbon fiber, or aluminum. His rockets work. Nobody else's do. Go find the interview where he explains why Falcon 9 and Starship are made with Stainless Steel, (his own alloy). Don't spend money going to college, when you can learn useful skills for free! Peace.
I totally agree 1000% with you!!! Every word you said. When I say that, it’s in a jokingly way and usually when I’m stressed and hot and dirty and possibly bleeding. Lol. It’s an inside joke around our house because we are all the “un-colleged except for the wife. She is an RN trade, but we love what we do and couldn’t think of anything we word rather be doing, especially when we’re leaving the job site happy with what we had just accomplished. Thank you soooo much for watching and thank you for letting me know about the production being better. We’re working our tails off rounding up equipment as we can afford it. Also have the wife a microphone now so she will be able to be heard getting on to me! 😄
Oh, as for the length, if I make them shorter, I get a lot of flak from viewers about not enough detail. Our typical job is 4-8 hours, and I condense them down as much as I can without losing the intent of the info being passed along.😃
I could be wrong but I was under the impression that Norman draws off Lake dirty bird (thunderbird) or Draper Lake . But your right the demand on the water table has increased. Especially as more and more people move out of the city.
Yep, I think they do too. It’s crazy how many people are building now. Thank you for watching!
in Michigan you only see the Amish have them now. Our farm had one up till the early 90's. Its good to see they are still being used.
Oh yes they have the nice tall ones!! It’s sad to see they have done that there, but in Oklahoma they’re making a comeback. We are getting a lot of old ones back to working because people are realizing how important having a water supply is!
Nice work there guys
Thank you!!!! We try!!!!!
Thank you very much.
You’re 100% welcome!!!!
This is the 2nd video I've watched. Your work is interesting because it's something many of us have never thought about. We see the windmills in the field but don't understand what makes them tick. Your narration was good on this one, and the conversation with Lori and her excellent camera work really make good viewing. I would like to hear you explain in more detail these points: what did you expect to find why this rig wasn't working? Why did you unscrew so many joints? Why are some segments so short? Am looking forward to catching up on other previous work!
Man thank you! I will do my best to be more descriptive here on! Thank you for the kind words and I will pass this on to Lori, she doesn’t think she does good, but we know better! Thank you for watching and subscribing!
I couldn't believe you did not have extra work gloves, a weed eater, a chainsaw, and other supplies since you do go to a lot of very rural and far from the beaten path places, Dude, really, LOL.
Man I can only haul so much on that truck! Need a long bed! Truth is, 99% of the time it would be in the way and never get used, but that 1% will get you!
Another example (if you don't mind): At 27:00 something happened (you didn't say what) that caused you to break open a pipe joint (which sprayed cold water on you). Then you moved several vice grips to different locations (you didn't say why) and you turned the pipe above (without explaining what you were looking at). So we (who don't know what is happening) are watching you fix something without knowing what you (or we) are looking for. The more you explain, the better the video! Thanks.
Man thank you! I will do much more explaining now on. This is exactly what I need to hear to get better!!!!! Thank you for watching!
So I have a “7” shaped piece of sucker rod that is screwed into the rod that I’m removing. The “7” kept hanging up on the short tower, which wouldn’t let me unscrew it. 😀
You can go to college and still run a windmill company if you decide that's what you want to do. It's about choosing. Working outside, enjoying the fresh air, working with your hands. That scores high in a lot of people's books.
100%! I’m proof! Thank you for watching!
My husband love watching your videos from Magnolia texas
Aww thank you!!!! So glad yall like us. We’re trying to keep it where couples want to sit down and spend time watching what we do!!!!! Have a great day!
pudding recommend your channel
Nice thank you!! I hope you like it and stick around!
impressive work
Thank you soo much!
That is a cross arm. The holes are for locust pins. A piece of wood made out of locust wood it was a cone on the bottom to wedge into the big holes I the arm. The top of the pin was threaded for the insulator to screw onto. 1900’s tech that is still working today. I took some down a few years ago that was almost perfect but the pole got drunk and jumped out in front of a car.
Ah yep! That explains it!!!! Some old wood on an old windmill! How cool, people used whatever they could get their hands on back then! Thank you for the info and for watching!!!!!
Thank you.
You’re welcome!!!!!! Thank you!
I saw a truck with a boom like yours and it had a sand line on it. Have you ran into a well where you could run a sand pump in and clean the well out?
Well probably, but since I don’t have one I don’t offer it. Would love to have a sand line! Maybe the next truck!!!! Thank you for watching!
You take the time to measure the well static and depth. Do you ever write it on the well tower for
the next time you service the well. I know it might cost under $20.00 but if tower service technician
had a weather proof document holder attached to the well tower the owner would probably like
the idea and might get you more calls and references for going the extra mile.
When I had a business, I would hand business cards, Flyers, and free t shirts the t shirts were walking
billboards and cheap advertising. Start out small, you might have a friend who can do some for you
at a low cost and if you have a Cricket cutting machine you can make your own.
Howdy!
So, I don’t write the numbers anywhere other than the invoice, which I have a copy of as well as the customer.
I think (and have been told) we go the extra mile. We just don’t see any added value with hanging anything on the windmill that is pretty much useless info for anyone other than the owner and the well company. I’m going to measure it anyway, so other that “trending” water levels, there is no reason to keep the info. In Oklahoma, we also have “mandatory” well logs that have the static levels at time of drilling and well depth, of course this is only good for wells drilled post 1990 or somewhere along in there.
As for the advertising, we don’t advertise. Plenty of word of mouth advertising that keeps us running crazy every day. Thank you for your suggestions and for watching!
I'm a fire sprinkler fitter and I can confirm we say pipe dope also!
Haha man I’m glad yall do too! That’s what we have always called it but Lori was like, maybe we shouldn’t say that on camera in fear of getting us kicked off or something😝. Thank you for commenting and watching!!!!!!
Thanks for posting
Thank you more for watching!!!
Just like @robertchand said…..Puddin recomended your channel! He mentioned lookin you up👍
Man m so glad you did! I really appreciate you subscribing!!! Please continue watching!
Merch idea: Well well well, You dig it, we fix it. T-shirt.Hat: "pump it up" O K
Man those are good! We have been thinking we need to do some, but coming up with that is hard! Thank you sir!!!!! Thank you for watching too!!
What did i miss? Why was this pump not working? Do you service the the actual drive mechanism also when you maintain these? We had one when i was a kid long ago, i remember it fondly. Great video, the young lady does a nice job.
Best regards from Indiana.
It was the sucker rod couplings that worn in two. That caused the no-water call. We also rebuilt the pump while we were in there! I normally do service the windmill if it’s a new one to me and don’t know the records, but this one had the oil changed by the customer 2 months ago, so we didn’t. Some people actually still climb these and do the oil changes themselves! Thank you for watching!!
the pipe down by the pump is stretched. the threads have "necked". you are right to replace it, that things about to break right there and leave your pump down in the hole. the pipe is probably real thin on the inside.
Yep. Stinkin pipe these days!!! Thank you sir for watching!!!!!!!!
Yea, the owner should have made your working area clean, some people just dont think.....
Hahah I hear you! And I don’t know why. There should be a charge for that, lol. Thank you for watching!
@@OkieWindmillerI think after this 1 I would toss me a weed eater in the truck
I would charge the customer for clearing the brush...or better yet just leave and reschedule when it's done. Forget about it....P.S....Thanks not only for windmill tips, but the water table remarks. I have an open well I want to cap and add a small windmill to access the spring fed supply. ❤
Hahah I love it! Forget about it! Should have! It would be cleaned the next time haha!
Question, what’s the point to pumping water nonstop to the surface?
Good question. Windmills make about 2 gallons per minute. Most won’t keep up with the usage from the stock tank, so people let the overflow to a pond or creek.
How long do those couplers usually last before wearing out?
I have pulled them at 10 yrs old and they still look good. When we service one, if they’re worn at all, we swap them out.
I was sent here by a mad tattooed man with an obsession with seafoam blue.
Hahaha Puddin?? Yep he is awesome! Thank you for heading our way!!!!!
Why don't you use an impact to remove or put on sucker rod couplings?
It’s totally a feel thing for me. They can and will break very easily. I have learned over the years just where to stop. Good suggestion tho!
Puddin sent us over to check you out,Lets see what ya got.....................................................................Fort Worth,Tx
Thank you way down in Fort Worth!!!
buy a small weed hacker to clean up weeds on some of the weed and gassy junk arrouns the stand pipe. Thank for not using foul language on your repairing.
We have one, it just doesn’t always make it to the job site with us! 🙄. You are welcome, we don’t use foul language anyways, so it comes easy😀.
Is there a cover for the gears or are they left open to rain and dirt?
Ok, shoulda waited 5 more minutes.
Hahah no problem!!! Thank you for watching!!!!!!
Maybe you need to add a weed eater to your tools or make it prerequisite that access is clear to the well head.
You ain’t lying! We carry one a lot of the time, but I don’t always remember to take it with us when we leave for a job……
Just imagine if Puddin mentions y’all on his main channel !
Hahah I couldn’t keep up with the comments if he did!!!!!! Thank you for subscribing!!!!
@@OkieWindmiller it won’t be long till you won’t be able to keep up with the comments as it is .
That’s already happened lol!!! 😀
NC will check it more on videos after while, thank Puddin he said you where great just don't act like Mortske drinking complaining sometimes gets people turning off Videos lol everybody has good bad days.
Man wisdom right there! I promise to keep my cool. I really try to anyways! Thank you for watching!
Puddin put me in this direction Theo made me sub the channel
Haha ole Puddin and Theo!!! Thank you so much
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In Australia we have trouble where the pipe meets the pump with electrolysis Wrap duct tape around the pipe for a few feet up and top off pump Problem solved All so tap the pipe where the pump rod joiner is to see how thin the pipe is and use neoprene buckets instead of leather
Howdy way down there! Man thank you! We have heard of the neoprene but none of my local distributors carry them, so never tried them. Thank you for watching mate!
@@OkieWindmiller They have been hear for years a lot better than leather Probably used them in the space shuttle in a different form 🤣🤣Your water must be good nothing is corroded bad It’s heavy duty hear I’m using 2 inch heavy wall galvanised pipe in the water 2 years at the best Changed to submersible pumps and solar now with poly Stock water only tryed to get a water softener for the house in the drought The water tests said no it’s to hard All the best with it all🍻
Pudding was right you are cool
Thank you soooo much! He has a lot of good people in his pool of friends! Thank you for watching!
Here from puddin. Here to stay
Awesome! 👏 m here to stay making good videos !!!
Hope you added week control to your fee
We do add a little labor, to the tune of about $15……
What happened was when they was cutting in pipe threads on their pipe machine. They put new dize on it. And the guys weren't set, right? And then they reset them and started threading. That's what happened.
Ohhh I see! They were smaller and opened up to the correct position!
Man thank you!!
Thank you for watching!!!!
If you fail to plan you plan to fail...
Yep, true.
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Thank you kind sir!!!!!!😀
Getting paid the same cutting weeds or working on pump
Yep that’s right!!! That’s how we look at it!!!
Another wind miller tool: weed eater?🤔
Yep, on the truck constantly now!!!!
Now I’m aware of its operation
Sweet man! Thank you for watching!
Charge for removal of brush
Haha we do! Is hourly, but still something! Takes about 15 min, but we do charge for that, especially if they are able bodied and tell me it’s ready to be worked on. Thank you for watching!!!!
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I hope you do not make that mistake again, what did it cost you, an hour of hard work, LOL. You just have to laugh it off and come to work better prepared.
Haha I need to rewatch the video as to what mistake there was. Other than not bringing said chainsaw, weedeater, herd of goats lol!
So your looking for an intern to do camera work for free. The might be an audio visual student
who can help boost you like and subscribe....... There are ways to work ANF increase numbers.
For sure! Unfortunately our working conditions aren’t usually what would lure people in that industry to want to volunteer their time, or at least I wouldn’t🤪!!! That would be awesome tho!
Bro. Was you singing Pearl Jam when you were walking back to the mill in the beginning?!? lol
Haha I was!!!!