With this method I dug an eight inch diameter hole down to 20 feet, hit water at 7 feet, and was able to keep going, pulling mud up through the water. Dropped in a 6 inch diameter slotted PVC casing and I'm pumping 10 gallons a minute and believe I can pump more than that with a better pump. Thanks for the awesome video, really appreciate it.
I am 51 now. Ever since I was a kid and went hunting with my Dad at his Rod and Gun Club cabin, I always wondered how that well was made. I am quite sure this was probably how it was done. Thank you sir.
I was Raised off a Shallow well Pitcher Pump about 20 ft. deep, it was good cold water for drinking and no one ever got sick from drinking it--wish that old pump still existed, mighty good water in Cache River Bottoms-Arkansas.....
randy beard some of the shallow wells are fine but they are at higher risk for pathogens and contamination due to the lack of natural filtration that an aquifer or spring offers - especially nowadays.
thank you for your layman's terms explanation. you gave us exact info that is needed for this job, without making it to complicated to understand. you would make a wonderful teacher!
daniel cox thank you for the kind words. Hope you have good success in your dig. Check out my video that shows a better way to treat the digging sections of the auger. Much easier to change out.
Man you are badass. I need to find a good water witch to locate my brothers water. Seeing that pitcher pump brother back some memories of my uncle's place he didn't have running water in the house but drinking from that pump was some good water. We live in the Sandhills of nc I believe I'll give that a shot as soon as his veins are located. Thanks for an awesome video 👍
alan clapp thank you for the kind comments. I have a much better video of another well dig from start to finish here th-cam.com/video/5rYPRMm8Arw/w-d-xo.html that you may find more helpful. Good luck with your dig!
tigercreekfarm you're very welcome and thank you for the video. I'll definitely be watching the other video and any new ones you do I've subbed to your channel. I'm all about old school work and appreciating what it takes
Depends on where you live as to how far down you need to drill to get to an aquifer. You're water table up there is much deeper. Midwest and west is very deep. I'm 15 miles from FL and our "deep" well is 65 ft. We used to live 20 miles further north and our "deep" well was 155 ft. These shallow wells I dug are good for irrigation, washing, showering or any water that you may need that isn't necessarily for drinking - although some of these shallow wells may be perfectly fine. What you're hoping to find in these shallow wells is an underground spring or a nice vein of water.
I just subscribed to your chanel. Watching you dig the well takes me back to when I was younger liven with my grandparents. They injoyed to live the old ways, so anyways I hope to see you build a work station around your pump.
Thank you for the kind comments. I hope you will find this useful in your dig. Consider checking out another video - I made some improvements to the auger that makes digging and changing the extensions much easier.
I have been digging all the morning with an spade and a pick, then i got to tired at 1 meter and went to youtube searching an easier method, i guess the blacksmither of the town has a drill like that one
Good luck with your dig! Check out my video for "upgrading" the hand auger to make your dig much easier. It saves a lot of time and will require no tools in changing out the lengths of pipe - th-cam.com/video/-nN8-Aso5b4/w-d-xo.html
FloridaFrank2010 I wouldn't think you would need to dig more than 25 feet to get a shallow well in FL. If you're looking for the aquifer you'll definitely need to get through that limestone.
Thanks for the reply =) We are in central Florida, so water table is probably 45-50 down from sampling my and neighbors current wells. It's all sugar sand down to about 40 (we were a beach thousands of years ago), so i think I can smash my way though it maybe. There will be much effort before I pay $3k to a local driller.
FloridaFrank2010 should you decide to do this check out my other well videos - I made some improvements to the auger that makes digging and changing the extensions much easier.
I have done this to 40'. I built a tripod with a pulley and attached a rope to the head of the auger. You can use the rope to help pull the auger up and to hold it while changing out the sections. Also remember that a hand pump can only pull water from a depth of about 25' so any deeper you will need either a specialized hand pump or an electric pump.
Awesome. Appreciate the info. About how long did it take you? I bought an idaho well pump that's good to 50'. First, I'll attempt to piggyback off my existing well. If that doesn't work then I'll dig a new well.@@TigerCreekFarm
Those Idaho pumps are a great idea for piggybacking off an existing well. I have a few digging videos and the one here took about 4 hrs if memory serves. I have done a 40+ footer using the same method along with a derrick for help. Got into some bad attapulgus clay and it took several days. Good luck!
I did the exact same thing, but I did not recognize that I had hit the water table. I took a rest break overnight. The next day the water was 6 or 8 inches deep. I could not dig any more because the auger was dealing with soft mud.
Harry McMackin I’ve had the same thing happen on a recent dig - but there was no break involved. Sometimes the mud you hit is just about impossible to fight. I found certain clays to be the worst. Good luck!
I was never happy with the electric pump and removed it and the fittings altogether. This pump stays primed and is used regularly for cleaning up, cooling off and watering. I dropped down a 35'-40' well about 100' away to which I attached a submersible pump and tank- here - th-cam.com/video/-nN8-Aso5b4/w-d-xo.html. I need to do an update and explanation of this well.
olemanwinter1 pretty much. I used a derrick and rope/pulley to get that one done - but I have a more complete method here th-cam.com/video/5rYPRMm8Arw/w-d-xo.html
Car1Sagan True. I was worried about it filling up with sediment without any way to easily clean. Water finally continues to runs clear after MANY pumps.
I am still hand digging a well using an auger shovel. I am 30 feet above sea level and the Poquoson River is about 1500 yards away. I went through about 8 feet of clay and rocks of different sizes. I hit water at 10 feet. Have been pulling gray mucky sand and shell fragments with every shovel full. I am now 12 feet in the water column and 22 feet down. I am wondering if this is ground water I am in. I do not want to be too shallow that I will run out of water when watering the garden and yard. My parents had a well pump when I was growing up. My previous house had a well too. Like well water to water the yard. Any ideas if I am deep enough and in ground water table? Should I dig deeper?? You are right digging under water is much more difficult as you are pulling against the suction.
bubbajeph I dug one like this and ended up going down nearly 40 feet and he’d to stop because I couldn’t get through the limestone I finally hit. My rule of thumb is to go as deep as you possibly can. That will give you the most available water for usage. Check out my channel for the video that explains well volume and flow rate. Thanks for sharing and let us know how it works out.
If the pump pipe was inside a casing of activated charcoal (activated charcoal can be bought in the fish supply area of a pet store and is what is used in brits water filters to filter water) could it help filter the water that is being pumped out?
Sara Knudson I sounds sensible on the surface and could work but if you had to pull the pipe for any reason you would not be able to reinsert it. It would be better use the charcoal after it was pumped. Just my opinion.
Thank you. My brother-in-law just used this same procedure and put in a well. We helped him put his casing pipe in and he had over 8 feet of standing water in an 18 foot dig.
I ran into water while digging 2’ deep post holes for a trellis. Of five holes, one ended up with about 8” of water in the bottom. I am in an Intown neighborhood on top of a hill that was a pecan orchard around 1900. Do you think I could dig a shallow well here to irrigate my garden? Granted, it has been raining like mad for the last couple of months but only one of the holes filled so I think I have hit a water source. This is in the back yard of a house built in 1920. All supply and sewer lines exit toward the front of the house and there are no houses near me that are situated higher than this one which sits at the crown of a hill so there are no water or sewer lines in this back yard. Worth digging?
jazzopedia you’ve got nothing to lose except a little time and sweat. Nay turn out great. Here’s a better video I have of digging a well - th-cam.com/video/5rYPRMm8Arw/w-d-xo.html
What size hole are you boring with the auger? What is the purpose of capping off the bottom of the pipe? In your other, longer video, I don't believe you did that. Here in central Illinois, there can easily be water in a hole that is only a few feet deep. I'm thinking I wouldn't need to go down nearly as far to get sufficient water, though the flow might not be as much.
Boring an 8" hole. The cap is not necessary but it can help to keep the bottom of your well cleaner. The deeper a well you dig the more instantly available water you have available.
Hi, I have a question. Instead of going to all the trouble to "winterize" the pump/pipe by draining out the water or etc, could you theoretically just loosen/open that cap on the T junction before freezes to allow the water to expand and pressure to escape? Or is this a foolish assumption? Thanks
AdjacentJason that is a good thought but I think to be safe the water needs to be below the frost line - which would be some depth below soil surface. PVC does not respond well to expanding, frozen water. BTW, I have a better well digging video here - th-cam.com/video/5rYPRMm8Arw/w-d-xo.html and while you are on my channel look for Foot Valve Modification for Winterizing. It’s a time saver.
@@TigerCreekFarm Thanks. What are your thoughts on using PEX instead of PVC? PEX expands with the water, to some degree, so mightn't it be a better choice?
AdjacentJason I see no reason that it wouldn’t work. The fittings would have to be considered along with the severity of the freeze. Even iron pipes can burst.
Did it ever clear up good for ya. Looked about like the sand i deal with here in ohio and i never have luck with getting it to clear up. Its always mucky but plenty of water
Briar Mallett yes it finally cleared up - after many, many, many pumps. I use it to cool off and clean up on a regular basis when I am working on that part of the property. I still have the occasional problem with sand.
That diagram says it all. Can you buy that foot valve at home depot or Lowe's or any hardware store? I've never seen that. It looks like some kind of swimming pool equipment.
I see where this says if you leave the hole once there's water it gets hard to keep going. Bought an auger, got four feet down, never extended it. Has been sitting about eight months. Mud at the bottom, about a foot. Should I start this over again somewhere else when it's dry and get it all done in one day? Or can I scoop out what's there and keep going?
Mike Goodman it CAN be difficult. Before you give up on this hole I would give it a good try. If it is difficult to keep dirt/mud in the auger head during removal you can always wrap duct tape around the auger head to help hold it in while you pull the debris out. Good luck!
I wish we had tried this instead of shoveling our way to china , could have saved money on the wine and beer and dead goat we had to buy to entice our friends to help dig that well .
after watching a few of your videos i attempted to try digging my own well on my land. i'm in mid Michigan and I seem to be in all clay. After four hours i made it down about 7 feet. after i got about five feet down i was hitting really wet clay. every time i took a five minute break the hole would fill with a few inches of water. ill crank on the auger for two three minutes straight and pull the auger up only to get it about an 1/8 full of clay. i want to get at least 20ft down?? any advice you can give me would be great. thanks.
Clay is tough and character building. You don’t necessarily need to go down 20 feet but you do need to get to a good permeable area that allows water to flow into your well. We hit an area like your on my sons property and it took us three days to dig almost 20 feet. Sometimes there is no way around it - it’s just tough digging. Good luck.
Love your videos. Two questions. Why did you choose a four inch pipe when all you were doing was sending an inch a quarter down in it? Would a two inch pipe work to sit your second 1.25 pipe with the foot valve in? Also I hit water and am about 6 feet under water and wan to go more. However my augur keeps getting g stuck with the water vacuum. Any tips on how to go deeper with the auger and not get stuck ? Thanks again
Thank you for the kind comments. You need to think of the casing pipe (4") like a drinking glass holding the water - and the pump pipe (1.25") like a straw. If your glass is a 15 feet deep 4" casing pipe and holds 5 feet of water you have about 3.25 gallons of available water. ( Check out my video on how to figure your water amount here th-cam.com/video/K7oaIn4lEzE/w-d-xo.html) If your glass is a 15 feet deep 1.25" casing pipe and holds 5 feet of water you have about .325 gallons of available water. The larger the casing pipe - the more available water. And if you placed a straw into a glass of the same size no water could enter (remember in our "glass" the water must enter from the sides.) Hope this makes sense.
Ah, I see. Im coming from the angle of using an electric pump to pull the water up and having plenty of water to pull from. Your good example seems focus on pumping by hand with concern of recharging. So I guess the diameter of the casing pipe is less important with an electric pump and almost unlimited supply. If you had unlimited supply then you wouldn't just need a casing pipe that was slightly bigger then the pump pipe. Also any tips on not getting the augur stuck once you hit water and try to go deeper? Thanks again.
Your casing pipe size will be determined on the type of electric pump you choose to use. Submersible pumps require at least a 4" casing pipe. Jet pumps can use a smaller casing pipe. Getting through the suction of water can be a real pain. I made a cheap derrick with a pulley and rope to help with a deeper well - th-cam.com/video/-nN8-Aso5b4/w-d-xo.html I also have a more complete digging video that may explain a few things better through application here - th-cam.com/video/5rYPRMm8Arw/w-d-xo.html Just remember, the deeper you can go the more available water you will have. Hope this helps.
DashCam Journals PH no. The extensions are something I made to make it easier to dig solo. I explain it in my video here - th-cam.com/video/dzIgMPACjCI/w-d-xo.html
Thank you for the vid will be doing this my self i have one question that i cannot seem to work out how do you know were to dig my nabour has one 50ft from my fence line i am slightly higher land if i did in the same spot but at my side of the fence qould you think i will hit the water
Here is a better video I did explaining my process further - th-cam.com/video/5rYPRMm8Arw/w-d-xo.html The water table will be the same for you and your neighbor - the trick is to hit a spot where the water has a better chance to permeate.
Shane Iliff you can use black pipe. After a few digs I made some modifications for ease of use. Here are a couple videos about how I built my auger. Auger build - th-cam.com/video/dzIgMPACjCI/w-d-xo.html Initial auger build - th-cam.com/video/-nN8-Aso5b4/w-d-xo.html
vistagraphsnet I’m guessing you are cutting your pipe after you place it. I use a string to measure the distance so I can cut my pipe beforehand. Check out my other digging video for more complete explanations.
I use the 8”. It gives you more opportunity for instantly available water. A better video of the process can be found here - th-cam.com/video/5rYPRMm8Arw/w-d-xo.html
Steven Meyer that is easy to do. The idea is to determine how much water you have in your well along with the flow rate then use an electric pump to match the equivalent gallons per minute flowing back into your well.
It depends on the size and type of rock. Depth can play a factor, too. If it isn't too deep you can use a bar to help break it up. In another well dig using this same method I hit limestone at close to 40 feet. I was able to get through some with a bit I built for my auger handle but the depth and inability to develop any force or torque kept me from going any deeper. You can see the bit in this video - th-cam.com/video/-nN8-Aso5b4/w-d-xo.html and you can watch a start to finish video here - th-cam.com/video/5rYPRMm8Arw/w-d-xo.html
Thanks for this video! I like this idea much better than using one or two garden hoses attached to a PVC pipe with an auger at the end of the pipe. I'm assuming you dug with a 6" auger which therefore left 2 inches for pea gravel around the 4 inch pipe. So the 4 inch pipe goes down first, then the pea gravel? How much pea gravel - two small bags? Thanks!
Thanks, Joe. Yes the adjustable auger head was set at 6 inches which left room for the gravel. Yes, the pipe goes down first and then you fill the gravel around it. The amount of gravel depends on how deep you end up going. Make sure you check out my other well digging videos - I made improvements to the auger that makes digging a lot easier - especially shaft changes. Another shows how to clean your well using an airlift bailer. Good luck!
That's just a post hole auger isn't it? I've been wanting to drill a well for watering plants and just in case there is some sort of situation where I lose my main water source.thanks man
L. J. Bush pretty much. The auger is screwed into the ground where a post hole digger is slammed into the ground. This auger can be adjusted from 4 to 8 inches. I have modified the auger a good bit for deeper holes and for digging alone. If yo like you can check out a more complete dig here with the modified auger - th-cam.com/video/5rYPRMm8Arw/w-d-xo.html
Wouldn't these 20ft wells be mostly sewage runoff? I'd think water coming from a drilled well through solid rock to be a lot cleaner than dirt/sand water. In Virginia ours is 50ft clay and 400ft solid rock to the water.
Awesom , that water table is that shallow , Id expect at least 25-30 feet for Georgia dirt ......ahhh but if I recall you are in southern Ga. which may as well be Fla. Ya'll got some impressive swamps down there too . Ive watched every Burt Reynolds movie there ever was .. e Florida ......grin . That gator movie was my favorite ....off topic ,maybe just a little but there was swamp and a school for unwed mothers in it , I like girls ....
See Im a an almost a bonafide georgia . Stump Jumper , lol , I got that ESPn ..mind , not much difference in Georgia and louisiana folk , Alabama and Miss. on the other hand nothing similar ., "Why they call you Gator/ ' / ' and he showed her lol
Hi currently digging a well myself, going to install 4" casing, i hit water @ 12-13' mark and now at 16-17' I am in clay will installing the casing into a clay formation still work or will I need to dig thru it. Where I live people have sandpoints - attempted but was unable to get it to work then lost the point. we also live on 2 aquifers but it can be upto 50' deep thru clay before you hit them.
Things to keep in mind. The deeper you can dig - the more water you will have readily available. The water will be mostly seeping through the sand so the clay is one of those "am I deep enough" decisions. I dug through 21 feet of attapulgus clay and it was NO fun - but I have a 40 foot shallow well that I can put a submersible pump and tank on. It's all about fulfilling your needs. Those 50 foot aquifers may be what are called "confined" aquifers and that is where the good water lies. You also need a license to drill into them - keeps the water safe for the rest of us. Sounds like you are on the right track. FYI - my channel has quite a few other shallow well vids that may answer some of the questions that may arise with your dig. Good luck and thanks for stopping by.
Thanks for your reply I’m basically wanting the water so I can water my grass. I previously in a different house not far from my current location “same city” had a sandpoint and it was perfect to run a 1/2 hp pump. I will keep digging thru the wet blue type clay and maybe I’ll be lucky and hit water soon than what my research has says. Or even have 10ft it standing water so I can water sections at a time. I did also watch your other videos which are great. Is there some resistance when pushing the casing thru the water since it seems to sorta fill back in with sand and mud from the walls of the hole?
Not much resistance. Capping the end of your casing pipe helps a bit in getting and keeping it cleaned out. Everything that you dug and churned up will be sitting in the water of the hole you dug. The not so fun part is getting all of that out. The soil type will determine how long this takes. Good luck with your dig!
Thanks bro thanks for sharing any tips you can add to this good job have you hooked up a gas pump to it yet or have you hooked up a booster pump at all to it is there a big enough water supply to handle that?
Thanks for the comment. This well ended up being too shallow for an electric pump. Stays primed and works great with the pitcher pump. I dug another well nearby using the same method but going down to nearly 40ft. You can check it out here - th-cam.com/video/-nN8-Aso5b4/w-d-xo.html
I don't know how familiar you are with pressure tanks, and booster pumps, and connecting a storage tank to that but you can hook that up to your house and have all the pressure and water you need I'll send you a link and there's other videos as well thanks for getting back to me. th-cam.com/video/zSWYJHPfRCM/w-d-xo.html I'm new to this TH-cam channel and creating my own channel. I do all my videoing off my phone it's a little rough, but for me it's just getting the information out there, I like your editing tool what is it that you use for your videos and do you know of any free editing tools or at least some inexpensive ones alright take it easy, By4Now Ken
Question what do you have to do to get to the point you can drink the water once you had the pump and all installed? Cause I am trying to understand how this all works never dug a well and would have no idea when you can tell the water is drinkable?
Go2YadRamah on the side of safety shallow wells are not reliable for safe drinking water. Too many contaminates can enter the source of water being used. Another point of caution is the pump. The imported pumps are produced using lead in the paint or metal. Most of these shallow wells are used for irrigation, cleaning, etc and to safely drink the water it would need to be tested at your health department or boiled. It is possible to tap into a source of clean drinking water with a shallow well but I wouldn’t count on it.
TigerCreekFarm so what would be defined as shallow verses deep what length and how is it shallow wells get effected im all ears and would appreciate your words and time and thanks again for responding
Go2YadRamah here is a simple way to look at it. Shallow wells tap into water at the water table level. Deep wells tap into an aquifer. The water table is unconfined and contains groundwater runoff. An aquifer is confined and only receives its water after it has been filtered through many layers and substrates of soil, sand and rock. Bottom line, ground water (water table/shallow well) can contain anything that can soak through the ground. An aquifer is contained and only contains filtered water - the water found in deep wells.
Go2YadRamah the water table, the depth at which you can have a shallow well, is determined by the depth of the water table in your area. We have a water table here - about 15 feet. Our deep well - drinking water found in the aquifer is about 60 feet. Depending on where you live determines the depth you have to dig.
Great work, my friend! I've got an underground spring at my property, so I'm hoping to tap a well soon. I live in Alabama. You sound like you're from the south. How close are you?
Thanks! Do you still have your hand auger and would you be willing to loan it to me, if I pay for shipping to and from GA/AL? I don't want to buy something I'll use once, maybe twice (I have a small field for a garden where I might also want a well) as these augers are a bit pricey.
Busy putting in posts. Shipping back and forth would probably cost more than you could pay for the auger. You can probably pick one up for $50+ or check the rental places.
the problem is that the mud is falling out the auger , when I am pulling it out , is there any other tool to get this mud/water out ????? thanks for answer
Hope it works out for you. Some holes are just a pain in the butt. Here is a link to a more complete dig - including the foot valve - th-cam.com/video/5rYPRMm8Arw/w-d-xo.html I even have another video of just pulling and cleaning it. Good luck!
michael paden depending on how cold - you can put a bucket over it, wrap the pump/pipe in insulation - or pull the pump and pipe and drain it. The reality of these pumps are if it’s too cold to get water, then it’s too cold to get water.
The auger I use is the AUA2 made by Seymour. It has been rebranded as the Seymour S500 Industrial Iwan - Adjustable Auger SKU: 21326. If it can’t be found locally it can be found here - seymourmidwest.com/21326. Seymour found my video and has offered my viewers a 20% discount if they use code TigerCreek20 at checkout. Here are a couple of videos of how the auger was modified. Seymour Auger - th-cam.com/video/dzIgMPACjCI/w-d-xo.html Building the Auger - th-cam.com/video/-nN8-Aso5b4/w-d-xo.html And here is a better video of a well dig - Well Dig - th-cam.com/video/5rYPRMm8Arw/w-d-xo.html
Thank you. You could probably order it from Amazon - since they seem to have everything. The auger is a Seymour AU2. I have a couple of better digging videos in the following links. One shows how I modified the auger for easier solo digging and the other is a well from start to finish. Cheers! th-cam.com/video/-nN8-Aso5b4/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/5rYPRMm8Arw/w-d-xo.html
TigerCreekFarm that is bloody brilliant! They do have everything! I will give them a try. I will drink to your health. Thank you for the swift response. Cheers.
joseph mclennan I’ve gotta couple of other videos where I made quick change square tubing shafts. I dug down nearly 40 feet, most of it green atapulgus clay. Had to make a 10 ft tripod pulley support to help me pull the auger out. That dig took many days.
Scott S they were made with sections of 3/4” pipe and couplings. Follow these links for a better way I found to make the extensions and a complete start to finish well. th-cam.com/video/-nN8-Aso5b4/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/5rYPRMm8Arw/w-d-xo.html
Stacy Boyett the auger was bought at a local hardware store. Check out my other videos where I show how I modified it with square tubing for easier changes.
tracy isaac I ended up removing the electric pump access connectors and going with a straight pipe. The electric shallow well pump drained it too quickly. This well stays primed all of the time now and delivers several buckets of water before needing a break. I hand dug another well close to 40 feet and put a submersible pump and tank on it and it delivers pretty good. You can see that well and the auger changes in another of my videos. Good luck.
tracy isaac Yes brother after watching this very video, I dug my own water well in my compound. I bought submersible water pump for pulling water. It pull water real quick. My pump is 0.5hp
With me dressing a deer it certainly looks more like "butchering". Usually it's too cold and dark - and the last thing I'm thinking about is videoing. On a side note, our hanging rack is in front of this well.
Prolly Outdoors with non-stop pumping I can get 7 to 8 gallons. I usually get 4 gallons, do my watering and come back for another 4. It will generally keep up with me that way.
Wow, 8 gallons is enough for a shower. I guess you could run a small home off of a well like this? I was thinking of maybe drilling 4 holes and link them together underground for a homestead project.
Deeper and bigger is better. Go as deep as you can to give yourself every opportunity to collect the water. I have a few other videos related to this you may find helpful. Good luck!
tigercreekfarm if you use a holding tank in a booster pump and throw in a pressure tank you can operate any size house it's just the mat the volume you'll be filling your tank with is the video. What made the views for my kids and what you might need I'm doing a repair but you'll see my water tank it's a 1200 gallon tank with a booster pump a two-horse booster pump which is bigger than you probably really need. Here's the video th-cam.com/video/GiFHGdg4-mQ/w-d-xo.html
Question: When you hit water how did it stay in the auger bucket? Was the water mostly liquid or just wet mud? Please reply to vistagraphs@gmail.com and here for others who may have the same question. Thanks
vistagraphsnet when you hit “water” what you are really hitting is water bearing soil - usually sand - not a pool of water. So when you are pulling the auger head back up it will be a mix of sand, clay and water - sometimes small stones. An inexpensive trick you can use to bring the dug material to the surface if the sediment keeps falling out is to wrap the sides of the auger head with duct tape to help keep the material in the auger head. Keep an eye on it and replace the tape when necessary.
You need a friend on the other side and a wider handle you .d be staring the devil in the face in within the hour still impressed and 17 feet ,jealous ....you could by a new car for what we have to pay for water out here in the desert
I am digging a shallow water well, but water is already coming up from the ground at just 5ft. When I bought the house a while back, the yard was muddy and I ended up installing a french drain, which improved the conditions, but ground was still wet all year around. I took a video of what is happening and I am hoping you can give me some advice. The issue that I am having, is the soil underneath keeps collapsing and not matter how much I dig... it fills back up with more soil. The other issue is that there is a vacuum or suction when I try to lift the dirt out. At the higher point of my property where I installed a fence, I was surprise to see water filling up the hole I dug to put in the fence post. Where is all this water coming from? I am guessing this water that just about 5 ft. is bad water? Here is the video: th-cam.com/video/ghJALkDGZOA/w-d-xo.html
Looks like sandy/loamy southern soil beneath that St. Augustine. This is a common problem with that type of soil and a high water table. To help remove diggings from the hole before it falls out of the auger you can wrap duct tape around the head. If you can't seem to find any success by digging you may be an excellent candidate for a sandpoint or wellpoint type well. You basically attach a sandpoint or wellpoint to the end of your water pipe and drive it into the ground. I'll be doing a video of this in the future when I install a well of this type for my son. If you decide to go this route you can still use the hole that you started. All you need is a sandpoint, lengths of pipe, couplings for the pipe, a driving cap for the pipe and sledgehammer or post driver - and, of course, your pump. Look into it.
Travis Au I honestly have no idea how deep you would need to dig in Puerto Rico. All I know to do is to ask what depths the wells are around your specific area.
THANK YOU for telling me how to drill a well and saving your life story for your friends!
With this method I dug an eight inch diameter hole down to 20 feet, hit water at 7 feet, and was able to keep going, pulling mud up through the water. Dropped in a 6 inch diameter slotted PVC casing and I'm pumping 10 gallons a minute and believe I can pump more than that with a better pump. Thanks for the awesome video, really appreciate it.
That's awesome!
Hi, how do you cope with any rocks while drilling?
I am 51 now. Ever since I was a kid and went hunting with my Dad at his Rod and Gun Club cabin, I always wondered how that well was made.
I am quite sure this was probably how it was done.
Thank you sir.
I was Raised off a Shallow well Pitcher Pump about 20 ft. deep, it was good cold water for drinking and no one ever got sick from drinking it--wish that old pump still existed, mighty good water in Cache River Bottoms-Arkansas.....
randy beard some of the shallow wells are fine but they are at higher risk for pathogens and contamination due to the lack of natural filtration that an aquifer or spring offers - especially nowadays.
You're a genius, man. I wish I could do that, but unfortunately I live in mountains with terribly large rocks all in the ground.
thank you for your layman's terms explanation. you gave us exact info that is needed for this job, without making it to complicated to understand. you would make a wonderful teacher!
daniel cox thank you for the kind words. Hope you have good success in your dig. Check out my video that shows a better way to treat the digging sections of the auger. Much easier to change out.
I'm glad to find your videos. Thank you for sharing. I've bought half my supply's. Going to tap a shallow well for my sons new property
I appreciate it and good luck!
Man you are badass. I need to find a good water witch to locate my brothers water. Seeing that pitcher pump brother back some memories of my uncle's place he didn't have running water in the house but drinking from that pump was some good water. We live in the Sandhills of nc I believe I'll give that a shot as soon as his veins are located. Thanks for an awesome video 👍
alan clapp thank you for the kind comments. I have a much better video of another well dig from start to finish here th-cam.com/video/5rYPRMm8Arw/w-d-xo.html that you may find more helpful. Good luck with your dig!
tigercreekfarm you're very welcome and thank you for the video. I'll definitely be watching the other video and any new ones you do I've subbed to your channel. I'm all about old school work and appreciating what it takes
Thanks for sharing this with us. This was awesome 👍
Depends on where you live as to how far down you need to drill to get to an aquifer. You're water table up there is much deeper. Midwest and west is very deep. I'm 15 miles from FL and our "deep" well is 65 ft. We used to live 20 miles further north and our "deep" well was 155 ft. These shallow wells I dug are good for irrigation, washing, showering or any water that you may need that isn't necessarily for drinking - although some of these shallow wells may be perfectly fine. What you're hoping to find in these shallow wells is an underground spring or a nice vein of water.
I just subscribed to your chanel. Watching you dig the well takes me back to when I was younger liven with my grandparents. They injoyed to live the old ways, so anyways I hope to see you build a work station around your pump.
WOW THANK YOU! How interesting
The way things are going just the best investment anyone can make!
Great video, we will be digging a shallow well to fill up our pond after that project is finished! Thank you for the diagram!
Thank you for the kind comments. I hope you will find this useful in your dig. Consider checking out another video - I made some improvements to the auger that makes digging and changing the extensions much easier.
I like his short pump handle
Love your vids brother, dogs, deer hunting, guns all around american. just seen your shirt to im in Ga too
It touched my heart
I have been digging all the morning with an spade and a pick, then i got to tired at 1 meter and went to youtube searching an easier method, i guess the blacksmither of the town has a drill like that one
Damn wished you made this video 15 years ago, I could have dug my brother's well.
Brilliant video.
Do have woodworking videos?
For example folding sawhorses.
Please let me know.
Thank you.
I think you found the sawhorse video.
Thanks for posting the video. I plan on trying to dig a shallow well for the same reasons you did.
Good luck with your dig! Check out my video for "upgrading" the hand auger to make your dig much easier. It saves a lot of time and will require no tools in changing out the lengths of pipe - th-cam.com/video/-nN8-Aso5b4/w-d-xo.html
tigercreekfarm, great modification. that's much better than unscrewing the sections every time you take it out of the ground to empty the bucket.
Thank you for making this!
Daniel Callins you're very welcome. I hope you find it helpful.
Thank you so much!
You're very welcome. We've done a better start to finish video here - th-cam.com/video/5rYPRMm8Arw/w-d-xo.html
Dig 30 foot well would take about two weeks of hard labor,three men ,case with brick if you can find a brick layer ,5 feet across
Dean Murray I posted this to show people an easy way to get to water themselves.
Thanks for making this - wish I could dig one this easy, but we have Limestone here in Florida about 40' down that is a bit hard to dig through.
FloridaFrank2010 I wouldn't think you would need to dig more than 25 feet to get a shallow well in FL. If you're looking for the aquifer you'll definitely need to get through that limestone.
Thanks for the reply =) We are in central Florida, so water table is probably 45-50 down from sampling my and neighbors current wells. It's all sugar sand down to about 40 (we were a beach thousands of years ago), so i think I can smash my way though it maybe. There will be much effort before I pay $3k to a local driller.
FloridaFrank2010 should you decide to do this check out my other well videos - I made some improvements to the auger that makes digging and changing the extensions much easier.
One tuff sod buster
Going to attempt this to 40'. Wish me luck.
I have done this to 40'. I built a tripod with a pulley and attached a rope to the head of the auger. You can use the rope to help pull the auger up and to hold it while changing out the sections. Also remember that a hand pump can only pull water from a depth of about 25' so any deeper you will need either a specialized hand pump or an electric pump.
Awesome. Appreciate the info. About how long did it take you? I bought an idaho well pump that's good to 50'. First, I'll attempt to piggyback off my existing well. If that doesn't work then I'll dig a new well.@@TigerCreekFarm
Those Idaho pumps are a great idea for piggybacking off an existing well. I have a few digging videos and the one here took about 4 hrs if memory serves. I have done a 40+ footer using the same method along with a derrick for help. Got into some bad attapulgus clay and it took several days. Good luck!
Sandy soil where I'm at...or so I hope. glad to here that what I'm attempting is doable.@@TigerCreekFarm
I did the exact same thing, but I did not recognize that I had hit the water table. I took a rest break overnight. The next day the water was 6 or 8 inches deep. I could not dig any more because the auger was dealing with soft mud.
Harry McMackin I’ve had the same thing happen on a recent dig - but there was no break involved. Sometimes the mud you hit is just about impossible to fight. I found certain clays to be the worst. Good luck!
Brilliant!
I Would like to see a video of how an electric pump is attached to that well.
I was never happy with the electric pump and removed it and the fittings altogether. This pump stays primed and is used regularly for cleaning up, cooling off and watering. I dropped down a 35'-40' well about 100' away to which I attached a submersible pump and tank- here - th-cam.com/video/-nN8-Aso5b4/w-d-xo.html. I need to do an update and explanation of this well.
TigerCreekFarm
Did you dig that deeper well with the same method?
olemanwinter1 pretty much. I used a derrick and rope/pulley to get that one done - but I have a more complete method here th-cam.com/video/5rYPRMm8Arw/w-d-xo.html
Thanks
Wow amazing! I want to try to build something like that too! :-D
Need to find the tools here in Thailand... :-O
should have put a mesh fabric sock around the bottom of your casing. You would have had clearer water entering the casing.
Car1Sagan True. I was worried about it filling up with sediment without any way to easily clean. Water finally continues to runs clear after MANY pumps.
I am still hand digging a well using an auger shovel. I am 30 feet above sea level and the Poquoson River is about 1500 yards away. I went through about 8 feet of clay and rocks of different sizes. I hit water at 10 feet. Have been pulling gray mucky sand and shell fragments with every shovel full. I am now 12 feet in the water column and 22 feet down.
I am wondering if this is ground water I am in. I do not want to be too shallow that I will run out of water when watering the garden and yard. My parents had a well pump when I was growing up. My previous house had a well too. Like well water to water the yard. Any ideas if I am deep enough and in ground water table? Should I dig deeper?? You are right digging under water is much more difficult as you are pulling against the suction.
bubbajeph I dug one like this and ended up going down nearly 40 feet and he’d to stop because I couldn’t get through the limestone I finally hit. My rule of thumb is to go as deep as you possibly can. That will give you the most available water for usage. Check out my channel for the video that explains well volume and flow rate. Thanks for sharing and let us know how it works out.
You made a nice video
Thank you.
If the pump pipe was inside a casing of activated charcoal (activated charcoal can be bought in the fish supply area of a pet store and is what is used in brits water filters to filter water) could it help filter the water that is being pumped out?
Sara Knudson I sounds sensible on the surface and could work but if you had to pull the pipe for any reason you would not be able to reinsert it. It would be better use the charcoal after it was pumped. Just my opinion.
great job!
Thank you. My brother-in-law just used this same procedure and put in a well. We helped him put his casing pipe in and he had over 8 feet of standing water in an 18 foot dig.
I ran into water while digging 2’ deep post holes for a trellis. Of five holes, one ended up with about 8” of water in the bottom. I am in an Intown neighborhood on top of a hill that was a pecan orchard around 1900. Do you think I could dig a shallow well here to irrigate my garden? Granted, it has been raining like mad for the last couple of months but only one of the holes filled so I think I have hit a water source. This is in the back yard of a house built in 1920. All supply and sewer lines exit toward the front of the house and there are no houses near me that are situated higher than this one which sits at the crown of a hill so there are no water or sewer lines in this back yard. Worth digging?
jazzopedia you’ve got nothing to lose except a little time and sweat. Nay turn out great. Here’s a better video I have of digging a well - th-cam.com/video/5rYPRMm8Arw/w-d-xo.html
Brilliant!!
Thank you so much for the kind comment.
What size hole are you boring with the auger? What is the purpose of capping off the bottom of the pipe? In your other, longer video, I don't believe you did that. Here in central Illinois, there can easily be water in a hole that is only a few feet deep. I'm thinking I wouldn't need to go down nearly as far to get sufficient water, though the flow might not be as much.
Boring an 8" hole. The cap is not necessary but it can help to keep the bottom of your well cleaner. The deeper a well you dig the more instantly available water you have available.
Hi, I have a question. Instead of going to all the trouble to "winterize" the pump/pipe by draining out the water or etc, could you theoretically just loosen/open that cap on the T junction before freezes to allow the water to expand and pressure to escape? Or is this a foolish assumption? Thanks
AdjacentJason that is a good thought but I think to be safe the water needs to be below the frost line - which would be some depth below soil surface. PVC does not respond well to expanding, frozen water.
BTW, I have a better well digging video here - th-cam.com/video/5rYPRMm8Arw/w-d-xo.html and while you are on my channel look for Foot Valve Modification for Winterizing. It’s a time saver.
@@TigerCreekFarm Thanks. What are your thoughts on using PEX instead of PVC? PEX expands with the water, to some degree, so mightn't it be a better choice?
AdjacentJason I see no reason that it wouldn’t work. The fittings would have to be considered along with the severity of the freeze. Even iron pipes can burst.
Great vid!
Thank you. I have a much more complete and detailed well video here - th-cam.com/video/5rYPRMm8Arw/w-d-xo.html
tigercreekfarm You're welcome. I'll check it out.
Did you hit aquifer or water table ?
Water table. The aquifer in our area is about 60 feet.
tigercreekfarm Oh nice. My well is over 400ft deep because im on a mountain.
This is awesome only one thing how you no for sure you'll hit water I hate to dig that much and no water I live in Kentucky will this work here
If you know the depth of the water table in your area you’ll know how far you need to dig.
@@TigerCreekFarm o ok awesome can you get something like that at the courthouse or somewhere O.O you are extremely wise ^-^
Wolve XD possibly - or check with people who dig wells or put in septic systems.
@@TigerCreekFarm ok awesome thank you ^-^ information is like gold ^-^
Did it ever clear up good for ya. Looked about like the sand i deal with here in ohio and i never have luck with getting it to clear up. Its always mucky but plenty of water
Briar Mallett yes it finally cleared up - after many, many, many pumps. I use it to cool off and clean up on a regular basis when I am working on that part of the property. I still have the occasional problem with sand.
tigercreekfarm okay. Thanks for the reply.
That diagram says it all. Can you buy that foot valve at home depot or Lowe's or any hardware store? I've never seen that. It looks like some kind of swimming pool equipment.
Yep. They should have it in the plumbing/well dept.
I see where this says if you leave the hole once there's water it gets hard to keep going.
Bought an auger, got four feet down, never extended it. Has been sitting about eight months. Mud at the bottom, about a foot. Should I start this over again somewhere else when it's dry and get it all done in one day? Or can I scoop out what's there and keep going?
Mike Goodman it CAN be difficult. Before you give up on this hole I would give it a good try. If it is difficult to keep dirt/mud in the auger head during removal you can always wrap duct tape around the auger head to help hold it in while you pull the debris out. Good luck!
BTW I can use those willow limbs to find water too LOL it's all in the grip LOL
I wish we had tried this instead of shoveling our way to china , could have saved money on the wine and beer and dead goat we had to buy to entice our friends to help dig that well .
after watching a few of your videos i attempted to try digging my own well on my land. i'm in mid Michigan and I seem to be in all clay. After four hours i made it down about 7 feet. after i got about five feet down i was hitting really wet clay. every time i took a five minute break the hole would fill with a few inches of water. ill crank on the auger for two three minutes straight and pull the auger up only to get it about an 1/8 full of clay. i want to get at least 20ft down?? any advice you can give me would be great. thanks.
Clay is tough and character building. You don’t necessarily need to go down 20 feet but you do need to get to a good permeable area that allows water to flow into your well. We hit an area like your on my sons property and it took us three days to dig almost 20 feet. Sometimes there is no way around it - it’s just tough digging. Good luck.
Love your videos. Two questions. Why did you choose a four inch pipe when all you were doing was sending an inch a quarter down in it? Would a two inch pipe work to sit your second 1.25 pipe with the foot valve in? Also I hit water and am about 6 feet under water and wan to go more. However my augur keeps getting g stuck with the water vacuum. Any tips on how to go deeper with the auger and not get stuck ? Thanks again
Thank you for the kind comments.
You need to think of the casing pipe (4") like a drinking glass holding the water - and the pump pipe (1.25") like a straw.
If your glass is a 15 feet deep 4" casing pipe and holds 5 feet of water you have about 3.25 gallons of available water. ( Check out my video on how to figure your water amount here th-cam.com/video/K7oaIn4lEzE/w-d-xo.html)
If your glass is a 15 feet deep 1.25" casing pipe and holds 5 feet of water you have about .325 gallons of available water.
The larger the casing pipe - the more available water.
And if you placed a straw into a glass of the same size no water could enter (remember in our "glass" the water must enter from the sides.)
Hope this makes sense.
Ah, I see. Im coming from the angle of using an electric pump to pull the water up and having plenty of water to pull from. Your good example seems focus on pumping by hand with concern of recharging. So I guess the diameter of the casing pipe is less important with an electric pump and almost unlimited supply. If you had unlimited supply then you wouldn't just need a casing pipe that was slightly bigger then the pump pipe. Also any tips on not getting the augur stuck once you hit water and try to go deeper? Thanks again.
Your casing pipe size will be determined on the type of electric pump you choose to use.
Submersible pumps require at least a 4" casing pipe. Jet pumps can use a smaller casing pipe.
Getting through the suction of water can be a real pain.
I made a cheap derrick with a pulley and rope to help with a deeper well - th-cam.com/video/-nN8-Aso5b4/w-d-xo.html
I also have a more complete digging video that may explain a few things better through application here - th-cam.com/video/5rYPRMm8Arw/w-d-xo.html
Just remember, the deeper you can go the more available water you will have.
Hope this helps.
Does it come with the extension if you buy from their website or Amazon? thanks
DashCam Journals PH no. The extensions are something I made to make it easier to dig solo. I explain it in my video here - th-cam.com/video/dzIgMPACjCI/w-d-xo.html
Thank you for the vid will be doing this my self i have one question that i cannot seem to work out how do you know were to dig my nabour has one 50ft from my fence line i am slightly higher land if i did in the same spot but at my side of the fence qould you think i will hit the water
Here is a better video I did explaining my process further - th-cam.com/video/5rYPRMm8Arw/w-d-xo.html
The water table will be the same for you and your neighbor - the trick is to hit a spot where the water has a better chance to permeate.
are you able to extend the handle by threading together black pipe, or did you have to buy the extensions where you bought the auger?
Shane Iliff you can use black pipe. After a few digs I made some modifications for ease of use. Here are a couple videos about how I built my auger.
Auger build - th-cam.com/video/dzIgMPACjCI/w-d-xo.html
Initial auger build - th-cam.com/video/-nN8-Aso5b4/w-d-xo.html
I added an empty can on the bottom of the foot valve and the valve stays four inches above the sand. First glass crystal clear. What kind of pump wou
vistagraphsnet I’m guessing you are cutting your pipe after you place it. I use a string to measure the distance so I can cut my pipe beforehand. Check out my other digging video for more complete explanations.
Do you use the 6", 7", or 8" setting on the auger when digging the holes for a 4" casing?
I use the 8”. It gives you more opportunity for instantly available water. A better video of the process can be found here - th-cam.com/video/5rYPRMm8Arw/w-d-xo.html
Great video! Thanks. If you run an electric pump, does well go dry if you run it too long?
Steven Meyer that is easy to do. The idea is to determine how much water you have in your well along with the flow rate then use an electric pump to match the equivalent gallons per minute flowing back into your well.
is the gravel a must?? will it afect the well in a negative way if there is no pea gravel?
Not a must but it does help stage the water to more easily flow into your casing pipe.
What do you do if you hit stones or big rocks with the auger? Can the auger go through them or do you have to start over in a different place?
It depends on the size and type of rock. Depth can play a factor, too. If it isn't too deep you can use a bar to help break it up.
In another well dig using this same method I hit limestone at close to 40 feet. I was able to get through some with a bit I built for my auger handle but the depth and inability to develop any force or torque kept me from going any deeper.
You can see the bit in this video - th-cam.com/video/-nN8-Aso5b4/w-d-xo.html and you can watch a start to finish video here - th-cam.com/video/5rYPRMm8Arw/w-d-xo.html
Thanks for this video! I like this idea much better than using one or two garden hoses attached to a PVC pipe with an auger at the end of the pipe. I'm assuming you dug with a 6" auger which therefore left 2 inches for pea gravel around the 4 inch pipe. So the 4 inch pipe goes down first, then the pea gravel? How much pea gravel - two small bags? Thanks!
Thanks, Joe. Yes the adjustable auger head was set at 6 inches which left room for the gravel. Yes, the pipe goes down first and then you fill the gravel around it. The amount of gravel depends on how deep you end up going. Make sure you check out my other well digging videos - I made improvements to the auger that makes digging a lot easier - especially shaft changes. Another shows how to clean your well using an airlift bailer. Good luck!
What part of the country is this in and would this work in rolling hills of the midwest with shale, limestone, and clay soil horizons?
South Georgia. Your part of the country may prove difficult using this method - although all of the principles are the same.
Can you reverse the auger so you're not overworking one set of muscles all the time?
Nope.
That's just a post hole auger isn't it? I've been wanting to drill a well for watering plants and just in case there is some sort of situation where I lose my main water source.thanks man
L. J. Bush pretty much. The auger is screwed into the ground where a post hole digger is slammed into the ground. This auger can be adjusted from 4 to 8 inches. I have modified the auger a good bit for deeper holes and for digging alone. If yo like you can check out a more complete dig here with the modified auger - th-cam.com/video/5rYPRMm8Arw/w-d-xo.html
ok, thanks.
I've got one but it's not adjustable and if I remember right it does not cut all that well, I don't know why.
Wouldn't these 20ft wells be mostly sewage runoff? I'd think water coming from a drilled well through solid rock to be a lot cleaner than dirt/sand water. In Virginia ours is 50ft clay and 400ft solid rock to the water.
Awesom , that water table is that shallow , Id expect at least 25-30 feet for Georgia dirt ......ahhh but if I recall you are in southern Ga. which may as well be Fla. Ya'll got some impressive swamps down there too . Ive watched every Burt Reynolds movie there ever was .. e Florida ......grin . That gator movie was my favorite ....off topic ,maybe just a little but there was swamp and a school for unwed mothers in it , I like girls ....
Eddie Joe Gongre yep Gator was filmed about 30 miles from here at Banks Lake in Lakeland GA.
See Im a an almost a bonafide georgia . Stump Jumper , lol , I got that ESPn ..mind , not much difference in Georgia and louisiana folk , Alabama and Miss. on the other hand nothing similar ., "Why they call you Gator/ ' / ' and he showed her lol
Hi currently digging a well myself, going to install 4" casing, i hit water @ 12-13' mark and now at 16-17' I am in clay will installing the casing into a clay formation still work or will I need to dig thru it. Where I live people have sandpoints - attempted but was unable to get it to work then lost the point. we also live on 2 aquifers but it can be upto 50' deep thru clay before you hit them.
Things to keep in mind. The deeper you can dig - the more water you will have readily available. The water will be mostly seeping through the sand so the clay is one of those "am I deep enough" decisions. I dug through 21 feet of attapulgus clay and it was NO fun - but I have a 40 foot shallow well that I can put a submersible pump and tank on. It's all about fulfilling your needs. Those 50 foot aquifers may be what are called "confined" aquifers and that is where the good water lies. You also need a license to drill into them - keeps the water safe for the rest of us. Sounds like you are on the right track. FYI - my channel has quite a few other shallow well vids that may answer some of the questions that may arise with your dig. Good luck and thanks for stopping by.
Thanks for your reply I’m basically wanting the water so I can water my grass. I previously in a different house not far from my current location “same city” had a sandpoint and it was perfect to run a 1/2 hp pump. I will keep digging thru the wet blue type clay and maybe I’ll be lucky and hit water soon than what my research has says. Or even have 10ft it standing water so I can water sections at a time. I did also watch your other videos which are great. Is there some resistance when pushing the casing thru the water since it seems to sorta fill back in with sand and mud from the walls of the hole?
Not much resistance. Capping the end of your casing pipe helps a bit in getting and keeping it cleaned out. Everything that you dug and churned up will be sitting in the water of the hole you dug. The not so fun part is getting all of that out. The soil type will determine how long this takes. Good luck with your dig!
Where are you located? I dont know that I will hit water that easily where I am
So GA
How did you know water was in that location just curious about to order this a start myself
Got asked this a lot so I made another video about it here - th-cam.com/video/5rYPRMm8Arw/w-d-xo.html
Thanks bro thanks for sharing any tips you can add to this good job have you hooked up a gas pump to it yet or have you hooked up a booster pump at all to it is there a big enough water supply to handle that?
Thanks for the comment. This well ended up being too shallow for an electric pump. Stays primed and works great with the pitcher pump. I dug another well nearby using the same method but going down to nearly 40ft. You can check it out here - th-cam.com/video/-nN8-Aso5b4/w-d-xo.html
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I don't know how familiar you are with pressure tanks, and booster pumps, and connecting a storage tank to that but you can hook that up to your house and have all the pressure and water you need I'll send you a link and there's other videos as well thanks for getting back to me.
th-cam.com/video/zSWYJHPfRCM/w-d-xo.html
I'm new to this TH-cam channel and creating my own channel. I do all my videoing off my phone it's a little rough, but for me it's just getting the information out there, I like your editing tool what is it that you use for your videos and do you know of any free editing tools or at least some inexpensive ones alright take it easy,
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tigercreekfarm that was nice looking homemade auger bit you made that was looking pretty serious you weren't messing around nice job
Question what do you have to do to get to the point you can drink the water once you had the pump and all installed? Cause I am trying to understand how this all works never dug a well and would have no idea when you can tell the water is drinkable?
Go2YadRamah on the side of safety shallow wells are not reliable for safe drinking water. Too many contaminates can enter the source of water being used. Another point of caution is the pump. The imported pumps are produced using lead in the paint or metal. Most of these shallow wells are used for irrigation, cleaning, etc and to safely drink the water it would need to be tested at your health department or boiled. It is possible to tap into a source of clean drinking water with a shallow well but I wouldn’t count on it.
TigerCreekFarm so what would be defined as shallow verses deep what length and how is it shallow wells get effected im all ears and would appreciate your words and time and thanks again for responding
Also what depth should you sincerely aim for for good drinking water?
Go2YadRamah here is a simple way to look at it. Shallow wells tap into water at the water table level. Deep wells tap into an aquifer. The water table is unconfined and contains groundwater runoff. An aquifer is confined and only receives its water after it has been filtered through many layers and substrates of soil, sand and rock. Bottom line, ground water (water table/shallow well) can contain anything that can soak through the ground. An aquifer is contained and only contains filtered water - the water found in deep wells.
Go2YadRamah the water table, the depth at which you can have a shallow well, is determined by the depth of the water table in your area. We have a water table here - about 15 feet. Our deep well - drinking water found in the aquifer is about 60 feet. Depending on where you live determines the depth you have to dig.
how do you keep mud from falling off the auger when trying to pull it back out?
Suction tends to keep it there.
@@TigerCreekFarm last thing, what about walls of the hole caving in?
Sometimes it happens but usually it is compacted enough to stay in place. If it does continue to dig and remove it.
Great work, my friend! I've got an underground spring at my property, so I'm hoping to tap a well soon. I live in Alabama. You sound like you're from the south. How close are you?
Valdosta, GA. Good luck with your well!
Thanks! Do you still have your hand auger and would you be willing to loan it to me, if I pay for shipping to and from GA/AL? I don't want to buy something I'll use once, maybe twice (I have a small field for a garden where I might also want a well) as these augers are a bit pricey.
Busy putting in posts. Shipping back and forth would probably cost more than you could pay for the auger. You can probably pick one up for $50+ or check the rental places.
Gosh! Where did you ever learn how to do this?
when you hit water, and you got 2' water level, should you continue digging?
Yes. With 2' of water in a 4" pipe you only have a little over a gallon of water. Dig as deep as you can to ensure a better supply of water.
the problem is that the mud is falling out the auger , when I am pulling it out , is there any other tool to get this mud/water out ????? thanks for answer
Wrap duct tape around the mid to upper blades of the auger to create a "bucket".
You are the man!!!!! thanks for you help
Hope it works out for you. Some holes are just a pain in the butt. Here is a link to a more complete dig - including the foot valve - th-cam.com/video/5rYPRMm8Arw/w-d-xo.html I even have another video of just pulling and cleaning it. Good luck!
Where. Do we but the pump
Farm stores or the big box hardware stores.
What about freezing?
michael paden depending on how cold - you can put a bucket over it, wrap the pump/pipe in insulation - or pull the pump and pipe and drain it. The reality of these pumps are if it’s too cold to get water, then it’s too cold to get water.
Where did you get the auger head?
The auger I use is the AUA2 made by Seymour. It has been rebranded as the Seymour S500 Industrial Iwan - Adjustable Auger SKU: 21326. If it can’t be found locally it can be found here - seymourmidwest.com/21326. Seymour found my video and has offered my viewers a 20% discount if they use code TigerCreek20 at checkout.
Here are a couple of videos of how the auger was modified.
Seymour Auger - th-cam.com/video/dzIgMPACjCI/w-d-xo.html
Building the Auger - th-cam.com/video/-nN8-Aso5b4/w-d-xo.html
And here is a better video of a well dig - Well Dig - th-cam.com/video/5rYPRMm8Arw/w-d-xo.html
Great video thank you! I live in the uk... How can i get this auger with attachments? Cheers!
Thank you. You could probably order it from Amazon - since they seem to have everything. The auger is a Seymour AU2. I have a couple of better digging videos in the following links. One shows how I modified the auger for easier solo digging and the other is a well from start to finish. Cheers! th-cam.com/video/-nN8-Aso5b4/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/5rYPRMm8Arw/w-d-xo.html
TigerCreekFarm that is bloody brilliant! They do have everything! I will give them a try. I will drink to your health. Thank you for the swift response. Cheers.
TigerCreekFarm i will check your other videos out also!
James Powell drink a pint of Guinness for me😉
TigerCreekFarm. Ha ha i will drink a few for you 😀
Is this hard to in E. Texas red clay.I have good water at 30 ft.
joseph mclennan I’ve gotta couple of other videos where I made quick change square tubing shafts. I dug down nearly 40 feet, most of it green atapulgus clay. Had to make a 10 ft tripod pulley support to help me pull the auger out. That dig took many days.
Where are you at in the US?
So GA
Did you buy the extentions for the auger?
Scott S they were made with sections of 3/4” pipe and couplings. Follow these links for a better way I found to make the extensions and a complete start to finish well.
th-cam.com/video/-nN8-Aso5b4/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/5rYPRMm8Arw/w-d-xo.html
Where did you get or how did you make the auger?
Stacy Boyett the auger was bought at a local hardware store. Check out my other videos where I show how I modified it with square tubing for easier changes.
how did this well do with a electric pump. did it pull it dry quick
tracy isaac I ended up removing the electric pump access connectors and going with a straight pipe. The electric shallow well pump drained it too quickly. This well stays primed all of the time now and delivers several buckets of water before needing a break. I hand dug another well close to 40 feet and put a submersible pump and tank on it and it delivers pretty good. You can see that well and the auger changes in another of my videos. Good luck.
tracy isaac
Yes brother after watching this very video, I dug my own water well in my compound.
I bought submersible water pump for pulling water. It pull water real quick. My pump is 0.5hp
By the way I'm 141st subscriber, next project how to dress a deer.🤔
With me dressing a deer it certainly looks more like "butchering". Usually it's too cold and dark - and the last thing I'm thinking about is videoing. On a side note, our hanging rack is in front of this well.
How much water can you run out of there before it goes dry?
Prolly Outdoors with non-stop pumping I can get 7 to 8 gallons. I usually get 4 gallons, do my watering and come back for another 4. It will generally keep up with me that way.
Wow, 8 gallons is enough for a shower. I guess you could run a small home off of a well like this? I was thinking of maybe drilling 4 holes and link them together underground for a homestead project.
Deeper and bigger is better. Go as deep as you can to give yourself every opportunity to collect the water. I have a few other videos related to this you may find helpful. Good luck!
I will check em out! Cheers!
tigercreekfarm if you use a holding tank in a booster pump and throw in a pressure tank you can operate any size house it's just the mat the volume you'll be filling your tank with is the video. What made the views for my kids and what you might need I'm doing a repair but you'll see my water tank it's a 1200 gallon tank with a booster pump a two-horse booster pump which is bigger than you probably really need. Here's the video th-cam.com/video/GiFHGdg4-mQ/w-d-xo.html
how many meters you gave water
About 6 meters deep with 1.5 meters of water
Question: When you hit water how did it stay in the auger bucket? Was the water mostly liquid or just wet mud? Please reply to vistagraphs@gmail.com and here for others who may have the same question. Thanks
vistagraphsnet when you hit “water” what you are really hitting is water bearing soil - usually sand - not a pool of water. So when you are pulling the auger head back up it will be a mix of sand, clay and water - sometimes small stones. An inexpensive trick you can use to bring the dug material to the surface if the sediment keeps falling out is to wrap the sides of the auger head with duct tape to help keep the material in the auger head. Keep an eye on it and replace the tape when necessary.
You need a friend on the other side and a wider handle you .d be staring the devil in the face in within the
hour still impressed and 17 feet ,jealous ....you could
by a new car for what we have to pay for water out here in the desert
Put one down about 40 feet this same way but set up a tower and pulley system to help support the shaft - and it allowed help digging.
I am digging a shallow water well, but water is already coming up from the ground at just 5ft. When I bought the house a while back, the yard was muddy and I ended up installing a french drain, which improved the conditions, but ground was still wet all year around. I took a video of what is happening and I am hoping you can give me some advice. The issue that I am having, is the soil underneath keeps collapsing and not matter how much I dig... it fills back up with more soil. The other issue is that there is a vacuum or suction when I try to lift the dirt out. At the higher point of my property where I installed a fence, I was surprise to see water filling up the hole I dug to put in the fence post. Where is all this water coming from?
I am guessing this water that just about 5 ft. is bad water?
Here is the video: th-cam.com/video/ghJALkDGZOA/w-d-xo.html
Looks like sandy/loamy southern soil beneath that St. Augustine.
This is a common problem with that type of soil and a high water table. To help remove diggings from the hole before it falls out of the auger you can wrap duct tape around the head. If you can't seem to find any success by digging you may be an excellent candidate for a sandpoint or wellpoint type well. You basically attach a sandpoint or wellpoint to the end of your water pipe and drive it into the ground. I'll be doing a video of this in the future when I install a well of this type for my son. If you decide to go this route you can still use the hole that you started. All you need is a sandpoint, lengths of pipe, couplings for the pipe, a driving cap for the pipe and sledgehammer or post driver - and, of course, your pump. Look into it.
Puerto Rico?
Travis Au I honestly have no idea how deep you would need to dig in Puerto Rico. All I know to do is to ask what depths the wells are around your specific area.