Scott, ordered the well bucket on Friday and received it Monday. Thanks for the fast response!! Water bucket is well made and look forward to testing it this weekend.
I'll have to find the pictures of "Fetcher" we used to pull water out of our well before electricity. Early 1990's Brother and I built ours out of ABS and a ball. No fancy valve release. We poured the water out of the top.
Interesting, I have a galvanized well bucket purchased from Lehman's and this lowering/raising rig would make life a LOT easier should for whatever reason my pump and/or hand operated-Simple Pump ever failed. Would you advise of pouring a tad of bleach onto the bucket/rope/well after touching it with your hands? I think I remember the Simple Pump instructions advising to do so, just in case, although I could be error, it's be a few years since I installed it.
Great video and product. You said some thing about not touching the rope to keep it clean and not contaminated or some thing like that. Does that mean you that your dirty hands could contaminate the well water? Also, keeping with that though, what about that rope and flies and bugs landing on it, is there a chance some thing could contaminate the well? Of course this is for emergency use more than anything, but I was just kind of wondering. I grew up with our own well on the farm and never had city water, but at the same time, a sand point and sub pump were sealed wells. Thanks and keep up the great work.
Yes, pull your pump assembly out of your well if it is a permanent shtf scenario. If the pipe to your pump is PVC the pipe will bend as you pull it out so 2 men could do it but if the pipe to your pump is metal it will be so heavy that it will take a well pulling rig and each 10 foot section of pipe would have to be taken apart (unscrewed) as it comes out.
Scott, Serious question....I've been reading a LOT of material on deep well issues. One reccurring theme is concerns of introducing contamination into the well, primarily during pump replacement....In your opinion , do you feel it's necessary to add the reccommended dose of calcium hypochlorite use hen "hands-on" pumping? Or is that just during major activities like digging a new well-or pulling the pump? I'm pretty sure that in the germ infested "Old West", they didn't have disinfectants like we have today...but perhaps they did boil before drinking...not sure.
Hi there. Thanks for your video. What kind of hand wheel is that? Where can we buy a hand wheel like that? We will have to build our own as this hoist is no longer sold. Thanks for any help in how to build this hoist
Why wouldn't you build it with both bearings to one Side that way you would be able to crank it up like do a winch. Like handle with a pipe over it so it spins. It would be probably ten times faster
i have an idea for a power unit i have a video on it wanted a few people to have a look and let me know if im on to something close but needs some re thinking or if i am out to lunch i have other projects you may be interested i as well ill put a link hear hope that is ok introduction and over view of my big steam project hope that works thanks for sharing so many cool projects
engineer775 Practical Preppers In some states the government says it owns all water that falls from the sky. I've heard stories of people being fined and even arrested for rain catchment systems. I think Utah and Colorado were a couple such states. Semper Fi
Scott, ordered the well bucket on Friday and received it Monday. Thanks for the fast response!! Water bucket is well made and look forward to testing it this weekend.
That makes an otherwise back breaking job in a grid down situation look a whole lot more fun. Kudos to your friends at waterbuck and you too!
Nice!! Prepping for the unknown really reduces my stress! Thanks!
You can never go wrong with simple. That looks to be a great product. Thank you again.
I'll have to find the pictures of "Fetcher" we used to pull water out of our well before electricity. Early 1990's Brother and I built ours out of ABS and a ball. No fancy valve release. We poured the water out of the top.
Nice
That's pretty neat,great old school technology
This is so awesome. I was wondering how the hell I would get water out of my well with no electricity for the pump! This is genius!
Man you have an awesome life. Its like the world is your playground
The world is our playground. It is dangerous, challenging, fun, rewarding, full of traps and snares, and short lived.
Interesting, I have a galvanized well bucket purchased from Lehman's and this lowering/raising rig would make life a LOT easier should for whatever reason my pump and/or hand operated-Simple Pump ever failed. Would you advise of pouring a tad of bleach onto the bucket/rope/well after touching it with your hands? I think I remember the Simple Pump instructions advising to do so, just in case, although I could be error, it's be a few years since I installed it.
Keep the good videos coming please mate.
Great video and product. You said some thing about not touching the rope to keep it clean and not contaminated or some thing like that. Does that mean you that your dirty hands could contaminate the well water? Also, keeping with that though, what about that rope and flies and bugs landing on it, is there a chance some thing could contaminate the well? Of course this is for emergency use more than anything, but I was just kind of wondering. I grew up with our own well on the farm and never had city water, but at the same time, a sand point and sub pump were sealed wells. Thanks and keep up the great work.
I used something just like that when I was 14. It was gavlanized metal bucket. It worked just like that.
so would I just pull my pump assembly out of my well if it is a permanent shtf scenario?
Yes, pull your pump assembly out of your well if it is a permanent shtf scenario. If the pipe to your pump is PVC the pipe will bend as you pull it out so 2 men could do it but if the pipe to your pump is metal it will be so heavy that it will take a well pulling rig and each 10 foot section of pipe would have to be taken apart (unscrewed) as it comes out.
Heeeey! that's handy....moveable.....take it wherever the well is. I give it thumbs up.
Scott,
Serious question....I've been reading a LOT of material on deep well issues. One reccurring theme is concerns of introducing contamination into the well, primarily during pump replacement....In your opinion , do you feel it's necessary to add the reccommended dose of calcium hypochlorite use hen "hands-on" pumping? Or is that just during major activities like digging a new well-or pulling the pump? I'm pretty sure that in the germ infested "Old West", they didn't have disinfectants like we have today...but perhaps they did boil before drinking...not sure.
Hi there. Thanks for your video. What kind of hand wheel is that? Where can we buy a hand wheel like that? We will have to build our own as this hoist is no longer sold. Thanks for any help in how to build this hoist
Hey Phil,
Where you ever able to ID the wheel or build one?
Needs a handle on the wheels axel but great anways.
you say not to touch the rope to keep it sanitary. should you be touching the bucket?
you are right. I shouldn't have been touching the bucket either! Add it to the dumb things I do on camera.
So the the bottom of the bucket has a check valve in it?
Yes sir it does.
Why wouldn't you build it with both bearings to one Side that way you would be able to crank it up like do a winch. Like handle with a pipe over it so it spins. It would be probably ten times faster
Nice.
i have an idea for a power unit i have a video on it wanted a few people to have a look and let me know if im on to something close but needs some re thinking or if i am out to lunch i have other projects you may be interested i as well ill put a link hear hope that is ok introduction and over view of my big steam project hope that works thanks for sharing so many cool projects
camera lens a bit dirty?
cool gear
No doubt! Sorry about that! Cleaning the lens now!
no worries... gear looked awesome.
We do this in California if we want to bring up dirt.
You are so right. Crazy drought, wells going dry. This is why I emphasize storage and rain catchment no matter how little rainfall you get.
engineer775 Practical Preppers
In some states the government says it owns all water that falls from the sky. I've heard stories of people being fined and even arrested for rain catchment systems. I think Utah and Colorado were a couple such states.
Semper Fi
I'll stick with the hand pump
As if theres not a handle on that to wind up . .