Pumping Spring Water from my 100 Year Old Well
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 มี.ค. 2022
- Spring is here & it's time to start up my "old" well that millions of you watched me install with a sledgehammer & twinkies. Did it survive winter? Will I get clean water? See what I do to try to bring this old technology well back to life.
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Here I installed this entire well with only a sledgehammer: th-cam.com/video/E-pn41fqYXs/w-d-xo.html Parts used: www.amazon.com/shop/silvercymbal
Why does your rubber gasket aka o-rings need to soak up water? Rubber is water proof you know
How deep did you drive that pipe 🤔
That's the smallest well , I ever saw . Ground below must be saturated water and good rock table below . I don't know 👍
@@stephenhurd1489 gaskets in those old pumps were made from leather
What mic setup are you using? The audio is so good I thought for sure it was a voice over until I noticed your lips moving in sync.
I'm an old timer. Always leave the cup full of water so the next person has water to prime the pump.
Remember the old Kingston Trio song?? "You've got to prime the pump,you must have faith and believe. You've got to give of yourself if you're wanting to recieve.... Leave the bottle full for others. Thank you kindly, Desert Pete!!🙂🙂🙂
A quart Mason jar works best
@@servraghgiorsal7382 HA I remember that old tune
@@marktsempo3919 put it this way the water acts like an o- ring
@@marktsempo3919 it builds up pressure otherwise the tolerances are too loose and you'll just be picking up air and then the air will just go pack in. Otherwise it has to be a complete air tight system to build pressure without priming it.
"can I have a glass of water?"
"Sorry, it's out of season"
Im in Texas. So its season all year.
in Philippines you have that everywhere but just dont drink it
@@stick3013 why?
No such thing as out of season
@@Ssacky
I'm not sure but, I think he was referring to it freezing in the winter.
This is why I like TH-cam. Learning about random stuff I never thought I’d learn or even knew about. Thanks!
They are brilliant ... We still use them in the rural area ... Works like a charm ... I remember when I young ( 10 ish )
... I used to love pumping up ..everyday ...
Wow I never thought I'd see one of these again. My great grandparents had a camp out in the woods with one of these.
All over where I'm at. Lots of forest service campsites use them.
Im from north India and these pumps are still in use in every villages . But now submersible pumps are taking their place .
Come to India you will see alot of these
Same over here in the Philippines
You can buy them everywhere
Haaa, loved the “eyeballs” looking out from inside the pipe! “Well” done… 😎
ikr
You thought it was real?
@@SunnyFLBoy no, and you thinking the comment was serious makes me question you the same
@@choppings54 no it's real. There are creatures in real life that looks like they are animated.
Edit and they live inside water pumps.
@@SunnyFLBoy perfect example of thinking you are so smart that everyone else is so dumb...but the man although yes he looks elderly clearly knows those eyes are fake my guy hahah he is on a youtube short video...now tell me you where being ironic please lol
I've used one since birth. I used to cut wood during the summer for the next year's winter. Also I've dug and used 3 outhouses in my life. Walked in the shitter one morning to answer nature's call I was 11 and a snake was there first. So I ran but, my paw paw being the man he was while alive and still my hero we sat that shitter on fire and dug another one. I love the way I grew up.
You killed the snake then?
@@liddz434 nah he got burned to a crisp and just slithered away like nothing happened :/
@@theretep6494 haha! madness!
Poor snake's just trying to handle his business and not only you walk in on him, you go and burn him up. Smh entitled humans
Appalachian?
Thank you God bless you keep doing the good work for the rest of the world
Best installed directly above the septic tank, now that's recycling!
That’s how water works in Las Vegas, no joke
@@kickandblock you do realize that most tap water in the country is recycled?🤔
@@alexfiji5886 all water in Vegas is recycled. Look it up
yum
Ewwwww lol
When your water table is only 2 feet deep 🤣
And then your house and front yard wouldn't collapse in 6 months
@@lmnarutothelastairbender look ikiikjjjjjmjjii y but no J but B
Watch the other video, it was 20 feet down
@@lmnarutothelastairbender Shallow wells don't work like that. Water percolates through sand/soil.
@@SilverCymbal is a shallow well %100 safe from collapsing under a building or concrete pavement? I don't mean totally caving in, I mean sliding and forming soft spots
Water in your garden is more precious than gold
That's fantastic 100-year-old technology. How wonderful!
Thanks for the Post
I'd love to have this! Good job!
Thank you very much
yea this is awesome the other part of plumbing sucks in my opinion but this is awesome this is in easy day
Why? Because tap water is too easy to use?
@@koruspring1519 I guess some people just like a little more manual labor, I would enjoy just the experience of using one once
@@koruspring1519 not all tap water is good and safe. Have you never heard of the flint Michigan water problem? As someone living in Michigan one of these would probably be so much safer than our tap water
My grandmother had one of these in her cottage back in the early 60's. I recall priming it with water like that and pumping away.
My paternal grandmother had one of those right near the house. My mother told me that some houses had a well,/pump in the kitchen counter right next to the sink. Talk about a luxury vs having to go outside to get water!
@@greggb5819 lol yes that is where my grandma's was too.
Yeah when I was young all I would do was pump away
@@greggb5819 my fishing cabin is this way, well right under the sink, ten minutes pumping and water! Heller hard to not wake everyone up when you want to flush the toilet!
*WONDERFUL!!!* 👏👏👏👏👏
Just paint those pipes the same green as the pump!!! ❤❤❤❤❤
Wow something that once worked still does. How amazing.
I am in my thirties and we used to have these all over the place where I grew up on long island, almost every park and almost every public camp site used to have these pumps set up, I have spent lots of time pumping water from these.
They never really took them down and I wonder if there was only one person who knew how to maintain them because they didn't disappear but instead were left to rust until they were so much of an eyesore that they were cut down and capped, years after they stopped working.
sad.
You should look into it and get the community on board with restoring them, it probably wouldn't take much. You could sell it to everyone if you pitch it right, remind the old folks of their younger years, would interest the hipsters and the eco warriors. And the schools would probably jump on the idea as it's a cool way to teach kids about everything from science to history, they could even use them to explain to kids what the kids in Africa go through not having water and what a LUXURY it is to not just have water to drink and cook with, but that we crap into crystal clear drinking water and flick it away. Using them the explain how much would their life be different if they only had that one local pump to get all their water from. It would be a really cool thing to do for your local community to teach it's history and it would be an amazing project to record and put on here. You'd inspire people not only in your own community and your country but also throughout the world. You'd easily get funding from the green initiatives, history grants, education grants, the local government schemes for everything from agriculture to tourism, local businesses and the community. There's a too many to even add here. And you can easily get the local school or college to participate and you could get A LOT of the fitting costs covered by them using it to teach their courses. You could even get them to pair their students interested in photography and working in social media to record and run the social media. It would be so cool. We've lost too much of these small local heritage gems and we should all try to save the little things wel can. And tbh with the way the world is going to crap they might literally save the lives of those living near them one day not to far away from now
@@cececox6399 nobody wants to drink the groundwater from 30 ft down because of the high population density even though that would be nothing wrong with the water Long Island like Cape Cod is mostly sand in the water is crystal clear and I don't believe there was a lot of hazardous waste dumped on Long Island
Same at the baseball fields.
@@charlessnortley4519 oh man I forgot about them at all the baseball fields!
My grandpa had one in his back yard. I remember as a kid getting fresh cool well water from it. 🧡
I still remember how awful well water tastes 😔. We had one in our back yard in the early 70's.
I still remember how awful well water tastes. We had a well in our backyard in the 70's.
Why does my comment keep disappearing?
Grrrrrr
My grandparents also had one of these at their house. It was pretty cool.
Thanks for the video. Never too old to learn something.
Love the old technology. Reliable
I totally remember this video, I’ve been contemplating my sand point well ever since 😂
I remember seeing one of those old pumps by the lake at my grandparents house in Oklahoma when I was 7... I'm 50 now.
Dang you're old
I am 60 years old Lord I tell you this brings back a lot of memories wash day oh my God you will have blisters on your hands from from the pump and when you complain you were told to keep on pumping you come with one hand you get tired and you come with the other hand you will get tired talking about a workout oh yes baby you got a good workout doing those days children were not allowed to be lazy because you got a whipping okay I mean you had to work just to get a snack like the song says those were the days! Have a blessed day everybody
Love this old stuff!
I don't know what ours was when I was little, but that cold fresh water on a head day was divine
A bit of advice when screwing on anything like a nut or something like the top of that water pump.
Always turn it anticlockwise to begin with until it drips down on to the first thread, then begin to turn clockwise, then you'll never cross-thread anything.
Great tip
Beautiful knowledge to share.
Wow! Reminds me when I would go with my grandma to get water in the country😋😍
There is something just so satisfying about pumping water manually. 💧
It is a fun thing to do. You feel like you have gone back in time.
We are going to need these more in the near future! Mark my word
wow..very good video
One of the Best inventions
That's great! I would love to have one!
Me too.
@@GhostBlueEternalFlame me 3
Thanks for this video. It reminded on my childhood where in India this was the primary source of water in the community and we used to pump and pump and pump away buckets and buckets of water for daily use. It is nowadays very rare to see such a thing when electric motor pumps replaced them, now but the fun behind taking turns with your siblings when your arm tires is gone.
... oh boy that thing and your story is exactly my old days... Thank you 🙏🙏
Of course it works. It's properly engineered and thought out. These pumps are awesome. We refurbed one of my wife's Grandads and it works all the time. No need for electric for well water 😉💧
I pulled the access cover for my well in 1998, dug in 1832 by hand. It's 32 ft deep x 4 ft wide. It's lined with field stone and the previous owner of my property installed a concrete pad with the access hatch in the 1970s. It wasn't used since the 1980's. I put a 1/2 hp submersible pump in it and it's been used for filling a swimming pool (until last year) and for watering my animals and gardens since then. My water is crystal clear and lab test was amazing. The lab said it was the cleanest water they ever tested. It is perfect for drinking.
"pump for about 5 mins"
Giggity
Bro🤣
Bruh 😆😂
@@ghost-4230 oohhh papi
@@neighborhood_agent47 I read your username as koi-fister.... ooohhh, so dirty.
Giggity indeed😎
Those googlie eyes almost made me spit my drink all over place! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
This installation is exactly what i have in mind..thank you for this video,now i can do the hand pump and booster pump combination the proper way..
I used this type of pump for 10 years at my cabin in the Cascades. Best. Water. Ever.
Again love watching this , and you’ve done such a great job .
As a kid, I was sent to NC! My Great Grandmother had a “Pump” the sweetest earthy tasting water! The best! The smell around the area wasn’t good!
Same here. In northern Minnesota my grandmother's cabin had one off the porch. Loved the taste.
That took a turn.
My Great-grandmother had one of those pumps in the kitchen sink. She lived up in the Appalachian mountains . Still using it back in the 1960's and 70's. I was 3 when I was explained do not drink out of the glass next to the sink, that's to prime the pump. The new indoor bathroom had a regular sink, that's where I got a glass of water from, easier on a preschooler.
Thank you for the video, brought back fond memories. Happy to see pumps are still in use.
Take care, stay safe, have a nice day.
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Silver Cymbals is a great channel for homeowners. I do everything myself and I appreciate the lessons you taught me.
I always find it funny when a head line reads something like "really old stuff still works", like duh...physics hasn't changed just our mindsets and attitudes. 😆 I think that's great you have that. Hope to do something similar due to the random power outages we have.
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“100 year old well” 5 seconds later: “i installed this well last year.”
a pump and a well are two different things
@@slevengrungus he installed the well and pump last year. Hes saying the technology to make this well was created 100 yrs ago
Well... shit
He said "100 tear old technology". It's actually older than that.
@@joshdoeseverything4575 the whale was installed last year the pump he was using was made 100 years ago
We had this at my mother's parental house in Kochi, Kerala, South India. It was fun using it. How far modest technology travelled around the world, is astounding! Simpler times!
Goosh you took my memory back. That was the best water I had ever. LOVED IT
Awesome! I would totally love to do this. Thank you for the tip.
Brings back memories of my childhood. My grandparents had a well. We’d play outside and get drinks. So cold and good!
Great looking water 💧 👌
Used one when I was a kid (~50 yrs ago) You gotta prime 'em. Amazing tech
Me too!
We still have this at our home eventhough we have motors to pump water, I always use this pump
I'm admittedly impressed that technology that old still works 🤔
It reminds me of our backyard water pump back then...thank u for reminding me of the good old days.
Had me in the first few seconds, excellent job, thanks.
The water table where I live is thousands of feet down this doesn't seem practical.
Yah not for your area bud
Yeah, that pump is good to about 325' anything deeper you're going to need a different method.
@@johnmurkwater1064 you won’t have running unless you have a pump so unless you have a small house and a high water table at that point just have a permanent well drilled
@@awsomegamer8277 you won't have what running?
And why do you need a small house in order to have a water pump? I have three on my property w/o houses, just water troughs.
@@johnmurkwater1064 running water through your house not with a pump like that and if you have a giant house with a hand pump that wouldn’t be very fun unless you had pumps inside
My nana had one of these out in her yard near the apple tree. She used the water for her vegetable garden which she planted & tended every year until she was 90 years old. I loved visiting her house & using the pump to have water fights with my cousins. Awwwww.
COOL 😎 Whenever you water your lawn you build bulging 💪
I remember using one of these when I spent a summer at an uncle's vacation house in West Virginia was the only water source.
I love how this is old technology, meanwhile back in my village having one of these means you're the rich one....😂😂😂
Wow! Where do you live?
@@slickwilly7703 I'm from India, a lot of villages in rural India still depend on these handpumps....
So how do you get water if this is for rich people?
@@lglge611 from rivers, streams or govt hand pumps...
This is nostalgic to me, my great uncle and his wife had a well the kind that you put the bucket down. And the smell of my great grampa's bathroom with brick Walls and well water had this distinct smell along with their hand soap. Brings back so many great memories I had with my Daddy.
That'd be where I'd get my drinking water from. True real spring water. Yes, I'll take it. My father dug our when I was little. Best water ever.
I remember playing with one of these at a farm near my house, now that the neighbour has been built more they got rid of it
Holy crap, I love this. Im definitely gonna watch the other video. Thank u.
Installed a lot of them.
Best water I've ever tasted!!!
Used one as a kid. So glad we got indoor plumbing as I got older
Been wanting one thanks
I am 25 y/o I have never seen one of these. Very interesting for when the apocalypse comes.
apocalypse will never come relax hillbilly.
It happened ages ago, my guy, we are just waiting for it to finish
@@neverrelax5754 we’re just waiting for you to get some bitches
@@neverrelax5754 name checks out
@@neverrelax5754 relax, never relax.
That's so cool!!!!! I LOVE it!!
I have a red pump exactly like this one. I paid a small fortune for it in the 80's. I even took it with me when I moved. Sentimental value.
im pretty sure the water table in my backyard is like above the grass
or right at it
Check your septic field.
That might be your pool
@@rianweston-dodds6247 💀😂
Sewer leak
@@BraveNewWorld-1984 we have a septic system and its been like this for years
even after fixing our septic system
We used exactly this at our camp and still do as backup or when the generator isn't running for the pump.
My grandparents had one of these, these were fun to play with as a child.
Cool well! Thanks for sharing!
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Yes they do I live on a water table/aquifer.. and it's illegal to put one in our yard. I live 1/8 of a mile from the same river they pump the water out of and charge us almost 200 a month to not be able to drink because there water tower, treatment plant and water lines are junk... But my neighbor 1000 feet behind me is "out of city limits with a well... Smh. Politics. No free water for us, or good drinkable water not full of garbage
Big Water... 😏
@@peterfitzpatrick7032my city (1700 people) prefers people don’t irrigate on city water. When my mayor drove by and saw me pounding a sand point in he came and helped me.
Are people *actually* surprised that 100 year old tachnology still works!
It is like saying, *"Can you believe it, pants, a 2,000 year invention that still works!?!?"*
If it were a 100 year old pump itself, sure, that's remarkable on some level (although not entirely, since there are indeed pumps still working. But to say "Technology that still works is crazy!"... Well... Is crazy!
*LITERALLY NOBODY IS SHOCKED THAT WE STILL MAKE CARS AND DRIVE THEM EVERY DAY*
Its called comment seeding, you put in something you know will bother ppl so they will stay and leave a comment. Doesn't matter if comments are negative or positive a comment is an interaction and will lead to more views.
What people still use cars?!
Maybe he's just trying to say that,Hey it still works after 100 years whereas an electric pump would not last that long...
Pants are way older than that !
I have used these when i was a kid...so fun
My grandparents had one of these. We used to like playing with it. Thanks for the memory.
Carried two buckets of water home everyday from grandmas house from her well in the front yard of hers , also chopped firewood for moms stove.
Was accused of watching Little House on the Prairie By some guy on the city bus , but then another guy of about late 30s didn't understand what a kitchen match was when I lit one on a lightpole at night.
I dare say a bucksaw to them would seem as alien as the far side of the moon.
I don’t know what the hell I just stumbled upon but this is cool stuff!
Amazing!!
Dad and I cannot wait to try this ❤️❤️❤️
We had a hand pump like that in the back yard when I was a kid. It was a fun way to get a drink! :)
Thanks for the information friend!
It obvious can be so simple ❤️❤️
I can already hear that dad.. “Don’t play with the pump until i lubricate it!!”
WOW! 100 year old technology still works! when will they patch this??
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Thank you for sharing this I love the eyeballs inside the pipe
It reminds me of my childhood where even if it smells of rust it was quite fun pumping water. It's still used here in the Philippines. 😉
I love your content I grew up without a dad and this is helping me learn a lot I appreciate you Mr symbol
Glad to help!
Him: my 100 year old well.
Also him: "I made that last year."
That’s not at all what he said. Room temperature IQ in these comments, I swear.
@@disgustedluigi you're right, I listened to it again and again and he actually said something that makes even less sense, because he's only referencing to the patent of that thing which was published a hundred years ago. So objectively still no 100 year old well. And please don't assume I'm stupid just because I tried to make a simple joke, it wasn't meant to be serious at all.
@@disgustedluigi and as a German, I understand the word "well" not as the pump or system itself, but rather the hole itself, where the water comes from. This could be from a cave or digged/drilled hole or whatever. In that context it makes more sense to me, so I understood it like "the hole where I'm pumping water from is hundred years old" and not the pumping system itself.
Then fracking came along, and spoilt everything :(
You are just a clown
Old school is the best school!
Awesome share. Thank you for sharing. Have a wonderful weekend. 👍
We need to put more of those back in. Never know when we will need them !
I remember one of those in my parents kitchen when I was young. Good to see they're still made.
I was backpacking 19 miles from nowehresville in fuckall county and we had one of these go dry on us. We had no water so I walked 10 extra miles for 6 bottles of water. I am grateful when these amazing systems work
We use this same mechanism for our neighborhood! It's a life saver for the families that can't afford water to use
Skills of a Master 🤫🧐😘