What's inside a 50 year old well water tank?
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- Опубликовано: 18 фев 2023
- This glass-lined well water tank likely is as old as my 50-year-old house. It started leaking recently, so I replaced it. Now it's time to see what's inside after 50 years of use.
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This made me lol, thank you!
That Tank cut off would make a decent forge or foundry furnace shell.
Good call!
A geologist could have written a PhD dissertation on the analysis of that sediment core! 😂
Good call out… There are some untouched areas, I really gotta figure out a way to get a core sample of some sort…
Hey, just discovered your channel. I love your videos and they're wonderfully edited. Keep up the good work, excited to watch your future videos!
Awesome to hear! Thank you very much!
now we just need a short of that "sound" lol
😆 “ASMR - Guy digging around in a barrel of wet clay”. I’m doing it!!!
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I *Thoroughly Enjoyed*
this video!!!!!!!
Looks like you can make a nice charcoal grill or smoker out of the water tank
delicious and nutritious.
😄 Does a body good, no doubt!
I would have done this outside my shop
Agreed, other than it being in the range of -10 Fahrenheit when I filmed it!
My parents have a house that is not far from 50 years old.... funny that all that clay can just hang out but the water seems fine. Things you don't think about!
Agreed! I figure it’s soaking in all of that in the ground anyway, so this is just more of the same. 🤷♂️
Interesting!
Yesterday, I was working with DeWalt cordless Chainsaw and Drill. The batteries really did not last long. Seems to be off better to start my jobs to lay an extension cable.
Good to know! The grinder and chainsaw must really suck up the power. I know my Ego battery powered chainsaw works well, but that battery is huge in comparison…
some sort of hole should be present at the bottom of that tank , to deal with the residue or something, lest we have to cut it open every time we need to clean it
Yeah! Now that you mention it, it’s interesting that they don’t have a clean out hole. Nor did they account for clay build up over the years by having the outlet at the bottom…
it's good for your skin.
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Been a while but still a supporter 👍#19. Your tank lasted a lot longer than mine. I believe my tank had to be changed around the 21maybe 22 year mark. The current tank is about 23 years old. Bought it from Sears, it has a rubber blatter in it. I do not know how much chocolate is in there but I am sure it is more than I would like it to be. If you are going to weld this tank try hitting the sides with a hammer to see if you can remove the lining. It should just chip off.
Stay well, Joe Z
Hey Joe! Good call on hammering the glass off, will definitely give it a shot before junking it. And lol to the chocolate level analysis! 😆 Hope you’re doing well as always!
@@AndrewReuter Thank you 👌
Pan it for gold!
Good idea, I will investigate!
This was awesome :D I was laughing a few times and it was genuinely interesting to see the insides of this thing. Chocolate milk! :D
Thank you as always Piotr! I will save some chocolate milk for you for when you visit Wisconsin someday!
@@AndrewReuter 😆
So that’s just collected sediment that was mixed into the water over the years? Wow!
Yup! Probably didn’t get higher because it just went out with the water into the house…
Think of what is inside city water pipes, miles away from the water purifying plant. Probably worse than chocolate milk.
@@DAS-Videos for sure
I like the head gear you were wearing for the cutting job. Hope you also have some sort of ear protection, because the sound produced while cutting metal is more to the higher pitched type , I would at least wear those water proof ear plugs or something similar for this kind of sound if I can help it
I 100 percent wear ear plugs with the face mask and grinder! That thing is LOUD. I used the router without hearing protection when I made the sewing cubbies like 4 years ago, and I swear my ears still ring from that…
By the time you get Andrew prepped up with all the safety fears from each of your comments, he isn't going to be able to function-safely or otherwise.
*Normal precautions* are fine, but life isn't risk free-no matter how many OSHA posters people read at work.
Interesting, i have an old well out in the garage underground (6ft x 5ft) square in the center of the concrete floor, the pump, pressure tank and piping is about 6+ft down.
Mine looks to be burried in the ground and about 3ft of it protrudes up out of the ground down in there, my tank is alot bigger though, twice the sizeor more in diameter then the one in the video.
Its probaly been there since the 60's or older and last ran in the late 80's or somewhere in the 90's.
Ive been wondering how much of it goes down in the ground (i always figured probaly 8ft or so) and wondered if theres water in it..
Thinking about turning the pump on and see what happens..
Its still wired into a switch on the wall but disconnected and wire nutted at the pump.
Its still plumbed into the shop water faucet and sprinkler system in the yard (not used in 25-30 years obviously) Theres even a main line to the house basement (disconnected dead head)
If it works i might want to keep it just incase we ever need our own supply of water..but if its no good id like to pull that tank and stuff out of there with a wench and use the big pit for working on cars in the shop..
Interesting situation to be in! But nice to have options. Good luck with your decisions there!
1:14 chocolate milk inside there!
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when you were cutting it, it should be laying on its side on the floor, because cutting while it is standing straight is more dangerous
Fair enough. Just because it could go toppling off or otherwise?
@@AndrewReuter yes, it could slide down and cut your, I dont know, something, maybe fingers etc
The float that attached to the connecting socket, looks like a weird design.
Agreed! Will have to look into it a bit more…
looks like you got a free pair of trash cans for the shop now.
This is a super good idea. I actually have a trash can project going on in the background and those suckers were expensive.
Great example of why battery tools are useless and can never replace a good old plug in
Yeah! Hard to compete with 110 from the wall.
To be fair it looked like he was using DeWalt's smaller batteries.
That sounds like me and my ex just minus the moaning and ohhh gods 😉🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Did anyone link "Fireball Tools"s video on how to save on cuting discs? No? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?
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Ah geeze! I even saw that video and totally forgot the gouge technique. 🤣 I'm all set for the next water tank, thank you!