Mr. Whipple. I would like you to know that I appreciate your videos very much. I've been watching for some time and I finally realized that whenever I look down my list of suggested videos my eye automatically stops when I see you or your wife's videos. We (my son and I) are going to put in a hand pumped well on our remote property this summer and we have no experience. We've watched videos but today I saw this one and I told my son to forget the others - this dude is the guy to watch. I bet we watch this video 20 times until we learn what to do. When I build a little "house" for the pump to sit on, I'm going to name it: Dave's Well - to honor the man who shared his knowledge and seems like a very kind soul. Thank you. Sherrie in South Carolina
You and Brooke are an amazing team. I'll be 64 on Saturday and I grew up with an outdoor hand pump. I've been avoiding this one as I thought it would be boring. Dave, I swear that you could narrate a paint drying video and make it interesting. What can I say, this is one of your best videos and I loved it.
From 1974 to the spring of 1979 my parents, my younger brother and I lived up on a very tall mountain called Beechy Ridge in Clay County, West Virginia. We had a well behind our home with a cast iron hand pump just like the one your video. During the blizzard of the winter of Jan. 1978, I was thirteen years old and we had 12 to 20 ft snowdrifts in our yard from the Storm. We had to dig out from around home and our well and use newspapers to create a fire around the cast iron pump to thaw out the water line that went down into the well before we could pump water out of it. You see, we did not have running water inside of the house at that time and that was our only source of water for our family. Those old cast iron pumps could take a beating for sure. When I saw you in the thumbnail with this pump it brought back so many memories fore about that time. I'd love to go back and live there again. The water from our well tasted so sweet. 🥰😊 Thank you for bringing back some good memories for me! 💖🧓
Still trying to figure out why you would make a fire to thaw a well with 12 foot snow drifts. I grew up onba farm and pulled many a well to thaw out pipes but ours was electric pump with dual 100 gallon storage tanks. Why not get a foot tub and thaw some snow or bring in a metal pale of snow and out it on a wood burning stove....and there you have fresh water. Seem like a lot of work for a hand pump when thousands of gallons of water are already laying above ground.
People never realize how important water is until you have to work to get it. Amazing job on refurbishing the pump and bring the water up. So happy for you.
So true! I love bringing friends from the city to my remote cabin. They say... as long as it has running water. I don't tell them that It has running water, but only from an RV pump that draws from a drum that is supplied by a pitcher pump. It is great to see the look on their faces when they see that they have to pump the water for their own shower or to flush the toilet. 😂
@@Bushradical great job Dave!!! As an old Well driller, I enjoy seeing others drill(drive) a well, and have success!!! Here's a few tricks.... Don't dig your hole until you hang your hammer and use it like a plumb bob when you have it steady then drop it so the stem sticks in the ground then you know exactly where to dig and it keeps your pipe straight... The other trick is not really a trick but I would love to see you finish off the hole with a couple of bags of Bentonite.(you can order it from Valley Well Supply, I think they have a warehouse in Grand Rapids) It usually comes in pellet form or powder.. it's basically a clay that the ground water and rain is absorbed into it, it swells up and seals the ground to your pipe... It stops contaminants from following the pipe down to the water vein... You can always add it by digging out some of the dirt around the pipe and then add a couple bags I think the bags are $10 a piece $20 is great insurance that you're well will never get contaminated if a can of gas gets spilled or whatever contaminant maybe in the vicinity... I know you're careful and so is Brooke. But you never know.. Also if you hill up the dirt around your pipe it will help rain water and other things to run off. Take care Dave, like I said earlier great video and I'm glad that you and Brooke were successful in getting water on your new place. And I would love to come and help you on the next one. Oh ps, when I do a hand driven well I always carry a half horse shallow well pump then I can just fire up the generator and put the pump on and run it for a half hour 45 minutes and that water will be Crystal clean.... You can also judge how many gallons per minute the well is producing. But you guys did it with the hand pump so bravo!!!
Watching you refurbish the well from an antique to a usable piece of equipment was not only satisfying, but it also shows that you can reuse things and save some money. Thanks Dave👍🏼
i just realized with the industrial revolution, you cannot produce a good product, because you will put yourself out of business in no time. wow, now we have right to repair bs to prevent people from repairing the stuff designed to break.
Vids like this are the greatest benefit to a digital age. I honestly don't know how I would learn anything useful without videos like this. Thanks for taking the time and putting in the effort to make an instructional video like this!
Brother, I find it hard to find adjectives to describe videos like yours. The simplicity of everything we need to live just amazes me. Much love for you and your family
My dads mom had a hand Pump in her kitchen and an outhouse and I was about 8 or 9 years old. I hated goi;g to the outhouse because of critters and the smell. She finally updated when I was about 12:or 13. Oh! Wood stove to cook the food. We take things for granted today. We must learn again…because this nation may be gone but we repent and I mean truly repent….God will help us. He doing it anyway because, for one, most churches have fall from Grace. There are few remnants but just a few. Lord Jesus please forgive us.
Dave from another Dave,, when i was 12/13 yrs old I helped my dad drive a point for our well,, we went past the first water down into the second water,, all total was 25/30 ft,, thats one job ill never forget,, give that wife of urs a hug for me,,, she's a keeper
Thanks David and Brooke. I seen you on "Alone". My husband died 3years ago, he was a man like you, fixing things, making items for our home that we couldn't afford. He was a brilliant man, full of ideas to better our lives. I'm buying my 1st home, it's a tiny house in a tiny house community. I hope that I can implement your improvements and procure tools of the old-timers in order to complete tasks to become, God 1st, self -reliant. I love the attitude that both of you displayed while you were on the television program. I would like to find a friend like, Mason Folven. He was the best friend I have ever had here. How I miss him so. Brooke, you are a blessed soul to have a man, as is described in the Holy Scriptures, that loves you as he loves himself and is full of wisdom and understanding. I hope you both have repented for your sins, and have been baptized in the name of Jesus Christ and have been filled with the Holy Spirit. I will be searching for other videos from y'all on how to take care of myself with God's guidance. Lean not unto thine own understanding,in all thy ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct thy paths... Proverbs 3:5-8.
In 1958 my wife, Fran, and I built our home in the woods in south Jersey. We drove the well just like you and used a picture pump for our water. Dug our cesspool by hand. Built our home together and raised our two daughters. The home is gone, my wife and one daughter are gone. Now I live on Bainbridge Island, Washington with my daughter and I still have that pump. Thank you for the memories. James
The wife and I just put in our well in northwest Michigan yesterday. Used all your advice, and now have an 18ft deep well on our 10 acres. Thanks for the excellent videos !!!
Wonderful, you remind me of my Dad who loved repairing old things. He used to make his own leather seals for plumbing and made his own metal lathe so he could create his own turning tools for wood turning which was his passion. He made his own walnut stain from our walnut tree, ahh brought a tear to my eye, Dad passed 2 years ago at 93 and your videos remind me so much of him. Love to you and Brooke from Melbourne Australia 🙏🏻❤️
Amen Jenny! Thank you for sharing those wonderful memories and knowledge of your dad with us! That was inspiring! Many blessings to you and your family! So sorry for your loss! May he be at peace with God... 🙏🏻❤️
This video is, hands down, the coolest thing I've ever seen on RUclips. I grew up in Northern Wisconsin and am familiar with private wells for home, and even used one of these pump wells every now and again, but I never knew what went into getting the water up from underground. Thank you very much for putting this together.
My Dad, some 40+ yrs ago, took a 1.5” auger-secured an appropriate handle on to it and worked it down about 14 feet in our backyard. He got beautiful freshwater 💦. At the time we were under strict water restrictions. Dad had the best 👍 veggie garden around and we could swim all we liked ❤️ in our small (even for those days) 10ft diameter 3ft deep pool. We didn't care. My Father had about the same pressure as town water and he maintained he could pump, at that rate, all day. All for a small auger (from a brace-and-bit system). He could divine water accurately. Got to go but good luck with ALL your Off-Grid ventures. Ellen Queensland, Australia.
I know of a family estate in NH that has a hand pump to a pipe going to a storage tank in the attic. It sits next to the chimney to avoid freezing. The tank gravity feeds the house. The house dates to the early 1800s.
I love watching someone take an item apart and put it back together again. As someone who doesn't have a clue how anything works, to me it's an awesome gift.
It's actually not possible what you see in this video. The debit is allways a lie. If you've got the pipe 1 meter under the water, there is no way you can have more than 1 litter of water. A simple cillinder volume calculation will asure you of that. I mean, there is no way you can pull more than 2 litter of water until the down spring get's empty. And after that you'll have to wait around 3-5 minutes for the spring to refill the pipe. This is math. I know it, becouse I've got one of these. Nobody tells you this in these videos. It's all "optimistic" and against physics.
My goodness, why do you have to say it's a lie. I believe he's honest about his video, and if it doesn't work correctly, he'll come back with another video explaining the situation. You could just pass on by his channel! @nevermind-wp3bf
This took me back to my childhood, I helped my Dad drive our well. This is also the first time I watched one of your vids and I love it! Ya got a new fan!
I didn’t read through all 2k+ comments, but my dad and I did put in a number of wells. The very important item that you didn’t mention was how far to keep the well from septic drain fields or outhouses. It varies from state to state based on the porosity of the soil but 100 ft is standard.
Your narration is on point. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and insights with us. If I ever drive a well, I will definitely be cleaning the pipes and avoiding the last 2 threads.
I love the simplicity in which equipement from so long ago was made and how durable and reliable they were, such as this life saving apparatus. Amazing !!!
Nice video, Dave. You're a natural teacher / instructor. My wife and I were watching this and we both concluded that of all of the You Tube channels and content that we watch, yours and Brooke's are the most entertaining. You both are very comfortable and the content is always good. Some channels seem to just make sure that they put up content, but not either of you. You take your time and it shows. Thank you! Please pass this along to Brooke, too.
I got so excited by your video, I cut a hole in my living room floor and dug my own well. Now, I have the only well in the Crestwell Acres subdivision. In fact, I have the only living room well in the Southeastern United States. Thanks a million!
It's been a while since I found a content creator that made videos that were not only informative but also filmed and edited in a way I didn't have to skip ahead or keep going back to catch something. I am glad I ran across your channel and you have a new fan for sure!
This video takes me back to my pre-teen days. I was constantly "building, or repairing" things. I must say that I am absolutely impressed. I love the bench you placed the pump parts on, after painting.
Great vid. Just some tips. 1. If you wait until after wet weather to bore it makes it vastly easier. 2. You can use additional pulleys to reduce to felt weight (the force needed to lift it) of the "hammer", you were using just a single pulley (a single pulley setup is known as a "single whip"), by adding just 1 more pulley you could have halved the force you would have needed to lift the weight of the hammer (this pulley setup is known as a gun tackle). Or if you'd used 2 x double wheel pulleys (known as "twofold purchase") you could have reduced the force needed to lift the weight by 3/4, making it much easier (or giving the ability to use a much heavier weight to increase the boring speed).
I’m so glad to find your channel because you and your wife are the model I need to learn from. My partner and I just bought 15 acre of land in Borneo for just $590 and we plan to build a cabin and farming in there. It’s always been my dream to have my own farm and a cabin in the woods away from the crowd. Even though we live in different climate but for video still inspiring, remind people to see the reality of off grid living and how a simple life can makes us happy still.
Good one Dave! I love things that can be reused, and it is such a treat to find "old stuff" cause you know it has been made to last and in good quality. Things that wont last you only for a couple of years, but for centuries.. Thank you for sharing as always!
If you're in an area where the water is too deep for a hand drawn well there's a great workaround. Set up a vertical axis wind turbine to draw the water up into a storage reservoir. Have your reservoir buried just below the frost line. Be sure to have some kind of disengage connected to a float so you only fill to the full mark. The wind will draw your water nearly up to the surface where it can then be hand pumped easily and yet not get frozen. ..
@@sakoupa I don't have a link. I simply thought it up. No reason at all that it won't work. What don't you understand? I remember I was at a state park where they had a really old hand pump. I was really thirsty so I pumped the water up but it took a long time because the shaft was very deep. This idea would solve the problem. ..
@@sakoupa Wind turbines of all sorts have been pumping water out of the ground for centuries. I think the vertical axis is the best design. There are many vertical axis videos you can find easily. It can operate an efficient pump which can draw water from great depths. This is especially true since the water doesn't have to be drawn in anything more than a small trickle. You do not need a large number of gallons per minute, just a trickle from as deep as you need to go. Your reservoir can be a food grade tank of perhaps 50-200 gallons. Bury the tank below the frost line and direct the pumped water into it. You'll need some way to deal with the extra water. Maybe a float to indicate when the tank is full. Some way to prevent an unwanted overflow. Either to disengage the turbine or the pump when the tank is full. If you disengage the turbine instead of the pump, you can save some wear and tear on your pump. However you do it, you do not want overflow to be pumped above the frost line and get frozen in your system. There are simple ways to do that which require no electricity, which is the whole point. No electricity required. Then you'll need a hand pump similar to the one demonstrated in this video. Set it up to draw water from the reservoir which will only be about 6-8 feet below ground depending on your local climate. Very easy on the arm when the water is not so deep. Just a few strokes and you have all the water you need. I hope this makes things more clear. ..
@@MrDavePed I think it's just your theory. Otherwise you would drop a link to real such well. And your statemen - reservoir 6-8 feet deep doesn't frost - but how about tubes above???
Saving this video for when society collapses and I need to know how to survive. It's not far offf. Start collecting things needed for a post-electricity world.
It’s great to compare this well with the previous wells. You definitely made many improvements. I’ll be sinking one on my Vermont property and now I have a better method of sinking it. Thanks Dave!
Thanks for this video man. This brought back memories of me and my grandfather messing with the well in my backyard. Rebuilding the leathers and then priming and getting water out again. He taught me so much and I miss him terribly. Thanks for the good memory I forgot about.
Orion I actually screeched! And I’m a woman! I’m like this man is certainly not materialistic just plain old mediocre and not at all worried abt assembling an old and I might add beautifully finished iron pump on the Hood of his suv! He’s alright in my book. And his skills are just the AWESOME! 👍🏾😀shout out to u from the big apple!!
Is it my imagination, or did he carefully paint the pump, but scape the hood of his car to pieces with the metal parts! Now that's a man who has priorities! LOL....... Great vid.
Watching u and Brooke has been a joy u 2 together really did a dam good job I'm so happy w how much I'm learning about to buy from the amish community and how u can use free items thks so much
Really awesome video & knowledge! I restore tools quite a lot over the years & it was so great to see someone else do this , especially when the electric motor & wire wheel & grinder set up was pretty much identical as my own! Really loved watching you work it all out , very high marks on your way of explaining everything! Thank you very much for sharing your skills !
Just a suggestion, when you rebuild the while you have the pump a part ,you should clean/polish the bore. You can use engine cylinder hone if you do not have one, you can use a wire wheel on a drill finish with fine sandpaper rinse out any rust or dirt. This will give a tighter seal and the leathers will last longer. Just a thought, I have been rebuilding or repurposing items over 50 years. GOOD LUCK GREAT VIDEO KEEPIT UP
Saves the back and pulling the rope down probably uses stronger muscles than lifting the pounder up prior to each drop. It got me thinking about rigging something so I could use my leg to lift the pounder. I'm think of tying a foot loop on a separate 10' length of line with a sliding friction knot (a rolling, taut line or Blake's hitch) tied to the main rope. This should let me slide the friction hitch either direction on the pounder rope as necessary to change the length as the pipe is driven deeper or reset when another section of pipe were added. Might work . . . maybe it'd just make a big, tangled mess! 😂
Actually doesnt save any energy the way he set it up, should have added two more pulleys, one at the weight and a second one up top to actually get some efficiency
Excellent video. Having already dug my own well, 1 metre wide, cast my own concrete rings (mixed by hand) with 1 metre of water constantly sitting in my well to feed the ponies and garden. Was really informative to see another method of well drilling.
Must be a good feeling to know you have water! That is so cool that you can get water that easily! I paid 15K for my well including pump and solar and it’s one of the shallowest around here at 200ft.
Must be a Michigan thing. It seems like nearly every campground we stayed as kids had one of those manual pumps. Bigger maybe, and self priming perhaps.
Great job on fixing up an old pump and making it work again. The tripod was a great idea I watched u do the last well,seems u have definitely improved your method. Magnificent job Dave and Brooke.
That was awesome to watch you rebuild that water pump! Very interesting! Now watching you build the tri pod & putting everything together! "Let get some water!"!👌👍
A fabulous project that demonstrates "can do" attitude, resiliency, and practicality. Satisfying work with practical and tangible results. Thanks for a thorough demonstration of not only the refurbishing but good old fashioned work ethic. Excellent video.
Dang !!! That was so dope man !!!!! I wanted to grab your chubby smiley face and plant the biggest kiss on your forehead !!!! I was 100% invested in that drill , I swear I was there with you !!!! 🤣🤣And that was from all the way down here in Aussie !! So proud of you both. You stir up so many memories of my childhood on the farm with just your old fashioned approach to everything. Just like my old Dad, no training in anything other the school of "You want something done ? Do it yourself son". Love both of your pioneer spirit , infused with the Holy Spirit. 🤗👏👏👏👏🙏💞🇦🇺 ps I'm 1of his 4daughters but all 7 kids were addressed as "son".
I admire the way you repaired something useless back into a usable piece of equipment. I am also amazed that you did all that on the hood of your car! Is sanding and repainting your car the next video?
Dave, I wish there was a way to get a hold of you! I built my first cabin because of you! It’s very similar to the one you did in Michigan. You guys and God were the inspiration! Thank you!!!!
Soothing video. Living in a small overcrowded country, where there are even laws against doing this on your property, I'm still learning stuff by watching you work. You never know when it might be useful.
I agree! the modern world is so unnatural. I love being outside, away from people, putting as much time as I need to, into a project. Its the only time I feel relaxed and content. My day job is working with computers and city people in an open floor plan office, its awful.
Appreciate how much attention you pay to protecting the surface of your vehicle hood. Kind of makes the thoughtfulness and expertise seem absent completely.
Nice Dave. Fans of both of you. So my father and his wife had a well drilled in willow AK and installed a 3 stage reverse osmosis setup. Having cleaned the first stage cannisters and changing the filter there was an oily residue.
Now add little bit of fill dirt around, to make it one level with the bottom of that pump, and maybe frame a small box to leave access to that valve, and put a lead on it. And it would be perfect.
I really like these very informative, well-crafted videos. The only thing is, I considered myself fairly handy around my own house, but after I watch these, dang I feel so inadequate! Thank you so much for posting and keep up the good work!
Now, here's the thing... the success was due to three things... 1 - those moccasin safety shoes of yours 2 - the black bonnet work top 3 - Brooke's touch!! 👍😉
A Dousing Rod would come in Handy for selecting the Right Place to Drive Pump Pipes, if you can find where two underground water Flows Intersect each other and then Drive Pipe-- You should never run out of Water. This works, I have seen several Old Timers do this back in day. I am 77 years young so it was years ago but when I was boy, all the pumps were driven like you have shown...
You might want to build a well deck around the pump. It will keep you from moving the pipe around and keep the pipe study as you pump the water. It will also give you somewhere to set things down when your there getting water. Could be buckets or a cup. Could also hang things up and keep them off the ground. Nice job. Ps...why the hell does anyone ever pay a damn water bill. It's ridiculous.
I thought I was the only one who noticed! I guess soon we will see " how to restore you car hood riddled with scratches" hahahaa! and boy will that car not shine!!!
This was amazing to watch! Thank you for sharing. This project has been on my list to do. I have two locations where I want to install a hand pump well. Blessings to you guys!
Hi Mashalla (ماشاء الله) ( with God,s will ) you have very nice property, and you are such a hard working person, My God bless you and your family will good health and keep and your family safe from any evil.
I just posted on your wife’s page and popped over here. I love watching you two work together. It reminds me of the joy I get working with my wife as we create new thing at our urban farm in Pittsburgh.
WOW...Just Wow........this is one of my favorite channels!! This is the best RUclips video I have ever seen!!!!!!!! I wish I had a Brooke...you are lucky my man!!!!!!!
What a great project refurbishing the old hand pump. I loved it! Thank you for this most useful information. I am looking forward to owning an off grid homestead in the future. Great videos filled with useful information, much appreciated. :-)
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I've been watching you for about 2 hours straight now. I'm tired of living in the city. Thank You for reminding me where I want to be.
Am I the only one that didn't want this video to end... So informative and entertaining.
May God continue to bless the inventors of RUclips and content creators like you. Thank you so much!
Thank you too!
Mr. Whipple. I would like you to know that I appreciate your videos very much. I've been watching for some time and I finally realized that whenever I look down my list of suggested videos my eye automatically stops when I see you or your wife's videos. We (my son and I) are going to put in a hand pumped well on our remote property this summer and we have no experience. We've watched videos but today I saw this one and I told my son to forget the others - this dude is the guy to watch. I bet we watch this video 20 times until we learn what to do. When I build a little "house" for the pump to sit on, I'm going to name it: Dave's Well - to honor the man who shared his knowledge and seems like a very kind soul. Thank you. Sherrie in South Carolina
Awww, how sweet! Good luck, may it go as smooth for you too.
I'm very honored. Thank you
Make sure you buy a lead free pump. Agri Supply carries them. The made in China ones are full of lead (lead poisoning).
Did anybody else wince when Dave tossed those pump parts on the hood of his car? OUCH!! LoL
I was wondering what year the tool bench was and awd or not LOL
He’d say the radical part is IT’S NOT HIS CAR!! LOL!
That’s his wife’s car - his Ford truck is parked over yonder ...
I had to watch it twice just to make sure what I was seeing!
Yep, especially since I just spent a week doing my truck so it wasn't so ugly.
You and Brooke are an amazing team. I'll be 64 on Saturday and I grew up with an outdoor hand pump. I've been avoiding this one as I thought it would be boring. Dave, I swear that you could narrate a paint drying video and make it interesting. What can I say, this is one of your best videos and I loved it.
selbst habe ich noch nie gesehen wie das funktioniert! Danke sehr für dieses tolle Video!!!!!😊
I agree, wholeheartedly
They live in a mansion away from their sheds. Ha
From 1974 to the spring of 1979 my parents, my younger brother and I lived up on a very tall mountain called Beechy Ridge in Clay County, West Virginia. We had a well behind our home with a cast iron hand pump just like the one your video. During the blizzard of the winter of Jan. 1978, I was thirteen years old and we had 12 to 20 ft snowdrifts in our yard from the Storm. We had to dig out from around home and our well and use newspapers to create a fire around the cast iron pump to thaw out the water line that went down into the well before we could pump water out of it. You see, we did not have running water inside of the house at that time and that was our only source of water for our family. Those old cast iron pumps could take a beating for sure. When I saw you in the thumbnail with this pump it brought back so many memories fore about that time. I'd love to go back and live there again. The water from our well tasted so sweet. 🥰😊 Thank you for bringing back some good memories for me! 💖🧓
Still trying to figure out why you would make a fire to thaw a well with 12 foot snow drifts. I grew up onba farm and pulled many a well to thaw out pipes but ours was electric pump with dual 100 gallon storage tanks. Why not get a foot tub and thaw some snow or bring in a metal pale of snow and out it on a wood burning stove....and there you have fresh water. Seem like a lot of work for a hand pump when thousands of gallons of water are already laying above ground.
Sounds like a lot of work, you might be amazed at how much water there is in a 20' snow drift.
People never realize how important water is until you have to work to get it. Amazing job on refurbishing the pump and bring the water up.
So happy for you.
So true! I love bringing friends from the city to my remote cabin. They say... as long as it has running water. I don't tell them that It has running water, but only from an RV pump that draws from a drum that is supplied by a pitcher pump. It is great to see the look on their faces when they see that they have to pump the water for their own shower or to flush the toilet. 😂
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Work to get it? I have money, I can pay for it. Isn't that what most people do anyhow? There are drills and services you can hire to do this easier.
@@buttercatz99 Yeah,you probably live in an apartment . Quite clearly you are out of touch with reality for a lot of people.
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Absolutely, restoring old tools are made much better than today's junk!
I can feel that energy when you do a job that never goes smooth and it goes smooth. Love that feeling.
me too!
@@Bushradical great job Dave!!! As an old Well driller, I enjoy seeing others drill(drive) a well, and have success!!!
Here's a few tricks....
Don't dig your hole until you hang your hammer and use it like a plumb bob when you have it steady then drop it so the stem sticks in the ground then you know exactly where to dig and it keeps your pipe straight...
The other trick is not really a trick but I would love to see you finish off the hole with a couple of bags of Bentonite.(you can order it from Valley Well Supply, I think they have a warehouse in Grand Rapids)
It usually comes in pellet form or powder.. it's basically a clay that the ground water and rain is absorbed into it, it swells up and seals the ground to your pipe... It stops contaminants from following the pipe down to the water vein... You can always add it by digging out some of the dirt around the pipe and then add a couple bags I think the bags are $10 a piece $20 is great insurance that you're well will never get contaminated if a can of gas gets spilled or whatever contaminant maybe in the vicinity...
I know you're careful and so is Brooke. But you never know..
Also if you hill up the dirt around your pipe it will help rain water and other things to run off. Take care Dave, like I said earlier great video and I'm glad that you and Brooke were successful in getting water on your new place. And I would love to come and help you on the next one.
Oh ps, when I do a hand driven well I always carry a half horse shallow well pump then I can just fire up the generator and put the pump on and run it for a half hour 45 minutes and that water will be Crystal clean.... You can also judge how many gallons per minute the well is producing.
But you guys did it with the hand pump so bravo!!!
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At very least i learned something new today.
Watching you refurbish the well from an antique to a usable piece of equipment was not only satisfying, but it also shows that you can reuse things and save some money. Thanks Dave👍🏼
Thanks ZA
When things were built to last. Now a day, we live in a disposable world. Hate it.
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Me too,..Regards!
i just realized with the industrial revolution, you cannot produce a good product, because you will put yourself out of business in no time. wow, now we have right to repair bs to prevent people from repairing the stuff designed to break.
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Very very very naturally loving ❤ ! One of the Labour of ❤, precious natural water of life.
Vids like this are the greatest benefit to a digital age. I honestly don't know how I would learn anything useful without videos like this. Thanks for taking the time and putting in the effort to make an instructional video like this!
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we r learning but its hard to get the machines in africa yet we need clean water
Brother, I find it hard to find adjectives to describe videos like yours.
The simplicity of everything we need to live just amazes me.
Much love for you and your family
My dads mom had a hand Pump in her kitchen and an outhouse and I was about 8 or 9 years old. I hated goi;g to the outhouse because of critters and the smell. She finally updated when I was about 12:or 13. Oh! Wood stove to cook the food. We take things for granted today. We must learn again…because this nation may be gone but we repent and I mean truly repent….God will help us. He doing it anyway because, for one, most churches have fall from Grace. There are few remnants but just a few. Lord Jesus please forgive us.
Dave from another Dave,, when i was 12/13 yrs old I helped my dad drive a point for our well,, we went past the first water down into the second water,, all total was 25/30 ft,, thats one job ill never forget,, give that wife of urs a hug for me,,, she's a keeper
I love to see you and The Girl in the Woods working together to make your dreams come true. Can't wait to see how this place will look in a year.
I know I'm excited to see.
Thanks
Thanks David and Brooke. I seen you on "Alone". My husband died 3years ago, he was a man like you, fixing things, making items for our home that we couldn't afford. He was a brilliant man, full of ideas to better our lives. I'm buying my 1st home, it's a tiny house in a tiny house community. I hope that I can implement your improvements and procure tools of the old-timers in order to complete tasks to become, God 1st, self -reliant.
I love the attitude that both of you displayed while you were on the television program. I would like to find a friend like, Mason Folven. He was the best friend I have ever had here. How I miss him so. Brooke, you are a blessed soul to have a man, as is described in the Holy Scriptures, that loves you as he loves himself and is full of wisdom and understanding.
I hope you both have repented for your sins, and have been baptized in the name of Jesus Christ and have been filled with the Holy Spirit. I will be searching for other videos from y'all on how to take care of myself with God's guidance. Lean not unto thine own understanding,in all thy ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct thy paths... Proverbs 3:5-8.
In 1958 my wife, Fran, and I built our home in the woods in south Jersey. We drove the well just like you and used a picture pump for our water. Dug our cesspool by hand. Built our home together and raised our two daughters. The home is gone, my wife and one daughter are gone. Now I live on Bainbridge Island, Washington with my daughter and I still have that pump. Thank you for the memories. James
Thank you for teaching me I’m 12 and putting in one at my shed in the woods!!
Me too except I'm only 3
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The wife and I just put in our well in northwest Michigan yesterday. Used all your advice, and now have an 18ft deep well on our 10 acres. Thanks for the excellent videos !!!
thats beautiful!
As a water, gas & oil driller myself, I find this absolutely brilliant!!!
Wonderful, you remind me of my Dad who loved repairing old things. He used to make his own leather seals for plumbing and made his own metal lathe so he could create his own turning tools for wood turning which was his passion. He made his own walnut stain from our walnut tree, ahh brought a tear to my eye, Dad passed 2 years ago at 93 and your videos remind me so much of him. Love to you and Brooke from Melbourne Australia 🙏🏻❤️
Thanks Jenny.
Amen Jenny! Thank you for sharing those wonderful memories and knowledge of your dad with us! That was inspiring! Many blessings to you and your family! So sorry for your loss! May he be at peace with God... 🙏🏻❤️
@@Bushradical Very resourceful great job
Lovely of you to share that story with us, Ty. I hope all is well there.
This video is, hands down, the coolest thing I've ever seen on RUclips. I grew up in Northern Wisconsin and am familiar with private wells for home, and even used one of these pump wells every now and again, but I never knew what went into getting the water up from underground. Thank you very much for putting this together.
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David, I just wanted to add that you and Brooke are each a powerhouse in your own standing. Together, you are more than a National Treasure.
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My Dad, some 40+ yrs ago, took a 1.5” auger-secured an appropriate handle on to it and worked it down about 14 feet in our backyard. He got beautiful freshwater 💦. At the time we were under strict water restrictions. Dad had the best 👍 veggie garden around and we could swim all we liked ❤️ in our small (even for those days) 10ft diameter 3ft deep pool. We didn't care. My Father had about the same pressure as town water and he maintained he could pump, at that rate, all day. All for a small auger (from a brace-and-bit system). He could divine water accurately.
Got to go but good luck with ALL your Off-Grid ventures.
Ellen Queensland, Australia.
Archimedes
I remember pumping water into the stock tank when I was about six years old, my daily chore, 73 years ago.
I know of a family estate in NH that has a hand pump to a pipe going to a storage tank in the attic. It sits next to the chimney to avoid freezing.
The tank gravity feeds the house.
The house dates to the early 1800s.
And you knew who you were then,
Girls were girls and men were men.
Mister we could use a man like Herbert Hoover again.
Me too, and also 73 yrs.
wow you legit that old
@@hariranormal5584 Yep :)
Love how you used your car as your work bench. Love all your vids. Be safe and enjoy life!
I love watching someone take an item apart and put it back together again. As someone who doesn't have a clue how anything works, to me it's an awesome gift.
this is so cool - infinite water and wood for free - that's real freedom
True!
but this is stealing from Nestle
good job mate
@@ksenobite F that corporate company
@@ksenobite not likely, they’re using tap water
Half the stuff I see on this channel I didn’t even know was possible. Very educational. One of my favorite channels for sure
It's actually not possible what you see in this video. The debit is allways a lie.
If you've got the pipe 1 meter under the water, there is no way you can have more than 1 litter of water. A simple cillinder volume calculation will asure you of that.
I mean, there is no way you can pull more than 2 litter of water until the down spring get's empty.
And after that you'll have to wait around 3-5 minutes for the spring to refill the pipe.
This is math. I know it, becouse I've got one of these.
Nobody tells you this in these videos. It's all "optimistic" and against physics.
My goodness, why do you have to say it's a lie. I believe he's honest about his video, and if it doesn't work correctly, he'll come back with another video explaining the situation. You could just pass on by his channel! @nevermind-wp3bf
The world needs more people like you two!
This took me back to my childhood, I helped my Dad drive our well. This is also the first time I watched one of your vids and I love it! Ya got a new fan!
A "well" deserved smile at the camera holding that cup of cold, clear water! Great job! I'm going to try this myself!
I didn’t read through all 2k+ comments, but my dad and I did put in a number of wells. The very important item that you didn’t mention was how far to keep the well from septic drain fields or outhouses. It varies from state to state based on the porosity of the soil but 100 ft is standard.
...and that 100 feet is *uphill* of the septic field(s) for people not in the know that "stuff" flows downhill...:LOL
Your narration is on point. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and insights with us. If I ever drive a well, I will definitely be cleaning the pipes and avoiding the last 2 threads.
I love the simplicity in which equipement from so long ago was made and how durable and reliable they were, such as this life saving apparatus. Amazing !!!
Nice video, Dave. You're a natural teacher / instructor. My wife and I were watching this and we both concluded that of all of the You Tube channels and content that we watch, yours and Brooke's are the most entertaining. You both are very comfortable and the content is always good. Some channels seem to just make sure that they put up content, but not either of you. You take your time and it shows. Thank you! Please pass this along to Brooke, too.
You are the best teacher! I look forward to seeing your videos!
Great video Dave and Brooke! It's nice when a plan comes together!
It sure is!
I got so excited by your video, I cut a hole in my living room floor and dug my own well. Now, I have the only well in the Crestwell Acres subdivision. In fact, I have the only living room well in the Southeastern United States. Thanks a million!
It's been a while since I found a content creator that made videos that were not only informative but also filmed and edited in a way I didn't have to skip ahead or keep going back to catch something. I am glad I ran across your channel and you have a new fan for sure!
This video takes me back to my pre-teen days. I was constantly "building, or repairing" things. I must say that I am absolutely impressed. I love the bench you placed the pump parts on, after painting.
You noticed that bench too huh? 😁 I was cringing, cause I knew that old wagon was crying’ 😆
@@AfricanFlightStar Shineeeee...hahahahaha!!!!
I was just about to make a comment about that poor car hood
I don't know why but i was so happy for you guys, best video ever,
Great vid. Just some tips. 1. If you wait until after wet weather to bore it makes it vastly easier. 2. You can use additional pulleys to reduce to felt weight (the force needed to lift it) of the "hammer", you were using just a single pulley (a single pulley setup is known as a "single whip"), by adding just 1 more pulley you could have halved the force you would have needed to lift the weight of the hammer (this pulley setup is known as a gun tackle). Or if you'd used 2 x double wheel pulleys (known as "twofold purchase") you could have reduced the force needed to lift the weight by 3/4, making it much easier (or giving the ability to use a much heavier weight to increase the boring speed).
How about depth? I think I saw a moose pissing on Dave's 15" deep well. LOL
Brilliant video it’s inspired me to do this on my own property here in the uk
Lmfao xD
I’m so glad to find your channel because you and your wife are the model I need to learn from. My partner and I just bought 15 acre of land in Borneo for just $590 and we plan to build a cabin and farming in there. It’s always been my dream to have my own farm and a cabin in the woods away from the crowd. Even though we live in different climate but for video still inspiring, remind people to see the reality of off grid living and how a simple life can makes us happy still.
Good one Dave! I love things that can be reused, and it is such a treat to find "old stuff" cause you know it has been made to last and in good quality. Things that wont last you only for a couple of years, but for centuries.. Thank you for sharing as always!
Right on
If you're in an area where the water is too deep for a hand drawn well there's a great workaround. Set up a vertical axis wind turbine to draw the water up into a storage reservoir. Have your reservoir buried just below the frost line. Be sure to have some kind of disengage connected to a float so you only fill to the full mark. The wind will draw your water nearly up to the surface where it can then be hand pumped easily and yet not get frozen.
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Could you, please, give us a link to the video of that (or to other sources)? Thank you in advance.
@@sakoupa I don't have a link. I simply thought it up. No reason at all that it won't work. What don't you understand? I remember I was at a state park where they had a really old hand pump. I was really thirsty so I pumped the water up but it took a long time because the shaft was very deep. This idea would solve the problem.
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You see.. I don't understand - and that's why I want to look at drawings and video of it. It would be interesting to know HOW it works.
@@sakoupa Wind turbines of all sorts have been pumping water out of the ground for centuries. I think the vertical axis is the best design. There are many vertical axis videos you can find easily. It can operate an efficient pump which can draw water from great depths. This is especially true since the water doesn't have to be drawn in anything more than a small trickle. You do not need a large number of gallons per minute, just a trickle from as deep as you need to go.
Your reservoir can be a food grade tank of perhaps 50-200 gallons. Bury the tank below the frost line and direct the pumped water into it.
You'll need some way to deal with the extra water. Maybe a float to indicate when the tank is full. Some way to prevent an unwanted overflow. Either to disengage the turbine or the pump when the tank is full. If you disengage the turbine instead of the pump, you can save some wear and tear on your pump.
However you do it, you do not want overflow to be pumped above the frost line and get frozen in your system. There are simple ways to do that which require no electricity, which is the whole point. No electricity required.
Then you'll need a hand pump similar to the one demonstrated in this video. Set it up to draw water from the reservoir which will only be about 6-8 feet below ground depending on your local climate. Very easy on the arm when the water is not so deep. Just a few strokes and you have all the water you need.
I hope this makes things more clear.
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I think it's just your theory. Otherwise you would drop a link to real such well. And your statemen - reservoir 6-8 feet deep doesn't frost - but how about tubes above???
Saving this video for when society collapses and I need to know how to survive. It's not far offf. Start collecting things needed for a post-electricity world.
It’s great to compare this well with the previous wells. You definitely made many improvements. I’ll be sinking one on my Vermont property and now I have a better method of sinking it. Thanks Dave!
Amen to that!
you're welcome
Greetings from NH
Thanks for this video man. This brought back memories of me and my grandfather messing with the well in my backyard. Rebuilding the leathers and then priming and getting water out again. He taught me so much and I miss him terribly. Thanks for the good memory I forgot about.
Orion I actually screeched! And I’m a woman! I’m like this man is certainly not materialistic just plain old mediocre and not at all worried abt assembling an old and I might add beautifully finished iron pump on the
Hood of his suv! He’s alright in my book. And his skills are just the AWESOME! 👍🏾😀shout out to u from the big apple!!
Is it my imagination, or did he carefully paint the pump, but scape the hood of his car to pieces with the metal parts! Now that's a man who has priorities! LOL....... Great vid.
GREAT VIDEO start to finish. So proud for yall!! Good sweet water, YOU dug for.
Thanks much!!
Watching u and Brooke has been a joy u 2 together really did a dam good job I'm so happy w how much I'm learning about to buy from the amish community and how u can use free items thks so much
Love the old pump! Nice to see old things reborn. My grand parents had a hand pump in the kitchen. Probably original to the house. (1886)
Very cool!
Really awesome video & knowledge! I restore tools quite a lot over the years & it was so great to see someone else do this , especially when the electric motor & wire wheel & grinder set up was pretty much identical as my own! Really loved watching you work it all out , very high marks on your way of explaining everything! Thank you very much for sharing your skills !
Just a suggestion, when you rebuild the while you have the pump a part ,you should clean/polish the bore. You can use engine cylinder hone if you do not have one, you can use a wire wheel on a drill finish with fine sandpaper rinse out any rust or dirt. This will give a tighter seal and the leathers will last longer. Just a thought, I have been rebuilding or repurposing items over 50 years. GOOD LUCK GREAT VIDEO KEEPIT UP
Great idea using the 3 leg tri-pod n pulley,saves the back👍🏽
Saves the back and pulling the rope down probably uses stronger muscles than lifting the pounder up prior to each drop. It got me thinking about rigging something so I could use my leg to lift the pounder. I'm think of tying a foot loop on a separate 10' length of line with a sliding friction knot (a rolling, taut line or Blake's hitch) tied to the main rope. This should let me slide the friction hitch either direction on the pounder rope as necessary to change the length as the pipe is driven deeper or reset when another section of pipe were added. Might work . . . maybe it'd just make a big, tangled mess! 😂
good luck
Actually doesnt save any energy the way he set it up, should have added two more pulleys, one at the weight and a second one up top to actually get some efficiency
@@Henryk5161 I can agree with you on a 3-1 or 4-1 pull.
Excellent video. Having already dug my own well, 1 metre wide, cast my own concrete rings (mixed by hand) with 1 metre of water constantly sitting in my well to feed the ponies and garden.
Was really informative to see another method of well drilling.
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I’m glad to see you reach water the old traditional way with that beauty restored hand pump. Way to go!
That's it, screw my hoa, I am doing my small well in the back yard. Thanks Dave
Well did it work
Must be a good feeling to know you have water! That is so cool that you can get water that easily! I paid 15K for my well including pump and solar and it’s one of the shallowest around here at 200ft.
Must be a Michigan thing. It seems like nearly every campground we stayed as kids had one of those manual pumps. Bigger maybe, and self priming perhaps.
Oh wow!
easy water in a lot of Michigan
Ours are generally between 150-200 feet, where I live and the state regulates wells out here. It would be awesome to get water at 18 feet.
I love watching your videos. Your voice is calming, and I love watching things get built and restored.
Nice to have ground water so close to the surface.
true
Another job well done Dave!
Thanks
@@Bushradical you got it Dave
I must say, you have the perfect tone and pitch for voice over work.
Great job on fixing up an old pump and making it work again. The tripod was a great idea I watched u do the last well,seems u have definitely improved your method. Magnificent job Dave and Brooke.
That was awesome to watch you rebuild that water pump! Very interesting! Now watching you build the tri pod & putting everything together! "Let get some water!"!👌👍
You have a fabulous voice for this sort of instructional video - clear and concise; easy to understand. I'm glad I have found this channel!
A fabulous project that demonstrates "can do" attitude, resiliency, and practicality. Satisfying work with practical and tangible results. Thanks for a thorough demonstration of not only the refurbishing but good old fashioned work ethic. Excellent video.
Dang !!! That was so dope man !!!!! I wanted to grab your chubby smiley face and plant the biggest kiss on your forehead !!!! I was 100% invested in that drill , I swear I was there with you !!!! 🤣🤣And that was from all the way down here in Aussie !! So proud of you both. You stir up so many memories of my childhood on the farm with just your old fashioned approach to everything. Just like my old Dad, no training in anything other the school of "You want something done ? Do it yourself son". Love both of your pioneer spirit , infused with the Holy Spirit. 🤗👏👏👏👏🙏💞🇦🇺 ps I'm 1of his 4daughters but all 7 kids were addressed as "son".
Thanks.
I'm in the UK and these are the best videos I've come across.
Great video!
Don't you love it when a plan totally comes together?
Nothing sweeter than that.
Well said
Thanks Dave! I find this video inspiring. I love the look of vertical log walls. I can't wait to build a cabin on my little two acres of forest.
I moved to Japan years ago but videos like this make me miss North America. 😫
I admire the way you repaired something useless back into a usable piece of equipment. I am also amazed that you did all that on the hood of your car! Is sanding and repainting your car the next video?
You’re a lucky man that you have a good woman to help you.
Nice! Can’t help but notice what hard working people this couple are.
Dave, I wish there was a way to get a hold of you! I built my first cabin because of you! It’s very similar to the one you did in Michigan. You guys and God were the inspiration! Thank you!!!!
good stuff man, my goal is to acquire a plot of land and hand build a cabin/ small home on the property, living the dream!
Which one is his michigan cabin?
That's awesome!
Soothing video. Living in a small overcrowded country, where there are even laws against doing this on your property, I'm still learning stuff by watching you work. You never know when it might be useful.
I agree! the modern world is so unnatural. I love being outside, away from people, putting as much time as I need to, into a project. Its the only time I feel relaxed and content. My day job is working with computers and city people in an open floor plan office, its awful.
Appreciate how much attention you pay to protecting the surface of your vehicle hood. Kind of makes the thoughtfulness and expertise seem absent completely.
I love the work you did on this video, Dave. Congrats on your hard work, know-how, and working well system. 👍
Nice Dave. Fans of both of you. So my father and his wife had a well drilled in willow AK and installed a 3 stage reverse osmosis setup. Having cleaned the first stage cannisters and changing the filter there was an oily residue.
I’ve never seen him so happy at the end.. great demonstration 👏
That was an amazing video! I never knew it could be that simple to rebuild a pump and drill a well. Thanks for all your great videos and knowledge.
Now add little bit of fill dirt around, to make it one level with the bottom of that pump, and maybe frame a small box to leave access to that valve, and put a lead on it. And it would be perfect.
Good job. To be safe you might want to get a private lab test for contaminants, especially TOTAL COLIFORM.
I really like these very informative, well-crafted videos. The only thing is, I considered myself fairly handy around my own house, but after I watch these, dang I feel so inadequate! Thank you so much for posting and keep up the good work!
Now, here's the thing... the success was due to three things...
1 - those moccasin safety shoes of yours
2 - the black bonnet work top
3 - Brooke's touch!!
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A Dousing Rod would come in Handy for selecting the Right Place to Drive Pump Pipes, if you can find where two underground water Flows Intersect each other and then Drive Pipe-- You should never run out of Water. This works, I have seen several Old Timers do this back in day. I am 77 years young so it was years ago but when I was boy, all the pumps were driven like you have shown...
How ironic I was looking through my channels and thinking about you. Wondering when we'll see another update on the property!
right on
Careful what you wish for 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
You might want to build a well deck around the pump. It will keep you from moving the pipe around and keep the pipe study as you pump the water. It will also give you somewhere to set things down when your there getting water. Could be buckets or a cup. Could also hang things up and keep them off the ground. Nice job.
Ps...why the hell does anyone ever pay a damn water bill. It's ridiculous.
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there's just nothing to dislike about any video you make, well done
This was the best rebuild I ever saw you make...sorry for the scratches on you new (hahahahaha). Escort!!!!!
LOL thanks
I thought I was the only one who noticed! I guess soon we will see " how to restore you car hood riddled with scratches" hahahaa! and boy will that car not shine!!!
The fun part is: It's not new. That's how good Dave's home paint job is!
This was amazing to watch! Thank you for sharing. This project has been on my list to do. I have two locations where I want to install a hand pump well. Blessings to you guys!
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Mashalla (ماشاء الله) ( with God,s will ) you have very nice property, and you are such a hard working person,
My God bless you and your family will good health and keep and your family safe from any evil.
I just posted on your wife’s page and popped over here. I love watching you two work together. It reminds me of the joy I get working with my wife as we create new thing at our urban farm in Pittsburgh.
A high conconcentration of the minerals calcium, and iron may cause that sweet taste.
So does sewage
WOW...Just Wow........this is one of my favorite channels!! This is the best RUclips video I have ever seen!!!!!!!! I wish I had a Brooke...you are lucky my man!!!!!!!
What a great project refurbishing the old hand pump. I loved it! Thank you for this most useful information. I am looking forward to owning an off grid homestead in the future. Great videos filled with useful information, much appreciated. :-)