Hi Guys,
I'm doing this as much for fun (experiment) as for practical reasons. I picked up a gas powered auger for $10 yesterday. I'm going to put in a shallow point well. I'm planning on drilling down about 15 feet or to wherever I hit water bearing sand, and then I'll stop drilling and will wash-in the well the rest of the way. Going to use 3" PVC as a casing. Will drop a 1 1/4" PVC point into a gravel pack and then will pull the 3" casing out of the ground.
Anyway....I'm going to fab up a quick, temporary, well drilling rig using the auger and 3/4" pipe extensions. Should be easy to do. The only thing I'm questioning is pulling the dirt out of the hole. I'll use a winch to lift the auger, but I'm not sure that the dirt will come out with the bit.
I'm thinking about sliding a sleeve about a foot down over the top of the bit, leaving the bottom half of the bit exposed. My thought being the auger would pull the dirt up into this sleeve and then when I lift it out I might be able to get a 4 or 5 foot core of dirt out. The sleeve could rotate with the bit and I would guess it would render the whole idea useless at that point.
Anyway, its a fun project. Might fall on its face and not work at all. The drilling will work...just don't know about this sleeve idea. What do you think about the sleeve? Waste of time or might possibly work?
I'm doing this as much for fun (experiment) as for practical reasons. I picked up a gas powered auger for $10 yesterday. I'm going to put in a shallow point well. I'm planning on drilling down about 15 feet or to wherever I hit water bearing sand, and then I'll stop drilling and will wash-in the well the rest of the way. Going to use 3" PVC as a casing. Will drop a 1 1/4" PVC point into a gravel pack and then will pull the 3" casing out of the ground.
Anyway....I'm going to fab up a quick, temporary, well drilling rig using the auger and 3/4" pipe extensions. Should be easy to do. The only thing I'm questioning is pulling the dirt out of the hole. I'll use a winch to lift the auger, but I'm not sure that the dirt will come out with the bit.
I'm thinking about sliding a sleeve about a foot down over the top of the bit, leaving the bottom half of the bit exposed. My thought being the auger would pull the dirt up into this sleeve and then when I lift it out I might be able to get a 4 or 5 foot core of dirt out. The sleeve could rotate with the bit and I would guess it would render the whole idea useless at that point.
Anyway, its a fun project. Might fall on its face and not work at all. The drilling will work...just don't know about this sleeve idea. What do you think about the sleeve? Waste of time or might possibly work?