First Serious Project - Clearing 1.5 Acres

[Jim57]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I planted a half acre of Merit sweet corn last saturday, cost me about 12 dollars for seed and I probably used 50 cents worth of diesel. I usually turn off about 400 dozen and sell most, freeze some and give away to friends. I sel it for 2 dollars a dozen and some of the people I have gave it to wants it pulled and brought to them. Old person, I don't mind but an able body I figure if I go that far they may want it cooked next time. I have 4 wells on different properties that I wish I could give you because I'm gonna have to fill em in eventually. They are hand dug and host plenty of water but I have city water and the wells are in my way. I am gonna convert some of my garden into goat pasture this year, its just too much blame work. I have about an acre that I'll keep to plant just because I like watching things grow. In all reality, I think you can buy local produce from farmers cheaper than you can grow it if you count your time especially. You have to like doing it. That sounds like a heck of an irrigation system for an acre and a half. Well drilling must be very expensive. Good luck on your garden. )</font>


Well drilling here is $5.00 a foot for dry hole and $9.00 a foot for a wet hole. Probably will have to go 450 plus feet. Then there is the pump, wiring, all the plumbing for the irrigation system and then all the sprinkler heads. The type of irrigation system will be determined by the gallons per minute the well produces as will the pump needed. Thanks for the thoughts and good wishes. Everything is higher here now since the fuel prices went up... I knew it would eventually trickle down to other things.

By the way... food is expensive here since Winn-Dixie and some of the other food chains closed. Even Wal-Mart Super Center has went up on it's food costs. A lot of grocery stores throw away enough food weekly to feed a huge army. They won't give it to needy people most of the time because of fear of a lawsuit. But that's another subject I won't get into here.



Have a Great Day.

Jim

 

[Jim57]

Starting the Drilling for the irrigation well.

 

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Another picture

 

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There are more pics of this but you may not be interested. This is the last picture unless there are requests.

So far they have drilled 540 feet and still NO water /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

 

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The first 75 to 80 feet was mostly dirt... so far the other 460 has been in solid granite rock. I am beginning to think they may not hit water. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

 

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Inserting the PVC pipe into the first approx. 80 feet and seating it into the rock.

 

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It drilled through the rock faster than I thought it would.

 

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It's making a mess with all the rock dust or sand coming from the drilling.

 

[Jim57]

So far at $5 a foot if this is a dry hole it has cost me $2,700.00

I know they will continue to abot 650 feet... if no water then it will have cost me $3,250 for a hole in the ground. Please pray that they will hit water and atleast 35 to 40 gallons a minute or better. Much more would be preferred for the irrigation system.

If they hit water at 650 feet it will cost me (us) $5,850.00


Especially if I am able to add another 4 acres to this project.

They have quit drilling until Monday Morning. Left truck here.

It has come some severe thunderstorms this moning (Sat.) and I was somewhat worried that that truck and drill rig would draw lightning. Maybe if it does it will crack open the rock and we will have water.

Jim

 

[Mith]

Jim, if you have any more pictures I would be interested, I have never seen anything like that before!
Thanks