Opening up a spring with a track-hoe

[bindian]

The bridge is about 200' from the north fence line. In Jim's map if you follow the gully north from the "or this". It's in the trees next to the open field. When the "or this" pond is full water is under the bridge.

Thanks Don,
hugs, Brandi

 

[new jersey mike]

That just makes me want to do into debt and buy one of those toys!!!!!!

Nice to see the water coming out.

Eddie

Rent those toys it's far less expensive..

 

[bindian]

Rent those toys it's far less expensive..

That is no fun.
hugs, Brandi

 

[txdon]

I had nine hours of fun watching! I did think of Eddie and his bulldozer, especially the tread when he was working on the motor. When things break I get stressed.

I think I might go with a wishing well top, with bucket and pulley. I'll evaluate it when the water level stabilizes. Pacerron or Jim can you photoshop one?

Water is still coming out by the base of the culverts, the pond rises about an inch a day. The level of the water in the culvert remains at 3' 3" from the top.

 

[jinman]

I think I might go with a wishing well top, with bucket and pulley. I'll evaluate it when the water level stabilizes. Pacerron or Jim can you photoshop one?

Google Don, G-o-o-g-l-e.:laughing:

Water well photos

 

[txdon]

Ahh.... found them under wishing well, da

 

[jinman]

Ahh.... found them under wishing well, da

The biggest decision will be which style. Lot's of choices. . .

 

[pacerron]

Ahh.... found them under wishing well, da

Don,
We had quite a storm this AM and an earthquake yesterday. Just plugged the sattelite back in about 30 minutes ago.
There are so many designs to consider as well as possibly being able to pull the entire wishing well as a unit in case you need to clean out your culvert or remove it to drill holes etc.
So many of the wishing wells are not in porportion and look goofy or like they are ready to fall over because they are too skinny for the base. But another factor is if you want to get water out of the pit you don't want to be cracking your head into the roof. I remember as a kid doing that on a well of my uncles. A bucket of water is pretty heavy if you have to reach out and duck at the same time while pulling it to the top lip of the well.
I see you found: wishing well photos - Google Search

I kind of like the idea of natrural or artificial stone around the culvert part and a roof with something on it other than cheap looking asphalt shingles, which look too modern for a well cover, in my humble opinion.

Here is a plan that could be modified that I kinda like: Landscape Wishing Well Plans, Woodworking Plans and Patterns by WoodcraftPlans.com

And here is a quick layer of another with a stone base. Excuse the distortion and wrong shadows. I just plopped it on your spot to see. A good fake photoshop would require you taking more pictures from different locations and being more at the base level.

What did you find as far as soil, sand, rock type when you dug down for the 6' culvert? I'm a bit concerned about the water not rising in the culvert.
Ron

 

[txdon]

Ron, I see I'm going to have fun with the top.

The soil going down was clay streaked with sand. The spring flows sideways. The hole was filling in with water from the sides and was caving in in all sides and getting close to curbing. I put a FEL of stone down, threw in the culvert and got another scoop of stone dumped in the culvert and the sides and the continued to fill the hole with stone. The water is seeping through the stone around the culvert. The pond level rose another inch last night and water is still flowing out of the stone base around the culvert.

 

[bindian]

What did you find as far as soil, sand, rock type when you dug down for the 6' culvert? I'm a bit concerned about the water not rising in the culvert.
Ron

I don't see the water in the culvert raising any higher than the pond water level. I thought the whole idea here was to have the culvert and stone keep the spring from silting in. I thought the water overflow level is 6 inches below the lip of the culvert. Won't that look funny with a wishing well top out in the water? Or am I seeing this all wrong?
hugs, Brandi