Re: WELL DONE!!! FER ALL TBNER\'S AND BETWEEN GATOR BOY
OK GUYS!!!!!! Good mornin /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gifWhere is everybody?
I couldn't sleep as my back is killing me and i'vebeen so excited about this string that i've been rollin so many thoughts around in my head that i jist had to git up and post'em!!!! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
GREAT PICS GATORBOY!!!!!!
Yer gonna have to show me how to do that /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gifok here we go!!!
Last night i had the privilege of talkin Gatorman on his cell as he and his son tented out on his 48 acres with a bon fire goin and all!!! I'll bet he won't let his wife pack the cooler again for a campout!!!! She got the soda...bottled water....and other refreshments...but as I sat up here in maine,talking with him and enjoying a cold brewskie...he lamented the fact that........SHE HAD FORGOTTEN HIS!!!! ..brewskies!!!!!/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
As all of you campers know ....There's not much better after a hard weeks work and gittin camp setup and the fire roarin than leanin back in your foldin chair and lookin up at the stars and feeling the cool, prickly,smooth,refreshing taste of an ice cold brew rolling acroos yer tongue and down yer throat...there's only one thing better ...The reassuring feeling that u have a few more sittin on ice in the cooler beside you waiting to tantalize your senses!!!!!!!! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Whatchya think Gman????? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Ok ...nuf teasin gster bout his wife forgittin d beer /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif....
Lets git some water runnin!!!
I'm glad the fishin pole idea worked well 4 u....Where your well is fairly shallow compared to mine...397' and Pops' 400'+...I thought that would be a fast way to get the two measurements (we'll talk about the third factor later ..static level ),you need for the basics of setting up a submersible pump system... (I used a 1000' roll of 1/4" nylon twine and a 1+1/4" spud wrench to do mine as i didn't want any entanglements)
1- the TRUE DEPTH of your well
2- THE HEAD LEVEL.....where the water level is (below ground) = how far the pump actually has to pump the water
Both of these #'s are very important...They tell you the depth that you can actually set the pump at and how powerful of a pump you need to get to put the water on "the ground".
The other thing you have to ask yourself is how much water am i going to need??? Are you running a household which will have cooking dishes and (family of five) five showers a day?
Or in addition to that do you see a furure need of also watering 50 head of cattle..There are approx. #'s for figureing this and we will have a chart on that soon enough...
One thing to keep in mind is that the less "HEAD LEVEL" you have the better off you are...Reason being....If a 1/2 h.p 5gpm (gallons per minute) pump will give you 5 gpm. set at 200' with a head level of 50' (all made up #'s but will have all the exact charts soon) then if the well has a head level of 40' it will give you 7gpm. and if your head level is at 30' it will give you 9 gpm....and the amount of water the same pump will pump goes exponentially.....
Poppa...if you look at his pics there is a tag on his well pipe and i'm going to guess that it has the name of the well co. that drilled it, the date it was drilled, the depth of the well, and the gpm that the well was putting out at the time they drilled it..... If anyone ever buys a piece of land with a well already on it , one of the things that you need to know is who drilled it...Well co's keep logs and as Egon can testify most of these #'s are actually public record...The gojv't wants to know everything...That's my personal jab...but these #'s can also be useful for finding out how aquifers and surrounding water tables are doing...
Now taking a step back...and looikng at gatorman's picture I personally think he is in awesome shape. He was given a price of approx. $1200-$1500 to put in a 3/4 hp. 10-15gpm
pump....I told Gman that for what he needs right now (enough water to irrigate trees) that i personally thought that a 1/2 h.p. motor should do..BUT I also tod him that he ought to think about his future needs too..Having said that, and knowing how he has to get power to his pump...A GENERATOR!!! ???? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif I jsut want ot play the devils advocate here!! and being as we don't have all the #'s and charts yet...I know in my heart that the 1/2 h.p. pump is now most definitely the way to go
First of all he does not have a "jist plug it in power supply".
and he is using a generator, but also wants to keep costs at an absolute minimum..(don't we all) /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif My clouded thought's (it's 5:30am and i've been on this page since 3:00am) on this project right now are:how to git gman the most bang(water /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif) for HIS BUCK$$$!!! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
He doesn't have his generator yet and we need to figure out how big a one he needs for pushing the pump and for running other tools as well(no pun intended). I look at the #'s and know that we are in great shape but there are a few other concerns that i feel we must address...Gatorman wrote me in a pm.( know u won't mind me revealing this dude) that some kid's/teenager's possibly young partyer's had bent over his NO TRESPASSING POSTS and had come on to his land!!!!! Now gman told me he had an understanding with some of the kids in the neighborhood that they could 4wheel on his land (he has wisely befriended them intead of pissin'em off and tellin'em to stay the <a href="mailto:h@@@">h@@@</a> out!!! ) as long as they " KEEP AN EYE ON THINGS". He even has their names...What I'm concerned with is the liability that he may have accidentally put on himself and his family.....While I was on the cell with him last night the ruffians/hooligans/vandals showed up!! (Let me know how that went and maybe right here in our little cyberworld/string) and what has been constantly on my mind
is what has happened to our fellow TBN'ER MDBARB (in his string regarding "need help regarding easements" which been running for 2 years now!!!!! /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif (if you have'nt read it please take the time to do so ..but u better do it in stages as it's almost 40 pages LONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BUT IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE ALL COVER
OUR OWN <a href="mailto:A@@@@">h@@@">h@@@</a> out!!! ) as long as they " KEEP AN EYE ON THINGS". He even has their names...What I'm concerned with is the liability that he may have accidentally put on himself and his family.....While I was on the cell with him last night the ruffians/hooligans/vandals showed up!! (Let me know how that went and maybe right here in our little cyberworld/string) and what has been constantly on my mind
is what has happened to our fellow TBN'ER MDBARB (in his string regarding "need help regarding easements" which been running for 2 years now!!!!! /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif (if you have'nt read it please take the time to do so ..but u better do it in stages as it's almost 40 pages LONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BUT IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE ALL COVER
OUR OWN <a href="mailto:A@@@@</a> AND HELP EACH OTHER
TO DO SO TOO BY OUR OWN PERSONAL
EXPERIENCES!!!!! IE: Mdbarb,myself,
junkman and gatorboy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What i'm saying here is that we have all had bad experiences with others that don't have the personal respect for other people's : property,space,well being: financial, physical, and emotional!!!!!!
it's 6 am and have to mak a quick run to the country store but will be baack to finish soon /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif TOdd ...and junkman says ..."wish u were already done as he buzzes round!!!
