well-drilling with PTO??? anybody?

daveyb45 · May 29, 2009

I have been trying to find someone who has used one of the portable drilling rigs. I would like to do my own well and I have at least two to do. I saw somewhere where there is a rig that works off the back of a tractor using the three point and hydraulics. My old brain cannot remember though.

jenkinsph · May 29, 2009

A friend of mine built one many years ago using an old telescopic forklift rack to lower and raise a kelly swivel. He used a hysraulic motor to turn the pipe and a 2" pump with a 2000 gallon tank on a trailer. All of this was fairly involved though and not something I would try for financial savings. I sincerely think you would be money ahead to have it drilled by someone in the business.

If you wan't to do it yourself I agree with driving a point if the water table is close enough for you to reach.

Steve

ultrarunner · May 29, 2009

I've talked to several commercial drillers and access is a problem... they all have large rigs and are unwilling to risk getting stuck on my back 40...

The other problem is they also get a big price around here.

I've looked at a few of the portable rigs and tried to rent one once... none of the rental yards have them anymore because they often came back damaged of broken...

funkydaddy59 · May 29, 2009

My well is 100 ft deep and draws 75 feet of water.

milkman · May 29, 2009

Even if you were able to add sections of pipe to get as deep as you want to go, how will you get the dirt out of the hole since the auger is only 40 some inches long?

carpenter383 · May 29, 2009

My well is a shallow well, I'm not sure how deep it is, but the pipe going into the casing is only 30ft. I use an above ground pump/pressure tank. Water seeps out between the top of the casing and the cap almost continuously. I had the water tested once, but still don't drink it.

AKwelder · May 30, 2009

they sell 2 inch and 1-1/2 inch driving coupling and make a bit for those electric jack hammers. I worked for an old coot that put in several wells a season this way. We would have the pipe cut and treaded to 5 foot section, buy driving couplings, get a sand point and a small gen set, stand on the tail gate or in the bucket and pound away.

went 40 feet in two hours, good luck

bx24 · May 31, 2009

Depending how deep you have to go, seems like you could rig up something like this without too much effort. My water table is about 6-8 feet down and this is how I hope to put in an irrigation system later this year.

http://www.campbellmfg.com/brady/documents/wellinstallation.pdf

Mustangous · Jun 1, 2009

bx24 said:
Depending how deep you have to go, seems like you could rig up something like this without too much effort. My water table is about 6-8 feet down and this is how I hope to put in an irrigation system later this year.

http://www.campbellmfg.com/brady/documents/wellinstallation.pdf

Seems very interesting. I have been wanting to put a system in for irrigation and was contemplating a well or using a holding talk and pumping in water from a lake behind the house. I thought i ruled out a well because i thought i cant do it without spending a lot of money for drilling. this looks like its worth a try. Holding tanks are a little pricey and not sure where/how to hide it. a 1500 gallon tank would be bit of an eye sore. Would like to burry most of it.

So i was reading the installation guide and it says to install one 4' well point per 1/4 pump. I am planing on irrigating around an acre and from what i have been reseaching i would need 20gpm at minimum and with a 1-1/2 pump. so i would need 6 points 5'-8' apart.

how about this, pretty much the same but with a video
Drill A Water Well In Your Backyard!

bx24 · Jun 1, 2009

Mustangous said:
Seems very interesting. I have been wanting to put a system in for irrigation and was contemplating a well or using a holding talk and pumping in water from a lake behind the house. I thought i ruled out a well because i thought i cant do it without spending a lot of money for drilling. this looks like its worth a try. Holding tanks are a little pricey and not sure where/how to hide it. a 1500 gallon tank would be bit of an eye sore. Would like to burry most of it.

So i was reading the installation guide and it says to install one 4' well point per 1/4 pump. I am planing on irrigating around an acre and from what i have been reseaching i would need 20gpm at minimum and with a 1-1/2 pump. so i would need 6 points 5'-8' apart.

how about this, pretty much the same but with a video
Drill A Water Well In Your Backyard!

I saw this video and it your right, it is a similar concept ... the big difference is that the video uses an air powered "drill". Can you use a smaller HP pump and just have more zones?