CntryBoy777
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When ya construct it back, adding some hinges might help...if there is a next time.
Jumping the Moon Dairy - the next chapter
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babsbag
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I talked to the original driller and she says that we have PVC pipe so that being the case we did not tear out the deck. They should be able to pull it with a Up-Z-Dazy. DH and I have also decided that we are going to stay with our constant pressure controller and not get sold something we don't need. Pull the pump, drop in a new pump and motor and be on your way. Our controller is about 1500.00 and it isn't broken.
Bruce
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10, TEN years!!!!!!!! If that is a long as they are expected to last they might as well drill it and leave a hoist permanently attached over the pipe!
Shouldn't have to rip out the whole deck, maybe pull a few boards over the well. If the deck can't support the weight of a winch to pull the pump up, I wouldn't personally ever stand on it.
Any reason you aren't going with the original driller and getting quotes from several?
Shouldn't have to rip out the whole deck, maybe pull a few boards over the well. If the deck can't support the weight of a winch to pull the pump up, I wouldn't personally ever stand on it.
Any reason you aren't going with the original driller and getting quotes from several?
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babsbag
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The original driller has a very small business now after losing her husband so she was hard to get but she did talk to me about some of the details and questions I had.
The person here yesterday wanted to pull it with a crane mounted on the truck and he didn't think that the boom was long enough. They also thought that it was galvanized pipe. But it ends up that the pipe is PVC and the boom is long enough so I didn't need to tear up the deck. The owner was here this morning and he said, no problem. He took a picture and sent it to his worker (son-in law)...SIL says "I didn't think of that"...duh. I DID!!!!!! The owner is a great guy, glad he came out. They are almost done.
As far as getting bids...I would rather have water and a Sunday morning is not the time to find drillers that don't charge for emergency weekend visits. This guy does not and he had been here once before to repack the seal around the well. Also our neighbor recommended him.
The person here yesterday wanted to pull it with a crane mounted on the truck and he didn't think that the boom was long enough. They also thought that it was galvanized pipe. But it ends up that the pipe is PVC and the boom is long enough so I didn't need to tear up the deck. The owner was here this morning and he said, no problem. He took a picture and sent it to his worker (son-in law)...SIL says "I didn't think of that"...duh. I DID!!!!!! The owner is a great guy, glad he came out. They are almost done.
As far as getting bids...I would rather have water and a Sunday morning is not the time to find drillers that don't charge for emergency weekend visits. This guy does not and he had been here once before to repack the seal around the well. Also our neighbor recommended him.
Bruce
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So it will be "fairly" cheap? And no new controller?
I ASSUME by "controller" you mean some electronic thing if it costs that much? The only "controller" on mine is a pressure control switch that I replaced, cost about $25 at the electric supply store.
Water soon! Might want to pull the faucet screens and run a lot of water through. I suspect there will be quite a bit of "stuff" dropped into the well from the pipe when the old pump is pulled and the new installed. Or MAYBE they will do some sort of flush prior to it hitting the pressure tank?
Still curious why it died (cause I don't know if I can say crapped out) in only 10 years.
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babsbag
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Jumanji got his cast off today. He is still confined to his stall for a few more weeks but it is weight bearing and the hock is not frozen. Looks really really good. Breeding is just around the corner.
The well was not cheap. Labor was 500.00, I'm ok with that... parts were a tad bit more. It is what it is.
This is the controller we have, the SubDrive 75.
http://www.franklinwater.com/produc...esidentiallight-commercial/subdrivemonodrive/
Every well I have seen around here has some kind of controller to run power to the pump motor. We have a pressure switch too.
Wells that aren't constant pressure like mine use something like this.
https://www.lowes.com/pd/Utilitech-Steel-Control-Box/3136321
The well was not cheap. Labor was 500.00, I'm ok with that... parts were a tad bit more. It is what it is.
This is the controller we have, the SubDrive 75.
http://www.franklinwater.com/produc...esidentiallight-commercial/subdrivemonodrive/
Every well I have seen around here has some kind of controller to run power to the pump motor. We have a pressure switch too.
Wells that aren't constant pressure like mine use something like this.
https://www.lowes.com/pd/Utilitech-Steel-Control-Box/3136321
Bruce
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Well I guess I DO have a control box of some sort. Says Sta-Rite well pump. The current version is $105. Is that Subdrive really $1,500??
Glad to hear Jumanji is going to be OK!!!
Glad to hear Jumanji is going to be OK!!!
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babsbag
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Yes, it is really 1500.00 . When we had the well drilled we were quoted a price per foot of drilling and never once did we discuss other items. Neither of us had ever lived with a well so we left it up to the experts and that is what we got. It is nice that you don't notice the pump dropping pressure if something else is on but while I wouldn't pay for a new one I also didn't like the idea of abandoning one that works.
Baymule
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We are on community water. One of the wells is less than a block away and is 1200 feet deep. We have really good water that tastes good. The bill runs $30-$40 a month.
A 600' well would cost in excess of $12,000.
While I would really like to have a well, all rigged up with solar, it ain't gonna happen.
Having a well is great, until it doesn't work, then it is your responsibility. Community water is great until it doesn't work, then we just wait for it to be fixed. In 3 years, it has never gone off.
I would still like to have my own water........
A 600' well would cost in excess of $12,000.
While I would really like to have a well, all rigged up with solar, it ain't gonna happen. Having a well is great, until it doesn't work, then it is your responsibility. Community water is great until it doesn't work, then we just wait for it to be fixed. In 3 years, it has never gone off.
I would still like to have my own water........
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babsbag
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Our well was $10,000 to have drilled 10 years ago. I would like to go with a solar pump but the guy that was here working on it this weekend said with my usage it would cost about 10-15k to convert to solar...not happenin' here either.
The wonderful state of CA keeps threatening to put meters on our wells and charge us to use the water that we paid to access. I would like to know if they intend to maintain said well going forward...of course not. So not only would a person have to pay to dig the well, they pay power to get the water out of the well, the pay to maintain the well, and they would pay a monthly fee to the State. Hoping that it doesn't happen in my lifetime.
The wonderful state of CA keeps threatening to put meters on our wells and charge us to use the water that we paid to access. I would like to know if they intend to maintain said well going forward...of course not. So not only would a person have to pay to dig the well, they pay power to get the water out of the well, the pay to maintain the well, and they would pay a monthly fee to the State. Hoping that it doesn't happen in my lifetime.
