hey I thought I would revisit a project that I did a couple years ago I drilled
my own well by hand and I have that video up it's like I say way back there
in my video archives and I could have done it in one day if I started early in
the morning and worked till late I could have done it in one day by
myself I'm going to show you how I did it
just in case you didn't see that video but what this video is more about is me
getting water out of this well and it's really sandy the water that comes out is
really sandy so I'm going to let the bucket of water sit for a couple hours
and show you how clear it comes out and I've drank this water right out of that
well it was sandy but it tasted good but I'm not going to do that this time
though I'm gonna get me some water out of it I'm gonna put it in that bottle
with the huapi thing up here I'm gonna sit in the Sun after though after I
clear the water so let me show you how I did that well just in case you haven't
seen it this is a fencepost auger and this is how I did the well this unscrews
from this
and what I used is standard black pipe threaded on either end with a collar and
you put this in and the auger and just screw the handle into the collar and as
you go down you add these I would say a young guy young strong guy could
probably go down about 3035 feet by himself I I went down 16 feet I I could
have gone down to 20 but I hit water at 8 feet and so I best you know basically
I've got 8 foot of water and I just wanted to show you that it's possible a
single person can dig a well on this fence post doc auger cost me 70 bucks
and these extensions I can't remember six or seven bucks collar couple bucks
for a collar so I'm gonna take my bucket fill it up and I'm gonna let you look
down in there and see how sandy it is and then I'm gonna let it sit for a
couple hours let you see how clear it is I wish I had a white bucket I'd be a
little easier to see but I'll set this out in the Sun maybe we can maybe weeks
it if not I won't to do this until I find a white bucket it's been a little
while since I pull water out of here so I'm gonna pump this little bit let it
let it clear up a little bit you know what let me see if you can see I'm gonna
zoom you in some
there we go all right I'm gonna set it right there where the dogs can't come
drink out of it and uh give it a couple hours and we'll come back and have a
look at it see you then well I'd move it in here cuz the ants found it and
they're crawling all over it so I set it in here but I'm amazed at how much this
clears up when you let it sit I'm gonna dig I got this clear measuring cup
that's the only thing I've got this clear so uh that's amazing and now I'm
gonna dump this water out so you can see the bottom of it and you know what I'm
not gonna treat this water I'm gonna drink this water and let me see if I can
turn you around here hold on
they'll post
no flavor whatsoever not even a dirty you know earthy flavor I have drank this
before so I know it's not going to hurt me all right I'm gonna tip this out and
show you the dirt in the bottom of the bucket oh sorry if I'm making a seasick
but I wasn't using my tripod check
amazing and the reason it's still sandy is because I don't use it enough when
you have a well like this you have to develop it you have to use it and all
the capillaries of water that feed the cavity that I dug here you have to like
for lack of a better word you have to wear them in and eventually it gets
clearer and clearer and clearer and if you use it on a regular basis it stays
clear clear enough to drink I'm sure there's you know microscopic
particulates that wouldn't hurt you and you couldn't taste but anyway that's my
well at the name of the auger that I bought is called a seam or fencepost
auger and I bought it on Amazon I delivered right to the door it was about
70 bucks the extensions were 3/4 inch threaded pipe our 3/4 inch pipe threaded
on each end and three-quarter inch collars and I had four of them so can't
think anything else if you want to ask me anything about it all answer whatever
I can't as a pretty easy project as far as oh it was labor-intensive but I run
into a day of incredible rain when I put that
in and it washed part of it in and I had to get a sludge pump and pump out what
I'd already dug and then finish it I mean there was a real complication if
nothing had gone wrong I could have done this in a day easily one day if I'd
started in the morning and I had everything right here where I need it so
uh two guys two guys could put this together in a day and could go much
deeper thanks for watching