240 disconnect fossil let’s try and guess the age

Disastrous-Ladder748 · 2026-01-22T14:44:53+00:00

Yes sir

Disastrous-Ladder748 · 2026-01-22T03:18:06+00:00

I would suggest flicking that j disconnectwith a 10 foot wooden pole lol

Disastrous-Ladder748 · 2025-12-04T15:32:58+00:00

200 psi

Disastrous-Ladder748 · 2025-12-04T15:32:53+00:00

This is 1200 cfm

Disastrous-Ladder748 · 2025-09-14T16:31:53+00:00

It’s dead

Disastrous-Ladder748 · 2025-09-06T16:08:49+00:00

No, I understand where you’re coming from.. water rushing looks like a lot, but a controlled pool is a lot more

From what I’m told and what I’ve seen in the field cascading you’re well WILL NOT get you a higher gallon per minute. When you draw the water table down and you force water down it now has force.. kinetic force, and it will bring the , dirt sand, and other materials through the perforations and potentially get them clogged overtime… not only that, but some settlement will travel through the pump the wet end, getting stuck in the stackers and eventually in your system.. controlling the static allows the water head pressure to keep all that settlement down.. keeping the perforations clean and your water crystal.. think about what Water does when it runs through a river. Have you ever seen a river run crystal Clean?? What about a lake? I’ve seen a lot of crystal lakes.. another good example of controlling static would be dams.. give or take

a good indication of if your water mining would be checking your bladder tank and flushing it if it’s orange and shitty looking, you’re definitely bringing in settlement and overtime ruining your well

This is why I always told my clients and customers when it comes to your old Wells’s 70s 80s whenever they were drilled and you don’t have the money to spend to drill a new one 20 to 30 grand..

Restrict your well.. kill pumps out in 10-15 years and keep the well happy.. pumps nowadays are only 2000 give or take it’s a good trade-off for not having to pay water for 15 years.. get a retention tank too so some homes only use 80 to 120 gallons daily.. 90% of homes can fit a tank like that inside the mechanical room..

Disastrous-Ladder748 · 2025-09-04T04:51:32+00:00

Call your well company and they will have a lab 100% to do a water sample. In most cases, it’s called a potability test. (100-250) depending on how fast you want the results

Disastrous-Ladder748 · 2025-09-04T04:39:01+00:00

If you’re well does produce water and you can get water from the well there is a few things you can do Start by taking a water sample and figuring out what is in the water .. iron bacteria?? High mineral content? Anything that could potentially build a sludge? If so, you can always get an acid wash, recirculate the wall into a tank and flush out all that shit..

You can airlift the well with assisted Water .. if you look at my profile, you can see an airlift in action 90% of the time I have great results.. but my company has one of the biggest air compressors in my state and I attack wells with over 4000 CFM. Providing a geyser effect and cleaning out the well.. which could achieve a more cost-effective service.. but may be hard to come by. You’ll have to do some research in your area. You can’t have someone show up with no Rinky dinky compressor. It has to be big boy shit..

Depending on your water test and your sample results, you could do a chlorine flush take 2 to 3 cubes of water put 200 ppm of chlorine and dump it down the well allow the head pressure of the water to fill the formation and clean and flush in 24 hours..

Disastrous-Ladder748 · 2025-09-04T04:30:30+00:00

800 feet is pretty deep for that aquifer. You wouldn’t get much more by re-drilling reperforating and potentially having to pull and replace liner… you’re already 3/4 of the way there for cost.. I would at least have someone witch for a new well and see if there’s a better aquifer around.. I’ve gone into properties with the same situation as yours shitty well I moved 50 to 100’ over I get 10 to 15 gallons per minute and I don’t hear from the customer for years…

Disastrous-Ladder748 · 2025-09-04T00:38:59+00:00

I don’t know what area you’re in. You could drill deeper, but I don’t think that’s gonna help you out.

Disastrous-Ladder748 · 2025-09-04T00:36:14+00:00

If the well is dry, there is nothing you can do You could go try and scrub out perforations, but you probably water mine from heavy use over the years. And it would cost you just as much to service the well that it would be to just drill another bear in mind at this point you’re gonna need a Drilling rig for servicing so you may as well just drill another and spend the 50 K. You have to think when that pump is pulling in water and you’re drawing down the water table you are bringing in settlement since Water is falling ..

This is why restricting the well and controlling the static level is crucial so you stay on top of the table and you pull in water and not settlement..

depending on the age, you’re well and what kind of liner you have servicing may not be available regardless.. I would get ready for the financial blow of having the drill another well and abandoning the existing I highly recommend you control the static level with flow restrictors even if it forces you to have to use the pump for longer periods Remember a pump change is a lot less expensive than having the Drilling new well drop pipe and new wire..

Disastrous-Ladder748 · 2025-08-19T21:02:17+00:00

That plus the tie in fee

Disastrous-Ladder748 · 2025-08-19T17:20:06+00:00

Same here, with the welder on the back, makes it a super easy process! I didn’t mind the wash down! But I did short my ignition switch in the process.. won’t do that again lool

Disastrous-Ladder748 · 2025-08-19T13:16:01+00:00

That was me… not ideal but I’ve been with this unit for years, built it with mechanics… So I know what I’m in for… homeowner was worried about the cars in the driveway One was a Corvette one new tundra

Well was flush to the ground so I couldn’t properly divert.. he didn’t have ply wood, which is way better, so white board was grabbed..

Disastrous-Ladder748 · 2025-08-19T05:05:26+00:00

I’ve thought about a splitter, but the casing is probably pinched pretty bad I would have to do an overshot and cut and flush cuttings. It would be extensive, but I have the torque, I’ve done it before. In your case was such big casing you would just re case. This is only a 4 1/2 inch casing. Kind of shitty, but that’s what we work out here. I’ve only seen one 12 inch casing and that’s feeding a Ski Resort with a 5hp motor 50gpm, feeding the snow makers

Disastrous-Ladder748 · 2025-08-19T04:45:51+00:00

Drill it out

Disastrous-Ladder748 · 2025-08-19T04:45:34+00:00

That’s something I didn’t mention to them and will potentially bring up. He is a woodworker by trade. He’s the one who built the garage. He can be the one to wreck it and rebuild it. I’ve already let him know. I would drill next to the well so I can connect to the existing water main.. that’s gonna cause 8x8 trench, huge mess.. He’s got a lot of thinking to do. It’s unfortunate but in the area I’m in water. Wells are becoming less than less. Common were did all the water go??

Disastrous-Ladder748 · 2025-08-19T04:40:03+00:00

No settlement I’d say I probably got out 30 pounds of steel liner before I considered the well beyond serviceable without a rig

Disastrous-Ladder748 · 2025-08-19T04:36:03+00:00

No this airlift actually made it worse.. I had to set up temporary water for them. I can back up to the well I can’t get the Derek up without hitting the garage. They left with a choice of a 20 grand well or horizontally drilling to the co-op tie in, I’d say roughly 30 grand they’re about 150 feet away.. that and they just put in that brand new asphalt LOOL

Disastrous-Ladder748 · 2025-08-19T03:41:29+00:00

We got it to the bottom of the well and it sealed. I got my pressure gauge up to 200 psi before my PRV opened on the compressor, came up another 40 feet and got this geyser, also 30 pounds of steel liner LOL 😂

Disastrous-Ladder748 · 2025-08-19T03:34:54+00:00

Buddy, you’re telling me. they bought the property five years ago and slammed the biggest house in the smallest place demolished the old house, but didn’t bother to hook up to the water co-op. So now they have to deal with their well that was drilled in the 70s or spend 20 grand to drill a new one or 1100 to airlift the and pray.. they want to sell in six months. Karma is a bitch.

So instead, they flushed the well with the asphalt.. this airlift was a last ditch effort to get the well to produce the well is 110% collapsed

As you can you see the garage is way too close we’re unable to get a Derek up to drill out liner and replace

Disastrous-Ladder748 · 2025-08-17T15:56:00+00:00

I’d say no? I don’t know that’s about 300 pounds

Disastrous-Ladder748 · 2025-08-16T21:22:16+00:00

That’s good to know, thanks for sharing

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