How to drill a well on your property, land or farm?

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  • čas přidán 8. 05. 2023
  • How to drill a well on your property, land or farm. Cost? Depth? Details! Come along with me today as we show you a well drilling, you'll learn what to expect Here's the pump we're going to install: www.bisonpumps.com/
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  • @JoeTheFarmer
    @JoeTheFarmer Před rokem +33

    Great video! Big upfront cost but YOU become the water company. We have two wells on our farm and have the water tested annually. Always makes me feel good that our water is how God intended it. No gubment additives. 😁👍🏼

  • @jakebob5101
    @jakebob5101 Před rokem +7

    My dad used to run one of those drills. Did that job for 45 years. He did mostly blast holes for quarries but did geothermal and water wells also.

  • @chipprice1174
    @chipprice1174 Před rokem +4

    WOW, How time changes things! 37years ago, when I had my well drilled, it cost me $5 a foot! I got 25 gallons a min. Then several more homes went in and took my water table and I kept going dry. They came back out, drilled through the same hole( and only charged me from the bottom down) First time I was 125' deep, then they went down to 246' deep and I got 500+ gallons a min(pump truck would not pump m00re than that) and my static water level is as 12'. We didn't add any more water pipe into the well. still only have 120' of pump pipe in the well. I have run three sprinklers 24 hours a day for three days, and never run out. at forst, on the second drilling, water flowed out the top for three days before they put the water pipe and pump in. It was an artisan well for three days, then it settled. Been a great well since, I replaced my pump once.

  • @ClickinChicken
    @ClickinChicken Před rokem +3

    I have this on VHS, back in 1980-83. ha Still works! WOOO!

  • @danielalamo2075
    @danielalamo2075 Před rokem +4

    We are in the central valley of California. Back in about August of 2019, my parents had to drill a new well. Old well had metal casing and it collapsed. The cost was was about $20,000 for drilling to connecting to the system. Total depth was about 225'. I think static water level is 35'. Where I live, in the height of the drought, our well static level was 8'. Our well is only 53'. And our pump is a submersible and is down about 35'. I would have thought since you get a lot more rain than we do, your well would not be very deep. Awesome video!

  • @morris3j
    @morris3j Před rokem +7

    Another great video! I’m UK. But landed in Raleigh for work last night.. so cool getting up and seeing your video pop up knowing you are just up the road! 😊

  • @sammynatal6471
    @sammynatal6471 Před rokem +1

    He will answer all your questions in this video I think. He’s pretty good with his videos.

  • @Daniel1000rr
    @Daniel1000rr Před rokem +2

    Just had my well drilled in Washington, $29,689 tax included drilling only, it included metal casing and PVC casing, 320 feet deep well and 20 gals a minute. Than it was another charge for a pump setup and get it ready for the house, electrical work, panel on base meter for pump, 2 frost free hydrants, so that was another $16,900 tax included, I didn’t know it was going to cost me that much, but they did a good job

  • @taurota1554
    @taurota1554 Před rokem +5

    Awesome as always.Thanks for sharing and taking us along

  • @terresiagregg9326
    @terresiagregg9326 Před rokem +3

    Great job guys getting the well dug have an awesome day Josh whoooo

  • @bay9876
    @bay9876 Před rokem +2

    Nice to watch rough neck riggers drill for water. Good team work and looks like they'll be back to drill another well. Well done video of water well drilling.

  • @janfranceschi8458
    @janfranceschi8458 Před rokem +2

    Geeezzz! I didn't know it was so expensive to drill a well!!!

  • @KPVFarmer
    @KPVFarmer Před rokem +3

    Great video! Over 400 feet!!! That’s a long way down, and no oil either. I was hoping you’d strike black gold! 🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸

  • @scottsmith6846
    @scottsmith6846 Před rokem +2

    Hey Josh thank you for the video and good luck with the well pump woo🙏👍

  • @jameskidd8203
    @jameskidd8203 Před rokem +3

    The best water in the world is water from a deep well , no exception Pure and cold.

  • @plt903
    @plt903 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Had a well dug in Washington. They said it would cost $40 a foot. When the bill came it was $100 a foot. Not sure why where the 40 came from. Did my own plumbing. Just the digging. The guy made $10,000 in 6 hrs.

    • @StoneyRidgeFarmer
      @StoneyRidgeFarmer  Před 2 měsíci +1

      the guy has a $500k truck my brother....he didn't make all that much lol

  • @Norbingel
    @Norbingel Před 11 měsíci +2

    In our country, that kind of depth is unheard of. Of course, the vast majority of people just have those primitive hand digging equipment that can take hours to dig several feet. I just contacted some guys to do it on our mountainside property and they weren't willing to dig on the higher elevations since they anticipated having to dig more than 50 ft and hit rock while doing it too. With their equipment they can take hours just to drill through a few inches of rock. Although, of course they only charge the equivalent of about $400 (about double the minimum monthly wage) to do it and you only pay if they manage to draw water so there's that too.

  • @petermavus4131
    @petermavus4131 Před rokem +4

    Very WELL done

  • @brockstar1311
    @brockstar1311 Před rokem +19

    How to drill a well on your property.
    1) call a well drilling company
    2) pay them thousands of dollars

    • @cupwalker24.7
      @cupwalker24.7 Před 16 dny +1

      Yep 👍 Gotta have a skill or trade and licenses , insurance , Couple Million Worth of Drilling Rigs etc etc . Takes a Ton of money for the Company Drilling the well up front to even drill the well itself . Water is life though . Gotta have a good Driller Also 💪

  • @ccjensen4670
    @ccjensen4670 Před 3 měsíci

    JEFCO 30 K ...had two of them. Sold out in 2017..our company works in Northern CA and is now 102 years old.
    Ran Speedstar cable tools up into the early 70's.

  • @davidsmathers5621
    @davidsmathers5621 Před rokem +2

    Wow that's great there using PVC in stid of steel pipe congratulations

  • @s3gv
    @s3gv Před rokem +4

    Love that you show this! Still rocking my OG SRF hat! Getting a ranch (the goal anyways) in montana in a few years and saving my dear life away for it.

  • @charleswise5570
    @charleswise5570 Před rokem +2

    Josh, I'm gonna say it, just for laughs. "Oh well! This is a deep subject." 😆

  • @sevenfrommatthew
    @sevenfrommatthew Před rokem +5

    Crazy. I had mine dug in NC in 2020 and it was $6k. Can’t believe what they are charging now.

  • @h2omechanic
    @h2omechanic Před 7 měsíci +2

    The Red-ish color coming out at 285ft looks like Terasic Basin rock. I wonder if that's the case. If it ever collapses, the well should be screened. These guys are 90 miles from me. Static in NC should be around 30-40ft typically

  • @fit4ya1975
    @fit4ya1975 Před rokem +2

    In late '19 I paid $4500 for my well here in West Central Michigan. 59 feet. Im also on the water so the water table was high.

  • @ChrisHolland-ro5ss
    @ChrisHolland-ro5ss Před rokem +2

    Thanks for sharing. Im currently looking for a well driller in the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia and having a difficult time. Tricky location and DEEP... Neighboring property went 650ft deep and we are higher up the hill. Prices here are double what you have. Thanks again.

  • @bcgrittner8076
    @bcgrittner8076 Před rokem +3

    Little Canada, Minnesota

  • @robertmycroft8268
    @robertmycroft8268 Před rokem +3

    That is a deep well. Now I see why building ALWAYS goes over budget! I feel for you, I am going through that on a house build now. Some say it is only money, but I can't find the tree it grows on?

  • @shaymousshay
    @shaymousshay Před rokem +2

    Greetings buddy been absent for a while just trying to get back into the swing of things.
    My desktop comp went bang so been trying to get back online oh and to boot i lost my phone aswell. so was totaly out of the game. but all is up and running now touch wood anyway. caught the odd show recently good to see your doing good.
    you deserve it bro your a good EGG. keep it up new startup farmers can learn a trick or two from you. show them how it done fella. been with you from the start. i knew you was a good one to stick with. we the people well i do thank you for your efforts and wish you all the best 👍👍😉😉🙏🙏😇😇🐇🐇❤❤👊👊

  • @williamhanna5224
    @williamhanna5224 Před 6 měsíci +2

    Awesome video Great work !

  • @ireneturner2944
    @ireneturner2944 Před rokem +1

    Whoop Whoop Water...
    Good morning !!!!

  • @dorothydevinney694
    @dorothydevinney694 Před rokem +4

    $22 a foot was what my well cost in 1999 and was 800feet

  • @seansysig
    @seansysig Před rokem +3

    I hope a dowsing rod was deployed prior to drilling a deep hole in the ground?

  • @wevibe4811
    @wevibe4811 Před 2 měsíci

    Excellent video

  • @allenbuck5589
    @allenbuck5589 Před rokem +5

    Built my house 8 years ago. Had a well drilled. Two hundred ft. 5 k. On top of my sand hill in Sc. Great video Josh thanks from. Sc

    • @StoneyRidgeFarmer
      @StoneyRidgeFarmer  Před rokem +4

      heck...me too...we went 360 ft and it was $5k...but that was before the rise in prices of everything...funny though...if you owned the truck in 2008 how does it cost more to drill a hole with the same gear? Hmmmm

    • @kingwoodster1674
      @kingwoodster1674 Před 11 měsíci +1

      ​@Stoney Ridge Farmer I get the price of pipe and pump going up aswell as cost of living for employees, gas etc but that's a big jump. buying a home now and have to dig one so this is definitely a eye opener of whats to come

  • @goldensmile2005
    @goldensmile2005 Před 8 měsíci +2

    I am in Oregon. I just got 2 quotes for a 520 feet well. One is $62000, another is $58000…..

    • @StoneyRidgeFarmer
      @StoneyRidgeFarmer  Před 8 měsíci +2

      yep...and an acre of land out there probably cost 5 times as much as here too....things cost less here...we don't have the "california" influence that drives up land cost to make everything unaffordable...thank goodness!

  • @johnwootton9031
    @johnwootton9031 Před rokem +1

    GOD bless America 🇺🇸 👍

  • @yvonnegathing3634
    @yvonnegathing3634 Před 11 měsíci +1

    How awesome❤

  • @Mikst74
    @Mikst74 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Hi guys! Cool equipment and Great job 👍 I’m drill a abyssinian well in Russia, using only a hand drill machine. what do you mean about it?

  • @RobertJones-ey9qz
    @RobertJones-ey9qz Před rokem +3

    I had a neighbor that had to have a new well drilled about 15 years ago and it was $34 a foot for them. I think it was only a three inch well at that. Meaning only a one inch water line. At the time, I think he was the cheapest guy around.

  • @J_Beazy223
    @J_Beazy223 Před rokem +1

    It doesn't really look like you are drilling your own well. More like you are paying a company to have a well drilled for you, naturally on your property. I like to have good companies do work on my properties as well. What a deep subject. Interesting video thanks!

    • @StoneyRidgeFarmer
      @StoneyRidgeFarmer  Před rokem +1

      yep...I'm not...and nor should anyone. If you're watching the videos on youtube about drilling your own well....those are getting ground water which is not suitable for human consumption in most cases

  • @SethBrantley-cq6qz
    @SethBrantley-cq6qz Před 5 měsíci

    Yalls rig is crazy different then what im a hand on. We go typically 280-380 for red bed. We use water and mud pit to pump out what the hole makes and raise suction and add watwr as needed. Casing is last and fast the we gravel pack the outside of the hole. Depending on whether its irrigation, personal or stock well depends on the pack or concrete level

  • @tee-steel.0158
    @tee-steel.0158 Před rokem +2

    It looks like your putting the well-head in front of the garage door???❤

  • @jenyfursmith8413
    @jenyfursmith8413 Před rokem +3

    How did you determine where the well should go?

  • @nurlatifahmohdnor8939
    @nurlatifahmohdnor8939 Před 5 měsíci

    Page 357
    Blowout preventers (BOPs) are used to control the pressure in the bore when drilling or working over, ie performing remedial operations on a producing well to restore or increase production.

    • @nurlatifahmohdnor8939
      @nurlatifahmohdnor8939 Před 5 měsíci

      Page 134
      boring (Eng) = The process of machining a cylindrical hole, performed in a lathe, boring machine or boring mill, for large holes, or when great accuracy is required, it is preferable to using a drill.
      Page 659
      lath (Min) = A term commonly applied to a lath-like (long and thin) crystal.

  • @revgee93
    @revgee93 Před rokem +1

    👏😎 Bravo. Great Work. Currently enjoying the Bargersville water. Naturally filtered reservoir. Best tasting aqua around. 😏 As the song says the only people who poison their own well are people who are on their way. Vice President, covered landfill, sludge blob have in common? 😕 Big Oil.

  • @airplane247
    @airplane247 Před rokem +1

    Yep the building a new house on my street they dig a well 800 feet it only had 12 in of water in it. What happens then???

  • @rchuso
    @rchuso Před rokem +1

    My well will probably be about 250' deep. That seems to be normal here in the high desert.

  • @batpherlangkharkrang7976

    Hi..... Josh nice to see you love watching your videos homestead Beautiful good job 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 👕🐔🐓🐣🐥🐕🐈🐄🐝🐠🐟🎣 🌱🏡🎥👍👍👍

  • @jeronimosouzadeandrade1430
    @jeronimosouzadeandrade1430 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Em que pais vc está amigo, estou perguntando porque trabalho na area a uns 25 anos.

  • @mrnascar9129
    @mrnascar9129 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Wow......i thought $16 a foot was high

  • @iamslbc
    @iamslbc Před rokem +3

    How much would permitting and inspections add to cost to drill human consumption vs. agricultural well? Can an agricultural well be “upgraded” by inspection at a later date for human consumption?

    • @StoneyRidgeFarmer
      @StoneyRidgeFarmer  Před rokem +2

      you need to check your local county or municipality my friend...every county is different

  • @ronniekoehn9413
    @ronniekoehn9413 Před rokem +3

    Josh the outdoor kitchen will it have a roof? If so why not put solar on it for the pump?

  • @jeronimosouzadeandrade1430
    @jeronimosouzadeandrade1430 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Vcs são do arkansas porque maior parte das empresas são de la.

  • @Farm2Code
    @Farm2Code Před 5 měsíci

    13k for 450 feet is hell costly amount. Here in India they change 90₹/feet after 300 feet the price slab change, increase by 5 i.e 95₹ , your 450 will cost 450*95 = 42750 ₹ in $ that will be 570$ and motor, gi pipe and electricity starter board will cost another 1lakh ie 800$
    Congratulations on your new wel

  • @BorewellDINDIGUL
    @BorewellDINDIGUL Před rokem +3

    I am Indian i BORE WELL operation expert

  • @carlhedrick7385
    @carlhedrick7385 Před rokem +10

    Why would drill so close to your shop and in front of a shop door?

    • @tkskagen
      @tkskagen Před rokem +2

      Darn good question.
      I was hoping for a FIREPIT off the Staircase from the Upper Level of the "Stoney Shop" for recreational use...

    • @johnsadler8637
      @johnsadler8637 Před rokem +2

      Isn’t that the door at the back left where the kitchen/butcher area is going? Probably where more of the water will be used maybe?

    • @eileener27
      @eileener27 Před rokem +1

      @@tkskagen l

    • @christophercarr8717
      @christophercarr8717 Před rokem +1

      More so why is a kitchen going next to the agg well.

    • @jeronimosouzadeandrade1430
      @jeronimosouzadeandrade1430 Před 11 měsíci +1

      Em pais vc está amigo

  • @johnwalker863
    @johnwalker863 Před 11 dny +1

    Going deep huh...lol
    Here on texas coast try 720 ish feet

  • @oxford821
    @oxford821 Před rokem +2

    How far down does the schedule 80 PVC go? Why is necessary to dig hundreds of feet if the water starts at 26 feet?

    • @kidcdelliott
      @kidcdelliott Před 10 hodinami

      Well Driller Here-
      Typically you Drill through all the dirt and clay until you hit bedrock, and then install the Casing so that it is sealed inside the Rock, so nothing can leach into the well.
      The reason this well was dug so Deep is because they probably hit the Water Vain at a deeper depth, also you want a good gallon per minute to depth ratio for Storage capacity inside the well. Wells producing more water don't need to be as deep, and vice versa.
      The reason the water is at 26 feet is because the water pressure from the deeper vain is pushing the static water level all the way up to 26 feet inside the hole. Hope this helped a little

  • @MR525MAG
    @MR525MAG Před rokem +1

    How much elevation difference can there be between well and house?

    • @royreynolds108
      @royreynolds108 Před rokem +2

      The pump pressure takes care of any elevation difference. water is 62.4 lbs per foot or about 0,43 psi/ft for each foot of rise. If the well is above the house, then gravity works in your favor.

  • @tweetlebugzz
    @tweetlebugzz Před 11 dny +1

    What do you do when it is straight rock?

  • @dhansonranch
    @dhansonranch Před rokem +1

    Interesting. Equally interesting is that you are planning on drilling a 4th well. And I thought mine was bad in fall of 2021 for a large diameter well, 40 ' deep at 16000 CDN (11800 USD) including submersible pump installation. I got 100 gallon per minute recharge - problem is water is not good at all. Surprised you are putting hand pump in because it makes washing vehicles a little more difficult.

    • @StoneyRidgeFarmer
      @StoneyRidgeFarmer  Před rokem +1

      40ft deep is ground water....and ground water is dangerous

    • @dhansonranch
      @dhansonranch Před rokem +1

      @@StoneyRidgeFarmer Can be. But in these parts deep wells are typically sulfur. My water is not dangerous per se, it is all the minerals, hardness, etc that are in it that make it not great for use.

  • @denniscleveland669
    @denniscleveland669 Před rokem +1

    Cha ching!

  • @kipcudd7253
    @kipcudd7253 Před rokem +3

    Call the drilling company! Easy!

  • @ericmurphy7529
    @ericmurphy7529 Před rokem +4

    14-18k here for 500 ft. Ridiculous. Yeah I get it, cost of equipment yada yada. Doesn’t help much for people who doesn’t have a pile of money in the bank. Bout to dig it myself.

    • @StoneyRidgeFarmer
      @StoneyRidgeFarmer  Před rokem +2

      if you have a home or a farm...you need water my friend. It costs money to live...that's why they make it lol

    • @ericmurphy7529
      @ericmurphy7529 Před rokem +2

      @@StoneyRidgeFarmer I know and I agree. Unfortunately my pockets aren’t deep. I’ve been hauling water in last 6 months trying to get it to where I can get a well one day 😊

    • @CadenConnolly-og1bs
      @CadenConnolly-og1bs Před rokem +1

      The equipment is defiantly expensive to run/maintain. Something else to consider is the 30k+ worth of drill pipe, hammer and tooling that went in the ground with no guarantee of getting it back. A risk that would be the drillers to bear if things don’t go his way. It costs what it costs for good reason.

  • @AmishHitman73.Archive
    @AmishHitman73.Archive Před 2 měsíci

    1:29 it takes a specialized operator as dude is drilling and texting bwahahaha totally specialized!

  • @hickoryridgehomestead9177
    @hickoryridgehomestead9177 Před 7 měsíci +1

    $22 per foot is super cheap. I’m a well driller and we get $45 per foot.

  • @brianandglendaharkin9457
    @brianandglendaharkin9457 Před 9 měsíci +1

    👍🏻🇦🇺

  • @rickrack4812
    @rickrack4812 Před 6 měsíci +1

    PVC SCHED 80??
    NOT CAST IRON PIPE?

    • @StoneyRidgeFarmer
      @StoneyRidgeFarmer  Před 6 měsíci

      cast iron rusts, rots, PVC is there forever my friend...it's the standard around here

  • @markb.1259
    @markb.1259 Před rokem +1

    Why the need to drill down 465 feet, if the water level is 26 feet down from the surface?

    • @A_Person_You_Dont_Know
      @A_Person_You_Dont_Know Před rokem +4

      Thats not where the water is but where is sits static in the well pipe. Remember the water is under pressure and is being pushed up the pipe to the 26'. They drilled to 400+ feet to reach enough water to get the min 5GPM. Its actually not that much flow. I would assume the GPM for an agricultural well would normally be closer to 20 GPM.

  • @TroyArmstrong
    @TroyArmstrong Před rokem +1

    8 hours for 465 feet vs???
    let's say you want to dig a well 5 feet diameter by hand, 12th century style, stones " gray walker" wall and mortar.
    Then, rope and a bucket.
    How long do you think it will take???

    • @A_Person_You_Dont_Know
      @A_Person_You_Dont_Know Před rokem +1

      Well it wouldn't be one guy for starters. And then they would normally have a pretty good idea where to dig where they would hit water shallow. I would say under 2 weeks. Small price to pay vs. hand carrying water long distances or living near a stream that was maybe not clean and potentially volatile with flooding etc.

    • @johnsadler8637
      @johnsadler8637 Před rokem +2

      Water delivery into a 5’ hole would be higher than into a 6” hole - way more surface area. So it wouldn’t need to be as deep. Deeper than the static water level, but maybe 10-20’ below it instead of 300+.

    • @bud5084
      @bud5084 Před 2 měsíci

      It could take someone's lifetime.

  • @barryfigel9957
    @barryfigel9957 Před rokem +2

    You should have went with a pounder instead of a drill you bypassed a lot of veins

  • @timhlavnicka8478
    @timhlavnicka8478 Před rokem +2

    That’s a cheap well. 80$ a foot in Alaska

  • @usausausa2305
    @usausausa2305 Před 2 měsíci

    In Florida some company want charge me for 150’ well $11000

  • @user-kq5vw9nx8s
    @user-kq5vw9nx8s Před 10 dny

    that's a great investment. side note, this inflation is maddening. #endthefed

  • @jmtplittleguy3042
    @jmtplittleguy3042 Před rokem

    A hand pump ?

    • @hjean7789
      @hjean7789 Před rokem +2

      Interesting choice. If you gonna spend 10k+ to drill a well, mind as well get a fancy pump.

    • @jmtplittleguy3042
      @jmtplittleguy3042 Před rokem +1

      U ever use one ? Doubt it
      You'll be pulling and putting a sub in .
      I'm an x water contractor

  • @BorewellDINDIGUL
    @BorewellDINDIGUL Před rokem +1

    Low cost in India

  • @rickrack4812
    @rickrack4812 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Wow... got unSUBBED,, BEEN A YEAR OR SO

  • @BorewellDINDIGUL
    @BorewellDINDIGUL Před rokem +1

    Please raplay me bro

  • @west2008u
    @west2008u Před 8 měsíci +1

    pay them dollars,it is all

  • @QKJM19
    @QKJM19 Před rokem +1

    Is the second well using the same water source as your house or?

  • @rickrack4812
    @rickrack4812 Před 6 měsíci +1

    MOST well drillers are rio off artists.. intentionallt drill way past good water... temember, $$/foot

    • @StoneyRidgeFarmer
      @StoneyRidgeFarmer  Před 6 měsíci

      lol...same gets said about slaughter houses for cattle lol

  • @jeffcoombs1672
    @jeffcoombs1672 Před rokem +1

    Iron your flag. Thanks.

  • @AmishHitman73.Archive
    @AmishHitman73.Archive Před 2 měsíci

    i hear if this was done in LA, youd have to pry women off the drill as the think its a stripper pole