Regarding the well, get down in that man hole and look around real hard for a pipe stub or at least a hole through the cement wall. The supply would have been deep enough so that it would not freeze. What's up with the union on the deck at 6:30 in the video - lower right corner. Is that a hint? Measure down to the water level for future reference. You will want to be able to confirm if it is drying up in the future. Get the water tested. The aquifer is covered with row crops. You really need to know what has migrated into the well over time. There is a lot of trash floating on the top of the water so there's your indication that a lot of organic material has hit that water and sunk to the bottom over the years. It would likely require a pump out and physically going down into the well to shovel out the muck that has filled in the bottom Suggestion wait: for the driest time of year and see if the water level falls substantially. That's when you do a clean out. Never go down a well alone. Toxic gas can snuff you right out for good. THere will be many loads of muck that someone will have to pulley up to the top. If you do get it cleaned out, the well will produce more water and it will be much clearer. My hunch is the brown color is a result of tannins leaching from oak leaves. Before you haul out another tote, I would shock the well with a gallon of household bleach. Let it sit for a few days and all the organic material will neutralize the bleach. Then take another tote and see if the color and smell improves. (keep a sample jar filled to the top and sealed of each tote you bring in while shocking to see progress.) Store your samples in a cool dark place. If you see progress, continue to shocking. If you find a pipe stub ib the manhole or in your basement, pressurize it with water and go for a walk in a straight line from your house to the well pit. If it's broken, you'll find a wet spot(s). Trace it all the way back to the manhole. You may find water pouring into the well!?! BE SAFE!😊
@@mcdonaldfarm2925 I don't think they would have a significant impact on water production capacity. Hackberry's are known as a low water need tree. Although, they may be the source of much of the organic material that has fallen into the well over the years. So it may be a good idea to remove a few of the trees that hang over the well opening. The small purple fruits (drupes) way be a bigger contaminant than leaves. Use your judgement because you know the distances and what your plans are to keep organic trash out of the well in the future. If you can use the firewood, remove the few that hang over the opening. If you don't need firewood and none hang over the opening, build a A frame type structure with a doorway to enclose the opening. But pump it out with a trash grinder pump before you close it in. Hope that helps 😊
Your brush hog is too low and it's not level. In forward the back end is down. You don't want to run a brush hog lower than 6" off the ground. Go lower and your damaging the ground cover and your machine with every collision. 8" is better. I see at 3:16 the follow wheel iso on the lowest setting. Raise her up.
Regarding the well, get down in that man hole and look around real hard for a pipe stub or at least a hole through the cement wall. The supply would have been deep enough so that it would not freeze. What's up with the union on the deck at 6:30 in the video - lower right corner. Is that a hint? Measure down to the water level for future reference. You will want to be able to confirm if it is drying up in the future. Get the water tested. The aquifer is covered with row crops. You really need to know what has migrated into the well over time. There is a lot of trash floating on the top of the water so there's your indication that a lot of organic material has hit that water and sunk to the bottom over the years. It would likely require a pump out and physically going down into the well to shovel out the muck that has filled in the bottom Suggestion wait: for the driest time of year and see if the water level falls substantially. That's when you do a clean out. Never go down a well alone. Toxic gas can snuff you right out for good. THere will be many loads of muck that someone will have to pulley up to the top. If you do get it cleaned out, the well will produce more water and it will be much clearer. My hunch is the brown color is a result of tannins leaching from oak leaves. Before you haul out another tote, I would shock the well with a gallon of household bleach. Let it sit for a few days and all the organic material will neutralize the bleach. Then take another tote and see if the color and smell improves. (keep a sample jar filled to the top and sealed of each tote you bring in while shocking to see progress.) Store your samples in a cool dark place. If you see progress, continue to shocking. If you find a pipe stub ib the manhole or in your basement, pressurize it with water and go for a walk in a straight line from your house to the well pit. If it's broken, you'll find a wet spot(s). Trace it all the way back to the manhole. You may find water pouring into the well!?! BE SAFE!😊
Good info, thank you. Do you think the big hackberry trees are drinking much from the well?
@@mcdonaldfarm2925 I don't think they would have a significant impact on water production capacity. Hackberry's are known as a low water need tree. Although, they may be the source of much of the organic material that has fallen into the well over the years. So it may be a good idea to remove a few of the trees that hang over the well opening. The small purple fruits (drupes) way be a bigger contaminant than leaves. Use your judgement because you know the distances and what your plans are to keep organic trash out of the well in the future. If you can use the firewood, remove the few that hang over the opening. If you don't need firewood and none hang over the opening, build a A frame type structure with a doorway to enclose the opening. But pump it out with a trash grinder pump before you close it in. Hope that helps 😊
Your brush hog is too low and it's not level. In forward the back end is down. You don't want to run a brush hog lower than 6" off the ground. Go lower and your damaging the ground cover and your machine with every collision. 8" is better. I see at 3:16 the follow wheel iso on the lowest setting. Raise her up.