I ran a jack hammer for 18 years, it shock my heart and lungs strings loose, they had to go in and rehang my lung and heart and put in a new spine and replace my shoulder sockets and now to this day I jump when I hear something vibrating
I drove my own well. It broke the point and my well was sucking mud for years. I only found out when I installed a deep well and pulled the old point out.
I got down about 25’ just by jetting it. I then switched to a sledge. It pumped it and got nothing but sand. We pulled the pipe and Somehow the point came off. I ended up just jetting down pvc and got all the water I need. My only concern is are there herbicides in it. My vegetable garden hasn’t done as well since. I’m not sure if it’s the well or just bad luck. I’d like to get 50’ but I’m not sure this world work. The deep you go the more it takes to push the pipe. Great idea, I might just try to go deeper.
I ran into a serious issue while trying to hand drive my well. I attached the Sandpoint with the coupling and the first length of 5 foot pipe, all 1 1/4 inch, I attached the 1-1/4" WELL DRIVE PT CAP and utilized a fence post driver (the kind you use to drive T posts) and a sledge hammer to begin driving the pipe. I drove the pipe approximately 7 feet down with approximately 8” of the well pipe and drive cap showing. When I was ready to attach the next length of pipe I could not get the drive cap off. The cap spun and spun but would not come off. I had to use an angle grinder to cut it off, which revealed that the well pipe was fluted at the top (damaged) and the threads seriously mangled. I can’t imagine hand driving to do this kind of damage, could it be I hit something at the bottom that the Sandpoint could not penetrate resulting in damage to the pipe? Has anyone else ever run into an issue with the drive cap not coming off? The only other issue may be a hand tighten the drive cap I did not tighten it with a wrench, could that have led to this failure? I plan on picking up new material and trying the well in a different location, does anyone have any recommendations or advice?
You answered your own question. Yes you need to tighten the drive cap with pipe wrenches very tight to prevent thread damage. Better luck on your next try.
You guys really need to wear hearing protection when doing this! Tinnitus is not fun at all! It will cause you to not be able to sleep and night and can even be so bad it will drive you insane.. (I had a serious problem with it myself) Please protect your hearing when using jackhammers or any other power equipment that has decibel levels like this. I would recommend eye protection also! I have seen horrific accidents with jackhammers and particles flying into the face when steel grenades...
ok safety police can you see the orange things in Trentons ears? I had mine in off camera and Mike had his fingers jammed in his ears because he showed up after i passed out he plugs.
That's great!! If you were to hit a large rock would the sand point get destroyed/crushed due to the power of the hammer driving the sand point into a solid rock?? Thanks.
I guess I really don't know. I haven't finished the well yet. Got down about 16 feet and I head I made broke. Just haven't had time to get back to it. Next spring I'm hoping to hit water. Thanks for watching
Done a great job there’s a easier way to doing it next time put a pulley above you coming from the frame above you or a tree have the weight at about 50 to 80kg of a round pipe once you have drove it forward and pull the pin to the cable it will slam down and help dig a hole for you repeat this 20 times or more but every time You pull the cable up inside of the steel tube that girl that will be inside of it you’ll need to bang it with a hammer or use it it’s real DCF 999 to drill out the dirt with an auger on it it’s very easy
I ran a jack hammer for 18 years, it shock my heart and lungs strings loose, they had to go in and rehang my lung and heart and put in a new spine and replace my shoulder sockets and now to this day I jump when I hear something vibrating
neat
I drove my own well. It broke the point and my well was sucking mud for years. I only found out when I installed a deep well and pulled the old point out.
If you don't mind. Can you make a video on the piece you made for the jack hammer? I need to get it made.
Thank you for the video this by far is the best video and idea for driving a well pipe into the ground this is going to help me a lot
I got down about 25’ just by jetting it. I then switched to a sledge. It pumped it and got nothing but sand. We pulled the pipe and Somehow the point came off. I ended up just jetting down pvc and got all the water I need. My only concern is are there herbicides in it. My vegetable garden hasn’t done as well since. I’m not sure if it’s the well or just bad luck. I’d like to get 50’ but I’m not sure this world work. The deep you go the more it takes to push the pipe. Great idea, I might just try to go deeper.
Get the water tested.
The PH levels are gonna be off.
Glad to see your work is GSP approved
Nice!
Impressed that a boy can do this! No Excuses! I gotta get this well done. New subscriber!
i'm 76 years old and still have my eye sight because I was made to wear safety glasses or goggles when I pounded steel on steel.
Okay 👌
I ran into a serious issue while trying to hand drive my well. I attached the Sandpoint with the coupling and the first length of 5 foot pipe, all 1 1/4 inch, I attached the 1-1/4" WELL DRIVE PT CAP and utilized a fence post driver (the kind you use to drive T posts) and a sledge hammer to begin driving the pipe. I drove the pipe approximately 7 feet down with approximately 8” of the well pipe and drive cap showing. When I was ready to attach the next length of pipe I could not get the drive cap off. The cap spun and spun but would not come off. I had to use an angle grinder to cut it off, which revealed that the well pipe was fluted at the top (damaged) and the threads seriously mangled. I can’t imagine hand driving to do this kind of damage, could it be I hit something at the bottom that the Sandpoint could not penetrate resulting in damage to the pipe? Has anyone else ever run into an issue with the drive cap not coming off? The only other issue may be a hand tighten the drive cap I did not tighten it with a wrench, could that have led to this failure? I plan on picking up new material and trying the well in a different location, does anyone have any recommendations or advice?
You answered your own question. Yes you need to tighten the drive cap with pipe wrenches very tight to prevent thread damage. Better luck on your next try.
@@CustombyclyneCbc thank you. Next try was a success!
With a pipe threader redo the thread, cut the damaged part off and do a new thread.
What hilti model did you use? Looks like the big 3000 model. Looks awesome, thanks for sharing.
"effortlessly" as he hefts the jackhammer off the pipe...
75 or 90 pound jackhammer? My knees are still sore from using one on a construction job one summer in college.
Wahh wahh
You guys really need to wear hearing protection when doing this! Tinnitus is not fun at all! It will cause you to not be able to sleep and night and can even be so bad it will drive you insane.. (I had a serious problem with it myself) Please protect your hearing when using jackhammers or any other power equipment that has decibel levels like this. I would recommend eye protection also! I have seen horrific accidents with jackhammers and particles flying into the face when steel grenades...
ok safety police can you see the orange things in Trentons ears? I had mine in off camera and Mike had his fingers jammed in his ears because he showed up after i passed out he plugs.
Can you please speak louder? I can’t hear you.
cool
How did you make that?
That's great!! If you were to hit a large rock would the sand point get destroyed/crushed due to the power of the hammer driving the sand point into a solid rock?? Thanks.
I guess I really don't know. I haven't finished the well yet. Got down about 16 feet and I head I made broke. Just haven't had time to get back to it. Next spring I'm hoping to hit water. Thanks for watching
@@CustombyclyneCbc Thanks for responding. Best of luck!
@@CustombyclyneCbc , I'm seeing this 3 years later. Did it get finished?
@@memphisbelle6201 nope we hit hard pan. We ended up having a deep well drilled.
Do you know how far down you can get doing that with silty/ sandy/ clay soils?
nice job. what part of the country?
North Central mn
Could I rent your bit? I want to pound a sand point! Thanks for your consideration!
we broke it
Trenton is going to need a hearing aid after that
He has ear plugs in
Can I borrow you attachment for jack hammer?
Lol you can easily weld one together. Mine ended up braking when I hit the hard pan layer.
Done a great job there’s a easier way to doing it next time put a pulley above you coming from the frame above you or a tree have the weight at about 50 to 80kg of a round pipe once you have drove it forward and pull the pin to the cable it will slam down and help dig a hole for you repeat this 20 times or more but every time You pull the cable up inside of the steel tube that girl that will be inside of it you’ll need to bang it with a hammer or use it it’s real DCF 999 to drill out the dirt with an auger on it it’s very easy
Wow that sounds like a good idea
how long is 80 kg (175 lbs) of round pipe? You would have to drop it from very high up.
How did this work out for you ?
Good water quality ?
Didn't finish it. Hopefully this coming summer.