Antique Hand Pump Well, Start to Finish, at our Remote Off Grid Property

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Today we rebuild an antique hand operated Well Pump, take it out to our remote OFF GRID property and drive a Sand Point well by hand. Nothing is more important to an off grid homestead than water. In this video you'll see everything you need to know to do this job yourself.
Dave Whipple

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@orionwarren4244 3 года назад

Did anybody else wince when Dave tossed those pump parts on the hood of his car? OUCH!! LoL

@jerrypeevey 3 года назад

I was wondering what year the tool bench was and awd or not LOL

@RumorHazi 3 года назад

He’d say the radical part is IT’S NOT HIS CAR!! LOL!

@wardmontgomery9259 3 года назад

That’s his wife’s car - his Ford truck is parked over yonder ...

@tomr2007 3 года назад

I had to watch it twice just to make sure what I was seeing!

@kevindouglas8768 3 года назад

Yep, especially since I just spent a week doing my truck so it wasn't so ugly.

@ernestoservin3031 2 года назад

I've been watching you for about 2 hours straight now. I'm tired of living in the city. Thank You for reminding me where I want to be.

@gerardhiggins1 Год назад

You and Brooke are an amazing team. I'll be 64 on Saturday and I grew up with an outdoor hand pump. I've been avoiding this one as I thought it would be boring. Dave, I swear that you could narrate a paint drying video and make it interesting. What can I say, this is one of your best videos and I loved it.

@balzerbarbara817 Год назад

selbst habe ich noch nie gesehen wie das funktioniert! Danke sehr für dieses tolle Video!!!!!😊

@brittanymcdonaldbarr1106 Год назад

I agree, wholeheartedly

@mse7501 10 месяцев назад

They live in a mansion away from their sheds. Ha

@inannashu689 3 года назад

People never realize how important water is until you have to work to get it. Amazing job on refurbishing the pump and bring the water up. So happy for you.

@kylemccourt663 3 года назад

So true! I love bringing friends from the city to my remote cabin. They say... as long as it has running water. I don't tell them that It has running water, but only from an RV pump that draws from a drum that is supplied by a pitcher pump. It is great to see the look on their faces when they see that they have to pump the water for their own shower or to flush the toilet. 😂

@anasnajjar993 2 года назад

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@buttercatz99 2 года назад

Work to get it? I have money, I can pay for it. Isn't that what most people do anyhow? There are drills and services you can hire to do this easier.

@inannashu689 2 года назад

@@buttercatz99 Yeah,you probably live in an apartment . Quite clearly you are out of touch with reality for a lot of people.

@user-js3zy6ku4y 2 года назад

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@littleredhen 3 года назад

From 1974 to the spring of 1979 my parents, my younger brother and I lived up on a very tall mountain called Beechy Ridge in Clay County, West Virginia. We had a well behind our home with a cast iron hand pump just like the one your video. During the blizzard of the winter of Jan. 1978, I was thirteen years old and we had 12 to 20 ft snowdrifts in our yard from the Storm. We had to dig out from around home and our well and use newspapers to create a fire around the cast iron pump to thaw out the water line that went down into the well before we could pump water out of it. You see, we did not have running water inside of the house at that time and that was our only source of water for our family. Those old cast iron pumps could take a beating for sure. When I saw you in the thumbnail with this pump it brought back so many memories fore about that time. I'd love to go back and live there again. The water from our well tasted so sweet. 🥰😊 Thank you for bringing back some good memories for me! 💖🧓

@PassengerFifty7 2 года назад

Still trying to figure out why you would make a fire to thaw a well with 12 foot snow drifts. I grew up onba farm and pulled many a well to thaw out pipes but ours was electric pump with dual 100 gallon storage tanks. Why not get a foot tub and thaw some snow or bring in a metal pale of snow and out it on a wood burning stove....and there you have fresh water. Seem like a lot of work for a hand pump when thousands of gallons of water are already laying above ground.

@theJimmer66 Год назад

Sounds like a lot of work, you might be amazed at how much water there is in a 20' snow drift.

@jamiedamaral4011 Год назад

Am I the only one that didn't want this video to end... So informative and entertaining.

@zacharyatoui4704 3 года назад

Watching you refurbish the well from an antique to a usable piece of equipment was not only satisfying, but it also shows that you can reuse things and save some money. Thanks Dave👍🏼

@Bushradical 3 года назад

Thanks ZA

@101doreen 3 года назад

When things were built to last. Now a day, we live in a disposable world. Hate it.

@fredramos9206 3 года назад

@@101doreen Me too,..Regards!

@-Oclock 3 года назад

i just realized with the industrial revolution, you cannot produce a good product, because you will put yourself out of business in no time. wow, now we have right to repair bs to prevent people from repairing the stuff designed to break.

@anasnajjar993 2 года назад

@Ellabobel 3 года назад

My Dad, some 40+ yrs ago, took a 1.5” auger-secured an appropriate handle on to it and worked it down about 14 feet in our backyard. He got beautiful freshwater 💦. At the time we were under strict water restrictions. Dad had the best 👍 veggie garden around and we could swim all we liked ❤️ in our small (even for those days) 10ft diameter 3ft deep pool. We didn't care. My Father had about the same pressure as town water and he maintained he could pump, at that rate, all day. All for a small auger (from a brace-and-bit system). He could divine water accurately. Got to go but good luck with ALL your Off-Grid ventures. Ellen Queensland, Australia.

@tuforu4 3 года назад

Archimedes

@snowdog4478 2 года назад

Vids like this are the greatest benefit to a digital age. I honestly don't know how I would learn anything useful without videos like this. Thanks for taking the time and putting in the effort to make an instructional video like this!

@Warmfireandtea 2 года назад

do a thumbs up.

@anasnajjar993 2 года назад

@ernestarther7139 2 года назад

we r learning but its hard to get the machines in africa yet we need clean water

@Lakoda26 3 года назад

I can feel that energy when you do a job that never goes smooth and it goes smooth. Love that feeling.

@Bushradical 3 года назад

me too!

@dirtroadfarmsjimmideanreen2458 3 года назад

@@Bushradical great job Dave!!! As an old Well driller, I enjoy seeing others drill(drive) a well, and have success!!! Here's a few tricks.... Don't dig your hole until you hang your hammer and use it like a plumb bob when you have it steady then drop it so the stem sticks in the ground then you know exactly where to dig and it keeps your pipe straight... The other trick is not really a trick but I would love to see you finish off the hole with a couple of bags of Bentonite.(you can order it from Valley Well Supply, I think they have a warehouse in Grand Rapids) It usually comes in pellet form or powder.. it's basically a clay that the ground water and rain is absorbed into it, it swells up and seals the ground to your pipe... It stops contaminants from following the pipe down to the water vein... You can always add it by digging out some of the dirt around the pipe and then add a couple bags I think the bags are $10 a piece $20 is great insurance that you're well will never get contaminated if a can of gas gets spilled or whatever contaminant maybe in the vicinity... I know you're careful and so is Brooke. But you never know.. Also if you hill up the dirt around your pipe it will help rain water and other things to run off. Take care Dave, like I said earlier great video and I'm glad that you and Brooke were successful in getting water on your new place. And I would love to come and help you on the next one. Oh ps, when I do a hand driven well I always carry a half horse shallow well pump then I can just fire up the generator and put the pump on and run it for a half hour 45 minutes and that water will be Crystal clean.... You can also judge how many gallons per minute the well is producing. But you guys did it with the hand pump so bravo!!!

@theresamcmullen4841 3 года назад

@@dirtroadfarmsjimmideanreen2458 beautiful add on. Thanks

@jeremyhuggins8796 3 года назад

@@dirtroadfarmsjimmideanreen2458 Thanks for that information!

@petereffin4373 3 года назад

At very least i learned something new today.

@NICO-ln8ze 3 года назад

Thank you for teaching me I’m 12 and putting in one at my shed in the woods!!

@thebuckosyndicate4040 3 года назад

Me too except I'm only 3

@wil0000 3 года назад

@@thebuckosyndicate4040 im onwy toow

@toniafolven Год назад

Thanks David and Brooke. I seen you on "Alone". My husband died 3years ago, he was a man like you, fixing things, making items for our home that we couldn't afford. He was a brilliant man, full of ideas to better our lives. I'm buying my 1st home, it's a tiny house in a tiny house community. I hope that I can implement your improvements and procure tools of the old-timers in order to complete tasks to become, God 1st, self -reliant. I love the attitude that both of you displayed while you were on the television program. I would like to find a friend like, Mason Folven. He was the best friend I have ever had here. How I miss him so. Brooke, you are a blessed soul to have a man, as is described in the Holy Scriptures, that loves you as he loves himself and is full of wisdom and understanding. I hope you both have repented for your sins, and have been baptized in the name of Jesus Christ and have been filled with the Holy Spirit. I will be searching for other videos from y'all on how to take care of myself with God's guidance. Lean not unto thine own understanding,in all thy ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct thy paths... Proverbs 3:5-8.

@shortattentionspangarage1312 2 года назад

This video is, hands down, the coolest thing I've ever seen on RU-vid. I grew up in Northern Wisconsin and am familiar with private wells for home, and even used one of these pump wells every now and again, but I never knew what went into getting the water up from underground. Thank you very much for putting this together.

@anasnajjar993 2 года назад

@AJediSurvivor 2 года назад

I’ve seen cooler

@wullebulle123 3 года назад

this is so cool - infinite water and wood for free - that's real freedom

@Bushradical 3 года назад

True!

@ksenobite 3 года назад

but this is stealing from Nestle

@jackjacky8191 3 года назад

good job mate

@KP0117 3 года назад

@@ksenobite F that corporate company

@ericwalker8918 3 года назад

@@ksenobite not likely, they’re using tap water

@awequayzngs1780 2 года назад

Very very very naturally loving ❤ ! One of the Labour of ❤, precious natural water of life.

@SuperGooser1 3 года назад

The wife and I just put in our well in northwest Michigan yesterday. Used all your advice, and now have an 18ft deep well on our 10 acres. Thanks for the excellent videos !!!

@MusicHimanshu 2 года назад

thats beautiful!

@sharonallen6921 3 года назад

Mr. Whipple. I would like you to know that I appreciate your videos very much. I've been watching for some time and I finally realized that whenever I look down my list of suggested videos my eye automatically stops when I see you or your wife's videos. We (my son and I) are going to put in a hand pumped well on our remote property this summer and we have no experience. We've watched videos but today I saw this one and I told my son to forget the others - this dude is the guy to watch. I bet we watch this video 20 times until we learn what to do. When I build a little "house" for the pump to sit on, I'm going to name it: Dave's Well - to honor the man who shared his knowledge and seems like a very kind soul. Thank you. Sherrie in South Carolina

@TheWestlandgirl 3 года назад

Awww, how sweet! Good luck, may it go as smooth for you too.

@Bushradical 3 года назад

I'm very honored. Thank you

@retrotek0409 3 года назад

Make sure you buy a lead free pump. Agri Supply carries them. The made in China ones are full of lead (lead poisoning).

@arthurpapazian6003 2 года назад

Absolutely, restoring old tools are made much better than today's junk!

@Blueyes512 3 года назад

I love to see you and The Girl in the Woods working together to make your dreams come true. Can't wait to see how this place will look in a year.

@theShamrockShepherdWagon 3 года назад

I know I'm excited to see.

@Bushradical 3 года назад

Thanks

@jennyspagnolo3032 3 года назад

Wonderful, you remind me of my Dad who loved repairing old things. He used to make his own leather seals for plumbing and made his own metal lathe so he could create his own turning tools for wood turning which was his passion. He made his own walnut stain from our walnut tree, ahh brought a tear to my eye, Dad passed 2 years ago at 93 and your videos remind me so much of him. Love to you and Brooke from Melbourne Australia 🙏🏻❤️

@Bushradical 3 года назад

Thanks Jenny.

@sandrabulluck1896 3 года назад

Amen Jenny! Thank you for sharing those wonderful memories and knowledge of your dad with us! That was inspiring! Many blessings to you and your family! So sorry for your loss! May he be at peace with God... 🙏🏻❤️

@godvsevolutionmythgodvsevo1038 3 года назад

@@Bushradical Very resourceful great job

@ordinarypete 2 года назад

Lovely of you to share that story with us, Ty. I hope all is well there.

@davidclark6314 2 года назад

Dave from another Dave,, when i was 12/13 yrs old I helped my dad drive a point for our well,, we went past the first water down into the second water,, all total was 25/30 ft,, thats one job ill never forget,, give that wife of urs a hug for me,,, she's a keeper

@matchozen 3 года назад

Brother, I find it hard to find adjectives to describe videos like yours. The simplicity of everything we need to live just amazes me. Much love for you and your family

@CountryTenn1365 3 года назад

My dads mom had a hand Pump in her kitchen and an outhouse and I was about 8 or 9 years old. I hated goi;g to the outhouse because of critters and the smell. She finally updated when I was about 12:or 13. Oh! Wood stove to cook the food. We take things for granted today. We must learn again…because this nation may be gone but we repent and I mean truly repent….God will help us. He doing it anyway because, for one, most churches have fall from Grace. There are few remnants but just a few. Lord Jesus please forgive us.

@stevemalone2010 3 года назад

I remember pumping water into the stock tank when I was about six years old, my daily chore, 73 years ago.

@fixitallpaul4847 3 года назад

I know of a family estate in NH that has a hand pump to a pipe going to a storage tank in the attic. It sits next to the chimney to avoid freezing. The tank gravity feeds the house. The house dates to the early 1800s.

@rogerjrusa 3 года назад

And you knew who you were then, Girls were girls and men were men. Mister we could use a man like Herbert Hoover again.

@MrRollingBlock 3 года назад

Me too, and also 73 yrs.

@hariranormal5584 3 года назад

wow you legit that old

@MrRollingBlock 3 года назад

@@hariranormal5584 Yep :)

@joeblackman100 2 года назад

Brilliant video it’s inspired me to do this on my own property here in the uk

@AJediSurvivor 2 года назад

Lmfao xD

@tismyelevate9748 3 года назад

Great idea using the 3 leg tri-pod n pulley,saves the back👍🏽

@noyopacific 3 года назад

Saves the back and pulling the rope down probably uses stronger muscles than lifting the pounder up prior to each drop. It got me thinking about rigging something so I could use my leg to lift the pounder. I'm think of tying a foot loop on a separate 10' length of line with a sliding friction knot (a rolling, taut line or Blake's hitch) tied to the main rope. This should let me slide the friction hitch either direction on the pounder rope as necessary to change the length as the pipe is driven deeper or reset when another section of pipe were added. Might work . . . maybe it'd just make a big, tangled mess! 😂

@Bushradical 3 года назад

good luck

@Henryk5161 3 года назад

Actually doesnt save any energy the way he set it up, should have added two more pulleys, one at the weight and a second one up top to actually get some efficiency

@tismyelevate9748 3 года назад

@@Henryk5161 I can agree with you on a 3-1 or 4-1 pull.

@jamesbrubaker8395 2 года назад

I didn’t read through all 2k+ comments, but my dad and I did put in a number of wells. The very important item that you didn’t mention was how far to keep the well from septic drain fields or outhouses. It varies from state to state based on the porosity of the soil but 100 ft is standard.

@dross24MA 2 года назад

...and that 100 feet is *uphill* of the septic field(s) for people not in the know that "stuff" flows downhill...:LOL

@rigpig5008 2 года назад

As a water, gas & oil driller myself, I find this absolutely brilliant!!!

@space_audits 3 года назад

Your narration is on point. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and insights with us. If I ever drive a well, I will definitely be cleaning the pipes and avoiding the last 2 threads.

@bonitaharrison1037 3 года назад

I love watching someone take an item apart and put it back together again. As someone who doesn't have a clue how anything works, to me it's an awesome gift.

@luckyadeloye3452 2 года назад

May God continue to bless the inventors of RU-vid and content creators like you. Thank you so much!

@Bushradical 2 года назад

Thank you too!

@deborahwhite2339 3 года назад

Love the old pump! Nice to see old things reborn. My grand parents had a hand pump in the kitchen. Probably original to the house. (1886)

@Bushradical 3 года назад

Very cool!

@winkfinkerstien1957 2 года назад

David, I just wanted to add that you and Brooke are each a powerhouse in your own standing. Together, you are more than a National Treasure.

@anasnajjar993 2 года назад

@joeynieves5599 Месяц назад

I love the simplicity in which equipement from so long ago was made and how durable and reliable they were, such as this life saving apparatus. Amazing !!!

@neilloughlin7080 2 года назад

The world needs more people like you two!

@hughfryer3813 3 года назад

It’s great to compare this well with the previous wells. You definitely made many improvements. I’ll be sinking one on my Vermont property and now I have a better method of sinking it. Thanks Dave!

@sandrabulluck1896 3 года назад

Amen to that!

@Bushradical 3 года назад

you're welcome

@fixitallpaul4847 3 года назад

Greetings from NH

@joewoodchuck3824 2 года назад

Some of these were used inside houses too. I remember the one in my family's kitchen when I was young.

@stoutkm 3 года назад

Great video Dave and Brooke! It's nice when a plan comes together!

@Bushradical 3 года назад

It sure is!

@Hiram_A 3 года назад

It's been a while since I found a content creator that made videos that were not only informative but also filmed and edited in a way I didn't have to skip ahead or keep going back to catch something. I am glad I ran across your channel and you have a new fan for sure!

@fixbuildplay5249 7 месяцев назад

Love how you used your car as your work bench. Love all your vids. Be safe and enjoy life!

@RogerRamjetLips 2 года назад

Great vid. Just some tips. 1. If you wait until after wet weather to bore it makes it vastly easier. 2. You can use additional pulleys to reduce to felt weight (the force needed to lift it) of the "hammer", you were using just a single pulley (a single pulley setup is known as a "single whip"), by adding just 1 more pulley you could have halved the force you would have needed to lift the weight of the hammer (this pulley setup is known as a gun tackle). Or if you'd used 2 x double wheel pulleys (known as "twofold purchase") you could have reduced the force needed to lift the weight by 3/4, making it much easier (or giving the ability to use a much heavier weight to increase the boring speed).

@hillbilly71 Год назад

How about depth? I think I saw a moose pissing on Dave's 15" deep well. LOL

@AlexBoschmans 2 года назад

Soothing video. Living in a small overcrowded country, where there are even laws against doing this on your property, I'm still learning stuff by watching you work. You never know when it might be useful.

@Vid_Master Год назад

I agree! the modern world is so unnatural. I love being outside, away from people, putting as much time as I need to, into a project. Its the only time I feel relaxed and content. My day job is working with computers and city people in an open floor plan office, its awful.

@jamessneathen2039 2 года назад

In 1958 my wife, Fran, and I built our home in the woods in south Jersey. We drove the well just like you and used a picture pump for our water. Dug our cesspool by hand. Built our home together and raised our two daughters. The home is gone, my wife and one daughter are gone. Now I live on Bainbridge Island, Washington with my daughter and I still have that pump. Thank you for the memories. James

@heatherclayton-callaghan4270 3 года назад

Dang !!! That was so dope man !!!!! I wanted to grab your chubby smiley face and plant the biggest kiss on your forehead !!!! I was 100% invested in that drill , I swear I was there with you !!!! 🤣🤣And that was from all the way down here in Aussie !! So proud of you both. You stir up so many memories of my childhood on the farm with just your old fashioned approach to everything. Just like my old Dad, no training in anything other the school of "You want something done ? Do it yourself son". Love both of your pioneer spirit , infused with the Holy Spirit. 🤗👏👏👏👏🙏💞🇦🇺 ps I'm 1of his 4daughters but all 7 kids were addressed as "son".

@Bushradical 3 года назад

Thanks.

@tangowhiskeytrailertranspo6662 2 года назад

This video takes me back to my pre-teen days. I was constantly "building, or repairing" things. I must say that I am absolutely impressed. I love the bench you placed the pump parts on, after painting.

@AfricanFlightStar 2 года назад

You noticed that bench too huh? 😁 I was cringing, cause I knew that old wagon was crying’ 😆

@dross24MA 2 года назад

@@AfricanFlightStar Shineeeee...hahahahaha!!!!

@Blackadder75 Год назад

I was just about to make a comment about that poor car hood

@joelfeinberg3766 2 года назад

Just a suggestion, when you rebuild the while you have the pump a part ,you should clean/polish the bore. You can use engine cylinder hone if you do not have one, you can use a wire wheel on a drill finish with fine sandpaper rinse out any rust or dirt. This will give a tighter seal and the leathers will last longer. Just a thought, I have been rebuilding or repurposing items over 50 years. GOOD LUCK GREAT VIDEO KEEPIT UP

@shermdog6969 3 года назад

Nice to have ground water so close to the surface.

@Bushradical 3 года назад

true

@MrStatic101 2 года назад

Thanks for this video man. This brought back memories of me and my grandfather messing with the well in my backyard. Rebuilding the leathers and then priming and getting water out again. He taught me so much and I miss him terribly. Thanks for the good memory I forgot about.

@goldrusher7554 2 года назад

A "well" deserved smile at the camera holding that cup of cold, clear water! Great job! I'm going to try this myself!

@MrDavePed 2 года назад

If you're in an area where the water is too deep for a hand drawn well there's a great workaround. Set up a vertical axis wind turbine to draw the water up into a storage reservoir. Have your reservoir buried just below the frost line. Be sure to have some kind of disengage connected to a float so you only fill to the full mark. The wind will draw your water nearly up to the surface where it can then be hand pumped easily and yet not get frozen. ..

@sakoupa 2 года назад

Could you, please, give us a link to the video of that (or to other sources)? Thank you in advance.

@MrDavePed 2 года назад

@@sakoupa I don't have a link. I simply thought it up. No reason at all that it won't work. What don't you understand? I remember I was at a state park where they had a really old hand pump. I was really thirsty so I pumped the water up but it took a long time because the shaft was very deep. This idea would solve the problem. ..

@sakoupa 2 года назад

@@MrDavePed You see.. I don't understand - and that's why I want to look at drawings and video of it. It would be interesting to know HOW it works.

@MrDavePed 2 года назад

@@sakoupa Wind turbines of all sorts have been pumping water out of the ground for centuries. I think the vertical axis is the best design. There are many vertical axis videos you can find easily. It can operate an efficient pump which can draw water from great depths. This is especially true since the water doesn't have to be drawn in anything more than a small trickle. You do not need a large number of gallons per minute, just a trickle from as deep as you need to go. Your reservoir can be a food grade tank of perhaps 50-200 gallons. Bury the tank below the frost line and direct the pumped water into it. You'll need some way to deal with the extra water. Maybe a float to indicate when the tank is full. Some way to prevent an unwanted overflow. Either to disengage the turbine or the pump when the tank is full. If you disengage the turbine instead of the pump, you can save some wear and tear on your pump. However you do it, you do not want overflow to be pumped above the frost line and get frozen in your system. There are simple ways to do that which require no electricity, which is the whole point. No electricity required. Then you'll need a hand pump similar to the one demonstrated in this video. Set it up to draw water from the reservoir which will only be about 6-8 feet below ground depending on your local climate. Very easy on the arm when the water is not so deep. Just a few strokes and you have all the water you need. I hope this makes things more clear. ..

@sakoupa 2 года назад

@@MrDavePed I think it's just your theory. Otherwise you would drop a link to real such well. And your statemen - reservoir 6-8 feet deep doesn't frost - but how about tubes above???

@vickiwalden 3 года назад

GREAT VIDEO start to finish. So proud for yall!! Good sweet water, YOU dug for.

@Bushradical 3 года назад

Thanks much!!

@stomper2582 2 года назад

I agree it is a satisfying thing to refurbish old tools and equipment that has been taken out of service. I have don it to equipment that I know I will never use. It’s the gratification that’s the payoff. 👍

@BCVS777 3 года назад

Must be a good feeling to know you have water! That is so cool that you can get water that easily! I paid 15K for my well including pump and solar and it’s one of the shallowest around here at 200ft.

@jimsteele9261 3 года назад

Must be a Michigan thing. It seems like nearly every campground we stayed as kids had one of those manual pumps. Bigger maybe, and self priming perhaps.

@Bushradical 3 года назад

Oh wow!

@Bushradical 3 года назад

easy water in a lot of Michigan

@johndunbar2393 3 года назад

Ours are generally between 150-200 feet, where I live and the state regulates wells out here. It would be awesome to get water at 18 feet.

@elisabethe8055 3 года назад

Good one Dave! I love things that can be reused, and it is such a treat to find "old stuff" cause you know it has been made to last and in good quality. Things that wont last you only for a couple of years, but for centuries.. Thank you for sharing as always!

@Bushradical 3 года назад

Right on

@paulhamilton9411 2 года назад

your face as she overfilled your cup cracked me up. great work y'all

@DanoLXF 3 года назад

Another job well done Dave!

@Bushradical 3 года назад

Thanks

@DanoLXF 3 года назад

@@Bushradical you got it Dave

@judymcintire8061 3 года назад

That was awesome to watch you rebuild that water pump! Very interesting! Now watching you build the tri pod & putting everything together! "Let get some water!"!👌👍

@obeliskgroup5714 2 года назад

I live in the city in Canada, but I'm not sure why I'm hear and I watched your video to the end and enjoyed it. Thank you

@didacusalvieri 3 года назад

That's it, screw my hoa, I am doing my small well in the back yard. Thanks Dave

@2wheelhoon813 3 года назад

Well did it work

@bruceludwick8200 3 года назад

Nice video, Dave. You're a natural teacher / instructor. My wife and I were watching this and we both concluded that of all of the You Tube channels and content that we watch, yours and Brooke's are the most entertaining. You both are very comfortable and the content is always good. Some channels seem to just make sure that they put up content, but not either of you. You take your time and it shows. Thank you! Please pass this along to Brooke, too.

@heathersmith3917 3 года назад

You are the best teacher! I look forward to seeing your videos!

@JEMYSTICAL Год назад

Amazing job on refurbishing the pump and bringing the water up. 👍💯

@aaronsams350 3 года назад

I just posted on your wife’s page and popped over here. I love watching you two work together. It reminds me of the joy I get working with my wife as we create new thing at our urban farm in Pittsburgh.

@jamesf1165 Год назад

Thanks Dave! I find this video inspiring. I love the look of vertical log walls. I can't wait to build a cabin on my little two acres of forest.

@mylyric9044 Год назад

I’m so glad to find your channel because you and your wife are the model I need to learn from. My partner and I just bought 15 acre of land in Borneo for just $590 and we plan to build a cabin and farming in there. It’s always been my dream to have my own farm and a cabin in the woods away from the crowd. Even though we live in different climate but for video still inspiring, remind people to see the reality of off grid living and how a simple life can makes us happy still.

@s_m_north 3 года назад

Excellent video. Having already dug my own well, 1 metre wide, cast my own concrete rings (mixed by hand) with 1 metre of water constantly sitting in my well to feed the ponies and garden. Was really informative to see another method of well drilling.

@Bushradical 3 года назад

thanks

@anasnajjar993 2 года назад

@woodsinme 3 года назад

Nice Dave. Fans of both of you. So my father and his wife had a well drilled in willow AK and installed a 3 stage reverse osmosis setup. Having cleaned the first stage cannisters and changing the filter there was an oily residue.

@nickv1008 Год назад

I remember those old square head bolts and nuts. I love that nice rust patina...a time when things just worked.

@polishpicl 3 года назад

This was the best rebuild I ever saw you make...sorry for the scratches on you new (hahahahaha). Escort!!!!!

@Bushradical 3 года назад

LOL thanks

@John-N797 3 года назад

I thought I was the only one who noticed! I guess soon we will see " how to restore you car hood riddled with scratches" hahahaa! and boy will that car not shine!!!

@thecrew777 3 года назад

The fun part is: It's not new. That's how good Dave's home paint job is!

@robertogomez3698 3 года назад

I love the work you did on this video, Dave. Congrats on your hard work, know-how, and working well system. 👍

@banospainting4458 2 года назад

I don't know why but i was so happy for you guys, best video ever,

@MrMathjordan 3 года назад

Dave, I wish there was a way to get a hold of you! I built my first cabin because of you! It’s very similar to the one you did in Michigan. You guys and God were the inspiration! Thank you!!!!

@superskunkygrow 2 года назад

good stuff man, my goal is to acquire a plot of land and hand build a cabin/ small home on the property, living the dream!

@sethgsf4120 2 года назад

Which one is his michigan cabin?

@elizabethmabry8061 2 года назад

That's awesome!

@rogerhuber3133 2 года назад

That was an amazing video! I never knew it could be that simple to rebuild a pump and drill a well. Thanks for all your great videos and knowledge.

@firstlast9384 2 года назад

5:29 - I love the dropping heavy metal parts on the bonnet of the car and them assembling same scratchy parts on said bonnet

@MrJimmy-ox7fq 2 года назад

I really like these very informative, well-crafted videos. The only thing is, I considered myself fairly handy around my own house, but after I watch these, dang I feel so inadequate! Thank you so much for posting and keep up the good work!

@eatsnopaste 2 года назад

I admire the way you repaired something useless back into a usable piece of equipment. I am also amazed that you did all that on the hood of your car! Is sanding and repainting your car the next video?

@thehobbyguy-kj7zv Год назад

Love your videos. Just wanted to point out, that I believe the notches in the pump's spout are there to hold the bucket for you.

@rodbennettakakampzite5448 3 года назад

Great video! Don't you love it when a plan totally comes together? Nothing sweeter than that.

@Bushradical 3 года назад

Well said

@blackhatbushcraft 2 года назад

This was amazing to watch! Thank you for sharing. This project has been on my list to do. I have two locations where I want to install a hand pump well. Blessings to you guys!

@bhardwaajmohabir9147 2 года назад

Very nice thank you for showing it on you tube have a good night 🙂

@bonbington 3 года назад

Now add little bit of fill dirt around, to make it one level with the bottom of that pump, and maybe frame a small box to leave access to that valve, and put a lead on it. And it would be perfect.

@TheDogLife5225 3 года назад

My Dad showed me how to locate water underground using a makeshift divining rod.... 2 sections of wire hanger bent at 90°... loosely hold one in each hand, cupped with thumbs up and bottoms of rods resting on your pinkies. Walk across ground and when the two rod points swing toward eachother, mark ground and pass by a couple more times to be sure. Dad was a Michigan outdoorsman as well.

@ChanelleDeVore 8 месяцев назад

OMG!!!! THIS IS INCREDIBLE!!!! I had no idea that this was even a thing!!! How freaking cool is this?!?!?! 🤩🤩🤩 I’m definitely gonna get me & my husband to try this on our desert homestead & see if we get anything!! 😅🙏🏻🤞🏻

@drummermomcjs 2 года назад

What a great project refurbishing the old hand pump. I loved it! Thank you for this most useful information. I am looking forward to owning an off grid homestead in the future. Great videos filled with useful information, much appreciated. :-)

@danyerdon8494 9 месяцев назад

You’re a lucky man that you have a good woman to help you.

@anew7858 2 года назад

We grew up with that kind of pump in our backyard, we play with it while using it, also a form of exercise.

@jwilcox4726 2 года назад

Hi Dave & Brook; Nice to see you both. I love learning and knowing if water doesn't flow we can make it flow on our own. 😄I so love your smarts. Pass it on. Do you always get away with working with heavy metal on the hood of your car?

@sayitskay 3 года назад

How ironic I was looking through my channels and thinking about you. Wondering when we'll see another update on the property!

@Bushradical 3 года назад

right on

@heatherclayton-callaghan4270 3 года назад

Careful what you wish for 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@robertgoss6564 2 года назад

I got so excited by your video, I cut a hole in my living room floor and dug my own well. Now, I have the only well in the Crestwell Acres subdivision. In fact, I have the only living room well in the Southeastern United States. Thanks a million!

@vossierebel 3 года назад

Now, here's the thing... the success was due to three things... 1 - those moccasin safety shoes of yours 2 - the black bonnet work top 3 - Brooke's touch!! 👍😉

@robgoodson7506 3 года назад

You might want to build a well deck around the pump. It will keep you from moving the pipe around and keep the pipe study as you pump the water. It will also give you somewhere to set things down when your there getting water. Could be buckets or a cup. Could also hang things up and keep them off the ground. Nice job. Ps...why the hell does anyone ever pay a damn water bill. It's ridiculous.

@anasnajjar993 2 года назад

@kevinhoff6139 2 года назад

Thanks, man..... the tri wood thingy..... helped me out greatly. Gotz all kinds of artificial joints.... and this made it kinda fun.....and not so much as a chore........ Partialy disabled but do a lot of my survival camping on my own...... Helped me a lot thank you.....

@texas_guy_85 3 года назад

A high conconcentration of the minerals calcium, and iron may cause that sweet taste.

@daleolson3506 3 года назад

So does sewage

@macster1457 3 года назад

This guy can narrate "The Wonder Years", if they ever make a new season lol

@kennethbailey3364 3 года назад

Can't he

@c.a.g.1977 3 года назад

This is freaking weird: I thought the exact same thing! Dave has a real nice narrator voice, and this was awesome!

@c.a.g.1977 3 года назад

@M Fisher You never saw The Wonder Years, did ya'? 😉

@Bushradical 3 года назад

I would take that job. Doing voiceover is satisfying. But I really like doing VO work here on this channel

@carolpenn8455 3 года назад

True, his voice is amazing !!!

@theh7717 2 года назад

Nice movie. Good explanation and a great result. Fresh water. Class and my respect.

@susansollee1839 3 года назад

Amazing! I don’t know how you remembered the order to put the pump back together😶🌻

@Bushradical 3 года назад

once you take it apart its pretty easy

@frank4fun64 3 года назад

the beauty of video...

@anneli1735 3 года назад

😂😂😂

@YeshuaKingMessiah 3 года назад

My son could But me, hahahahahaha

@thegreatsookini 3 года назад

Hey Dave! Loved this video. I’m educating myself on the subject of pumps today, with a mind to creating a manual system to get gray water from a tank under a tiny home to various parts of my garden. The pump you have here would help me get water to buckets which I could carry, but I’m hoping to connect a hose to the tank and have a portable hand pump (maybe on a tripod to secure the pump at the location of the job). Or, a manual pump with a hose intake and hose outflow such that I can leave the outlet hose at the spot in the garden where I need water. Can you recommend a pump or system that might work for me? I don’t mind restoring something old. That’s pretty exciting actually.

@user-js3zy6ku4y 2 года назад

حلوه متل قمر

@arjovenzia 2 года назад

Hope your project is coming along, youve probably encountered this, but thought worth saying. pumps generally are pretty poor at suction, there is a limit (thanks physics) on how much you can 'suck' on a pipe. but you can 'push' into a pipe far easier. for shallow wells, its very convenient to have the pump at the top, but where im from, wells are generally very deep, and so the pump mechanism is at the bottom with a push-pull rod running all the way down the pipe. the standard configuration is a windmill driving the push rod, pumping water up to a header tank above ground, to water cattle troughs. not terribly efficient, but being wind powered runs slowly but surely. what this means for you, having the pump at the end of the hose into your grey water is possibly a bad idea. get your pump as close to your water as possible, and then have a hose coming of that to run out to your garden. what I would do, is a small submersible pump down in your grey water, running off solar, feeding a header tank put up quite high. this tank need not be to large, enough for a watering session. I'd go for a 44 gallon barrel, as I can get plastic ones essentially for free. the sump pump works all day to feed a trickle of water into your tank, which you can then gravity feed from, to hose around your garden in the eavning. a off the shelf solar pump is only a few hundred bucks, new. an old wind pump can be got from farm clearing sales pretty cheap if thats what you want. i have seen hand cranked versions if you want the manual aspect. I like the concept of a slow feed up to a header tank you can draw from. even low volume wells can be made very useful. grey water, makes things a bit easier, but again, it is much better to have your pump close to the water and a long outflow. a long intake and the pump at point of use is a pretty bad way of doing things. But its your system, whatever works for you. not stupid if it works. for context, ive a clogged well on my property and am trying to figure out the best way to restore and use it. it used to run the irrigation on the property, but has run dry. i hope by only sipping at the water table, i can get a regular amount of daily water for my garden.

@connietheel1425 13 дней назад

I love sweet well water! Thank you for the videos on doing your own well. I don't need one at the moment but may in the future. I enjoy watching your videos, and it seems we have common thoughts about things. I like to see things refurbished because it sure seems like they're made better most of the time. I have watched a man use a pressure washer to dig the hole by putting the water hose in a little ways in the pipe. He used pvc and cut the end like teeth to grind when needed since it went in the ground first. I can't remember if he started with 3 or 4 inch pipe, but connected smaller pipes , maybe stopping at 2in pipe with pump. He did pull it out to put the screen pipe in first, then connected in the same manner as yours. He was through in no time with that pressure washer.

@darthgbc363 3 года назад

If you have 3 or more weeks, than soak everything in molasses to remove the rust. It's also safe on the old paint. I'm very surprised you put the picture on the base backwards. The flat (recessed) part of the base is supposed to be directly below the spout. To make more room for the bucket hanging from the notches of the spout. Will you be building a wood base? I would like to see that project too.

@Bushradical 3 года назад

I might build a base.

@Bushradical 3 года назад

I spaced out the bottom....never thought about the flat

@justadbeer 3 года назад

@@Bushradical - Your pump is known as a pitcher pump and the flat is there so it may be mounted on a kitchen countertop, right up to the edge of a sink (off to the side typically) and there is mounting holes on the base for that purpose. The notches in your pump spout appear to have been cut by someone. Typically, an outdoor farm type pump has a longer handle with a long base, larger capacity, and an enclosed spout. I had one similar to yours when we bought an old farm forty some years ago, and an old farmer schooled me on the old hand pumps. Great video!