VAWellDriller
Active Member
They are great...the Cadilliac of a wellhead finish. They are expensive, so you don't see them much on residential, but the only way to go when you have the money or do any big pump work. If they are installed plumb, you CANNOT no matter what put it in wrong or drop the pump...you just set it down in any orientation. The larger units all come with the hold down shown in the diagram above, and you can order it on the smaller units. The come as a unit and you cut off the casing below grade and attach this...either weld, threaded, or compression fitting. The upper casing that you can see is one pipe size bigger than the lower part of the unit, which is the same size as your well casing. That being said, if what you see above grade is 6" pipe, then you have a 5" well.....and so on. You special order the bury depth and sizing size, along with the discharge and drop pipe sizes you want. We put a lot of 6" pumps in 6" wells on 3" drop pipe, and this is the only pitless that can do that.
