Recent content by sucker dave

I'll do that thanks. I also have local well guy coming out to give me a cost on drilling me a 4" well so I can forget about these problems. Thanks to all for all the great help!!!!!

Speed, I was running a 3/4 hp before and had pump surging problems. replacing it with a 3/4 hp again will cause the same problems, won't it? Besides, wouldn't the pump last longer running without surging. Can you P.M. me a price for the FP2-31 packer? Dave

I think I've got my well fairly well developed. I no longer get fines in the water when it comes out of the casing so I'm thinking it's time to add the pump. I was unable to get a steady stream out of the well to calculate my max flow so I have a couple of questions. I was using a goulds 3/4 hp...

I doubt I'll be able to bend 3/4 copper tight enough to fit in the 2" pipe. Mabey I'll try some 3/8-1/2 gas line i should be able to almost bend that back on it's self and zip it together. i think my compressor will now become the week link.

update. I pondered how this air thing was going to work all day. On the way home I stopped at the local hardware store and bought a piece of 1/4 id plastic tubing and a threaded pressure fitting for plastic pipe. I attached the plastic pipe to the fitting and the fitting to a compressor fitting...

Sounds like a great idea. However I don't have the equipment here to move the plunger. I'd have to do it by hand seems like a lot of work. I'm learning a ton by listening to all these ideas. I'm going to try Sam's air method first. Question, How big of a compressor do I need to lift the water 30'?

what about using a bottom loading bailer.

Your right, I was hoping to get lucky. Kinda the story of my well life. So now the picture pump is out of the picture, what’s the poor mans ( is should say stubborn) best way to develop this well. I’ve looked into some of the ideas mentioned earlier in the thread but most require special...

Update for sunday. I drove down another 5'. I'm now down 35' + the 3' well point. I seem to have 11' of water at the bottom of the well. I'm going to stop tomorrow and buy a pitcher pump. If my measurements are correct my water starts at 27'. I might be able to use a picture pump to help remove...

I stopped and bought another 5' section of pipe and a big bottle of advil for the sore shoulders. I'll let you know what happens. thanks for all the help!

Sam, Technical is good, and that's a lot of good information. Let me see if I understand, it’s more about being in a good water bearing material than actually how much water is above the jet. I was looking at literally not as a overall measurement of water quality. Being the...

Unfortunately when I sunk this well, that was the only screen that ******* carried so 80 gauze it was. I have another question. If I have my packer and jet down to the top of the well screen and have 3’ of water over it, what good will going down 5 more feet do for me? Aren’t I still...

It was, It was 1' above the well screeen. I went down 3' with a stand pipe from there. So my foot valve was 1 foot off the bottom of the well.

I'm using thin walled couplings now. I guess I'll try driving it down another 5'. Did you see my coment about not having any water in my suction pipe when I was pulling it up? Could my packer be bad?

Sam, Is there a way to measure the amount of water that a well will flow? If I use PVC, don't I risk not being able to get the packer back out if I have problems? The packer was located 29' down in the 30' well, I was using a 3' long 1" dia drop pipe from there, could that be...