That is a nice commentary on borehole drilling! Thank you !😊

@louieryder7106

2 жыл бұрын

sorry to be offtopic but does anyone know a way to get back into an instagram account..? I was dumb lost my login password. I appreciate any tips you can offer me!

@raydenluciano1786

2 жыл бұрын

@Louie Ryder Instablaster ;)

Very informative video. We just had to drill a new well and even though they were trying to explain what they were doing - your video filled in the missing pieces. Thanks for putting this together.

Excellent commentary and explanation. Thank you for taking the time.

Really interesting. Thank you for sharing.

Very informative. Thank you for sharing!

Well done thank you!. Now I understand the primary specifics.

Thanks for sharing that. Fascinating to see the process.

@baileylineroad

9 жыл бұрын

Hi Michael! I'm glad you like the video. That's good news to me. Drop by for a visit sometime at my online destinations: stevemaxwell.ca and realrurallife.com. You’ll find lots of new videos, articles and product giveaways, plus a chance to see what we’re up to on our island homestead. Where abouts do you live, Michael? Bye for now and thanks for watching. Steve

@TheMichaelGrace

9 жыл бұрын

Cool! Will do. I'm in the Puyallup Washington area.

Thanks for the knowledge guys, now I know. Cheers

Interesting and a good job explaining. Best part for me will seem strange as I was focused on the add on drill rod holders on each side of mast and how they were fabricated and how they would be used. Rig appears to be a 1970's Schramm T64 with an updated air package. Original were piston compressors. Original held only 210 ft of drill pipe but on this one has been expanded to upright storage on both sides. Very clever setup and the extra weight did not seem to be an issue with mast raising. Would love to inspect the rig in person but your video will have to do. Thanks for posting.

Thank you so much. This was very informative.

This was a very informative video. Thanks for sharing.

Excellent vid, thank you👍👍

What a terrific and informative video. Thanks, boo.

We been in business with my grandpa started in 1915 and are still going and to this day I been doing it for 25 years and still going

@dirttrackdevil1149

Жыл бұрын

I'm a welder looking for a career change, I live in East TN I'm 23, I seen a few companies near me that are about a 40 minute commute hiring rig hands, is this a good career to get into? I'm looking for something to hopefully do til I retire and make a good living, welding is already taking a toll on my eyes so im done with it as far as I'm concerned. Any info you can give me will be very helpful.

Im a well driller and i like your video. Not many out there like this.

@samlsd9711

4 жыл бұрын

Where do you work US or Canada?

@protonsorted7925

3 жыл бұрын

How do you become a well driller? Is there a trade school for that?

@chrishayes5755

2 жыл бұрын

@@protonsorted7925 just apply to a company that offers the service. the prefer people with truck driving license but might hire you on as a laborer.

Love your vid!!! Had a friend who spent $800 bucks to have a well witcher tell him where to drill. He has 5 gpm at 345 feet. The contractor who drilled our off grid well told us that nobody knows where the water is and recommended a convenient spot. Our driller hit water at 140' with 30 gpm. Some people believe in witching but I'm guessing most drillers (including our contractor) think this is nonsense.

@cybertrk

3 жыл бұрын

Easiest way to find out is witching is real is to google "how does witching work" and you'll instantly see how dumb it is.

@tonyhudson8698

3 жыл бұрын

@@cybertrk a a water well Diller here in Canterbury New Zealand I AGREE with you. Cheers.

@johncuervo3019

2 жыл бұрын

@@cybertrk in NC most of the drillers believe in it. Know a old guy that paid $250 last year to a Witcher that didn't drill wells and the well went 600' with no water before the guy decided to give up on the hole. It was the second six hundred foot dry hole in his yard. He should of went deeper with the first hole

@chrisreynolds7164

2 жыл бұрын

As an old Australian Driller with 40 odd years of experience, my feelings on witchers is,they used to burn witches,and they should start again.

Excellent teaching!

One time in the hills of the Willamette valley we drilled to 760ish feet. It was like 90° that day. That water was so cold and good. This video brought back a lot of memories. I was 18 years old and the valley was a beautiful place to work

@baileylineroad

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing! Drop by my website baileylineroad.com for a visit sometime. You'll find lots of stuff there, including tool giveaways, articles and lots of other stuff of interest to hands-on, how-to people. Bye for now and thanks for watching! Steve

That first joint of pipe that you see them lowering with the lifting ring in the beginning is called your drill collar, it is a heavy wall pipe which is used for adding weight to the bit. You can see the bit is attached to it. He will add an additional drill collar to it as he gets deeper. The entire assembly is called your BHA or bottom hole assembly. The blocks is what lifts the BHA up and down only which why you need the heavy weight drill collars. What turns the drill string assembly is called a rotary or Kelly, in this case it’s a hammer rotary, where on an oil field rig we have top drives. Imagine this entire operation except 500 x larger and you have something similar to an oil field drilling rig. Minus mud pumps, mud tanks, gas busters, choke manifolds and flare system.

looks like a fun job!

Thanks, well done ‘documentary’ on the water drilling process

This video was linked to me and the rest of my well drilling unit by our platoon sergeant. I'm part of the 269th Well Drilling Detachment in the 868th Engineering Company in the Florida Army National Guard and have never seen this operation before. Thanks for the video. Very enlightening.

@fredcarr3550

2 жыл бұрын

My friend, you have good integrity to be in the field of drilling yet admit you hadn't seen this previously. One day, you will be a competent sarge also.

Thanks for this video! Love the clear and comprehensive description!

Great well drilling info.

@baileylineroad

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Canada is so great! You guys do fun things!

Super amizing good job because of your vlog tutorial I got some knowledge from you about that your vlog

@MADE-IN-TURKEY

2 жыл бұрын

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This is a heck of a machine I worked on a spudder

Great info .

Well done!👍☘️

I can't wait for mine

cool video..... very interesting ....thanks

@MADE-IN-TURKEY

2 жыл бұрын

Hello gentlemen we are a lot as well drilling rig machines factory we are producing our machine in best quality and technology it will be our proud to cooperate with you if you interesting please take our machines in our channel

Helper here too!

Oh wow!

Very good information wow

perfect drilling

@diskey0801

2 жыл бұрын

We are portable air comppressor factory , wish have chance to cooperate, thanks

Awesome video!

That’s a nice drill makes some good footage not sure how you guys gauge your water flow but when they said 50 I’m not so sure that’s what it was. Our style we are able to concentrate the flow into one area and we will time it into 5gallon bucket give almost exact as possible without a pump

Very well presented.

I also am a well driller and loved your narrative.

@AlexRodriguez-jt6ho

4 жыл бұрын

What does something like this cost?

@blacktoothgrin5830

3 жыл бұрын

@@AlexRodriguez-jt6ho im guessing starting @$50per ft we used to charge $25 back in the 90’s

@jacobbowman9450

3 жыл бұрын

Depends on your location. Where I am, it's around 12 a foot for drilling and 7 or so per foot for pipe.

Our well is 1100 feet deep. It cost a small fortune to get put in. When it was getting drilled their best offer was to keep going deeper and hope to hit water. Thankfully we did hit water before the rig maxed out. Oddly enough our old well is only 600 feet deep and it's about 200 feet away from the new one at the surface. Each well has a different pH too so I think they are different aquifers. The new well water is delicious.

@robertnewman4105

3 жыл бұрын

That's a deep well!

@celiacastro4566

3 жыл бұрын

😍😍😍😍 dang I wanna try it

@specialestness

3 жыл бұрын

My parents and several of their neighbors are all about 1000 feet deep. The town less than a mile away was looking for a new water source and when they went 1200 feet down they said the water came out black and wasn’t usable.

@johncuervo3019

2 жыл бұрын

Why did they need a new well?

@3091752

Жыл бұрын

@@specialestness oil?

Interesting. I had a well drilled for my geothermal system last winter. They drilled down almost 400 ft and didn't find sufficient water for an open loop like we planned. But no worries, a 2nd well about 250 ft and we had plenty for a closed loop and I'm more than satisfied with how it turned out. I was not at the house most of the time they were doing their work, so nice to see it actually in progress in this video.

@miguellavoie4373

2 жыл бұрын

Idk how drilling for water and installing geothermal go hand in hand. Geothermal uses ground temperature to heat the water in the tube to a constant starting temperature for easier heating and cooling. Constant ground water supply is not necessary for that.

@robertnewman4105

2 жыл бұрын

@@miguellavoie4373 poor quality water will cause issues in the pump and other internals. While not a large quantity of water is needed, I think we needed at least 4.5 gpm reliable. In my case, it was mostly the water quality issue.

@asadbabilbabil7791

2 жыл бұрын

Used br 700 pro for searge water is the best in iraq

@jimleesur5610

Жыл бұрын

How much does something like this cost to have some?

Awesome!

I’m about to become a helper but I’m getting my cdl so I could be a driver then take a test and become a driller

@UrbanOdyssey

2 жыл бұрын

How’d it go?

@bigheead9279

2 жыл бұрын

@@UrbanOdyssey yeah

@twinskydiver57ttv20

Жыл бұрын

Same

@elizabethnybeck9935

Жыл бұрын

Me to I start this Friday

@ibrahimD.7

10 ай бұрын

Do you guys have certificates for such a job, I'm from Algeria and I have been drilling for 3 years and I Driller very interesting depths, wonder if I can find a job there, without any papers on me

I'm going to be working on a water rig soon Nothing but the utmost L&R

Thanks. No chance of getting such a machine in Kenya is there ?

Good!!!!

interesting, we see them drilling here quite a bit but didn't know the intricacies

Hi, I gave you a thumbs up and really appreciate your video, but I am still in the dark. I see that they installed a casing in the beginning, but after that they decrease the drill bit to go through it. Then, what is the well casing vs the drill? Do they install another casing all the way down as they drill or is there just a blank hole in the ground that the pump is fed into? There is nothing mentioned here about that and how it works. Thank you though.

I live in Norway, here we drill energy Wells up to 1000ft. Most of the times 800ft per day per well. Solid rock, only a few metal pipes. We use 35 bars compressors to blow it out

@baileylineroad

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the insight!

This is a pneumatic rig. Works in some areas of the world. The most common type of rig is a mud rotary

We use drilling mud and a tricone bit ...but I've noticed that the air hammer is way faster

To seal the casing we use cement (not Bentonite). The Bentonite with variable density is used to fluch the drilling cuttings out of the well, lubricate the drilling bit and keep the bore hole safe from collapse during the job.

@resinsworldresin6829

2 жыл бұрын

Same

@asadbabilbabil7791

2 жыл бұрын

Thats right . Iam driller in iraq..

@chrisreynolds7164

2 жыл бұрын

It's air drilling,with on board air compressor driving a down the hole hammer. Totally different to rotary mud drilling as is used in the oil patch.

Great narration. Does the liner go all the way to the bottom of the well? If so, how do you connect each section of liner?

@wolverinex1x

3 жыл бұрын

Hi. Well driller here. No drillers know when we’ve gone threw dirt/gravel. And you put the casing in solid rock. And the metal casing is welded together.

What is a typical work day for a drilling crew? In terms of work hours that is.

What do you call that kind of truck with the rig in the back?

I’m looking at some property. Amd wanna know if it has water . What does it cost to have something like that done or a test some to know if you have water?

Steve that looks like a good well, in my area we need at least 10gpm To be able to build a home take care, by the way the septic tank Was concrete.

Lucky you. In our area we have to drill 375 feet minimum. Glennallen Alaska has amazing water, but we have to drill real far for it.

How much casing was put in

Very informative. Thanks. Do you recall how deep the casing went?

@mohammedsalim5881

9 жыл бұрын

He mentioned the well being 146 feet deep at 7:28. I don't know if that's what you were looking for :)

@baileylineroad

9 жыл бұрын

HI Vincent! Thanks for writing. The well casing was about 20 feet long. Drop by for a visit sometime at my online destinations: stevemaxwell.ca and realrurallife.com. You’ll find lots of new videos, articles and product giveaways, plus a chance to see what we’re up to on our island homestead. Thanks for watching, Vincent! Bye, Steve

@VinceEspositoJr

9 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Steve.

@michaelakins

6 жыл бұрын

Well casing goes the entire depth of the hole. Steel casing is set till you get through rock to avoid cave ins and then you install pvc casing the rest of the way. Perforated casing goes at the bottom to still allow water into the well for the pump

@augustreil

6 жыл бұрын

Michael Akins, no it doesn't.

Really interesting to see the process! Do you have any hints on how to find a GOOD drilling contractor?

@baileylineroad

9 жыл бұрын

Hi Donna! Thanks for commenting. Well drillers usually have areas where they work, so there aren't a lot to choose from in any given place. I'd ask around and see what people's experiences have been. Also, you'll want a driller who will confirm a per-foot price, as well as the extras. Metal casing and cap costs extra, and the driller may be require to do some flow testing, which will cost more, too. You'll want to know these numbers ahead of time. Where do you live? The driller who did our well has been doing the work for about 40 years and is well respected. He does travel over a pretty wide area of northern Ontario, too. Bye for now and thanks for watching! Steve

@DonnaMSchmid

9 жыл бұрын

Currently I'm in New Jersey, but eventually, I plan to retire in New Mexico (which is where I might need to drill a well!) Thanks for the info, though!

@robertlillejord7926

5 жыл бұрын

Some of us travel very far for drilling I’ve went 1000km to put in surface casing depends on the company’s and reputations ask around is best advice and they should have no issues explaining what’s going to happen to the yard

I'm looking at this because we have to drill one and it's scaring me to death.

@MADE-IN-TURKEY

2 жыл бұрын

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Steve, how did you end up at that particular point to drill the hole? was there a scientific technique involved to chose the point of drilling?

@EasternExplorer

6 жыл бұрын

Not really. Just point at a spot and hope for the best. Dry wells happen sometimes.

@blacktoothgrin5830

3 жыл бұрын

he’s probably guessing that answer also. I can almost Guarantee the drillers had a water “Witcher” come out Are they know the area well and did it themselvesand designate the Exact spot to drill.we used to have an ol’ timer about 80 yrs old walk around the property for hours with two 1/8” brass rods bent at perfect 90 degrees About 8 inches sticking down on one end at about 16-18 inches pointing out. he would hold his arm perfectly 90’ from his body only bend his elbows and have the brass in each hand and just ever so lightly letting them rest in his hand.. as he walk around rods will swing together and touch whenever he was over ground water.the more ground water the stronger the pull. don’t ask me how but them old timers been doing it long enough he could guess dang on the spot the exact GPM with a 99%success of at least finding water. you were at 40 gpm at 100’.not ideally @ “clean-depth”but still good volume. that’s more than my garden hose on full blast.shoot we’d drill over 1000’ for measly 5gpm(our minimum).Man I can go on and on and brings back a lot of good memories but I’ll quit rambling now.Take care

Interesting rig, not seen one setup like that, what brand/make is it?

@Lucky13th13

6 жыл бұрын

Looks like a late model Schramm 660 only rig I have I know of having racks on tower and a rod carousal

@ValarMorghulis...

6 жыл бұрын

Dan Man I'm curious too..

How deep did u find that water?

Mantappp👍👍

I was just quoted $27,000 for a 500’ well on a hill top. And you mentioned, drilling and not hitting water, that is scary in my situation😳

@burntout8291

2 жыл бұрын

Same here 🥵

@xirmanatee3763

2 жыл бұрын

Actually there is one thing more horrifying and that's if they drop the pump and cant retrieve it. You cant decide if you should continue trying to get it out or drilling again .Either way you'll pick the wrong choice .

@johncuervo3019

2 жыл бұрын

How did it turn out?

@pineapplepissant

Жыл бұрын

27k for 500 feet lmao. Where are y from?

@Monuments_to_Good_Intentions

Жыл бұрын

@@pineapplepissant this was on a property in souther indiana that was on a limestone hill.

146 feet! Wow! Our well is over 900 feet here in Colorado. Many new wells in our area are having to go 1,100 or 1,200 feet due to dropping aquifer levels.

@baileylineroad

2 жыл бұрын

Wow, that's quite deep! Thanks for sharing!

@kodiak2053

Жыл бұрын

What brand or type of pump can pump from 900 feet? Wow. I’m looking for a pump, I’ve got 500 ft deep new well to pump from. Thanks for responding if you read this.

@ronbown3836

10 ай бұрын

What part of Colorado is that?

@rabidrooster6525

9 ай бұрын

How much did that cost?

@ronbown3836

9 ай бұрын

@@rabidrooster6525 usually 900 feet of depth is going to cost you about $15, 000-$20,000. 2 cents a gallon if you filling up a tote/cistern that would take a long time to rack up$15,000

How deep can u guys go..? Ty

Nice hard hats

Oh if only Abraham had this to dig all his wells.

"I am the way. I am the life and the truth. The only way to the Father is through me" (John 14:6).

@tino3049

Жыл бұрын

"Thus God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament; and it was so." Genesis Chapter 1 verse 7

Please tell me where can I get one to buy if possible the address

Considering buying a mountainous property, and wanted to make sure I could have a well drilled at the top of the hill even through what I presume is rock underneath. What are the limits and I assume drilling through rock isn't a problem right?

@suryaprakash-lc4uz

3 жыл бұрын

Drilling through rock wouldn't be a problem sir.

Nice video, where in Canada is this?

@baileylineroad

2 жыл бұрын

Manitoulin Island, Ontario!

What is this Machine called plz? And the price?

The well on my farm is 816 ft. deep. The pump used to sit at 550 ft. The pump went bad a year ago last June while we were on vacation. When the pump guys went to put the new pump back down, they hit something at 434 ft and couldn't get the pump any lower. Not wanting to damage the new pump or get it stuck where it couldn't be retrieved, they quit at that point. We had water but were more than 100 ft shallower than the previous depth. We starting running out of water this year and were afraid that we may have to drill a new well. We had 4 estimates from 4 different well drilling companies ranging in price from $40,000 to $50,000. about 438 per ft. just for the drilling. One of the companies had a camera and suggested that we may want to pull the pump and send a camera down to see what may be the problem. We did that. I recently did a short video of that experience on my you tube channel.

@safety_sid

2 жыл бұрын

I would guess that depending on the average water table depth in your area - maybe your farm is an outlier - most drilling contractors don't even have that much drill pipe and casing on hand. The high prices probably are being inflated by the fact that they need to rent more drill pipe third party and source double the casing they normally have on hand. 439' static water level is extremely uncommon for a lot of north America from what I've read .... very very deep.

@tractortalkwithgary1271

2 жыл бұрын

@@safety_sid , Hi Sid, we have 3 other wells within 5 miles of me that also have deep wells. The deepest one is just over 1000 feet. The others are in the upper 800’s. Around 60 ft deeper than mine. There are no records of my well from when it was drilled. It used to be pumped by a windmill which puts it somewhere in the 100 year old range. There is a video on my channel of the well company sending the camera down the well. Feel free to watch that one.

@tractortalkwithgary1271

2 жыл бұрын

That is a misprint. It is supposed to read $38 / ft

@safety_sid

2 жыл бұрын

@@tractortalkwithgary1271 Thanks Gary! That's incredible! I'm not a water well driller or anything ... I know just enough about them to confidently sound like an idiot haha. I had no clue there were still water wells around that are that old.

@MADE-IN-TURKEY

2 жыл бұрын

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Which country can someone practice this because i realized not all countries does borehole drilling?thanks

Hello Steve good morning exelent video, i like it. How can i get in contac with you. I want to drill in two parcels here in Southern california los angeles county.

@baileylineroad

2 жыл бұрын

You can email me at steve@stevemaxwell.ca

So like you mentioned it's always a guess but are there any pointers/indicators you use to determine whether a spot is even worth trying?

@26longlongtime

2 жыл бұрын

Some people use dowsing rods. If done properly you can find things underground. The thing is you have no idea what exactly it is down there. There are USGS test wells and information online that give you some information about the aquifer in your area

What kind of price am I looking at to dig my average well

@MADE-IN-TURKEY

2 жыл бұрын

Hello gentlemen we are a lot as well drilling rig machines factory we are producing our machine in best quality and technology it will be our proud to cooperate with you if you interesting please take our machines in our channel

What was the cost?

That's a lot different than what we used to do they put PVC casing all the way down and the bottom pipe got slits cut into it and then a sock over it for a filter this is quite a bit different with not putting a casing all the way down

I want mine at home

How much did this cost?

@wertiaaudit5746

2 жыл бұрын

Everything

Thanks 😂

How much did the well cost?

Hey there. Do you happen to know what type of rig that was?

@runningkirkwa2934

2 жыл бұрын

Its a stratton 650, one of the best out there

how do you know that the place you drilling is have water did you already speaking with some geologist or what method do you use ? i'm sorry for the bad english

bro, iff you hire me, youll find water anytime, i can find the right places to drill

Hey how many gallons of water total did you need for this whole drilling process? Im learning and need to know please

@baileylineroad

2 жыл бұрын

Good Morning! I can't say how many gallons were used during the drilling process, but the tanker truck that held the water had a tank that was more than 1000 gallons. So the process took less than that.My guess is that it probably took less than 750 gallons. I hope this helps.

@MADE-IN-TURKEY

2 жыл бұрын

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I live in an area that I don't think would require a very deep well. I have a couple folks in my area that has added an outside well. I would like an outside well just for my outside water usage since water and sewer are expensive here. Would you have any rough idea on the total cost? Thanks

@saneconsulting

2 жыл бұрын

A water well can cost anywhere between 5 and $50k depending on location, depth, ground material, water table depth etc etc. I would guess a well such as the one in this video would cost ~$20k.

@Johnny53kgb-nsa

2 жыл бұрын

@@saneconsulting so much for that idea then, thanks

THATS COST FROM 14 TO 16 THOUSANDS DOLLAR.!INCRDIBLE!!!!#

Impressive Am a well driller from west Africa and just moved to the states Is your company hiring now cos I could really do with a job right now in my field

How much did it cost

How much are they charging for drilling?

Wondering how much that cost to drill that length. Also if you are on a hill will that mean need to drill deeper?

@atlant2566

2 жыл бұрын

@@johncuervo3019 thank you for reply. I found one piece of land but its kind of on a hill. Will that cause the water to be deeper or it wont matter? So if you have flat regular land and kind of on hill land if you drill both will the one on hill needs to be deeper to reach water vs flat. Thank you

@atlant2566

2 жыл бұрын

@@johncuervo3019 thank you for the info but sure well is first. Take care.

Interesting. Sorry to say most of the commentary was ill-informed. The air sent down the bore is to remove cuttings, cooling the bit is a secondary action. The 'cutting head' is actually called a Down-Hole Hammer and works basically the same way as a pneumatic drill used to dig up roads etc. The water used during drilling is injected to also assist in removing soft or sticky cuttings. Lastly, the driller drills deeper than the first contact with underground water to create a sump. That is required because even in good supplies of under-ground water, once pumping starts, the standing water level will often drop to a 'working level', that's called the draw-down.

@Johnny53kgb-nsa

2 жыл бұрын

Very interesting. I live in an area that I don't think would have to be drilled too deep. I would like to add an outside use only well. Would you have any idea what the cost would be? Thank you

@bobbonner1314

2 жыл бұрын

@@Johnny53kgb-nsa Sorry, I cant begin to estimate costs for you, I live in Australia where prices are different to other places. If there seems to be water at a shallow depth, that obviously helps but it does depend on the types of formation drilled through. Drilling the hole can be a simple project but adding steel or plastic casing to line the hole, adding a submersible pump and the electrics all add to cost. Good luck though.

@Johnny53kgb-nsa

2 жыл бұрын

@@AnX8765 I'm not too familiar with the process, but what I meant was the water would only be used for outside purposes I guess, like watering the garden, etc.. Thanks

In Oman 🇴🇲 we drill to 700ft below the surface to pump out the water.

@nobilitas16

3 жыл бұрын

but 10 ft for oil 😂

Hi, Steve! Was this a one day project? I'm curious as to how long it takes to drill 140ft in limestone ...art

@baileylineroad

9 жыл бұрын

Hi Art! Good to hear from you. I hope you're doing well. The whole process took about 5 hours of actual drilling. The rig is pretty fast. Bye for now and thanks for watching! Steve