Glad Puddin put me on to y'all!! Awesome teamwork!!!It takes two and it's awesome seeing the pair of you getting it done together!!

@OkieWindmiller

Ай бұрын

Thank you sir! I’m glad he did too! 24 years of marriage and we can still do this as a couple. Thank you for subscribing!

I've worked on in ground wells before, never a windmill.This kind of knowledge is priceless. Puddin mentioned you and KZread sent you. Cool boom truck!

@OkieWindmiller

Ай бұрын

Sweet thank you! Buddy we love our old truck. It’s a 2004! Thank you for subscribing!

I'm in England and came here from Puddin's channel. Your work looks really interesting. I'm looking forward to watching more of your videos.

@OkieWindmiller

Ай бұрын

Thank you for watching across the big pond!!!! Welcome aboard!!!!!!!!!

Another Puddin referred. Like the content. Y’all are fun!

@OkieWindmiller

Ай бұрын

Thank you so much! We try! Sometimes it’s hard to smile when it’s hot and we’re dirty, but we always try to make it fun! Thank you for subscribing!!!!!

@Beez4Jesus

Ай бұрын

I believe that for sure. I know that anyone who says they like hot weather has never had to work outside.

Another Puddin referred. Like the content greats from the netherlands

@OkieWindmiller

Ай бұрын

The Netherlands!!!! Awesome! Yall have bigger windmills than we do!!!! Thank you for watching!

sir, you are very fortunate to have a living doll as your helper! your video was very interesting as i have never seen this done. be safe............g

@OkieWindmiller

28 күн бұрын

Yes I am! She is amazing for sure! Been married 24 years! Thank you for saying it was interesting! I try to make it as watchable as possible!!!!

It was very good to see you two work so well together ( no pun intended ) Your Mrs's appears to know all the right parts and moves to assist you

@OkieWindmiller

Ай бұрын

Howdy there! Yep, she is more in tune with what I need than I am! She’s amazing! Thank you so much for watching!!!!!!!

Puddin sent me too ! HOW COOL TO LEARN SOMTHING NEW !! Yall make a great team working together . Im here for good . Thanks puddin !

@OkieWindmiller

Ай бұрын

Awesome! We will keep doing our thing and hope you keep liking it!!!!

Thank you for turn’n your vise grips the correct direction, you very well may be the only one on KZread to do so .

@OkieWindmiller

Ай бұрын

Haha you noticed!!!!!! Thank you for noticing!!!! Thank you for watching!

Well im hooked, (see what i did there😂) this is really awesome seeing how these work and how much work goes into them, the back and forth is funny, and helpful, it's good the be your own Boss, but we know who the real Supervisor is lol,

@OkieWindmiller

Ай бұрын

Haha yep you know it! I do what mama says! It’s great but terrifying being your own boss in a small field. Thank you for watching and thank you for subscribing!

Like most of your comments, I also had Puddin recommend you guys Channel. I like these videos where you learn something. I live in north Caddo County and have worked for an Irrigation Dealer in the past. Our stuff was 6-8" tube and up to 360 foot to the pump stages. Powered by LP and Natural gas engines. Wells here flowed 250-600 gallons. Love these Windmills. They saved the day for country folks for sure.

@OkieWindmiller

Ай бұрын

Man thank you! That’s crazy and I wouldn’t know where to start!!!!! Thank you for watching!

Puddin brought me here as well. My family had a long history with windmills in west Texas before moving to Oklahoma. Look forward to viewing more of these

@OkieWindmiller

Ай бұрын

Awesome! These things have touched so many lives! Thank you for watching and supporting us!!!

So brave to dig into that brush! Thanks for another great lesson!

@OkieWindmiller

Ай бұрын

Yep we figured we would find a snake. Thank you!

Came from Puddin's place!

@OkieWindmiller

Ай бұрын

Woohoo thank you!

Another refugee from Puddin's place!! WOO HOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@OkieWindmiller

Ай бұрын

Woohoo is right!!!! Thank you for subscribing!!!!

Y’all are for sure are the best windmillers that I’ve ever seen .

@OkieWindmiller

Ай бұрын

That means a lot! Thank you so much! Please stick around and we will keep it up!

Puddin needs a windmill tower so birds can hangout and squawk at him.

@OkieWindmiller

Ай бұрын

I totally agree, but then they would poop on all his cars………..hmmmm. Maybe out by his pond! Thank you for subscribing!

Going the extra mile is quality work. Well done folks. Enjoy

@OkieWindmiller

Ай бұрын

Thank you soooo much! I take great pride in it! Thank yin for subscribing!

Always enjoy watching professional s working and doing it right for the customer

@OkieWindmiller

Ай бұрын

Man thank you! We try!!!

The Heron flying by said thanks for fixin the fishin spot, I heard it.

@OkieWindmiller

Ай бұрын

Haha yep!!!!! He was worried his fish were gonna die!!! That cracks me up! Thank you for watching!

Well, i guess ill add learning windmill service to my list of hobbies.. Puddin sent me to the right spot

@OkieWindmiller

Ай бұрын

Haha yep, might as well! Never know when you may need it! Thank you for watching!!!!!

very good job !!! and very intersecting vidéo , I like very mutch

@OkieWindmiller

29 күн бұрын

Thank you! Glad you like it!! Please stick around!

Thanks for posting

@OkieWindmiller

Ай бұрын

Thank you more for watching!!!

This is good content👍 Refugee from Puddin's. Greats from Denmark

@OkieWindmiller

Ай бұрын

Denmark!! That’s waaaaay across the globe!!! Thank you for watching!!!!!!’

@calleolsen9359

Ай бұрын

Rødgrød med fløde og én over nakken fra Nørrebro nv 🇩🇰

@OkieWindmiller

Ай бұрын

Thank you!!!!

@OkieWindmiller

Ай бұрын

A lot of water but we’re close friends now!!!!!

@calleolsen9359

Ай бұрын

@@OkieWindmiller Copenhagen Denmark 🇩🇰 here

pudding recommend your channel

@OkieWindmiller

Ай бұрын

Nice thank you!! I hope you like it and stick around!

Nice work I’ve been working on water wells and windmills for the last 20 years in the Oklahoma panhandle I hate jug cylinders cause you got to pull pipe and rod just to replace the leathers but interesting to see how other people do things and learn new ways thanks

@OkieWindmiller

Ай бұрын

Awesome! Glad to meet another one of us!!! Yep I hate them too, but don’t like the limitations sometimes of the 1-7/8 cylinder. Nobody wants bigger pipe than 2” around here. (Price)

a lot more to this job , then i knew about , you guys Rock.

@OkieWindmiller

Ай бұрын

Thank you! Yes every day is different and some are better than others! Thank you for subscribing!

Wow you do good work , you also take pride in what you do.

@OkieWindmiller

25 күн бұрын

Howdy! Thank you so much! We do take pride in what we do, as if it were on my own property. I like happy customers and not irritated ones. 😀 Thank you for watching and the wonderful compliment!!!!!!

I didn’t know a windmill service even existed! My grandpa and uncle were well drillers here in Northeast Wisconsin.

@OkieWindmiller

27 күн бұрын

Oh cool I love it up there! Yep, we drive around and fix them! We stay pretty busy here in town Oklahoma!

This was vastly better than the first video I watched! Sound, 100% better. Sure, it helped a lot to have Momma filming and passing tools. I prefer it if you keep then under an hour, but that's me. A wee rant on our host's comment, "Kids, go to College!" My opinion, maybe not. I went, and I kept on going through graduate school. I worked for mostly private clients, but many of my customers were governmental entities. Private or governmental, they mostly don't know a danged thing, today. If your goal in life is to be the richest person in the world, go for that, but you won't get that in college. Otherwise, you will be working for somebody and they will tell you to do exactly the wrong thing, the wrong way. By the time I would get hired, things were messed up so badly those customers would just shut up. I can't guarantee it, but just watch, Elon probably has Crew Dragon prepping to launch to go rescue the crew of Boeing's Starliner; I do not see how Boeing will be able to bring those people back. An option for younger people thinking about life is to go hold the camera for this guy. Do the sound, do the editing and apprentice in useful skills. Maybe just learning the camera, sound stuff is what you need. Our colleges are filled with crappy people, that will be hired by the previous generation's crappy people. Or maybe consider something like Mike Rowe Works. Only consider college if you already have a plan and you will not be allowing the people in our colleges to get in your way. Yeah, Elon will probably have to rescue the Boeing crew and Elon went to college, but go look for yourself. All of the "smartest" people insisted he needed to build with carbon fiber, or aluminum. His rockets work. Nobody else's do. Go find the interview where he explains why Falcon 9 and Starship are made with Stainless Steel, (his own alloy). Don't spend money going to college, when you can learn useful skills for free! Peace.

@OkieWindmiller

27 күн бұрын

I totally agree 1000% with you!!! Every word you said. When I say that, it’s in a jokingly way and usually when I’m stressed and hot and dirty and possibly bleeding. Lol. It’s an inside joke around our house because we are all the “un-colleged except for the wife. She is an RN trade, but we love what we do and couldn’t think of anything we word rather be doing, especially when we’re leaving the job site happy with what we had just accomplished. Thank you soooo much for watching and thank you for letting me know about the production being better. We’re working our tails off rounding up equipment as we can afford it. Also have the wife a microphone now so she will be able to be heard getting on to me! 😄

@OkieWindmiller

27 күн бұрын

Oh, as for the length, if I make them shorter, I get a lot of flak from viewers about not enough detail. Our typical job is 4-8 hours, and I condense them down as much as I can without losing the intent of the info being passed along.😃

Awesome work.👍👍👍

@OkieWindmiller

Ай бұрын

Thank you!!!!!!

impressive work

@OkieWindmiller

Ай бұрын

Thank you soo much!

Just like @robertchand said…..Puddin recomended your channel! He mentioned lookin you up👍

@OkieWindmiller

Ай бұрын

Man m so glad you did! I really appreciate you subscribing!!! Please continue watching!

Nice work there guys

@OkieWindmiller

Ай бұрын

Thank you!!!! We try!!!!!

"It's always extra if I do [find a snake]." Darn tootin'! I see a live snake all of a sudden and all the fun just runs away... just a few steps behind me!

@OkieWindmiller

Ай бұрын

Haha mama hates them!! So do I as well haha! Thank you for watching!

Another puddin crossover!! Im in Connecticut but was born Ft Sill. Lawton. Oklahoma im sure you know the place. Dad started his 40 year military there .and my life !! Lol. Gret videos looking forward to watchin more!

@OkieWindmiller

Ай бұрын

Thank you soooo much for joining! I love hearing Oklahoma connections. Thank you for watching and subscribing!

in Michigan you only see the Amish have them now. Our farm had one up till the early 90's. Its good to see they are still being used.

@OkieWindmiller

26 күн бұрын

Oh yes they have the nice tall ones!! It’s sad to see they have done that there, but in Oklahoma they’re making a comeback. We are getting a lot of old ones back to working because people are realizing how important having a water supply is!

Pudding was right you are cool

@OkieWindmiller

Ай бұрын

Thank you soooo much! He has a lot of good people in his pool of friends! Thank you for watching!

Another example (if you don't mind): At 27:00 something happened (you didn't say what) that caused you to break open a pipe joint (which sprayed cold water on you). Then you moved several vice grips to different locations (you didn't say why) and you turned the pipe above (without explaining what you were looking at). So we (who don't know what is happening) are watching you fix something without knowing what you (or we) are looking for. The more you explain, the better the video! Thanks.

@OkieWindmiller

Ай бұрын

Man thank you! I will do much more explaining now on. This is exactly what I need to hear to get better!!!!! Thank you for watching! So I have a “7” shaped piece of sucker rod that is screwed into the rod that I’m removing. The “7” kept hanging up on the short tower, which wouldn’t let me unscrew it. 😀

Hey, can I give you an old man tip. Never jack the front of your truck tires off ground in the air. Cut some 2x12's and make staggered so you can drive up on them. I have seen so many guys damage their rigs doing this. Support the tires. I been around an at 72 seen a few things just trying to help. If you ever get up to Ohio lot of the Amish tool shops have square wrenches for square nuts and bolts you might want to get some of those here in Florida we don't do shallow Wells causes sinkholes

@OkieWindmiller

23 күн бұрын

Man thank you! What does it damage? I need to tell all my well service friends with front jacks on our trucks, because we all do it…… It’s just something we haven’t been told yet. Thank you! I would love to head up to Amish county to see all they have! I’ve always wondered about Florida wells, figured water was shallow, but never thought about the sink holes!!!!! Crazy! Thank you for watching!!!!!! Let me know about the front end damage please!

I'm a fire sprinkler fitter and I can confirm we say pipe dope also!

@OkieWindmiller

24 күн бұрын

Haha man I’m glad yall do too! That’s what we have always called it but Lori was like, maybe we shouldn’t say that on camera in fear of getting us kicked off or something😝. Thank you for commenting and watching!!!!!!

That is a cross arm. The holes are for locust pins. A piece of wood made out of locust wood it was a cone on the bottom to wedge into the big holes I the arm. The top of the pin was threaded for the insulator to screw onto. 1900’s tech that is still working today. I took some down a few years ago that was almost perfect but the pole got drunk and jumped out in front of a car.

@OkieWindmiller

25 күн бұрын

Ah yep! That explains it!!!! Some old wood on an old windmill! How cool, people used whatever they could get their hands on back then! Thank you for the info and for watching!!!!!

the pipe down by the pump is stretched. the threads have "necked". you are right to replace it, that things about to break right there and leave your pump down in the hole. the pipe is probably real thin on the inside.

@OkieWindmiller

11 күн бұрын

Yep. Stinkin pipe these days!!! Thank you sir for watching!!!!!!!!

Puddin sent us over to check you out,Lets see what ya got.....................................................................Fort Worth,Tx

@OkieWindmiller

Ай бұрын

Thank you way down in Fort Worth!!!

Puddin put me in this direction Theo made me sub the channel

@OkieWindmiller

Ай бұрын

Haha ole Puddin and Theo!!! Thank you so much

This is the 2nd video I've watched. Your work is interesting because it's something many of us have never thought about. We see the windmills in the field but don't understand what makes them tick. Your narration was good on this one, and the conversation with Lori and her excellent camera work really make good viewing. I would like to hear you explain in more detail these points: what did you expect to find why this rig wasn't working? Why did you unscrew so many joints? Why are some segments so short? Am looking forward to catching up on other previous work!

@OkieWindmiller

Ай бұрын

Man thank you! I will do my best to be more descriptive here on! Thank you for the kind words and I will pass this on to Lori, she doesn’t think she does good, but we know better! Thank you for watching and subscribing!

désoler .... tres intéressante .....

@OkieWindmiller

29 күн бұрын

Thank you!!!!!

In Australia we have trouble where the pipe meets the pump with electrolysis Wrap duct tape around the pipe for a few feet up and top off pump Problem solved All so tap the pipe where the pump rod joiner is to see how thin the pipe is and use neoprene buckets instead of leather

@OkieWindmiller

17 күн бұрын

Howdy way down there! Man thank you! We have heard of the neoprene but none of my local distributors carry them, so never tried them. Thank you for watching mate!

@stuartnash3529

17 күн бұрын

@@OkieWindmiller They have been hear for years a lot better than leather Probably used them in the space shuttle in a different form 🤣🤣Your water must be good nothing is corroded bad It’s heavy duty hear I’m using 2 inch heavy wall galvanised pipe in the water 2 years at the best Changed to submersible pumps and solar now with poly Stock water only tryed to get a water softener for the house in the drought The water tests said no it’s to hard All the best with it all🍻

I would charge the customer for clearing the brush...or better yet just leave and reschedule when it's done. Forget about it....P.S....Thanks not only for windmill tips, but the water table remarks. I have an open well I want to cap and add a small windmill to access the spring fed supply. ❤

@OkieWindmiller

Ай бұрын

Hahah I love it! Forget about it! Should have! It would be cleaned the next time haha!

Just imagine if Puddin mentions y’all on his main channel !

@OkieWindmiller

Ай бұрын

Hahah I couldn’t keep up with the comments if he did!!!!!! Thank you for subscribing!!!!

@lethargicmotorsport2025

Ай бұрын

@@OkieWindmiller it won’t be long till you won’t be able to keep up with the comments as it is .

@OkieWindmiller

Ай бұрын

That’s already happened lol!!! 😀

Merch idea: Well well well, You dig it, we fix it. T-shirt.Hat: "pump it up" O K

@OkieWindmiller

21 күн бұрын

Man those are good! We have been thinking we need to do some, but coming up with that is hard! Thank you sir!!!!! Thank you for watching too!!

Here from puddin. Here to stay

@OkieWindmiller

Ай бұрын

Awesome! 👏 m here to stay making good videos !!!

What did i miss? Why was this pump not working? Do you service the the actual drive mechanism also when you maintain these? We had one when i was a kid long ago, i remember it fondly. Great video, the young lady does a nice job. Best regards from Indiana.

@OkieWindmiller

Ай бұрын

It was the sucker rod couplings that worn in two. That caused the no-water call. We also rebuilt the pump while we were in there! I normally do service the windmill if it’s a new one to me and don’t know the records, but this one had the oil changed by the customer 2 months ago, so we didn’t. Some people actually still climb these and do the oil changes themselves! Thank you for watching!!

Now I’m aware of its operation

@OkieWindmiller

20 күн бұрын

Sweet man! Thank you for watching!

How long do those couplers usually last before wearing out?

@OkieWindmiller

Ай бұрын

I have pulled them at 10 yrs old and they still look good. When we service one, if they’re worn at all, we swap them out.

Bro. Was you singing Pearl Jam when you were walking back to the mill in the beginning?!? lol

@OkieWindmiller

Ай бұрын

Haha I was!!!!

What happened was when they was cutting in pipe threads on their pipe machine. They put new dize on it. And the guys weren't set, right? And then they reset them and started threading. That's what happened.

@OkieWindmiller

18 күн бұрын

Ohhh I see! They were smaller and opened up to the correct position! Man thank you!! Thank you for watching!!!!

NC will check it more on videos after while, thank Puddin he said you where great just don't act like Mortske drinking complaining sometimes gets people turning off Videos lol everybody has good bad days.

@OkieWindmiller

Ай бұрын

Man wisdom right there! I promise to keep my cool. I really try to anyways! Thank you for watching!

I was sent here by a mad tattooed man with an obsession with seafoam blue.

@OkieWindmiller

Ай бұрын

Hahaha Puddin?? Yep he is awesome! Thank you for heading our way!!!!!

Getting paid the same cutting weeds or working on pump

@OkieWindmiller

29 күн бұрын

Yep that’s right!!! That’s how we look at it!!!

Is there a cover for the gears or are they left open to rain and dirt?

@straightarrow8394

15 күн бұрын

Ok, shoulda waited 5 more minutes.

@OkieWindmiller

14 күн бұрын

Hahah no problem!!! Thank you for watching!!!!!!

Question, what’s the point to pumping water nonstop to the surface?

@OkieWindmiller

Ай бұрын

Good question. Windmills make about 2 gallons per minute. Most won’t keep up with the usage from the stock tank, so people let the overflow to a pond or creek.

Pudding sent me

@OkieWindmiller

Ай бұрын

Man I’m glad you listened! Thank you for subscribing!

Charge for removal of brush

@OkieWindmiller

26 күн бұрын

Haha we do! Is hourly, but still something! Takes about 15 min, but we do charge for that, especially if they are able bodied and tell me it’s ready to be worked on. Thank you for watching!!!!