Part 1: Digging a 9ft Well With a Shovel

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I can't believe it, we are actually digging our well ourselves! It has been a crazy experience so far and we hope it works out in the very end. In this first part we dig down almost nine feet, hitting water at six feet.

This process was a lesson in the value of pressing onward against the grain in a positive way. We found quite quickly that the state government strongly discourages a landowner to dig their own well, though the law clearly allows it. We asked for some advice from a local well driller who encouraged us to go forward with this project. I am so glad that we did.

Please don't use this video to dig your own well, I would be very scared to think of anyone using this as their only resource for digging a well.

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I’m watching a guy dig a hole in the ground.

mauriristola

I like your choice with the keltic music. Very timely with the well diggin demonstration. I just bought a property that shows nothing but field, woods and streams but it contains the location of the original 250 year old grantees homestead. You can see the sparse remnants of an old orchard and the folks who sold the property pointed out the location of an old hand dug well. Only problem is I'm not full of piss and vinegar anymore so I'll happily pay someone to drill a well for the made in Maine Simple Pump. Great video, thanks for doing this.

simpleforging

A few tips from another guy that's done this job. The heavy pry bar is your friend in heavy hard pack. Get hard clay wet prior to digging, use dish soap to help break it up. A dirty water pump with a metal attachment will allow you to dredge deeper once water started to seep in. Use that water to your advantage. Use nylon mesh to cement the area below water table to prevent cave in, the orange stuff works fine. Chicken wire and metal fencing corrodes and rusts, you don't want that. Great digging, it gets chilly down in that whole once the water starts in, stay safe. Short update, depending on size of hole, you may want a short shovel. So many cheap ones that break off low on the neck, they work great when your down in the hole.

forcesightknight

Land of the free. Needs approval from government to dig a hole in the ground..

eirikmurito

In my research how the old timers used to do it was use boards and cross bracing to prevent cave ins.

therrienmichael

Good work brother .. hardworking man providing water for ur own family ❤️

alo

You're my kind of weird buddy! Digging your own well? F YEAHHH

razamspaz

I watched this video and it gives me the idea to make a tornado bunker for my family with just my two sisters and a couple of shovels

derektaylor

that mud was my tablet when i was a kid

donvergaz

This is awesome Jared! Excited to follow along your journey. We really need to come visit your homestead!

TheJurgys

Well thx mate, now I'm planning to dig up sand hole in saudi and gonna fill it up with soil and compost to found out whether can it grow tree or not.

lukidwiputra

6:18 the Hungarian lyrics translates to something like "I'm standing outside on the balcony, I don't give a f*** what the f*** is going on" :)

paukenba

you are right that was very dangerous, luckily for you the soil is tight, the hole is small and circular.

jimmyromanous

That was good clay if you could make an impression as easy as you did. My understanding is that everything deeper than four feet should be shored up for safety's sake. Glad you found water and lots of it.

dananelson

That is very dangerous, especially when the ground is saturated. You should have used WELL RINGS and added them as you dug deeper. They would line the walls of the well (which is needed) and kept you safe.

robinschaeffer