Awwwww.... NUTS!
Our well pump has frozen up.
Luckily it rained a bit last night, so, the garden should be ok for a day.
Most of the year, the water table is only 20’ down or so, and probably half the year a lot less (in Spring it can literally be a foot down even a week after rain), but, this is a jet pump (2 pipes leading down) rig. IIRC the foot valve is about 35’ down.
The Drummond well pumps Harbor Freight has actually get quite good reviews for durability, but, they don’t have a jet pump version. Looks like I’ll be out some pretty serious $$ to not get a crap brand. These things have really gone up. Crap...
Well (pun intended!), at least it’s not mid-winter in a blizzard, like the last time we had a well pump quit.
BTW, I was thinking of getting a hand pump for emergency backup. Is there anything out there under $50 that will pump from as deep as 35 ft. or so, noting that usually the actual water table is much closer to the surface (positive pressure @ foot valve)?
Check out Lehman’s for manual tools like the hand pump for your well.
https://www.lehmans.com/search?w=well+hand+pump
I feel your pain. I remember spending $1,500.00 to replace the well pump at the other farm. :(
Our well here is 300’ but I don’t know the exact ins and outs of it. We don’t use it for irrigation, just household and barn use. We DO run water to the pastured cows from it. I mean, it gets enough use, that’s for sure! I’ll have to quiz Beau tonight. ;)
Ahh the good old days when I lived in Florida. That well had a jet pump which they carried at Home Depot and Lowes for a few hundred, 25 years ago.
My new neighbors here in Missouri just put in a well. It's 440 foot deep and cost them $20,000.00. Submersed pump replacement some day will be in the four digit range.