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To: Paul R.
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.

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.

85 posted on 08/02/2024 4:03:06 PM PDT by Pollard (Will work for high tunnel money!)
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To: Pollard

Whew - 440 ft. is “down there”. Although many years back my Dad was managing a small farm near Chester, IL, a bit NE, IIRC, and the owner wanted to put in a well. They tried several locations and depths and found water, but never did find drinkable water. I don’t know how much that ran them...


91 posted on 08/02/2024 10:53:45 PM PDT by Paul R. (Bin Laden wanted Obama killed so the incompetent VP, Biden, would become President!)
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To: Pollard

Tunnel top plastic came in.

Been working on end to end braces that tie the truss frames together.

Didn’t get out there until 8:00 even though I was up at 5:00. I’ll get out there at 6:00 tomorrow.

Spent a couple of hours cleaning up, weedwacking, moving things, spraying a few new horsenettle plants to kill them. From 50 down to 10 - progress. I think the new ones are the ones I tried to pull but that broke off. Weedwacked around them and then pulled grass/weeds from around them so I could spray just them.

Full sun and near 90 degrees makes things go slow. Takes 20 minutes to drill and put a bolt including rest/cool down time for each one.

Four bolts down, ten to go. I’m standing on the very top of the step ladder where it says Not A Step, so, no hurrying that.

Don’t think I’ll get plastic on this weekend but hopefully will get wiggle wire track done. The young optimist in me said getting the bracing and track done today would be a piece of cake. The older me just laughed. Still need to install the hip boards that the bottom of the top plastic will attach to.


100 posted on 08/03/2024 10:56:19 AM PDT by Pollard (Will work for high tunnel money!)
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