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Old 07-17-2019, 4:51 PM
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Default Anybody hand-drive a shallow well?

And do you think I could get enough GPMs to run a sprinkler or two?

Would also be handy in case of SHTF, although I probably live in the safest place in the country (except for that pesky super volcanoe) Sheridan, WY.

I am already contemplating using a seep-spring in my backyard to build a pond....I reckon the water table is pretty high.

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Old 07-17-2019, 8:15 PM
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I haven’t dug a well.

I wouldn’t run a sprinkler, I’d use line irrigation for efficiency and quietness. Plus, they make a game trail for any pests, a game trail right in your back yard. If you use a gravity fed system, then no need to worry about pressure.
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Old 07-22-2019, 10:24 AM
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Define 'shallow'?

Here, first water is at about 35 feet. At least it was, until the pot growers started pumping 5 gallons per day, per plant.

Then the farmers got their river water rights cut by DWR, so they use 25 HP pumps and 500' deep wells to flood their orchards and rice fields.

Hand-driving a well in this rock-hard red clay would be painful at best.
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Old 07-22-2019, 5:26 PM
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Our water table is very high. Well is 25 ft deep. There are so many rocks that digging would be absolute torture. Use a pro and thank me later.
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Old 07-22-2019, 5:27 PM
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Oh, you mean like a hand pump! Forget that noise use a windmill.
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Old 07-22-2019, 6:02 PM
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When you do this remember that the ground will freeze down to 6 feet or so. That's a give or take number, where I used to live it would freeze in places to 9 feet.
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Old 07-23-2019, 9:41 AM
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Hand pump or hand drill? Either one sucks...12v solar pumps are out there and if you have any elevation you can pump low volume/high pressure to a tank and let elevation drive your pressure.
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