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UncleWillie

UncleWillie

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My well pump went out yesterday, so I get to spend today pulling it out and replacing it. 400 feet of pipe has to be pulled up to get to the pump. Anyone wanna provide slave labor for me. :lol:
 
I can't count how many times I have been the extra hand for that. At least it is warm out. That really brings the suck with it is windy and 25 degrees out.

Good luck with it. Hope it's not the wire that got damaged...
 
I have had good luck pulling with a vehicle and using a saw stand roller to route the pipe over.

You may damage the pipe this way, though so I guess it depends on if you plane to replace it or not...and I am assuming it is nw enough to have poly pipe...
 
JoshRountree said:
What kind of pipe is it. How are you pulling it?
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^THIS^...

Having been grunt labor on 3-4 wells that were 400'+ I hope it's the black (semi-flexible) tubing & not PVC!

Several learnings...
- *IF* there's not a chunk of "boat rope" directly attached to the pump (tied off at the casing)... add it before going back! PITA-factor increases by 1000000x when the tube/pipe breaks and strands your pump on the bottom! Pulling it out via the wires doesn't always work (tube still in the holes hangs on casing/wires snap also)

- *IF* not already equipped, add the standoffs at intervals down the pipe to keep the wires from chaffing against the casing/earth when torquing on/off (1 of the wells... 425' we did 3 times :rolleyes:)
http://www.apsonline.com/photos/spacerpoly.jpg

- *DO NOT* cheap out thinking some electric tape will suffice for wiring connections! Buy the goo'd butt splice connectors (see above doing it wrong twice :shaking:) and replace ALL skint wiring with the same type/AWG as original!
 
Well I finally got it out. Between my bad back and my pregnant wife we managed to pull 400 feet of pipe up 5 feet at a time using the winch on my trailer. Why 5 feet. Because that was the length of 1/2 inch pipe I had to push the cable down with. Made the winch so mad I had to fix it twice.

It is PVC and no rope on it. there are now 20 20 foot sections of pipe laid out in my front yard. And 430 feet of cable run wayyyy out into the field.


Fortunately tomorrow is the easy part putting it back in. There will definitely be a rope on the new pump I am not going through that again.

Oh and whoever installed the pump just taped the wire to the pipe. So I get to buy some standouts and waterproof connectors and a new pump and I am in business again.

Wife has demanded that we go to golden corral. Wonder how they are going to like our aroma. No showers. LOL
 
Caver Dave said:
*IF* there's not a chunk of "boat rope" directly attached to the pump (tied off at the casing)... add it before going back!
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Adding to this... note he said "boat rope"... I can't remember the exact explanation, but a very reputable, and experienced, well driller told me several years ago to make sure the rope was poly. Don't use the white nylon rope you buy at Walmart. Seems like it was something about the nylon deteriorating in the cold wet environment. Maybe someone else can chime in on this. I've done several of those "well pulling" jobs in my time... hope I don't have to do any more. Good luck! :)
 
Granny said:
Adding to this... note he said "boat rope"... I can't remember the exact explanation, but a very reputable, and experienced, well driller told me several years ago to make sure the rope was poly. Don't use the white nylon rope you buy at Walmart. Seems like it was something about the nylon deteriorating in the cold wet environment. Maybe someone else can chime in on this. I've done several of those "well pulling" jobs in my time... hope I don't have to do any more. Good luck! :)
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\\Yeah I used Poly. the white stuff breaks down after a while and cant take the strain of trying to lift it back out. I left enough slack for the pump to fall all the way to the bottom if something breaks that way it wont shock the rope and break it. IF it doesn't break and fall I have enough slack to run through the pulley on the gantry crane and hook to a truck to pull it out.

If it breaks at the top ( like it has done twice already) I have a short length of cable double wrapped around the pump pipe to keep it from falling more than 1/4 inch. Couldn't get it any tighter.
 
Damn, had I seen this sooner I would have gladly helped out.

No, I'm not just posting this because you're done. :D

Next time you need a hand with something, shoot me a pm. I work a lot in the spring and fall, but if I'm free I'll help out.
 
13bullets said:
Damn, had I seen this sooner I would have gladly helped out.
No, I'm not just posting this because you're done. :D
Next time you need a hand with something, shoot me a pm. I work a lot in the spring and fall, but if I'm free I'll help out.
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Suuuuure I see you only posted AFTER i got it done:flipoff2:.
I will keep you in mind. IF my back doesn't heal up soon I will be needing a strong spine.






What is your blood type:huggy:
 
I believe I'm O+?

Are you after my kidneys already? I'm thinking you should buy me a few drinks first. So you can drug me and all.
 
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