jhartsock
New Member
Ok here is the scenario. I have been attempting this for two summers and cannot make progress. Below is a detailed description of what I have tried any help would be appreciated.
I first started off blindly buying a 3'x2'' sand point and began driving it into the ground with a weighted post driver. I got down to about 12 feet and hit water. Tried hooking up a pitcher pump and it was just impossible to pump.(felt like I was pushing down 100 pounds on the lever). Proceeded to drive deeper checking with the pitcher pump ever 3 feet and filling with water to see if the water level would sink. Got to about 22 feet and just could not drive any farther with a post driver. I asked for help here and Speed bump suggested that I make my own driver. I had a car body shop weld together a driver using speedbump's design and it resulted in a massive driver weighing about 80 pounds. I then began driving again and got to 26 feet. And i could not drive any farther. with the 80 pound driver. I tried pumping and could actually pump a little water but not any amount useful. When I fill the pipe with water it slowly drains down 12 feet in aobut 1 hour and stops leaving about 14 feet of water in the pipe. I tried back flushing with a hose and it didnt help but I did notice that water was rushing up out of my whole on the outside of the pipe with fine sand coming out. Finally I decided that I would slowly pull up the pipe a foot at a time and try pumping and backflushing. This did not help. sunk the pipe back down the whole and tried to drive it down again and no luck Im still at 26 feet. with about 14 feet of water in the pipe. When I pump with a pitcher pump the lever is difficult to push but water does come out. ANY IDEAS
I first started off blindly buying a 3'x2'' sand point and began driving it into the ground with a weighted post driver. I got down to about 12 feet and hit water. Tried hooking up a pitcher pump and it was just impossible to pump.(felt like I was pushing down 100 pounds on the lever). Proceeded to drive deeper checking with the pitcher pump ever 3 feet and filling with water to see if the water level would sink. Got to about 22 feet and just could not drive any farther with a post driver. I asked for help here and Speed bump suggested that I make my own driver. I had a car body shop weld together a driver using speedbump's design and it resulted in a massive driver weighing about 80 pounds. I then began driving again and got to 26 feet. And i could not drive any farther. with the 80 pound driver. I tried pumping and could actually pump a little water but not any amount useful. When I fill the pipe with water it slowly drains down 12 feet in aobut 1 hour and stops leaving about 14 feet of water in the pipe. I tried back flushing with a hose and it didnt help but I did notice that water was rushing up out of my whole on the outside of the pipe with fine sand coming out. Finally I decided that I would slowly pull up the pipe a foot at a time and try pumping and backflushing. This did not help. sunk the pipe back down the whole and tried to drive it down again and no luck Im still at 26 feet. with about 14 feet of water in the pipe. When I pump with a pitcher pump the lever is difficult to push but water does come out. ANY IDEAS