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 50 yr old water well flowing again!
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04/21/12 09:53 PM
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bpharris
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This windmill well was drilled more than 50 yrs ago. After 9 months of pulling pipe, losing pipe, bailing and dropping new casing in, we finally have the water flowing again! In place of the old windmill, we now have a solar pump. It's giving us about 2 1/2 gallons per minute of good old west Texas water. We put the new smaller trough inside the old trough because we're not 100% sure the old one will still hold water. We put a new layer of concrete in the corners. We'll see what happens. I set the game cam up on the trough. We'll see what's coming in... 
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Re: 50 yr old water well flowing again!
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04/22/12 12:07 AM
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I love old water wells and windmills. Thanks for sharing the picture. Would love to see the game cam if anything makes a visit. 
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Re: 50 yr old water well flowing again!
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04/22/12 03:08 AM
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LL
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What brand solar did you go with...and what pump? Everything I have priced recently is WAY high!
How deep is the well and what county?
Been trying to get water up a hill in Dickens Co.
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Re: 50 yr old water well flowing again!
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04/22/12 07:01 AM
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Laker One
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Looks like a very relaxing setting. Nice Picture. Also let us know what the game cam picks up! 
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Re: 50 yr old water well flowing again!
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04/22/12 12:09 PM
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The Ninja
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Any fracking being done around you?
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Re: 50 yr old water well flowing again!
[Re: LL]
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04/22/12 12:49 PM
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bpharris
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Robison Brothers pump. The kit cost about $2k. The well is about 100 ft deep and we've got the pump set at 88 foot.
Cottle County. SE panhandle, south of Childress.
No fracing in our area - that I know of.
Last edited by bpharris; 04/22/12 02:09 PM.
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Re: 50 yr old water well flowing again!
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04/22/12 04:38 PM
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Cool! And good luck with it.
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Re: 50 yr old water well flowing again!
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04/22/12 07:47 PM
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Re: 50 yr old water well flowing again!
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04/23/12 02:57 AM
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gampa
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Sweet. Good luck with it sir. Hope you get that many more years of service.
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Re: 50 yr old water well flowing again!
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04/23/12 05:25 AM
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Laker One
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Nice Pic! Thanks for sharing. Glad to see that there is still water coming from that well.
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Re: 50 yr old water well flowing again!
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04/23/12 11:31 AM
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Yep, reminds me of a windmill at our deer pasture, ours just runs into a stock pond. With the drought we are in that thing really helped the wildlife.
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Re: 50 yr old water well flowing again!
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04/27/12 08:19 PM
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bpharris
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We got our first few pic's of what's been coming to visit. I know, its just a turkey. But, this is the first tom we have ever seen on our place since I started hunting it over 10 years ago!!! We're having some trouble with our pump. That is why the big tank isn't full. But, we're at least getting enough to fill up the small tank. 
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Re: 50 yr old water well flowing again!
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04/27/12 09:22 PM
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If you have water, you WILL have Turkeys. Are those turkey out front of that feeder?
"Things turn out best for those who make the best of the way things turn out" - Zachary Troy Schrah - a young man with vision far beyond his years.
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Re: 50 yr old water well flowing again!
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04/27/12 09:36 PM
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Are those turkey out front of that feeder? You got me looking. It's the same structure in the 1st pict. Nice set-up!
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Re: 50 yr old water well flowing again!
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04/27/12 10:18 PM
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