![]() This is so when we drill down to depth, we can insert a smaller well screen pipe down through our drill pipe. As you know, we have been using drill bits that are simply pieces of PVC or metal pipe with teeth cut in the edges. And the advantage does not end there.īecause the sandy hole will stay open on its own, we are no longer restricted to open drill bits. You usually can take 30 minutes to add a piece of PVC and the drilling pipe will still be free! Several folks have reported stopping for the day and finding the hole still open the next morning. The hardened walls do not collapse when we stop drilling. Bentonite hardens the sandy walls of our well as we drill. But the advantage of a mud pump does not end there.Ī mud pump permits us to set up a re-circulating drilling fluid (water) system and add bentonite to our drilling fluid. That calculates to the mud pump putting out 12.5 times as much water as two hoses. In the video below I measure a single household hose at 4.25 GPM. I have a minimal mud pump that pumps about 100 GPM (it is routine for mud pumps to put out 200 to 500 GPM). Two hoses put out about eight gallons per minute (GPM). Better yet, buy a used one and sell it when you are finished. If you only want to use a mud pump for one well, consider buying one and selling it when you are finished. I’m not so keen on renting them because first time drilling projects tend to not finish on time and by the time you pay four or five days rental on a mud pump, you could have nearly bought one. ![]() If you can buy or borrow one to drill with, do it. This machine can make a huge difference in your drilling. If you could fanangle it, ten hoses would not be too many.Įnter the lowly mud pump. To do that, you need more drilling fluid (water) flow pushing those cuttings back up to the top of the hole. A little deeper would frequently be better. With two hoses I dont’ have enough water flow to wash the hole out enough to get the pipe free.Ī 30 foot well is plenty for many folks. The problem is when I have to stop to add a piece of PVC, sand down in the hole collapses on the pipe and the pipe gets stuck. In the area I live, frequently down around the 30 foot level, drilling actually gets easier. If you have washed down a few wells using two hoses for water flow you probably have thought you could have gone much deeper if the pipe had not begun to stick. Water flow is the most critical part of drilling a well from a DIY standpoint. ![]() When drilling with two hoses, the weakest part of our human powered “drilling rig” is not the human motor or even the plastic drill bit. WHY YOU SHOULD DRILL WITH A MUD PUMP IF YOU CAN Success! Charles in Wilmington, South Carolina.Success! Gary and the Grandkids in Orange, Texas.Success! Dominic in Tyrrel County, North Carolina.Success! Paul in Port Charlotte, Florida.Success! William in Jacksonville, Florida.Success! Mike in Beauregard Parrish, Lousiana.Installation of Well Screens and Gravel Packs.
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