DIY water well drilling rig

[fulmer34]

Im in for action pics as well.

[yanta61]

Bringing this one back up to show my DIY drilling rig. Finally finished it.

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Here is the mud pump.
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Wow think you over did it but shouldn't have any problems with that big of a mud pump

[yanta61]

We are hopefully going to be testing ours out at the end of the month... If not at least sometime in June.

[yanta61]

this has to be the longest DIY ever... Sept 2011 to May 2015 and counting.

[Ivanite]

I'm in. Can't wait to see a video. Cool Build.

[outlaw38]

Wow think you over did it but shouldn't have any problems with that big of a mud pump

No not all all. Pushing mud up from 300 foot is a task. I have been there done that and I'm not all that sure this pump is capable of it.

[outlaw38]

Any progress pictures of your rig while you were building it? Any specs on the equipment? What size diesel motor is on the mud pump?

70hp turbo

[yanta61]

Bring this back up....Looks like we are finally going to try and drill a well this weekend.

Outlaw38 - sent you a pm

[Strummer]

Dang Joe that's a hell of a rig .

[manwitaplan]

Lets see the progress as you make it.

Good Luck!

[1shot]

Interesting

[yanta61]

Here are some pictures of it in action............

[yanta61]

little video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTzDiIFXKsw

[yanta61]

We ended up drilling a 4-1/2" hole down to 175', that's when we hit something pretty hard. We hit some sand from 75-100 feet so, we're going to try and see if that will produce anything.

[ramrod]

Did you use regular sch. 40 galvanized T&C pipe with couplings? What size pipe did you use to drill with? What type of bit are you using?