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Just wondering if anyone has driven a well point before for a water well? I have some property up north and I have a travel trailer on it. Right now I have to drive a few miles and fill up about 4 jugs that are 6 gallons from a pitcher pump every day. I want to drive a 2 inch well into the ground and use a 1-1/4 drop pipe with a electric pump. I called a local well driller from the area and he said that the closest building to my place has a well at 40 feet deep. I am only about a 1/4 mile from that building and the ground is flat around us no real elevation change. He said for sure 40 to 60 feet maybe even less. The soil around us is sand. I dug a hole last year about 4 feet deep for some poles for a deck and it was all sand.
I will try and drive it by hand but if it gets tought I can rent a jack hammer from the hardware store that has a attachment that can drive the pipe down.
So any wise advise for this? I plan on digging a hole about 4 or 5 feet deep or until I get sick of digging at it first. Then I was told to dump water in the hole and let it settle and then start driving it into the ground making sure it is straight.
I will try and drive it by hand but if it gets tought I can rent a jack hammer from the hardware store that has a attachment that can drive the pipe down.
So any wise advise for this? I plan on digging a hole about 4 or 5 feet deep or until I get sick of digging at it first. Then I was told to dump water in the hole and let it settle and then start driving it into the ground making sure it is straight.