My Dad called this afternoon and wanted to gauge his well.
There is a gravel pit nearby and they are drilling a well and estimated usage is 25 gallons a minute 24/7.
So, everyone in the area was told to gauge their well first if any reservoir problems arise.
We tied a plumb bob on the end of a rope and headed south, i asked if he wanted to go to the bottom to get a total well depth. He said yes, we finally found bottom and went to pull the rope and bob up, after 14 feet or so it got stuck. We tugged fairly hard and no give. The plumb bob is round on all corners and no sharp edges that might get hung up. Not sure if this was a good idea or not but we cut a piece of pipe smaller than the bob and threaded it through the rope, dropped it down the rope thinking it might knock it loose. No luck! The sun was setting so we tied the rope off to work on tomorrow. Any ideas what we got hung up on and how to fix? When going downhole there were a couple places we had to fish around something , but it continued to drop. Any suggestions would be great, thanks
There is a gravel pit nearby and they are drilling a well and estimated usage is 25 gallons a minute 24/7.
So, everyone in the area was told to gauge their well first if any reservoir problems arise.
We tied a plumb bob on the end of a rope and headed south, i asked if he wanted to go to the bottom to get a total well depth. He said yes, we finally found bottom and went to pull the rope and bob up, after 14 feet or so it got stuck. We tugged fairly hard and no give. The plumb bob is round on all corners and no sharp edges that might get hung up. Not sure if this was a good idea or not but we cut a piece of pipe smaller than the bob and threaded it through the rope, dropped it down the rope thinking it might knock it loose. No luck! The sun was setting so we tied the rope off to work on tomorrow. Any ideas what we got hung up on and how to fix? When going downhole there were a couple places we had to fish around something , but it continued to drop. Any suggestions would be great, thanks