Recent content by Gaspasser

I have station 1.5 miles away. Small truck stop on highway, one pump. This means they'll run out by end of today and we'll be stuck buying regular. I have it delivered to farm transfer tank as well so I'll be out of luck. Well intentioned thought, poor execution

So fracking done. 400 feet at 1700 psi. Flow increased to 10 gpm. Water rising above casing so will have excess for fire pond if it is sustained. Cool process to witness. Drillers were great at answering questions and educating me.

Tank have a leak?

Wow, great flow rate!

Yes, love Bart's commercials on radio. Seems like a guy you'd like to have a beer with. Worked with Brian and Bart's son Ezra. Moe was the well driller; didn't get name of assistant. All super nice, amicable guys. Yep. Manganese and arsenic an issue in NH. Will have to see what test results...

Yep, here in New England, shortage of contractors and they have shortage of workers. Lucky to get anyone to come out. So it's expensive. But as BAP points out, these guys have great reputation, are knowledgeable, let me watch, learn and record some video, answered all my questions. 4.5 gpm...

508 feet to water with 5.5 hours of drilling. 4.5 GPM. Will be hydrofracking in morning to try to increase yield.

Yep. Luck of the draw. Closest neighboring wells within a few miles range 150-600 ft. Our site near top of hill at approx. 1700 feet elevation. Typical NH bedrock water contains manganese and arsenic, sometimes radon. So fingers crossed. But need this if we are ever going to build/farm there...

Well, proof is in the pudding. Despite 3 days of rain (nor'easter), the well road access held up to the drill rig brought up this afternoon. No significant sinking. Not bad for an amateur. Drilling starts tomorrow. Here's hoping they hit big water flow at a shallow depth. Paying by the foot...

Great suggestion. I'll leave a load of stone in truck for the driller to use. Thanks.

Did the math and ran scenarios among all the options: sand, stone, mats, corduroy, quicklime / hydrated lime, etc. Considering the time and labor involved with these options it turns out biting the bullet and just getting 2 loads of stone for $1100 was tbe quickest, most efficient way to get...

Thanks all. Did use geotextile on the 170 feet of the part that will be permanent to the eventual house site. This branches off from the original 900 foot driveway to the public road ( also geotextile and 1 foot deep gravel stone base. ) The house won't be started until 2027-28 and will require...

Thanks guys. Great ideas. I am putting some sand down and will look into the swamp mats. Will have to compare costs/labor stone vs. mats. Need 11x40 pad for rig setup and then path to pad site from permanent stone drive. Will post on progress.

I have 100 feet to go to finish a road for water well driling access. I've already built a proper 170 foot compacted crushed stone driveway to the future house site which will be permanent. Expensive and time consuming. The driller wants the last 100 feet, which is currently dirt, leveled and...

Finished 170 feet of well access driveway with top layer of stone dust. Total of 110 tons crushed aggregate: 3 inch dense grade, 1.5 inch hard pack, 3/8 hardpack, dust over geotextile. Compacted in between lifts. Good rain overnight so can do final compacting today. Well driller came by, liked...