A centuries-old method of drilling water without a power tool that is still in use today
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#ACenturies-oldMethodOfDrillingWater without a power tool that is still in use today
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Good to know Alvin, Simon, and Theodore are still around.
I have the utmost respect for these men they're working to better their lives there's nothing more you can ask from a man 🙌🏻💪🏻👍🏻✨🤷🏻♂️
Brilliant stuff
Uh... well... of course there is ... honesty, kindness, sacrifice to name a few, and I think such traits are far more important to have. I mean the Nazis were working very hard to improve their lives - but they did it by theft lies and mass murder of innocents. But your point is well taken and there is something very heartwarming about such humble labor.
@@kevinkinal9557 By looking at these men Kevin I could tell they fill all the criteria that you bring up I don't think they're Nazis😳😌 Thank you for your assessment👍🏻✨
They are just doing a paid job.
Strength, perseverance, resourcefulness, mechanical aptitude, cooperation, fraternity for the love of Goodness, and determination! 😊 Pouring in a little water to get more in return - in good faith! Good return on investment of initial offering in kind, sweat equity, and good faith! Very very interesting! Much respect!
Incredible efficiency and professionalism with minimal tools but great skills. Thank you for sharing this.
loved Alvin the Chipmunk well driller!!!!
The biggest mistake I make when I watch these videos is how much I underestimate the hard work and skill these gentlemen possess. I think that because they don’t have all the mods and cons that they are somehow inferior……. Big mistake and I apologise, your resourcefulness and tenacity is an absolute credit to you all. Excellent job.
The mistake 18th-century Europeans made. I've seen a well dug by a modern drilling rig. It uses the same method, just with a big power truck and derrick. My company's well went out in 1988 (a very dry year around Chicago). They had to have a new well dug and it went 340 feet deep through very fine silt. It took weeks because the first bore caved in on them and they had to start over.
Their mistake is not leveraging their great ideas so that others are doing the actual labor. Such hard working people will never become wealthy enough to escape their poverty. Also, protective footwear might not be a bad idea.
@@catsupchutney The economic infrastructure to leverage ideas has to be in place first. A way to establish credit, invite capital and access markets are things the government needs to make possible before we start saying that these guys are the ones doing something wrong.
@@momentary_ Right, opportunity cost. Still I see a lot of people relying on their own labor rather than thinking about how to exploit the work of others. Both situations can be true at the same time.
me too? But I was in the Trades for 40 plus yrs! so I know what a Mexi CAN, DO! JUST ABOUT? ANYTHING! I am doing a version of this Now in Los Angles CA! already hit WET! Dirt! got to be careful not to Hit Oil! about 20' more should about do it? but I got a Knew Knee and had to slow down a bit, and I do it alone with some other engineering, I'm retired. BLOWS MY MIND with not boots! bet not one of these guys has all his toes!
Being liecenced water well driller for fifty years .I have nothing but respect for these guys..
You should see them work in basalt and similar strata with the water table at 80m+ down.
I was worried the steel pipe was going to make its way up to those power lines but I guess they were far enough away.
BBZZZZTT. How many previous men were not so lucky and got tangled in the power lines?
I thought that exact thing.
@@craigescapeddetroit5198 Just have to hope the fuses at the substation are actual fuses, and not a bolt put in there to make it work.
Exactly my thoughts also.
@@SeanBZA My sister was vacationing at a small but pleasant hotel in a country I think I'll leave anonymous. But an older man in the pool began floundering, splashing and shouting incoherently. A younger man in great shape dove in to the rescue, only to begin the same erratic, panicky gestures. The awful denouement is what you might fear--a random electrical current had been unleashed into the water by a lousy, sub-code wiring job. Both men died of atrial fibrillation even before medics could get there; the hotel hadn't bothered even to have a defibrillator on the premises. My sister's story still brings tears and silence whenever we recount it.
I don't know which is more impressive, the digging of the well or how clean they kept their clothes during the entire job. I'm hard pressed to get through dinner with a white shirt on and not spill food on it.
I assume they learn to be careful quickly over there, judging by the foot protection they use.
What a great video! The speed-talking, besides being extremely entertaining, makes it very clear how long it really took to do this. Much Love and Respect for these hardworking Men! Namaste!
They sound like minions with it sped up, it adds to the entertainment value 😂
They are from Pakistan Say Salam ☺️
remarkable how they kept their tunics so clean!!!!!!!!!!
Wells are drilled and driven (driven wells work well in areas with shallow water tables like the one shown) in the rural US similarly but instead of manually lifting the drill pipe it's standard to use a boom or jib (in the old days a tripod was often cut from nearly trees) with a hanging pulley. That lets the drillers pull on the rope which is MUCH easier on your back! We did driven wells using scrap truck flywheels slid over a pipe with a welded flange to hammer the points downward. We also made drill bits from a flat piece of mower blade welded into a slit made in a short piece of pipe screwed onto the pipes making the drill stem. That style well has the sand flushed to the surface either by trucked in water or long hose from a nearby source. These wells are easy to drill for irrigation in the West and any use where licensed drilling isn't required. You can buy "sand points" at an ag supply or online. The pulley/rope/pipe arrangement in the video would work for driven wells too. Worth noting for anyone globally who primes shallow wells is the Bosworth Guzzler manual pump does not require a water prime.
The thing is they haven't got all these things
As the saying goes, ”Necessity is the mother of invention.” Bravo!!!👏👏👏
I have a new and profound respect for chipmunks now.
these guys are doing a lot of hard work. I wish they got their full wages.
There are not many videos that can keep my attention for 28 minutes. This one did. Interesting.
I have done a well similar to this, using an old method of the American West. We used a heavy steel tube called a "sand pump." In the bottom was a flap that closed on the up stroke. It worked by bouncing up and down from a tripod. The process was aided by a wildcat windlass powered off a small one-cylinder engine. You make a clutch with one turn around the windlass. A pull-and-release action on the rope makes it easy to control. Took two weeks to get an 8-inch casing down 30 feet of sand into a gravel layer. The casing sections were 5 feet long and welded together as it descended. Sometimes we used the weight of a truck hung with a chain hoist hooked onto the casing. It was plenty of work, but seeing this video of every thing done by hand makes my experience look easy in comparison.
what you just described is called 'shell and urger' in the UK mate. i'v seen a team go down 60m in half a day in estuary formations. i'v also seen them stopped dead by birmingham bolder clay on a sampling job. a very situational drilling system. what you want to see the the Dutch guys they use vibrio to sink the shell pipes and can go like stink. shell and urger has almost completely died out because of the vibrio sample drilling systems. but shell and urger its still the king if you need to bring up samples for structural testing. or if you don't want to disturb the formation by liquefaction or lateral distortion.
@@tommyfred6180 Interesting. Thanks. What does "urger" mean? G.B. Shaw said Britain and the US are "two nations separated by a common language" : -)
@@malcolmmarzo2461 urger! well that would be a canal tugboat in New York state mate. what i intended to say was auger. what can i say, me + beer = stupid. :)
@@tommyfred6180 Thank you. Now I'm going to open up another Corona Light, the best light beer over here.
@@malcolmmarzo2461:)
These men are master well engineers... They are worth their hire... God bless them and their families 🙏
So after watching this video, do you think it would be highly skilled to replicate. They are simply replicating what someone showed them because there is nothing new here.
These guys must be the lowest iq engineers worldwide, digging holes with their hands instead using shovels. In other countries you would call them idiots.
@@robertwadas "they are simply replicating what someone showed them..." Didn't you just define the entire human experience in a nutshell? 99.99% of what we do is what we've been previously shown, starting at infancy. Hell, nobody even knows how to read or write until we are shown...it's fundamental, not trivial. Nobody ever made a claim of anything "new here". Quite the opposite. I think the point is that they've done this so many times in the past that they might be considered "master well engineers" by some. They make it look easy, regardless of whether or not it actually is. The older gentleman makes it look effortless through finesse and grace, which comes with experience. The few times they swap up and the younger guy takes over the labor you can instantly see he works slower and with more strain...product of not being as practiced as his senior.
@@_FirstLast_ I guess your not an engineer. I worked with Caterpilliar Engineers and worked on million dollar test engines that had systems that were never used. Sure, computers just happened from previous human operations and were just replicating something.... I guess Tesla was just mimicing others...nope.
might want to watch another youtube video to learn what a "engineer" is. These guys are hardly that
Beats the old pick & shovel, but I don’t see any big rock either. When I was younger my dad made me dig a hole for a tree my mom wanted. Had to go through solid sandstone. I didn’t think the roots could get through but they did. They had to dig our well about 180 feet down to hit good water if I remember right. That even eventually got alkaline after around 45 - 50 yrs. These guys probably each got a good pair a guns on ‘em. Well done gents!
I like the sound of the sped-up talking. It seems to add a lot to the visuals. It's amazing these guys could drill a water well this way. Very hard-working and smart men!
star wars Jawahs
@@general5104 Minions
@@general5104 HOUTINI!!
I thought it was translations for the Chipmunks.
I must have watched it about 6 times in a row just to under stand process of what they did. The well was dug slightly bigger then 3 inch pipe. The first stick of two inch pipe was cut in many place to let the water in and sleeved with a screen and had a cap. They started with 3 or 4, 2 inch PVC, champers the inside of the last one so the wood would grab it. Then went with the 3 inch PVC 3 or 4 sticks putting the 3 by 2 reducer on the first one and that was the only one not glued on the 2 inch side. Must have used the weight of 3 or 4 sticks on top to make a pressure seal. Then they used it look like 3 or 4 sticks of 1 1/2 then glued the valve to the sticks of 1 1/2 PVC Then glued 3 or 4 sticks of 1 1/2 inch PVC to each of the opening on top of the valve until it touched bottom. Then they had a cap for the 3 inch PVC that had two openings for the 1 1/2 PVC to seal it. Then they primed it and installed the pump and primed the pump and turned it on. Their skill level is through the roof.
You have WAY to much time on your hands
@@ugetridofit Absolutely!! My mate!! these poor bastards working their balls off for their village and some smart arse armchair expert comes along giving some smart arse advise! Get over there with some gloves and shoes and give them the benefit of your smart arse advise!!!!
Hard working and ingenious people. Drilling the hole is the most difficult part. Of course I would have done the piping differently and grouted the well casing to help prevent groundwater infiltration, but everybody's got their own way of doing things and a shallow well can be done many different ways.
Ma'sha'Allah Barak Allah ❤ Salam From Bangladesh 🇧🇩
No safety boots no gloves no hard hat, just hard work and sweat ... Love it love it love it ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Amazing what can be achieved with no cell phone, no govt regs, no council laws, no university degrees, no hard hats, no hi viz and no interference by any pain in the ass that thinks they know better. And no electrician full of self importance and regulations.
No OSHA
@@funkiwikid6106I’m sure that he would rather drill the hole with a machine
@@funkiwikid6106 The reason why these people look and work this way is because they cant afford to do it any different. Much like with the ship breaking they do, labor over there is basically a step above slavery. And because the training over there is minimal at best, the quality of the work is poor. Those brick walls they are working next to look like they were hastily thrown up, and the pipes were not fitted correctly, meaning the pipes will have severe leaking problems. I dont like government interference in the US either, but having higher labor standards means having better construction that lasts longer. Id rather not live in a third world hellhole where everything is on the verge of falling apart because nobody can or will do better. The government over there isnt any better than ours just because they allow people to do heavy/hazardous work without any real training or protection. In fact, I would argue its worse, because if the government and corporations dont have to spend any money on things, they wont. Then you get what you see in the video; something akin to what my friends and I would do in the woods when we were kids, and with the same skill level.
Who gives a toss about health and safety, that's for little Mary queens
That is a cable tool mud bucket used to finish well. The drillers in the video used Armstrong power for primitive rotary drilling to start the well and slightly more refined cable tool methods to finish it. The Pump and PVC are relatively modern methods. Cable tool drilling has been around forever and is still used worldwide today. It isn't used much in the USA, but contractors still have working cable to rigs. Methods similar to those in the video are used worldwide to drill wells in inaccessible locations and by individuals drilling wells for themselves.
wow, you said everything that was in the video. lol
@@biggusdickus9046 They show a wide range of drilling and water well development. I am surprised they didn't at least put up a tripod with a pulley to ease the lifting. I expect the well was shallow enough that it was faster to pull pipe hand over hand.
Wow, I learned alot ! Thanks 👏👏👏
Thank you
I hate jet pumps because if you lose suction for any reason the only way to get water is with more water. My water is at around 25 feet and my wells are 50 feet deep and I have submersible pumps. I want to have a 4th well dug with a 12 inch casing. The rest are all 6 or 8 inch.
These people are incredible and do so much with so little. They never hit even one rock or had place in that land. You could never drill this well here in Southern Arizona because you would need a heavy pounder or a diamond drill or at least Carbide to drill with a rotary pressure drill and go down over 300 ft. as an average. Glad they are able to do this by hand to provide water for the people in the area~!
I admire these men for carrying out such work with such simple means. Respect 👍
Amazing! As a plumber all my life, I can appreciate the home made bell couplings. LOL. But I've done many, many rough ins and am amazed that they didn't spill the glue can. Hardee har har.
This! Not a plumber, but I did cellar conversions for 20+ years and have plenty of experience setting up sump pumps and drainage systems. Not only did they not knock the can over, they didn't even get any dust in it! Now I'd probably have less respect for their skills if I was an electrician...
I too was amazed they didn’t knock the can over. But it could have happened and was edited out of the final. The home made brushes were okay.
I was surprised how fast they continued with the PVC cement. I would use caution before letting go of the pipe down the well.
Awesome job ,even heat forming the PVC, in an apocalypse I want these guys on my side!
Как они трубу на провода не положили. 😊
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Amazing video of two highly skilled, very hard working men. It was a joy to watch.
That was fantastic! Well done fellas. Too much rock around here for that, but it was terrific to see their method.
Incredible skill, perserverance, resourcefulness, ingenuity. and tenacity! Well done guys, you would show a lot of these younger generation here in Australia, what work is! Thank you for a great video!
They are using tried and true technology.
Smiling and laughing while working together! True craftsmen
Not just in Australia, even in India too now . Majority is losing the skill.
Very nice video and it just shows how people adapt and get creative in all environments. Where there is a well there is a way ....
The fact that humans even managed to figure such things out in the 1st place is pretty amazing IMO.
Humans have been ‘figuring things’ out long before you were even born…you owe your existence to your ancestors who ‘figured things’ out , so they could survive….
@@arbjfulDid you think he was saying any different?
@@arbjful Calm down sweetheart
Well, you can't live too long without water
@@cheapskateaquatics7103 True, meant like as opposed to just staying near it.
Bloody good job! We should do more to preserve these skills, just in case.
amazing team work , thank you
Very inspiring work fellas. Your determination should be celebrated. 👍
Excellent work gentlemen. 👍🏾
Beautiful! Its nice to see age old craft is maintained to help homeowners and the artisans. The entire process is manual thus eliminating use of elec/diesel power. Also, there is no over exploitation of ground water and above all the entire activity is cost effective.
Judging by the shadow travel on the wall, this took 6-9 hours to accomplish. Impressive feat in that short a time.
it's all sand, not sure they will do well whenthey hit rocks
That's incredible 👏 Wonderful work and really really great men!! They are heroes by being able to bring water to this dry neighborhood!
this is shell and urger drilling. i never got to try tis type of drilling myself. i was a rotary driller, mostly hollow steam sampling and mitigation well installation. i never got deeper than 20m or so. these guys are good. shame we didn't get to see the clapper valve i would have liked to see the type they used. nice clean workers.
As someone watching from the US • Watching your videos is most relaxing even at 2 x speed. Hope your customers appreciate the skill talent and dedication of your workers for this very important job for the community • It’s good to see how well you understand the design and layouts of the wells to get the job done efficiently - loads of experience is evident with this skilled set of workers • Watching your people doing a great job make me think there is hope for the other parts of society who don't even try to have a job. Your crew is a great role model for all of us • Thanks so very much for posting and sharing! All the best and God Bless. 🇺🇸
This seen here, is similar to the ancient Chinese process of making a well, called percussion drilling. It is not exactly the same, because the Chinese used a drop-and-twist action on the handle. The drop--and-twist-the-handle action is the real percussion method. It results in a perfectly straight hole and with a sharp chisel shaped bit on the end, you can drill through solid rock. Really! This was a much used method in the early 20th century here in the US. Before that, wells in the US often were just dug with a shovel using another person above to operate a windlass with bucket to lift out the material that was shoveled loose by the well-digger person digging the hole. The hole (well) was often dug as much as 60 or more feet into the earth. Nice video here, proving that any hand method of making a well is hard work!
A+ on the job well done. I just wonder where the galvanized pipe came from 200 yrs ago.
Awesome video! Sometimes we don’t need a drilling rig on a truck
Excellent work! Thank you for sharing. Have a blessed day.
Wow. Thermo molding pipes, attention to detail on glue joints, custom reducers 70ft well all with manpower. Great job!
No attention to detail. The pipes will loose integrity and when glueing them together you shoul roughen the surface ( sandpaper) to make sure the connection is good. Saw the same in SE Asia. People are good workers but not schooled in the proper use of modern materials.
Dudes are awesome!. Barefoot, no real equipment, no shade, no gloves, no hassle!
I really enjoyed the video, and seeing your hard work and ingenuity pay off. great job and thank you for sharing this.
When I saw the red electric pump I knew right then it was a centuries old drilling technique. The red color was a sure give a way.
method of drilling mate.
Did you even watch the video?
Using a set of equipment that hasn't changed its basic concept in a few thousand years. Don't be disrespectful just because you are on the internet.
We drove a few wells out in the middle of nowhere, but nothing like that . Mind you we had to hand pump for the first month, Enjoyable. Great job
I didn't realize we had electric motors centuries ago. Who knew?
Case Wayne and a jet well pump nice work inspired. no apron no rain..😁
Well done. The smiles were well earned by hard work.
Amazing how they accomplished all this using simple tools and precision. It seemed they had lot of confidence in what they were doing.
Can't believe how labor intensive this is. These guys worked their butts off. Question is where did they get the water to drill with🤔? Good job
28:04: safety first. Otherwise, outstanding skill, dedication, and pride in their work.
Ancient technique but modern pipes and motor. It would be interesting to see how they did it before steel and PVC pipes but I doubt that's done anymore.
Incredible. My compliments to these Guys. I would like to do this but I am too lazy. Necessity is a good motivator.
Interesting watch. While there were a few steps I’m sure I’d do differently due to materials cost, this looks very translatable for my property. Haven’t seen that surface pump and down well parts arrangement available in Australia.
Cmon Thing. Herein Hungary they made it right before my eyes., difference with water outwashing and a hand drill
Excellent video. I enjoyed it tremendously. Not old men's work...that is hard work out in the sun.
These men brought clean, life-giving water to a piece of land or home that was previously baren and unliveable with their hard labor, ingenuity, and critical problem solving skills. Well done. Impressed. That took a great deal of practice, intellect, hard labor, and determination. Well done.
Well done, all done without power tools, just human knowledge and understanding, nothing is wasted and they completed there task! Well done, very proud of your work!!
Fun video. Pretty neat labor intensive operation but beats digging an open well by hand for sure. I'm quite sure however that they didn't have steel and PVC pipe back centuries ago as the title implied😛. Would have loved to have seen this done the way it actually was done centuries ago before steel and pvc pipe. I watched my grandparents "Drill" a well in Florida when I was a tween using a similar process except instead of a pully and manpower there was a gasoline driven hammer ram on top to push the pipe into the ground. Of course this process only works in sandy soils. We unfortunately have to drill through the granite and limestone bedrock in our area unlike Florida. Drilling for water isn't really a DYI project.
It said centuries old method of digging without power tools, nothing about plastic.
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My father used to express how cold it was by saying: "colder than a well diggers a__".
The Chinese were using this technique 2000 years ago to tap brine aquifers in Sichuan so I imagine others were too.
These men are busting beads under a blazing sun. Hard working and skilled
Enter the unions and cost skyrockets
How did you know when you have reached the water beneath? Was it a known depth? Thanks!
My respects for maintaining this centuries old method ! Clearly such method has been preserved , do to lacking in current methods ! Noting around 13:11 I can understand how Bobwaw developed the traditional dance moves . You go Bubu Woop Ass Wilson ! You go man !
amazing job. You guys are the best.
Thank you my friend I live in the USA in Fernley Nevada my great-grandfather had to do the same thing when he came over from Scotland people forget the basic skills thank you from an old cowboy
What’s even more impressive is the fact that they did this without staining their nice clothes. 😂
For certain , these guys are NOT quitters , much respect !
Good job. That works great out in this handy desert or maybe down in Florida You get up in the rocks in the mountains life isn't so easy when it comes to drilling a well. But normally there's water flowing in creeks that you can sanitize so a well is only a nicety
These two men deserve every penny they earn, that is hard yacka and skilled at the same time.
Good informative video. Very old manual method still in action,because we hire labour at cheap rates and in some rocky area it takes months to reach a bore of 300ft. Drilling rigs are available but some societies don't allow as a it effect other bores in the are. With these driving rigs same bore can be drilked in just 6 hours.
very inspiring work with minimum tools ,great job
Can you even imagine how tough their hands must be?
All their brain must be in their fingers. Otherwise they would use shovels.
Osha would've shut them down because of the distance to the power lines. Love these guys ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
They did that work all-day and barely got dirty, amazing.
Fantastic work.
That's a lot of hard work guys. Well done!
Great job!
I would have liked a timer to see how long this took. Hard, hard work.
9 hours, no smoke breaks. 😊
This is beyond appreciations by words. Lots of respects for them. Thanks for sharing. I liked your video.
Fine when the well is shallow, has no obstructions (like rocks), and is basically sand. Also, I'd question using a gauge less than 40. Hard work that gets the job done, though!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Very instructive. More than one way to get a thing done! I can't get over the fact they are working with bare feet and hands! I'm still trying to figure out how the thing works. Anybody got a link to help out visually?
Brilliant work..
Literally could not do better myself. We have nicer tools and materials here in the US, but the process and skill is the same. Great job!
Incredible job great work 🤠👍
These are indeed smart guys.
Impressive hard work made all the more impressive that they avoided the adjacent overhead power cables!
Nothing but awesome here! 💯
Good job!
Righty tighty lefty loosy... I watched with fascination whilst keeping the order of drill pipe, casing, collars, drill bits, pump parts in line, in this video. I wonder how many drill stems this guy dropped and had to fish out learning his trade. Hard hats off to this dude and his roughneck. Makin' hole ain't for everyone.
When someone make such a neat clove hitch, you know is very experienced
Hard working men. Good job.
Great video where language is not a barrier my Respect to all the Hard working people in the World; blessings to all from above
I would love to drill my own well on my property by hand, but I live in Idaho and it is rock and more rock crumbled up in the soil due to the Ice age. Most of the non-volcanic boulders around here were pushed down from Canada during the ice age. It's good that they have a nice clean sand layer and relatively shallow ground water.
In Idaho you are not allowed to drill your own well legally. Not even by hand.
@wolfmantroy6601 I used to think that the farther West you travel, the fewer random laws you have to deal with, but that's not necessarily so now. In some places, it's illegal to catch rainwater. And Elon Musk built in Texas because he said if he had tried to build in California, he'd literally still be doing the regulatory paperwork in the time it took to finish in Texas.
@@wolfmantroy6601thankfully you won't find too many cops going around looking to write tickets for illegal well drilling
Same in Ohio, rocks, clay, rocks.. I just put a fence up and had to dig down 3 feet for each post. It often would take 2 hours to do 3 feet using a post hole digger and a huge crow bar to remove many rocks.
@@walterrutherford8321 Idaho has filled up with Californians and people escaping Portland and Seattle. I grew up there but moved to Alaska back in 2000. I could see what was coming. They invade Idaho and then start making new laws.
Great job 👏👏👌
I take my hat off for you guys, well done.