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"F.O.A.D." wrote in message
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In these "heah parts," a 520 foot well would run you about $6000, just
for the hole. If I had to pay to drill to that depth, I'd prefer to
hit
oil, and truck in bottled water for the horsies to drink.

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That's just about what it cost but it included the pump, accumulator,
electrical wiring and control box. It was done several years ago and
has easily paid for it's self by now. We have a lot of lawn serviced
by sprinkler systems plus we have added a pool that we use the well
water to maintain. Before adding the well our town water bill was
getting close to $2k per year. It has dropped to a few hundred
dollars since adding the well.

The old timer drilling guy explained to me that they drill deep enough
to ensure at least a 12 gallons a minute delivery. It was interesting
watching the drilling process as he described the various levels of
rock and soil it was going through. He knew exactly where to find
the "good" stuff. He called it at about 100 ft and sure enough, at
500 ft he started getting nice results. Went another 20 ft and was
satisfied with 18 gallons per minute.

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On 6/2/13 1:52 PM, Eisboch wrote:


"F.O.A.D." wrote in message
m...


In these "heah parts," a 520 foot well would run you about $6000, just
for the hole. If I had to pay to drill to that depth, I'd prefer to hit
oil, and truck in bottled water for the horsies to drink.

----------------------------------------

That's just about what it cost but it included the pump, accumulator,
electrical wiring and control box. It was done several years ago and
has easily paid for it's self by now. We have a lot of lawn serviced
by sprinkler systems plus we have added a pool that we use the well
water to maintain. Before adding the well our town water bill was
getting close to $2k per year. It has dropped to a few hundred dollars
since adding the well.

The old timer drilling guy explained to me that they drill deep enough
to ensure at least a 12 gallons a minute delivery. It was interesting
watching the drilling process as he described the various levels of rock
and soil it was going through. He knew exactly where to find the
"good" stuff. He called it at about 100 ft and sure enough, at 500 ft
he started getting nice results. Went another 20 ft and was satisfied
with 18 gallons per minute.






Our driller hit 20 gph at somewhere between 250 and 350. Interesting
pile of "chad" his drill brought up, but he loaded that onto a dumptruck
and hauled it somewhere.

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On Sunday, 2 June 2013 14:52:17 UTC-3, F.O.A.D. wrote:
"F.O.A.D." wrote in message

m...





In these "heah parts," a 520 foot well would run you about $6000, just

for the hole. If I had to pay to drill to that depth, I'd prefer to

hit

oil, and truck in bottled water for the horsies to drink.



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That's just about what it cost but it included the pump, accumulator,

electrical wiring and control box. It was done several years ago and

has easily paid for it's self by now. We have a lot of lawn serviced

by sprinkler systems plus we have added a pool that we use the well

water to maintain. Before adding the well our town water bill was

getting close to $2k per year. It has dropped to a few hundred

dollars since adding the well.



The old timer drilling guy explained to me that they drill deep enough

to ensure at least a 12 gallons a minute delivery. It was interesting

watching the drilling process as he described the various levels of

rock and soil it was going through. He knew exactly where to find

the "good" stuff. He called it at about 100 ft and sure enough, at

500 ft he started getting nice results. Went another 20 ft and was

satisfied with 18 gallons per minute.

Whew.. when we built the Cape Cod style house 12 miles out of town in the mid 70's, we drilled 165 feet and got half a gallon a minute. That worked ok unless we tried to wash clothes, water the lawn and use the toilet all at the same time.
Once we had a Halloween party of about 20 at the house and I could hear the pump running steady.. that scared me, but next morning all was back to normal.

now we have city water, which they like to brag is darn good until last fall. We had an unusually hot August and a very rainy September which caused something new (geosporin sc??) to develop and make out water smelland taste earthy.
In past summers we would go to the local grocery store to re-fill 4 liter jugs with city water treated with fine filters, reverse osmosis and UV light.. When the problem didn't go away by Christmas, we bought a Brita pitcher with carbon filter. That worked well.

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"F.O.A.D." wrote in message
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On 6/2/13 1:52 PM, Eisboch wrote:


"F.O.A.D." wrote in message
m...


In these "heah parts," a 520 foot well would run you about $6000,
just
for the hole. If I had to pay to drill to that depth, I'd prefer to
hit
oil, and truck in bottled water for the horsies to drink.

----------------------------------------

That's just about what it cost but it included the pump,
accumulator,
electrical wiring and control box. It was done several years ago
and
has easily paid for it's self by now. We have a lot of lawn
serviced
by sprinkler systems plus we have added a pool that we use the well
water to maintain. Before adding the well our town water bill was
getting close to $2k per year. It has dropped to a few hundred
dollars
since adding the well.

The old timer drilling guy explained to me that they drill deep
enough
to ensure at least a 12 gallons a minute delivery. It was
interesting
watching the drilling process as he described the various levels of
rock
and soil it was going through. He knew exactly where to find the
"good" stuff. He called it at about 100 ft and sure enough, at 500
ft
he started getting nice results. Went another 20 ft and was
satisfied
with 18 gallons per minute.






Our driller hit 20 gph at somewhere between 250 and 350. Interesting
pile of "chad" his drill brought up, but he loaded that onto a
dumptruck
and hauled it somewhere.

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Your property was a former voting place?

You sure about 20 gph? That's not much water. Probably meant 20
gpm.

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"True North" wrote in message
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In past summers we would go to the local grocery store to re-fill 4
liter jugs with city water treated with fine filters, reverse osmosis
and UV light. When the problem didn't go away by Christmas, we bought
a Brita pitcher with carbon filter. That worked well.

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My daughter gave me one of those Brita pitchers last Christmas. I
love it and use it constantly. Other than decaf coffee and an
occasional Sam Adams once or twice a month all I drink now is water.
Found a eBay store that sold replacement filters and have enough to
last about 3 years.

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We bought the pitcher and filters from Costco.
I believe the filters are $30 for six...should last a year.

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On 6/2/13 2:33 PM, Eisboch wrote:


"F.O.A.D." wrote in message
m...

On 6/2/13 1:52 PM, Eisboch wrote:


"F.O.A.D." wrote in message
m...


In these "heah parts," a 520 foot well would run you about $6000, just
for the hole. If I had to pay to drill to that depth, I'd prefer to hit
oil, and truck in bottled water for the horsies to drink.

----------------------------------------

That's just about what it cost but it included the pump, accumulator,
electrical wiring and control box. It was done several years ago and
has easily paid for it's self by now. We have a lot of lawn serviced
by sprinkler systems plus we have added a pool that we use the well
water to maintain. Before adding the well our town water bill was
getting close to $2k per year. It has dropped to a few hundred dollars
since adding the well.

The old timer drilling guy explained to me that they drill deep enough
to ensure at least a 12 gallons a minute delivery. It was interesting
watching the drilling process as he described the various levels of rock
and soil it was going through. He knew exactly where to find the
"good" stuff. He called it at about 100 ft and sure enough, at 500 ft
he started getting nice results. Went another 20 ft and was satisfied
with 18 gallons per minute.






Our driller hit 20 gph at somewhere between 250 and 350. Interesting
pile of "chad" his drill brought up, but he loaded that onto a dumptruck
and hauled it somewhere.

------------------------------------------------

Your property was a former voting place?

You sure about 20 gph? That's not much water. Probably meant 20 gpm.



Whoops....chat and 20 gpm. Chad brings back memories of some election
somewhere.

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On Sun, 02 Jun 2013 11:45:07 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 6/2/13 11:38 AM, wrote:

This bottled water thing is a red herring.
People pump a lot more water on their lawns than all the bottled
water
producers use combined.
Then you have golf courses that pump 10 million gallons a month or
more. (for every 18 holes)
I just had to pull my well and add 20 feet of pipe because the
water
dropped again. In 1990 it was free flowing in 2001 it was 13 feet
down, now it is more like 35 feet down.



We don't drink "bottled water." Or city water, for that matter. We're
on
a fairly deep well, I don't remember exactly how deep, between 250
and
350 feet, I think. The water tests okay and tastes okay. I'd prefer
to
be on city water, but the county fathers don't want to extend city
water
and sewage into most of the more newly developed areas.

In any event, Florida has and will continue to have serious issues
with
potable ground water. Being an environmental engineer in Florida has
to
be a pretty good job.

Bottled water is pretty popular here because the well water is not
really that good. You can aerate it (to remove H2S) and run it through
an R/O to make it potable. My biggest use of bottled water is in my
hurricane prep but we do keep a bunch on the boat because it keeps
better than tap water.
It is about the time of year when we pack every nook and cranny of the
freezers with bottles of water and eat down the food.
If you treat bottled water like a soft drink or a beer, I still do not
see the problem.

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I could bring myself to drinking the well water we had in Florida.
Even after having a complete, new water conditioning system (the
carbon filter tank and some other kind of filter) and having it
professionally maintained monthly, the water still had a strange,
sulfur-like odor. I had a small R/O system but the water it produced
was totally tasteless and bland. All our drinking water was bottled
... purchased in the 5 gallon jugs and dispersed through a
cooler/heater.

I was told the Florida house had a "shallow well" meaning 20 ft or
less. The well we installed here in MA for general lawn maintenance
and for the horses is 520 ft deep and it's pure, clean, odorless
water, fit for drinking without any chemicals or conditioning needed.

Well water in Florida is touch and go, you can go from one place with
decent well water to another a couple of miles away and it will be
sulfur or iron water.

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"True North" wrote in message
...

In past summers we would go to the local grocery store to re-fill 4
liter jugs with city water treated with fine filters, reverse osmosis
and UV light. When the problem didn't go away by Christmas, we bought
a Brita pitcher with carbon filter. That worked well.

-----------------------------------------------

My daughter gave me one of those Brita pitchers last Christmas. I
love it and use it constantly. Other than decaf coffee and an
occasional Sam Adams once or twice a month all I drink now is water.
Found a eBay store that sold replacement filters and have enough to
last about 3 years.

I have one and use it all of the time as well.

Boat out...sort of...
 

On Sat, 1 Jun 2013 11:35:57 -0700 (PDT), True North wrote:

Since it is hot and sunny today, I removed the Navigloo shelter system from my Legend 16 Xcalibur Fish & Ski boat. I used it's own winch to bring the boat far enough forward to hook up to the Highlander.

Since the Highlander is new (2 months old) I wanted to find out what size drawbar I should get.
Decided to tow the rig to the nearest flat parking lot to do some measurements.
Just as I was leaving the driveway, this beautiful young lady walks in front of me eyeing the boat.
Then she smiles, looks me in the eye and says "take me".
I instantly felt guilty and almost looked over my shoulder to see if the wife was on the doorstep to watch me go.
All I could do was smile back and then went on my way.

Have to admit, I used justwait's 'secret' procedure with the mirror backing in and it went pretty good.. except for the two people who stepped right behind the boat as they walked down the sidewalk.. the idiots couldn't wait a minute for me to back all the way in. Good thing the wife was standing there directing because they approached from the other side.. not the side I was judging by.

As for the draw bar.. a drop of 1.5" seemed good until I accounted for the tongue weight pushing down the Highlanders rear end.
maybe a 1" rise or bar equal to the hitch would be better.

We used no drop on the Highlander hitch for the boat.

John H.
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