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id love to share a few photos of my setup. 1 13/16" closed top in a 2" casing , 250' down. Run by this Montgomery ward pump jack I rebuilt to provide reciprocating action to my rods (3/8" steel pipe). What a fun project, and it turned out awesome!

Very nice Andrew !!!

Andrew , thank you posting , today I am learning lots of new things !
concrete around the water tank down to the 4 ft frost line , here in south Texas our frost line is 1" ,
very nice clean craftsmenship, good job .

mtblah wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 7:39 am Andrew , thank you posting , today I am learning lots of new things !
concrete around the water tank down to the 4 ft frost line , here in south Texas our frost line is 1" ,
very nice clean craftsmenship, good job .

Thank you for the kind remarks, yes here in northern michigan it gets cold in the wintertime. I have a thermostat and space heater in the well pit, which is housed inside a building. I insulate the top of the pit with foam board and that keeps things from freezing.

Windcatcher530 Dan wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 5:12 am Very nice Andrew !!!

Thank you sir, it has been a very fun and informative project, I am learning a ton!