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This well hasn't been cleaned in 40+ years

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This well hasn't been cleaned in 40+ years

This week we finally tackled a major summer job, cleaning the old abandoned well on the extra piece of land we bought last winter. Maarten made a tri-pod with a pulley, which made the whole job much easier than last time.

0:00 Introduction
1:22 Day 1
8:32 Progress report day 1
9:38 Day 2
10:05 Day 3
12:37 Day 4
15:37 Finding the spring?
22:00 Conclusion

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32 COMMENTS

  1. That tool head that was found was a type of claw fork probably lost the last time someone tried to clean out the well. If you can keep the head secured to the handle, that is an excellent tool for that job.

  2. Use a Tool Fool is first order american labor. fucking around with your fingers means someone else should be doing your job, and you should be paying them to do it. but go ahead and stretch your time horizon onto one bucket=the amount of time you play with fingers and sticks. im so disgusted I cant watch. get your shit together.

  3. You are game!! All the sludge you remove you can put it in your compost to use later on your gardens. Also buy a pair of gum boots to your waste. We call them waiders. Love to you both. From Brisbane Australia ❤️❤️

  4. So,I’m thinking you haven’t done much physical labor in your life from watching you. But you ARE putting your back into this project. I hope you don’t plan on using any collected water on anything put plants. Amazing to think people in the past probably drank water from this pit. It would be great if you could wash it all out with a lot of clean water and a powerful pump to suck out mix of mud, dirt etc.

  5. Poor system. Why have the digger have to pull the bucket to the surface when there are spare helpers above ground?
    A better pulley system could have one person lifting the spoil, while the other one grabs it to direct the spreading of the refuse.

  6. Congratulations, you two! All that hard work was certainly worth it. 👏 I can't help wondering about the original owners who put in all that stonework … what an amazing job! Love from Australia 💞

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