![]() The wires had somehow been severed and I'm not sure how or why it happened but I need advise on tools that I could use or make to use to grab onto the piece of pipe and pump that is still sitting at the bottom of our deep well. There was no vibration or any noise so - I had to hoist it back up- finally got to the bottom and the water pump wasn't at the end of the pipe. And got it where I thought it was in water ab 240 ft and when I connected it to the 220 breaker this time. it did vibrate the top of the pipe that I had knot tied to and so I connected 3 more (20 foot long ea) 1 in pipes. So I would know that it wasn't damaged or broken. The wire had fell with it so instead of pulling all of it back up and checking the pump- I just connected it to 220 v breaker to see if i could hear or feel the vibrations. I winched it up and got the pipe and tied icecycle knot and tied it off. I got a 250 ft auger and joined it with another auger. IT FELL!!! Well- I spent days pondering on how in the world I could get it out and finally. I attempted to install the new pump and all was goin well until I got to ab 200 ft down with pump and the pipe((its 440 ft to the bottom of the casing and top of the water is ab 200 ft)) and it happened so fast- I couldn't grab it or anything. I have recently pulled the pump that is in our deep well system and bought a replacement. Keep in mind that your retrieval cable or pipes have to be strong enough to lift ALL of the weight involved: pump, pipes, wire + some strength to pull and wiggle through snags. Some grappling hooks can snag a rope or wire or larger ones even the pump upper end itself.Īside from the dropped well pump or pipe tools shown in our article above, I've read that some well pump retrieval projects had success by trying a piton or crevice clamp (mountaineering equipment) or even a simple small grappling hook that snagged a dropped well rope. When you lower a well cam you can see if there is a rope or pipe that's likely to be able to be grabbed by one of the retrieval tools we illustrate you basically have to match the tool to the space available, to what's in the well, and to the position of the fallen materials.Īn augur that you tried works just when you can send it into an opening like the end of a pipe. It's the old "don't ask me, hire me instead" that is sometimes fair but not always justified. It's perhaps protecting their turf, but not particularly generous. I have seen that well pump retrieval jobs that have been videotaped for ad purposes conspicuously omit any photo of exactly what the company used to grab the fallen pump. ![]() ![]() When that fails I'd try running a camera down into the well bottom to see the position of the pump and to help hook it back up. What the other pro's do - and they've all dropped a pump at one time or another - is try a series of various grabber hooks such as those shown in the article above On by (mod) - grabbers for retrieving a pump dropped in the well These questions & answers about how to pull out anything you've dropped down a well were posted originally at WELL RETRIEVAL TOOLS - topic home. We also provide an ARTICLE INDEX for this topic, or you can try the page top or bottom SEARCH BOX as a quick way to find information you need. ![]() This article series describes methods & tools bought or home-made that can be used to fish materials out of a water well if you've dropped the pipe, well pump, or tools down into the well casing. Well retrieval tools & methods questions & answers set#2. We have no relationship with advertisers, products, or services discussed at this website. InspectAPedia tolerates no conflicts of interest. ![]()
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