Posted By: Creekrunner
New well for wildlife help? - 12/08/21 01:42 PM
So I'm having a new well punched on the south end of the ranch. It'll be solar. The only other water on the place is a couple of troughs by the house (off the house well, electric) and a couple off a pila and windmill in the center of the place. No cows or other livestock, so this'll be strictly for wildlife. I figured, in addition to drawing in wildlife on that end, it'll also add value when I'm gone to the happy hunting grounds and it's time to sell the place.
'Had the well witcher and the owner of the well drilling company out yesterday evening. (It was cool watching the witcher. I asked him if his dad taught him, but he said he just picked it up on his own. 'Claims he can't wear any kind of battery watch. The battery supposedly goes dead in a few days. But I digress.)
The driller is a nice ol' boy, but a little confusing and "mumbly" about the best way to set up a system. 'Says "you can do that" to just about every question. He said just pump into a dug pond, no float, no nothing. It would pump during the day. I'd assumed there'd be a storage tank. He said 1500gal. or 3000gal., whichever I want. I really don't want a "swamp" seeping everywhere, particularly 'cause the road is close by. Some say getting a tank to seal is pissing in the wind in this country, but the driller swears by a product (DD2000??) that's way better than bentonite. I was originally just gonna have a couple of troughs with floats, like the others on here, but I would like a low pond/tank that all wildlife can drink from. I think I can keep pigs from screwing with the floats in troughs. I don't want an expensive little tank to just become a hog wallow either.
Thoughts? Experiences?
'Had the well witcher and the owner of the well drilling company out yesterday evening. (It was cool watching the witcher. I asked him if his dad taught him, but he said he just picked it up on his own. 'Claims he can't wear any kind of battery watch. The battery supposedly goes dead in a few days. But I digress.)
The driller is a nice ol' boy, but a little confusing and "mumbly" about the best way to set up a system. 'Says "you can do that" to just about every question. He said just pump into a dug pond, no float, no nothing. It would pump during the day. I'd assumed there'd be a storage tank. He said 1500gal. or 3000gal., whichever I want. I really don't want a "swamp" seeping everywhere, particularly 'cause the road is close by. Some say getting a tank to seal is pissing in the wind in this country, but the driller swears by a product (DD2000??) that's way better than bentonite. I was originally just gonna have a couple of troughs with floats, like the others on here, but I would like a low pond/tank that all wildlife can drink from. I think I can keep pigs from screwing with the floats in troughs. I don't want an expensive little tank to just become a hog wallow either.
Thoughts? Experiences?