Ranch-Made Well Pipe Roller
30 years ago we took a family trip to Alaska. It was beautiful and we had a great time. But I kept wondering why people had so much seemingly junk around their property. Now I understand. In fact we have become a junk collecting family. It all has to do with being so far from town. Anything possible to avoid the dreaded “town day” is fair game. I am getting pretty good at substitutions in menus – if a dish turns out unrecognizable, you just rename it and act like it was planned. Who knows different?
But Doug had become a master of creativity in ranch equipment. We use heavy wall HDPE pipe for all our well pump installations for longevity and ease of installation. If you need a well pump pulled out or installed here on Eagle Creek, a well driller will charge $500.00 or so just to bring a rig up here. So it pays to pull pumps yourself. Doug “built” this apparatus from an old salvaged straight axle with rims, some scrap angle iron and rebar and a motor hoist for extra support. Looks weird – but we pulled not 1, but 3 solar pumps – at 400+ feet depth – from our livestock solar well using this Doug designed contraption and a Kubota 4-wheeler. So, all this scrap metal saved us about $700.00. Plus we have it in the yard with all the other “may come in handy” pieces in case we need to pull more pumps in the future.
Alaska is a great place I went there on holiday and I have always wanted to go back one day soon I will do !