Hello all. My father has this well on his property for a pivot irrigation system. I have done a bit of googling but dont know much about this thing. It appears to be a US Motors pump sitting on what I think is a 16" well. He says it ran when he bought the place 30 years ago with a tractor that was since stolen.
We have no utilities to this property and I have been thinking of trying to utilize the well to irrigate a large garden possibly filling a small pond.
I am not really looking to put much money into it at the moment. I am currently considering trying to open it up and drop a rope down to see if theres still water. If so, is it a bad idea just to hook a pto to this thing and see what happens?
Any information would be appreciated, thanks.
by JohnnyTwoSh0es
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Try turning it over with a pipe wrench first to see if it’s loose. If it is, hook up the pto and low rims. Use the clutch to slowly engage and disengage