Like I said - I've pulled up many wells myself. No silly rig or team of people to do it. The claim that's been made her about not doing yourself is ridiculous. Same can be said about working on tractors, running a chainsaw, changing a spark plug, etc. If you have some common sense, prior knowledge and come equipped with two legs and two arms - it should not be very difficult.
I used to work week-ends for a well-driller. I've gone out many times on service calls by myself and pulled well pumps up. Our deepest wells here in central NY are around 240 feet but 180 is more common. I can easily pull up a 240 foot well pump and pipe -full of water - by myself.
You say there's 80 gallons of water in there? I ask - so what? That has nothing to do with any of this. All that counts is the weight of the water in the 1" pipe and the well pump itself. That only holds around 8 gallons, NOT 80. Usually around 80 lbs. when you first start pulling but gets lighter as you pull.
By the way, a 200 foot well with 180 feet of water in a 6" casing has over 260 gallons of water in it - NOT 80.
6" casing filled with 180 feet of water has 6,104 cubic inches of space and holds 264 gallons and that water weighs a ton (2,204 lbs.).
In that same well - the 1" pipe filled with 180 feet of water has 1,695 cubic inches of space and holds 7.3 gallons of water and weighs 61 lbs.
The well pump is attached to 1" pipe and that is attached to the pit-less adapter that is 5-6 feet below ground level.
Now - my in-laws well in northern Michigan is 550 feet deep. For that - I'd want to use a tripod and pull it up with a pickup truck.
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