A well was drilled in the Fall of 2014 for the ranch stock watering system. The well was drilled by Tyrel Hlavnicka of Aquasource. The well is over 400 feet deep and was drilled into and through the Eagle formation. The Eagle formation is a layer of porous sand stone through which water flows. The water is somewhat salty, too salty for poultry and plants but the cattle love it. A Grundfos pump was installed. It will be powered by a propane fueled computer controlled generator provided by Mike Lisk of Remote Well Solutions. The system is now being operated with a manually controlled generator.
Videos
https://youtu.be/hkHni9Sg9mE Adding another length of drill pipe
https://youtu.be/4oR8Xq2Fw80 Drilling and taking samples of what’s coming up, for. the well log.
https://youtu.be/sezNC-lWGt0 Installing the 17000 gallon water tank
Spring 2016, the Sullivan Bros. Construction Company installed 5 miles of plastic pipe for a cattle watering system. The pipe is buried 5 feet deep so that it will not freeze in winter. The pipe is fed through a large hollow vertical plough blade which is like a giant hypodermic needle injecting pipe into the ground. The blade (ripper) is mounted on the back of a D8 Cat which is helped out and steered by a Case IH Quadtrac. The first pass over the route cuts a trench 3 feet deep. A second pass deepens the trench to 5 feet deep. The first two passes require a lot of pull, The tracks on the Cat and especially on the Quadtrac can be seen slipping. The third pass along the route installs the pipe at 5 feet deep. They move fairly fast on the third pass because the trench has already been established. The combined power of both tractors is 1200 horsepower.
https://youtu.be/oGNZ2sLqlSE Moving east, inserting the pipe in the 5 foot deep trench. Third pass on this route.
https://youtu.be/ykiCfEeruyw Moving east, passing a fence corner at the South property line.
https://youtu.be/WkWIvVOkxoc Still moving East, ready to turn North.
https://youtu.be/uGVZPfRDXvw Made a left turn, heading North.
https://youtu.be/oGNZ2sLqlSE Moving east, inserting the pipe in the 5 foot deep trench. Third pass on this route.
https://youtu.be/ykiCfEeruyw Moving east, passing a fence corner at the South property line.
https://youtu.be/WkWIvVOkxoc Still moving East, ready to turn North.
https://youtu.be/uGVZPfRDXvw Made a left turn, heading North.
Water Troughs
All 7 cattle watering troughs have been installed and hooked up by the Jim Ayres crew.
Rusty Clark has tested the plumbing, and has built protective fences around the troughs.
Installing the Computer Controlled Generator
Mike Lisk of “Remote Well Solutions” and Rusty Clark installed our new computer controlled generator, which will power the well pump. Mike and family hauled the generator in a U-Haul trailer all the way from Cloudcroft NM. To Montana. The new generator is fueled from a large propane tank, and will keep the cattle in water without Rusty having to run out with a can of gasoline for his gasoline generator every day.
Long Rope Ranch 