Mikepier wrote:
When you first fire it up, does it pump what looks like a normal flow
and then go to a trickle? If it does, that is another clue that the
well does not have sufficient in-flow to be of much use.

Harry K

It seems to flow good at first for the first few seconds, then gets
irratic.

Well, that's what would be expected if the footvalve were mostly closed;
empty the well pipe and then wait. Otoh, of course, it could also be
indicative that the well recovery rate is slow enough that the only way
for it to be usable is to have a large pressure tank and pump the well
very, very slowly and use from the reservoir.

But, the above assumes the suction pipe is the one you're pumping out of
rather than between it and the casing (again, assuming this is a cased
well altho I'm now highly suspicious it is simply a driven sandpoint)
rather than a drilled well given the depth and the description.

If that's the case, it'll be a bear to pull by hand because there is no
casing; the pipe is in direct contact w/ the ground as it was simply
driven. It also raises the probability that the well capacity is simply
that slow refresh rate and won't be of much value for irrigation unless
it's a very small area.

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