Drilled my own well but now have a dumb ?

[thatdarncat]

Yes I drilled my own well with the proper permitting.after lots of research I welded up my own cable tool rig. It's mainly fo one or two wells and is in no way a commercial cable tool rig.

Ok, I made 25, feet found water and water bearing sands at 25 feet, started using bentonite, added driil casing and went down through the casing to 35 feet, found coarser water bearing sands, pulled outter casing, and added 10 ft of 2 inch well screen and 2 inch of permanent well casing...now with a small pump I can't pump it dry at 2 gallons a min ( pump is very weak at that depth) so now im ready for a " serious" pump that could supply a small home, so my question is: are those 2 inch submersible pumps worth fooling with or should I use a 2 inch packer jet pump? Likewise, can those packer jets ( with those leather cups) be fitted or mismatched to other convertible jet pumps or do they need to be fitted mfg specific, such as gould convertible pumps to gould packer jets?
Really like the idea of those slim submersible pumps, but I'm getting mix feed back on those kungfu submersible pumps

 

[Valveman]

Never seen a 2" submersible pump that was any good for more than monitoring a well. Don't think they will hold up to supply any amount of water for a house or irrigation. The packer needs to be sized to match the pump and the leathers need to seal in whatever type casing you have. What you have is not much different than a sand point. If you can get 3" or 4" casing installed there are a lot more possibilities.

 

[thatdarncat]

Never seen a 2" submersible pump that was any good for more than monitoring a well. Don't think they will hold up to supply any amount of water for a house or irrigation. The packer needs to be sized to match the pump and the leathers need to seal in whatever type casing you have. What you have is not much different than a sand point. If you can get 3" or 4" casing installed there are a lot more possibilities. View attachment 48056
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Thanks, that's what I was fearing about those 2 inch submersible pumps. it doesn't look like they have spectacular reviews , I guess I will end up with a packer jet setup....a lot of wells around here are of the 2 inch size

 

[Valveman]

A jet pump with a packer is about the only choice in 2" casing when the water level is deeper than 25'.

 

[thatdarncat]

A jet pump with a packer is about the only choice in 2" casing when the water level is deeper than 25'.

Thanks for the info, I really appreciate it! Do you have a recommendation on brand type that has good match between quality and cost?

 

[Valveman]

It is six of one or a half dozen of the other these days. Not much difference between any of the big guys pumps these days. Probably not much different than the knock off brands either.