Hauling water

Tikaani · January 23, 2009, 04:13:09 PM

No work today and had some down time. Went to the water pumps today to haul water for the house and thought some of you would get a kick out of this. Don't think this common down there, but up here if you live in the upper elevations and especially out of town, drilling a well for your home is an expensive proposition. A lot of people haul water and drain it in buried insulated holding tanks. Ours is 1500 gallons and I haul 200 gallons at a time. Our house runs like any normal house as far as water goes, you just have to haul it. And yes, from -10 to -50 it is a pain in the keester. Life in Alaska.

Hunt hard, die tired
John

Got back from hauling water and made this holster out of P-tex to hold my chain saw, don't want a repeat of last week.

alscalls · January 23, 2009, 04:17:46 PM

Still wish I was there.............

FinsnFur · January 23, 2009, 04:20:48 PM

We dont know how good we got it do it, do we Tikaani

pitw · January 23, 2009, 04:32:15 PM

What's considered expensive for a well up there Tikani? Hauling water is a pain in the summer let alone -50.

Tikaani · January 23, 2009, 07:27:02 PM

Barry,

If I remember, it would cost 13,000 to 15,000 dollars to 250 feet. Research of wells drilled below our property where at a depth of around 300 feet. Add 120 dollars per foot after 250 feet and that comes to about 20,000 plus dollars, and that is if you hit water.

John

pitw · January 23, 2009, 07:52:46 PM

Sound's about the same then John. Two years ago I had to drill another one and it cost $12,000 for 180 feet. I of course use mine in my spraying operation so it kinda/sorta pays for itself as water from town cost's $.04/gallon and we use around 400,000 gallons a year.

Lonehowl · January 23, 2009, 09:11:28 PM

Wow, thats neat, I saw that on an episode of "Tougher in Alaska".

iahntr · January 23, 2009, 09:20:55 PM

Yeah that's somethin I know I take for granted.
Looks like ya got the sled rigged up nice.

Silencer · January 24, 2009, 02:55:26 AM

sounds like huntin camp, we haul water up there but our holding tank isnt quite that big lol.

nastygunz · January 24, 2009, 04:18:38 PM

Thats pretty interesting..when I was a kid we used to haul water from the spring in buckets from a hole chopped in the ice in the winter time and in the spring we had a hose that we ran it from to behind the house.

msmith · January 25, 2009, 01:27:57 PM

I noticed the freezer in the garage. What's that for, to keep food warm? :roflmao:

FinsnFur · January 25, 2009, 04:11:10 PM

Quote from: msmith on January 25, 2009, 01:27:57 PM
I noticed the freezer in the garage. What's that for, to keep food warm? :roflmao:

LOL!

Tikaani · January 26, 2009, 12:34:39 AM

You know, now that I think about that, your right, last week my freezer was 70 degrees warmer than outside. Maybe I should just unplug it and move it outside.

Hunt hard, die tired.
John