You could do something in between where you run one bolt through the two drilled holes, put a nut on one end to keep the bolt in place, and tie the line to the cross bolt. You can see how I used metal hardware in the picture above to create more of a pivot point that will let the bucket move and spare abrasion on the line. The simplest way is to drill two holes directly across from each other, 1-2 inches below the top of the pipe, and then just thread your line through. ![]() ![]() Step 5: Create the attachment point between the top of the bucket and your pulley line. If I did my math right, that pipe/bucket will carry about 2.5 gallons of water. In my case, I used a 4 inch wide pipe that’s 4 feet long. It’s okay to leave a little bit of wiggle room between the PVC bucket and the well wall. You need to know what the diameter of your well pipe is so that you can buy/use a PVC pipe that will fit inside but isn’t too narrow to require lots of round trips. Whatever works so that if, while raising water by hand you accidentally let go, the whole thing won’t go down and you can’t reach the line anymore. If you don’t attach the loose / non-bucket end of your line to a crank, as added safety against the whole thing dropping into your well, you can tie a big knot, attach some random nuts and washers, or some other idea to the end of the line. It’s also possible to use an ATV, vehicle, or animal to pull the load up. Keep in mind, though, that you might be pulling 20+ pounds up over hundreds of feet. Or you can decide to skip this and just use your hands to pull the rope up. ![]() Step 3: You can attach a hand crank to make drawing the bucket up easier. Step 2: Attach a simple pulley wheel so it hangs down in the center. If you’re really tight on storage space, you technically could skip the tripod and pulley/crank parts altogether and just have the PVC bucket and line. In my case, the tripod is about 9 feet high and I can fold in the legs to make it easier to store.īut that might be overkill for your needs. There’s no magic to the design, it just needs to be strong enough to handle 50-100 pounds of hanging force. Step 1: Build a tripod or similar foundation that can hold a pulley directly over the wellhead.
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