Thanks John C and Douglas, yes I was using my front loader to pull it up 10' at a time and clamped it with vise grips to hold it while I cut off the PVC so when I lowered the bucket to get the next 10' it must have knocked it off. It was definitely not a good feeling and there is still a dark cloud over the property from the expletives uttered that day. I watched a youtube video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgPbxGCa14g from a fellow DIYer and he gave me the idea of this rig that has a swivel bite and I had actually snagged it 3 times but since there is a check valve at the bottom I am pulling up water filled pipe and it kept slipping off. I should have used the proper tool for the job instead of regular vise grips. I just purchased the correct one with the bicycle chain on it for the remainder of the job, don't want that to happen again. But as I was pondering on what to do next with hammering of the pipe deep down I was curious as to how far down I was already at and how much electrical wire I needed as I am using the old wire to power my RV. So, I measured the wire and it was only 60' long. Puzzled, I measured the old galvanized pipe we had pulled out a couple years ago, 60' also. Then it dawned on me, where I got that number of 270' was when everything was out I dropped a nut on a string down there and I guess that number just stuck in my head. So I am already deep enough to just drop the pump down on top of the old pipe yay! My concern now, is on top of everything else that is stuck down there is about 30' of survey string I used for my probe floating around. I am worried the pump might suck it in and seize up, I may try to fabricate a plastic or brasas grate to stick on the bottom of the pump just to keep it away from the inlets. So I went to Lowes to get some threaded schedule 80 and it is non existent, I didn't want to wait and everywhere I looked on the internet said to not use schedule 40 and definitely don't use couplers with pipe cement. So as I was looking through the manual of the submersible they said that it was OK to use 1" black polypro, and as luck would have it lowes had a 100' in stock at my store I never would have thought to use that for a well has anyone ever heard of that? So, I bought the brass fittings hose clamps and everything else and will probably save it for next weekend. I'll try and take some pictures next time but I think I am in the clear now! I hope this polypro works out, I'm all for a single run and it's good to 160 psi and I got the torque arrestor per the manual. I'm worried about the hose clamp on the pump rusting once it's down there, I didn't think of that when I bought them. Anyway, thanks again for all the comments and I will let you know how it turns out with some pictures hopefully. Cheers!
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I am equally as worried about the string. I have an excess of 3/4" pipe I was thinking of maybe putting a hole saw bit on the end of it and once it reaches the bottom connect the other end to my drill and hopefully shred it to bits. But then I'd be faced with the same problem of those bits getting sucked into the inlet of the pump. I may just take the risk, if it does get gummed up it will be much easier to pull up using the polypro pipe than that schedule 80 that's for sure. Thanks for all the tips everyone really appreciate it!