posted 1 year ago
In many years of farming, here's a thing I've learned.
There are times when it just doesn't make sense to be too cheap. I have striped old wiring from old houses, to reuse in my house. ~That is too risky to chance. And I ended up doing it right, with new.
I'm a reuse, repair, restore guy, but there are times when things are just plain worn out. All the time you spent making something work, will be lost when it fails sooner than a new piece would fail.
Putting pipe into a well is hard. A young guy can do it, and old guy not so easy. So think about your future. Putting in that steel pipe in the future will not be as easy as it is now. And used pipe is rusty. Used pipe can get pin holes you didn't notice or can't see. My experience, and opinion? Fix the pump and make sure it is right in every detail. And get all new pipe and rod. Some years from now you will be thankful.
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