Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Our well ran dry. This video is documenting the 4 days we had without water and our attempts at refilling it ourselves.
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00:00 - Start
00:01 - teaser
00:15 - intro
00:56 - 1st trip to the water tank
02:45 - oops
03:16 - Learning to siphon
04:41 - Day 2 - 1st Bradfordton run
05:49 - SIPHON TIME!
06:00 - Priming the pump
06:15 - Day 3
06:45 - Solo siphon
07:55 - Quarters to dollars hypothesis
08:20 - Burdell’s water run
09:12 - Browny points - watering the horses
10:31 - Finding some change - Armadillo
12:00 - Bradfordton run - Testing my hypothesis
13:26 - Day 4
13:36 - Getting the shot - 2nd attempt
14:10 - Getting good at siphoning
14:25 - Getting the shot - 3rd attempt
14:49 - SUCCESS!
15:15 - Load 6
16:02 - Load 7
16:25 - Load 8
16:34 - Hallelujah!
17:01 - Epilogue

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