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I filled one in with torn off roofing shingles. Tires and old wurshing mo-chines. Nope, washin macheens and edsels go in the sinkholes
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It's a farm.
You probably have a tractor or a back home around right?
How about a short section of precast pipe so it is above ground level...then you can fit some sort of cover over the top. With a locking access hatch.
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Campfire 'Bwana
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I filled one in with torn off roofing shingles. Talk about a well of bad ideas.
If you put Taco Bell sauce in your ramen noodles it tastes just like poverty
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Campfire 'Bwana
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I'd make a cover out of a piece of 3/8" steel plate or fill it in with something that won't be a source of contamination.
If you put Taco Bell sauce in your ramen noodles it tastes just like poverty
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Campfire 'Bwana
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put a fence around it and put catfish in it.
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I would quietly do some research on what your legal requirements are with an abandoned well and what the law requires that you do with it, then proceed from there. http://www.ca.uky.edu/agc/pubs/aen/aen104/aen104.pdfLandowners in Kentucky are responsible for decommissioning abandoned wells within 30 days of deeming them unusable or unneeded. Abandoned wells have clear guidelines for closure under the law (401 KAR 6:310 Section 11), and all of the work needs to be accomplished by a Kentucky certified water well driller.
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For liability concerns alone Id fill it in. If you got dirt onsite, that would be a few hour at most job for a decent operator. I wouldnt use that as a source of potable water as it sits....as others posted Ive never seen one like yours that didnt have dead creatures etc in it. If you want to reserve it for future use I would pipe and cap it as others described at time of filling it.
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So far I've found 5 hand dug shallow wells on our property and caved - filled them all in.
Life is good live it while you can.
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JMHO- I'll go with the others.
Fill the sucker in immediately.
Most surface water is contaminated
anyway. Being more or less open for so many
years, it's surely full of nastiness.
Just a few years ago, the people at the end of
the road lost their place when a man they hired
to do some work did some stupidity and got
hisself killed seriously dead. Even though it
was glaringly obvious that the man's unsafe
actions caused his death, the dead man's family
successfully filed a lawsuit against the neighbor,
and they lost the whole friggin place
Fill in the well ASAP
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Thanks all for the ideas. I'm leaning towards filling it in now.
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sounds like it would hold lots of mexicans. maybe a lid with a trapdoor.
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I filled one in with torn off roofing shingles. Tires and old wurshing mo-chines. Nope, washin macheens and edsels go in the sinkholes I thought old cars were used in TN to line the cricks to stop erosion.....
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