Quote Originally Posted by Bailey Guns View Post
Sorry...actually, a couple of ways. One is a hand pump a friend setup. Had to have some special valve or something...plumber/well guy speak and it was way over my head. But the easiest way is a generator. We can run the pump off a portable generator. Had the same friend set that up when we put in a new pump in 2011.

Our static level is about 45'. There's also an artesian spring just off our property that we could access.

All else fails you can use a rope and a small bucket, I guess.
A hand pump is the way I'm leaning, but they're $1K+ for a decent one with a depth of 80'+. If I need to, my plan is the coffee can and rope method like you, unless there's enough snow outside to melt on the wood stove.