PUMP JACK

When we were looking at houses in Oklahoma, we found at least two that we really liked and probably would have made an offer on them, except that they had pump jacks beside them. When we would tell people that, they would ask "what is a pump jack"? Well, this is a pump jack. We knew people, from the first time we lived here, who had lived close to pump jacks. They said they were noisy when they are pumping(they are not always pumping) and they also smell when they are pumping. They actually are putting off poisonous gas when they are pumping.

They are everywhere in and around Oklahoma City. They put them really close to houses as you can see in this picture.