Mobile drinker

Auke

New Member
has any of you bought/ build a mobile drinker, suitable for cattle and sheep? We are going to start with more active presision/mob/ ratational grazing. All fields have a water point, I am just trying to find a way of having a mobile drinker/trough with for example a hose reel on it. Something I can move daily with a gator/quad.
Any ideas/ sugestions welcome.
Thanks
Auke
 
Location
Cleveland
I did see this at a farm sale...will be building one similar when I get time

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unlacedgecko

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
Fife
has any of you bought/ build a mobile drinker, suitable for cattle and sheep? We are going to start with more active presision/mob/ ratational grazing. All fields have a water point, I am just trying to find a way of having a mobile drinker/trough with for example a hose reel on it. Something I can move daily with a gator/quad.
Any ideas/ sugestions welcome.
Thanks
Auke

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Auke

New Member
I'll try to get a photo later,
For mixed grazing cattle and sheep, I built a trough up on legs, so out of reach of badgers, then on one end, a covered drinker bowl for the sheep, used the cover to hold a tub for cattle minerals as well

Whole lot on skids to tow with the quad.


Oh also big drain plug to drain quickly before towing
Thanks, would like to see pictures
 

danpwll

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
flintshire
got 3 drinkers here, one has 2 ibc on a howard muckspreader chassis and other 2 single ibc, all with water tanks on back like the prevous comment, easy to make and move about , were great last year in the drought !!
 

holwellcourtfarm

Member
Livestock Farmer
How’s this coming along @holwellcourtfarm? The suspense is killing me!

Having spent a few hours redesigning my grazing layout and trying to get away from the “pizza slice” grazing style I’m in need of some ideas for water movement!
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I'll get it's first use tomorrow. It weighs around 200kg empty so around 420kg full (depending how high I set the ball valve) and will be attached to 200 metres of MDPE. I've yet to test whether the Honda trike will pull it but, if not, I'll move it with the HiLux.

It's cost about £140 plus the tank we already had and 6 hours build time. The 2 mineral troughs will have Hi-Mag in one side and GP in the other.
 

pear

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BASE UK Member
Location
Hertfordshire
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I'll get it's first use tomorrow. It weighs around 200kg empty so around 420kg full (depending how high I set the ball valve) and will be attached to 200 metres of MDPE. I've yet to test whether the Honda trike will pull it but, if not, I'll move it with the HiLux.

It's cost about £140 plus the tank we already had and 6 hours build time. The 2 mineral troughs will have Hi-Mag in one side and GP in the other.

How many cattle will be using the trough @holwellcourtfarm?

I had a plastic trough last year I kept moving on one block last year but one problem I had was they kept emptying it and then knocking it over.
 

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