Home made scrap heap sheep troughs

[Northeastfarmer]

Not exactly an engineering feat but only took a couple of hours but nice and light and easy to clean out

Had a couple of 9” twin walls left from a job...took the diamond blade to them

had a rummage on the crap heap and found an auld water tank...cut it up for end caps...worked out well as they had a fold in the top part so they sit nice and sturdy on the ground

Fixed them to the ends
10foot troughs...

and a couple of 20 foot ones...

 

[jamesy]

I find they blow away too easily. Does get quite windy here though

 

[Dave6170]

Seen 1s in nz made of huge pipes mounted in a frame with wheels and drawbar. Looked good for cattle

 

[Hilly]

They make good shed gutters as well

 

[David.]

How much is a good galv one now? I expect there is actually almost no steel under the galv' skin in today's new ones though..

 

[Northeastfarmer]

How much is a good galv one now? I expect the is actually almost no steel under the galv' skin in today's new ones though..

 

[Stw88]

We just use crash barriers. They dont blow away!

 

[David.]

Not as bad as I expected, probably half the weight of 10yr old ones then.