Moblie drinkers

[tinsheet]

Sorry if done before but what are people using, looking for ideas,
currently using Plastic sheep troughs, which are fine provided the cattle don't knock them about, which one bunch have decided to do, thinking of a metal frame to sit the trough in that I can tow with the quad bike, pic's please Thanks
Ps don't think I have enough pressure for kiwi tech one's_(spring supply).

 

[Kiwi Pete]

This is probably my best one, it's a Wilson Plastics (NZ) made one, with a Jobe Megaflow valve and fed with 20mm.

It's bullproof, but too heavy to easily hump up onto a vehicle. Tows great on grass though.
I also have this one

...which is much lighter - but also not all bullproof: see the galvanised bits.

It's still a handy double-up trough simply because I can deploy it so easily. Both use 25mm valves and fittings, but I reduce them down to take a 20mm pipe as that's all my existing system will flow.

I am having a rehash of our water scheme but this does for now - I just have a few 100m lengths of pipe here and there which I just hump around a certain area.
Quite often I leapfrog the two around if it's going to be the lad shifting them, as he just can't quite tip the Wilson one yet ??

 

[ShooTa]

slightly depends on gound - but there are some good tyre drag trough examples on youtube now..

 

[Humble Village Farmer]

I made a little axle put of some 2x2 box which slots over the end of a standard metal trough and has a couple of wheel barrow wheels, works like a sack barrow and easier than dragging through the grass. Will send photo when I have worked out how to. This is my first post.

 

[exmoor dave]

Sorry if done before but what are people using, looking for ideas,
currently using Plastic sheep troughs, which are fine provided the cattle don't knock them about, which one bunch have decided to do, thinking of a metal frame to sit the trough in that I can tow with the quad bike, pic's please Thanks
Ps don't think I have enough pressure for kiwi tech one's_(spring supply).

Does it need to be badger proof?

If it doesn't, I think the 100lt kiwitech tub should be fine because it has a high flow valve/ball cock.

Think it's the micros that need abit of pressure.

Hopefully should have both here in the next couple weeks if you want a look

 

[tinsheet]

Does it need to be badger proof?

If it doesn't, I think the 100lt kiwitech tub should be fine because it has a high flow valve/ball cock.

Think it's the micros that need abit of pressure.

Hopefully should have both here in the next couple weeks if you want a look

Yeah love to have a look when your kitted up, no doesn't need to be badger proof, (I'm that confident)

 

[onesiedale]

This little micro drinker exceeded my expectations this spring. It coped with up to 75 yearling heifers or 50 dry cows

But once the weather warmed up, this 100 litre trough has been much better.
Both are from kiwitech

 

[Chasingmytail]

Yes weve got the big kiwitech. The biggest problem is the cows knocking over the big drink troughs while its filling with the Kiwi there isnt a problem. The bull can be a pain though. Great thing is the kids can move it doesnt weigh a ton and fills straight away.

 

[Kiwi Pete]

Sorry if done before but what are people using, looking for ideas,
currently using Plastic sheep troughs, which are fine provided the cattle don't knock them about, which one bunch have decided to do, thinking of a metal frame to sit the trough in that I can tow with the quad bike, pic's please Thanks
Ps don't think I have enough pressure for kiwi tech one's_(spring supply).

I've seen homemade troughs made from 200 litre plastic drums on their side, with a window cut out for the stock to drink through. The other end contains the ballcock and protects it, however IME it's the connection to the pipe that gets the hiding, not so much the trough.
They're generally mounted on a sled of either timber or tubing.

 

[Farmer Roy]

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=819697891543507

 

[Cece]

Anyone have more photos. The idea of a lorry wheel with a steel plate on the base and a value regular sounds good. Not to heavy and the base should help it slids

 

[exmoor dave]

Building 6 at the mo using badger proof legged cattle troughs, with one or two kiwitech micro bowls set inside, timber skids and a tow eye.

The rest of the trough space can be used for mag buckets etc

 

[exmoor dave]

Fresh from the workshop, mobile water drinkers/ cake feeders/ mineral bucket holders for use in the international badger sanctuary otherwise known as a NT estate

Drinkers are micros from kiwitech

Double micro drinker versions

Single micros version

 

[mar]

I've seen homemade troughs made from 200 litre plastic drums on their side, with a window cut out for the stock to drink through. The other end contains the ballcock and protects it, however IME it's the connection to the pipe that gets the hiding, not so much the trough.
They're generally mounted on a sled of either timber or tubing.

@Kiwi Pete what type of fittings do you use on the pipe to connect and disconnect the troughs.

If I made a mobile trough like what you describe from a 200 litre plastic barrel and put a sleigh type frame around it, would it be a help to wrap the pipe around it once or twice to take the strain of the connection between the pipe and barrel.

 

[Kiwi Pete]

@Kiwi Pete what type of fittings do you use on the pipe to connect and disconnect the troughs.

If I made a mobile trough like what you describe from a 200 litre plastic barrel and put a sleigh type frame around it, would it be a help to wrap the pipe around it once or twice to take the strain of the connection between the pipe and barrel.

Yes, I generally do a sort of clove-hitch of pipe around the trough to help prevent the pipe getting pulled off the fitting

I just use normal ID low density fittings, we get Anka ones as they're easier to do up without tools

 

[mar]

Yes, I generally do a sort of clove-hitch of pipe around the trough to help prevent the pipe getting pulled off the fitting

I just use normal ID low density fittings, we get Anka ones as they're easier to do up without tools

We have Philmac fittings here, I think they're Australian and look similarto the Anka ones.

Would you have any photos of the 200 litre troughs you seen with the sled

 

[Rod Dumbreck]

Im quite pleased with our effort, I though it would be better to turn the tyre inside out, it was quite a workout to flip. Easy to empty by standing on the side to get rid of most of it, and tow it with a small length of chain. The base is stockboard bolted with 8 coach bolts and sealed with some gutter butyl stuff, leaks slightly sometimes, but compared to what the cows slop about, its fine if it moves daily. Megaflo valve seems to cope with spring water pressure. Im surprised by how much the pipe fittings can cope with, pictured is a bit of a temporary bodge left over from last year, but none of the six connections let go.

 

[Rod Dumbreck]

Anyone come up with a way of rolling up alkathene pipe in long lengths ?

 

[mar]

Anyone come up with a way of rolling up alkathene pipe in long lengths ?

You could probably make an over sized electric fence reel from round bar