Plastic sheep trough

[ladycrofter]

Someone said Solway?? make plastic sheep troughs but I'm not seeing anything on their website. Has anyone got a supplier for them? Basically like the V- shaped wooden ones but made from that stockboard stuff. Thanks

 

[Bury the Trash]

may not suit you but a quick and relatively inexpensive way to boost troughing space big time is to use twin wall drainage pipe , cut in half.
They do need a stake or 2 driven in or something to keep them in place in the wind

 

[michael N123]

We use the metal 9ft IAE troughs lasting very well Easy to wash and can throw them on trailers/muck grab To move and not worry about them breaking

 

[idgni]

SFS plastics do a great version,
They’re on the ground and can’t tip over, also stack inside each other so very easy to store/transport

there is one in this photo beside the molasses feeder

https://www.facebook.com/sfsplasticsltd/photos/a.1010504015712409/1422036654559141

 

[Northeastfarmer]

may not suit you but a quick and relatively inexpensive way to boost troughing space big time is to use twin wall drainage pipe , cut in half.
They do need a stake or 2 driven in or something to keep them in place in the wind

That’s what I did

 

[Highland Mule]

That’s what I did

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Looks good, but I had a cheeky sod of a tup who would sweep along the length with his chin and gather all the food for himself. Got some 9' moulded plastic ones now with the main space split in three segments, so he can get a third of the grub now, at most.

 

[borderterribles]

Someone said Solway?? make plastic sheep troughs but I'm not seeing anything on their website. Has anyone got a supplier for them? Basically like the V- shaped wooden ones but made from that stockboard stuff. Thanks

I have several of these troughs, purchased from Wynnstay Farmers. I use them for feeding fattening pigs. They do throw them around, a bit, but except for a small hole bitten in the base of one, they are proving to be much more durable than their metal predecessors. Would definitely recommend.

 

[ladycrofter]

Thanks, like the idea of the twinwall pipe. May give it a go.

 

[ladycrofter]

Done, looks like it will do the job perfectly, light weight and won't rot. 4 more pipes to split.

 

[jamesy]

I find the twin wall troughs blow away to easily. It does get giy windy here though