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Mobile drinking trough

  • 11-06-2014 12:55pm
    #1
    lough135
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19 ✭


    I am going to make a mobile drinking trough out of a barrel, put a frame around it and put a reel on it to roll up the hose on, has anybody made anything similar or got any photos of something similar so I can get a few ideas


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  • #2
    Timmaay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,396 ✭✭✭✭Timmaay


    Sounds like alot of effort to be honest. What size waterpipe are you using? A 150m roll of 3/4inch pipe rolled up will have a diameter of 4 or 5 foot, fair bit of weight in them also, you'd definitely need the water all drained out of them before winding them up. Inch pipe is obviously worse again. If I'm moving waterpipes and troughs around I usually just tie the end of the pipe onto the quad or tractor and drag it around to the next spot. This is still a pain in the arse and was only a stop gap last summer during the drought, when a roll of pipe is only 200quid for 150m its as handy just to spend the money and have permanent water in the fields.


  • #3
    blue5000
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,756 Mod ✭✭✭✭blue5000


    With Timmay on leaving the pipe where it is. Put a short pipe (20ft) on the barrel with a philmac T piece on the end, then anywhere you want to move the barrel cut the pipe and put in a straight philmac joiner.
    Disconnect the joiner and screw in the centre of the T piece. Either use a spare joiner centre or move back the one you took out, hard to explain it.
    Use a philmac tap at the mains supply end to stop yourself getting soaked every time you move the barrel.

    Hope this helps, this thread has been covered before, do a search.

    If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.



  • #4
    Timmaay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,396 ✭✭✭✭Timmaay


    Is that just a normal ballcock with the float tied on with a bit of wire etc? Great idea. Only thing is the barrel would be far too flimsy, a steel rim around the top should do the trick nicely.


  • #5
    blue5000
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,756 Mod ✭✭✭✭blue5000


    There was a light chain from the ballcock arm to the float, now it's just electric fence string:D No real need for anything on the rim, it's usually near enough to the electric fence to protect it.

    If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.



  • #6
    Farrell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,262 ✭✭✭Farrell


    Good thread.
    Was thinking on similar lines, as have pipes down & move drinker.
    Is there a fitting like the hydraulic of a tractor, which would save forgeting the bung everytime you are to move


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  • #7
    Zr105
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,453 ✭✭✭Zr105


    Farrell wrote: »
    Good thread.
    Was thinking on similar lines, as have pipes down & move drinker.
    Is there a fitting like the hydraulic of a tractor, which would save forgeting the bung everytime you are to move

    You can get them for power washers, but would take a bit of fiddling with the fittings to get them connected to the water pipe. You could actually get away with tractor fittings id imagine but not sure what the longevity of them would be


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