Field with no water connection

IH784man

I'll soon be taking a small field that has no water connection,any good solutions to bring livestock water without piping up to the mains,don't have a loader.

Was thinking of either,
Buying a Ibc trailer with a Ibc with it

Buying a 8x4 and using it for moving sheep and keeping the Ibc in the field (I
would have to take of the Ibc by hand if I needed the trailer though)

Might be able to use tractor and bale lifter but it would be a bit of a balls.

Or set up some sort of thing where the Ibc sits on pallets in the trailer and have some sort of thing like 4 fence posts and but some sort of bar through the Ibc and drive away the trailer and sit the pallets underneath it then. Sounds a bit far fetched as I type it though.

Any opinions or ideas?

Thanks

jimini0

IH784man wrote: »

I'll soon be taking a small field that has no water connection,any good solutions to bring livestock water without piping up to the mains,don't have a loader.

Was thinking of either,
Buying a Ibc trailer with a Ibc with it

Buying a 8x4 and using it for moving sheep and keeping the Ibc in the field (I
would have to take of the Ibc by hand if I needed the trailer though)

Might be able to use tractor and bale lifter but it would be a bit of a balls.

Or set up some sort of thing where the Ibc sits on pallets in the trailer and have some sort of thing like 4 fence posts and but some sort of bar through the Ibc and drive away the trailer and sit the pallets underneath it then. Sounds a bit far fetched as I type it though.

Any opinions or ideas?

Thanks

First of all roughly calculate how much water you need? Cattle or sheep?
IBC trailers are expensive. I went and bought a 600ltr ibc €70 got a mate to make a steel frame for it to sit on ,steel €50 plus a few pints. The bale lifter drops it where ever I want it.

freedominacup

IH784man wrote: »

I'll soon be taking a small field that has no water connection,any good solutions to bring livestock water without piping up to the mains,don't have a loader.

Was thinking of either,
Buying a Ibc trailer with a Ibc with it

Buying a 8x4 and using it for moving sheep and keeping the Ibc in the field (I
would have to take of the Ibc by hand if I needed the trailer though)

Might be able to use tractor and bale lifter but it would be a bit of a balls.

Or set up some sort of thing where the Ibc sits on pallets in the trailer and have some sort of thing like 4 fence posts and but some sort of bar through the Ibc and drive away the trailer and sit the pallets underneath it then. Sounds a bit far fetched as I type it though.

Any opinions or ideas?

Thanks

A guy who does a bit of relief work here has an Ibc trailer with a half inch pipe plumbed into the valve connected to a handy sized plastic water trough. He buys a few calves and rears them to yearlings every year. All of his ground is cottage acres and previously untamed bits of sites so none of them have water handily available. He'll hook the Ibc up to the plate cooler outflow here once or twice a week. Works well for him.


He's just after getting a five acre block that had horses on it until very recently and between the fencing that it needs and the restoration effort it requires he doesn't know whether he's after getting a pat on the back or a kick in the hole. Fertility in the toilet, ditches ten metres wide with crap growing out from them, not to mention the usual thickets of ragworth and other undesirables scattered across it. He has a good long lease on it so he should have time to reap the rewards of his efforts to get it back in production.

IH784man

Yea no denying there dear for a square bitta steel on a axel and a draw bar,might see a few local handymen/welders about making one.Seen bike trailers as well for motorbikes which would do the same job but around the same money

jimini0

IH784man wrote: »

Yea no denying there dear for a square bitta steel on a axel and a draw bar,might see a few local handymen/welders about making one.Seen bike trailers as well for motorbikes which would do the same job but around the same money

Or if you came across a trailer in need of tlc. Solid frame you can strengthened the floor if needed.

dohc turbo2

I made one , axel , had 3 inch box left over from job and it's a mighty job, must make a second one . Them ibc tanks are fierce handy

IH784man

I'm sure as you say if ye see something cheap it would do the job rightly

raypallas

How far away is the field? You could get a frame made up for the 3pt linkage and mount your ibc and trough on the back. That way in spring or autumn you wouldn't have to drive the car/jeep into the field and possibly get stuck. Cost a few quid but a job for life if done properly.