Remote Water Feeding

sullymtb

Currently looking to move a number of beef cattle (20-30) to an isolated plot of land with no piped water supply.

Wondering if many others have water tanks placed in similar circumstances and if so roughly what sort of sizing and how often they are refilled?

Any help or experience would be greatly appreciated!

Bass Reeves

This time of year with grass so wet cattle will need little water. Off hand I think 10-15L/head/day unless you are feeding ration. A few IBC's on a tractor trailer might be the best option. You can get adapters and rig it up to a water trough. An IBC should last 3ish days. If you had 5 on a tractor trailer it should be good for two weeks

Sam Kade

A ball cock at the top of the tank will let you fill it overnight.

davidk1394

In the same situation here. Use an old tanco 900 gallon tank and a 30 gallon drinking tank. This time of the year they drink very little

sullymtb

Thanks for the replies some very good info! Is there any monitor that can watch the water levels for me instead of making the journey over to check it? A solid half a days work gone if I was to keep an eye on it regularly.

Same with even piped fed troughs forever finding damaged connections from animals picking or chewing on them would be nice to know if they were full without having to check them regularly, anyone else thinking the same? A live monitor would work wonders for timesaving

davidk1394

sullymtb wrote: »

Thanks for the replies some very good info! Is there any monitor that can watch the water levels for me instead of making the journey over to check it? A solid half a days work gone if I was to keep an eye on it regularly.

Same with even piped fed troughs forever finding damaged connections from animals picking or chewing on them would be nice to know if they were full without having to check them regularly, anyone else thinking the same? A live monitor would work wonders for timesaving

We're going making a frame on the back of our tanker to hold a tank and use gravity flow and a ball cock to regulate water level.

tellmeabit

we have piped into spring in our remote spots, before that I was thinking of a few sheets of corrugated iron (or similar) on fence poles and gather the rain into an IBC tank. might not supply all the water you need but could cut down on the refills.
might be in trouble with those long hot dry summers we get!

not sure if image works so - http://mother-natures-son.com/blog/wildlife-rainwater-collector/

tellmeabit