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IBC Tanks As Water Troughs?

  • 02-01-2017 6:54pm
    #1
    mikefoxo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 461 ✭✭


    Would like to split up one or two fields into paddocks and I'm wondering would ibc tanks be an economic solution? Cut the tanks in half and hook them to a pipe. I've read one or two threads and it looks like I'd need to secure them to stop the cattle pushing them around. Would this be feasible?


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  • #2
    Nekarsulm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,264 ✭✭✭✭Nekarsulm


    The plastic is quite thin. and Will get brittle in a couple of years. If you get then free or near free they would do for a while.


  • #3
    dh1985
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 621 ✭✭✭dh1985


    mikefoxo wrote: »
    Would like to split up one or two fields into paddocks and I'm wondering would ibc tanks be an economic solution? Cut the tanks in half and hook them to a pipe. I've read one or two threads and it looks like I'd need to secure them to stop the cattle pushing them around. Would this be feasible?

    Make sure you know what has been in them or it might turn out expensive. Heard stories of lads losing cattle due to chemicals in tanks like those


  • #4
    Who2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,123 ✭✭✭Who2


    Most lads are between 50-80 a piece for them, ball cock and fittings around 20 a grinder blade another 3. Then 2 hours cutting and getting ready. By the time it's all added up you'll buy a decent sized concrete drinker and you've a proper job done.


  • #5
    greysides
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 9,041 Mod ✭✭✭✭greysides


    dh1985 wrote: »
    Make sure you know what has been in them or it might turn out expensive. Heard stories of lads losing cattle due to chemicals in tanks like those


    Me too!!

    The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress. Joseph Joubert

    The ultimate purpose of debate is not to produce consensus. It's to promote critical thinking.

    Adam Grant



  • #6
    trixi2011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,536 ✭✭✭trixi2011


    Know a farmer who cut them in half and buried the base of them, they worked but farmer has since moved to all concrete troughs due to the hassle of constantly fixing them.


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  • #7
    mikefoxo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 461 ✭✭mikefoxo


    Hmmm.... oh well, I suppose it was worth asking. Thanks for the quick replies


  • #8
    patsy_mccabe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,128 ✭✭✭✭patsy_mccabe


    Changed the ballcock in the concrete trough in the yard yesterday. I reckon it's there over 20 years now and the cattle are constantly scratching off it.


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