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Post by hook on Jul 16, 2019 10:24:46 GMT -6
I put gutters up on one of the barns to catch rain and water the cows. The problem was the tank wasnt big enough and this time of year the rain is sporadic. Ive been keeping my eyes out for a bigger water tank and one came up today. Pretty good price, 140 for a 700 gallon plastic tank.
One inch of rain will fill it up and then some, based on the sq feet being caught
ill probably be looking for ideas on how to keep it fluid come winter
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Post by hook on Jul 16, 2019 20:03:48 GMT -6
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Post by chocolatecow on Jul 17, 2019 8:37:33 GMT -6
Hook, have you looked into a tire tank? I have 5 of the 12 footers. They don't freeze much in the winter time and have a life expectancy of 2600 years.
Also a cool trick I didn't know, that heavy lip on those plastic water tanks? If you need to repair a hole or crack, you can use a sawzall and trim a strip of plastic off the underside of that lip. Using a heat gun, you can melt that strip into the affected area and repair the leak. It works beautifully.
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Post by hook on Jul 17, 2019 9:57:42 GMT -6
Hook, have you looked into a tire tank? I have 5 of the 12 footers. They don't freeze much in the winter time and have a life expectancy of 2600 years. Also a cool trick I didn't know, that heavy lip on those plastic water tanks? If you need to repair a hole or crack, you can use a sawzall and trim a strip of plastic off the underside of that lip. Using a heat gun, you can melt that strip into the affected area and repair the leak. It works beautifully. I have, im just buying time until I can put in a bunch of line. Thanks for the tip too! |
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Post by greybeard on Jul 17, 2019 10:02:35 GMT -6
"stock tank" around here means something completely different.
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Post by M-5 on Jul 17, 2019 10:31:46 GMT -6
Here it's called a water trough.
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Post by hook on Jul 17, 2019 10:42:33 GMT -6
Swimming pool
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Post by randy on Jul 17, 2019 12:22:32 GMT -6
I think you would have been better off with a huge storage tank feeding a smaller tank.
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Post by tcranch on Jul 17, 2019 17:30:36 GMT -6
I put gutters up on one of the barns to catch rain and water the cows. The problem was the tank wasnt big enough and this time of year the rain is sporadic. Ive been keeping my eyes out for a bigger water tank and one came up today. Pretty good price, 140 for a 700 gallon plastic tank. One inch of rain will fill it up and then some, based on the sq feet being caught ill probably be looking for ideas on how to keep it fluid come winter I haven't tried this because we have electricity in the pastures with stock tanks and use a de-icer but I've heard if you fill gallon milk jugs (or whatever) with salt water and float them in the tank they'll keep it from freezing. Can't help you with the gutters. |
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Post by bulltrader on Jul 17, 2019 17:35:51 GMT -6
I put gutters up on one of the barns to catch rain and water the cows. The problem was the tank wasnt big enough and this time of year the rain is sporadic. Ive been keeping my eyes out for a bigger water tank and one came up today. Pretty good price, 140 for a 700 gallon plastic tank. One inch of rain will fill it up and then some, based on the sq feet being caught ill probably be looking for ideas on how to keep it fluid come winter I haven't tried this because we have electricity in the pastures with stock tanks and use a de-icer but I've heard if you fill gallon milk jugs (or whatever) with salt water and float them in the tank they'll keep it from freezing. Can't help you with the gutters. The jugs with salt sure help but only put a couple cups of salt and about 1/4 gallon of water so the jug will float on top |
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Post by hook on Jul 17, 2019 17:37:10 GMT -6
I think you would have been better off with a huge storage tank feeding a smaller tank. Maybe, but for a lot more money |
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Post by randy on Jul 17, 2019 20:00:09 GMT -6
I think you would have been better off with a huge storage tank feeding a smaller tank. Maybe, but for a lot more money Not always. I had a guy trying give me a 2500 gallon tank a while back. |
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