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EQUIP water project - almost done

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Hereford76

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Just have to put in gravel apron around tanks, trim overflow pipes to right height, mount pipe cages for overflow protection, and finish one more gate and she is done. Sure will be nice come spring.

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Neat setup.......did you build the steel panels (looks like continuous fencing) or buy. We're looking for something similar. Something to consider for the tank apron; we dump clay; backslope and sprinkle bentonite (driller mud) over top; rake it loosely and sprinkle water on. It sets up hard & will last for years( unless your water valve screws up & lets water flow full tilt out of the trough......that'll wash out anything but concrete :? ). We found that cattle push gravel fill out in short order and young calves can't reach to drink!
 
does this finish the water project you started last year in the blizzard??
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yes - seems like i can't get time for any projects until late fall or early winter. its been way too warm here lately and windy - getting caught up.

how far is the water piped to get to that tank?
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the first tank (with the four wheeler beside it) is about 1/2 mile from water source and will be water for the two 1st calf heifer spring pastures (rest rotation) and also water for a big tame grass/alfalfa pasture that will eventually be split in two for rest rotation.

the second tank is 1 1/2 miles from water source and will provide water on native grass for fall/winter pasture for the bull calves (rest rotation). it will also provide water on another big chunk of tame grass/alfalfa for summer grass that will eventually be cross fenced into four pastures on a deffered rest rotation.

I still have two more tanks to put on the north side of the place for the three big pastures of tame grass/alfalfa. they will be in this rotation, rest - graze March 15th through May 15th - hay.


I wonder if I can get clay around here? sounds like a good idea
 
looks good :D do you like using the hydrants, or is that an EQUIP requirement? most of the time we will run the water line up through the center of the tank and use a valve.
 
Nice looking setup and good work :!: I have a couple tanks that I need to work on, your setup gave me a pretty good idea.
 
Justin said:
looks good :D do you like using the hydrants, or is that an EQUIP requirement? most of the time we will run the water line up through the center of the tank and use a valve.
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I decided to put hydrants in just incase if I ever have water problems under ground I won't have to be digging under the tank. also in the fall/winter i can run a line on the surface and run water into close by reservoirs easy. I have paid for 5 uses of water on the galata water line and can finally get what I am paying for. I have already filled one reservoir since first of October and working on number two.

How much cement did it take to fill in the center of that tire?
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I packed the centers of those tanks with sand/gravel to the bottom lip of the tank. There is only about a 3 or 4 inch pad of cement. It took 15 bags of premix per tank - didn't have to worry about water to mix cement.

Today I thought I would finish up one more gate at home. I have been building 3 inch pipe frames with overheads and mounting the gates on them on the ground and then drilling holes and dropping in the whole thing then cementing them in the ground. Should have been a two hour job at most. My two boys and I drilled the first hole and wouldn't you know we hit the underground power line to all the outbuildings and automatic waterers. It took 4 hours to patch the line back up. 2 big black power cords and one big yellow one. I'm not an electrician so I don't know what I'm talking about. I found some big old threaded splicers and then wrapped all that stuff with some insulated tubing (same kind of stuff used as padding on the bar between your legs on a bicycle - then black taped the heck out of it. I hope it lasts - but the lights in the barn came back on. 3 inches either way and we would have missed it. I knew it was there somewhere but dad has misplaced the map for all the water and power lines put in over the years.
 
that sounds about right...$750 is what they get around here for the 12 & 13 footers. the great thing about using tires is that you will never have to replace them.
 

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