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This is not a good set up. I have struggled for 3 weeks to keep a hole open for the bulls. I have an old 8 foot tank that leaks, and for next year, if I still rent this pasture, I may set it inside the big tank so that all the fresh water stays in one place. Has anyone tried that? What sucess?

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This is where the cows water. A float is in the stack of tires in the foreground, and the tire in the distance is a tire tank. If the ground has adequate slope, just bury a barrel with a float that has an equalizer pipe to the stock tank.

Float stays ice free
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The inside barrel is surrounded by earth filled tires

The lid has a barrell with the center filled with insulation.

That is the ice pile, after severl days of ice building weather.

Soapweed, I like your set up if the mill pumps. I had never seen the double lead pipe arrangement. Does it take a mill that pumps a lot of water to make it work?

The bigest problem with mine is that the water equalizes slowly. I probably should have a shorter equalizer pipe. Otherwise this is a satisfactory set up.
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