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OK J Trow explain how this works

Brad S said:
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I know its one of those Canadian innovations, where's the valve and how does this work?
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What valves?

You run your water line up under the tire and cement in the opening , leaving a float in the center of the tire. It's best to put an overflow in also.

I thought those guys from the coal mines invented using these big tires, for tanks. :???:
 
The short answer is that for winter and not freezing, they don't work.

For summer water they can have the overflow setup in the center where the water will reach a level then run through a hole in the center pipe, much like the overflow in a sink or bathtub.

If they are on a pump/pipeline setup they need a valve like a toilet valve to stop the flow of water.

The large tires are a good holding tank, but the same can be done with concrete or old steel tractor tires, (just smaller).

I have not yet seen a truely energy free frost free waterer that will work at temps common to many ranch areas.
 
The tire tanks that we use for winter use don't have the sidewalls cut off just a couple of drinker holes cut in the side wall. We put rubber sheeting around the holes down into the water so air can't get to the float. The top is also insulated and covered. The water comes in at the level of the concrete so it is under water and nothin will freeze.
 
My neighbor just put a bunch of those tires in... Seemed like a great idea... Started talking to him about how much it cost for him to do it since I need some big tanks. Decided after hearing the price that pouring a concrete one would be cheaper and easier...He has had a few semi loads of those big eathmover tires brought in.. I think they only can get 4 on a load or something like that, I know they were too heavy for his 6420 to pick them up, he had to push them off the trailer.



I got some ice in one of my tanks once.. It was gone by April.
 
LOL...yep Alabama....about only time we get snow or ice, it is gone by the time you get your eyes open in the mornin. We were just talking about the last real freeze we had here, and argued whether it was 1994,1995 or 1996. LMAO, us E.Texans had no clue what Black ice was and be danged if them fellas used my ditch in front of the house for a slip and slide..I use to live on the way to one of the big Sawmills. Dummies thought they could just drive to work..no sanded roads here. One of them we ended up helping out, was the SAFETY DIRECTOR for the mill.

Easty..

I know this didnt fit with the topic, but just funny again on the differences in our areas. Brought back the conversation, listening to you say that about ice.
 
I have one of these in my pasture where we winter the cows on stockpiled forage and/or swath-grazing. As soon as it gets below -20 C, it's a real chore. We knock the ice off the top twice a day, and if you don't get the line insulated/covered real well where it comes out of the ice to the tank, you have what's known as a certified pain in the @$$.

I rigged up a length of hose with the proper fittings to a Baker pump so we could pump hot water down and blow out ice plugs if it did freeze, but who wants to do that? If there's snow on the ground, we let 'em lick it. This past winter we didn't have very much, so they had to have something.

I worked on a local feedlot a couple years back, and they had just put in 12 or so of those tires. It made for an eventful winter. Even with power to all of them, we had grief, b/c the float would freeze to the tire walls, then the cattle would drink the thing dry by the time you got through all the pen-checking in the morning.
 

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