Aaron
Well-known member
Need some winter watering set-up ideas for remote locations. Drought this past year really buggered up grazing plans, so some investment is needed this year on the water side.
All possible locations have no hydro or existing well/pressure system and I would like all to be designed to function winter and summer, so built basically on winter standards (-40C). Up to this point, in summer, cows have had full access to dugouts or been supplied with a gas pump to a 300 gallon tank (not one of my fondest daily chores).
Any preference to a certain system? Insulated trough or frost-free nose pumps? Any power would have to be solar. Too many trees for good wind and not enough roll in the land for gravity systems.
I've got a track-hoe operator that works cheap ($75/hour), so trenching and digging ponds bigger is not an issue.
All possible locations have no hydro or existing well/pressure system and I would like all to be designed to function winter and summer, so built basically on winter standards (-40C). Up to this point, in summer, cows have had full access to dugouts or been supplied with a gas pump to a 300 gallon tank (not one of my fondest daily chores).
Any preference to a certain system? Insulated trough or frost-free nose pumps? Any power would have to be solar. Too many trees for good wind and not enough roll in the land for gravity systems.
I've got a track-hoe operator that works cheap ($75/hour), so trenching and digging ponds bigger is not an issue.