Done to death - Eazigrazer/haycube/anything else?

[Pippity]

My hay soaking water butt has disintegrated, so I'm looking for something to replace it with. Ideally, something that can be used for both soaking and feeding, to make life easier for the yard staff and possible for me and my bad back.

Eazigrazer would have to be combined with a trolley for us to get it from the soaking area to the stable, so I'm leaning towards Haycube. However, they're both very expensive. Are there budget alternatives?

(Please don't suggest DIY options. I'm recovering from an injury and I'm not capable of building anything.)

 

[Ceifer]

I’d look on Facebook marketplace. You can pick up some good bargains on there. I got a Haycube that was great for soaking hay. Unfortunately my pony didn’t like sticking his head in it to reach the hay at the bottom so I resold it on Facebook - I paid £80 and resold for the same price.

 

[Caol Ila]

The Eazigrazer has a drain. No idea of your set up or how far you have to walk to the stable, but when I was soaking hay in it, I could carry it myself about 20m to my stable after I’d drained all the water. I’m only 5’4 and not that strong.

The Hay cube has wheels, which is its main advantage, but they didn’t make the regulator things for them when I bought the Eazigrazer. They obviously do now.

I think the Eazigrazer may hold more. It looks bigger at a quick glance, but I’ve not got up close and personal with a Hay cube (though many people at the yard have them) so I don’t know for sure.

 

[poiuytrewq]

I have hay cubes, I got them pre the regulator days but don’t really need them.
I love them, however I have the definite advantage of a crop sprayer tank to fill so they take seconds rather than a hose pipe which I suspect takes a while

 

[Haphazardhacker]

I’ve got a haylo it has a drain and I absolutely love it. It has several grids with it but now my girl is 24 and not as much of a gannet I just use it with no grid.

 

[whizzer]

I've got a haycube & love it! It holds a surprisingly large amount of hay,i was just using it as a dry hay feeder but my mare was coughing a bit towards end of the winter so i started soaking the hay & it was great so much easier than soaking nets stuffed into dustbins! It does take absolutely ages to fill up though.

 

[scats]

Hay cube here. It makes life so much easier when soaking but like others have said, it takes awhile.