Has anyone tried one of these?

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Has anyone used one of these for water and do they work or do you have to tilt them so far to move them that the water goes everywhere?

My horse drinks a lot and his stable is as far from the tap as it could be. He had a big trug similar to this without wheels but it's developed a hole in the bottom from being dragged across the concrete. I did go through a phase of filling it up with smaller buckets but that means I have to stand there waiting for them to fill and then going back and fore rather than leaving the tap on a trickle to fill it up while I muck out. I haven't got the patience or time for that! I can't use multiple small buckets as he will empty one or two completely and then use them to entertain himself by throwing them round his stable and breaking them. The other two (he drinks about 2 1/2-3 buckets a night so I give him 4 to be safe) are left half full or sometimes barely touched but he will always completely empty two (always the two on the left! - he has strange habits!). I'm borrowing a friend's bendy trug at the moment but he's draining it almost completely (and I hate it) so I need something bigger.

If it works, the wheels would make it so much easier and it should last longer as I won't be dragging it?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Easy-Multi-Purpose-Garden-Wheelbarrow/dp/B000P2A2AG
 
Yes I used to use one and it was pretty good for wheeling water about, but I put a big trug in it as mine had small holes where the wheels were attached. I could fill it pretty full and still wheel it around without spilling it (depends on your walking speed and levelness of surface;)), although, I think I did use to add an extra small bucket of water. It was very sturdy and was never pulled over. I don't use it now, I give each horse two 30 litre trugs, that are about two thirds full, easy to carry and if they knock one over they still have another one :) I also leave the tap running while I do other jobs sometimes, if one fills too much I just pour into the other one.
 
Everybody in my yard uses these now. Really save your back if you need to transport water any distance. You must put your usual tubs inside them though, as they're not watertight. Mine lasted about two years and then the wheels have worn down. Definitely worth it though.

Annaagain - have you got a home bargains nearby? They're only 12.99 there for exactly the same product!
 
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Damnation said:
Wouldn't the water slosh out when you tilt it to move it?

Also.. that is quite a bit of water he is drinking :o
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That's what I wondered.

And yes it is a lot, but it's just him. He's drunk that much for the whole 10 years I've had him. When I first had him, I was concerned and got vet to check him over but everything came back fine. He's on haylage which is made at the farm but it's on the dry side for haylage and I think it just makes him thirsty.
 
gryff said:
Everybody in my yard uses these now. Really save your back if you need to transport water any distance. You must put your usual tubs inside them though, as they're not watertight. Mine lasted about two years and then the wheels have worn down. Definitely worth it though.

Annaagain - have you got a home bargains nearby? They're only 12.99 there for exactly the same product!
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Yes I have, I think, will check it out. Thanks for the tip. Will have to get another trug to go inside then, I thought it might work on its own.
 
Paint Myrrh Proud said:
have you considered a H2GO bag. You fill it in your wheelbarrow then empty it into the bucket in your stable. We use them for filling the field troughs.
http://www.saddlery.biz/h2go-bag.ht...IYjLwb1AvMqR8eqxTRLZvJZHs8c_mayfsYaAmPD8P8HAQ
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Thanks for the thought, but I like to let it fill as I muck out to save time so will be using my wheelbarrow for mucking out when I would need it to put the bag into! But I can see how it would work for someone without such a pernickety routine!
 
I use one of these, but with a large trug bucket in it, easy to take out and clean. Most people at my old yard did the same, were a few mishaps when you hit a bump and it took the handle out of your hand, water everywhere :p
 
Most people on my yard use them but put a trug inside as they are not watertight! Very good if your tap is a distance from the stable, and yes you do have to watch how you tilt them or the water will spill out. I have had mine for about 3 or 4 years now and one has just lost its wheel so will need to replace it. I think I got mine in Costco for around a tenner!
 
Have you considered connecting a hose pipe to the water tap? I suppose it all depends on how far away it is and whether it would cause an obstruction whilst being used, but that's what I did. Used it, then roll it back onto its wheel fixed to outside wall. It seems rather odd to me not to have a water tap sited near to the barn/stables.
 
I used one and also had a tub trug inside it. If the ground is rough it will spill a little. If he wants to play with it, it might shatter but you could just use it to shift the water then fill another tub trug with it.
 
https://www.ukgardenproducts.co.uk/Plant-Pot-Holder

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Pop your tub on it, fill, wheel to stable, lift, and kick the wheels out from underneath, put tub down. No spill (unless you do as I did once and send the tub very fast over the concrete and one wheel stuck on the lip between two sections. Can't understand why there was more water on the floor than there ever was in the tub).
Most garden centres do them
 
A few of the liveries where I work use them. They are by far my favourite liveries, after hauling what feels like hundreds of gigantic tubs of water single handedly across the yard every day they are a blessed relief. And I have never spilt water out of one
 
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