Hot horse shower recommendations

[Leo Walker]

If you have electricity at the yard this sort of setup works well for me. You need:

1. Big tea urn like this https://www.nisbets.co.uk/buffalo-manual-fill-water-boiler/gl347 (£82)
2. Large Bucket (£5 max if you don't have one already)
3. Submersible battery operated pump with shower head. Something like this (not the exact one I have I can't find it any more) https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Recharge...-Powered-Outdoor-Camping-Travel-/372068952935 (£18)

Cost = about £105

Heat water in urn, put in bucket, add cold to get right temperature (it's quicker to let the whole thing boil while you get horse in / muck out then do this rather than heat to a lower temperature as you run out of water quickly if you don't bulk it up with cold and have to heat more half way through) put pump in bucket, hold shower head over horse and Bob's your uncle for considerably less than the price of a hot horse shower and safer by the sound of it! If the horse is very tall it helps to put the bucket on a portable mounting block or something else to give you some height. One urn-full plus cold is plenty for a full bath on a 17hh horse and the pressure's surprisingly ok.

That might actually be the way to go. I like esters idea but its not enough water for me, and I'm really dubious about the horse showers now. We do have electric though so this would work. I could then get one of the ones ester suggested for trips out.

 

[milliepops]

we had an urn at last place and it was not bad current YO would probably add about £10 to the bill each time it was turned on tho OH bought a horse shower at an agri auction, this thread has reminded me I need to get him to resurrect it!

 

[ester]

That might actually be the way to go. I like esters idea but its not enough water for me, and I'm really dubious about the horse showers now. We do have electric though so this would work. I could then get one of the ones ester suggested for trips out.

FWIW Jess said she would like a hot shower on the yard but she'd still keep the other for out and about.