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pistolpete

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I have to transport water from trough to paddock about 200 metres away. I don’t mind filling water containers but they are heavy and it’s slow. No tap so has to either buckets or carriers. Any ideas on how else I could make this simpler? Also once I’ve got some water out the silt at the bottom of trough gets disturbed and I need to then wait for it to settle! Must be an easier way? Anyone used a transfer pump for this? Just seen them on Amazon.
 
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My OH recently added a tap to the pipework of a water trough to make it easier to get water to the furthest fields. I then got 2 x 100m hose pipes and an inline connector. The trough is large and takes about 40 mins to fill from empty, but I can do other things while it does.
 
Siphoning with a short bit of hose, if the hose stays near the surface, might cut down disturbance? How much do you need to move? I used to move enough water for a day with a wheelbarrow - if it's relatively smooth terrain you can float a couple of buckets on the top to minimise splashing, if you don't want to get one of those wheelbarrow water bag things.
 
pistolpete said:
I have to transport water from trough to paddock about 200 metres away. I don’t mind filling water containers but they are heavy and it’s slow. No tap so has to either buckets or carriers. Any ideas on how else I could make this simpler? Also once I’ve got some water out the silt at the bottom of trough gets disturbed and I need to then wait for it to settle! Must be an easier way?
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you tried one of these https://www.argos.co.uk/product/792...671816703&gbraid=0AAAAAD9II9lgFY7agh33-owMBex
 
We use an electric pump from a well - but it does pull up a lot of sand too so probably wouldn't work for a trough (we have sand filters on the taps from the container it fills)

When we couldn't get water to a field a couple of years ago we were wheelbarrowing containers. Helped my back but was a faff

Can you not look at the pipe which fills your current trough and run another tap off it? That tap could then attach to a hose which could run down the 200m to the one you are manually filling
 
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We use an electric pump from a well - but it does pull up a lot of sand too so probably wouldn't work for a trough (we have sand filters on the taps from the container it fills)

When we couldn't get water to a field a couple of years ago we were wheelbarrowing containers. Helped my back but was a faff

Can you not look at the pipe which fills your current trough and run another tap off it? That tap could then attach to a hose which could run down the 200m to the one you are manually filling
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I could if it didn’t belong to someone I don’t know. We sub let from a dear old girl who is pretty much hopeless about any kind of maintenance or improvements.
 
pistolpete said:
Would this work? Or would I end up with RSI?!
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Definitely, as long as the majority and end of the pipe is at a lower level than the water in the trough then all you need to do is pump it a few times to get the water flowing and gravity does the rest.
You can also skip the pump and use a length of pipe and just suck on the end to start it, but it takes a bit of practice to avoid getting a mouthful.
 
I've also been having the problem of getting water out to fields as filling off roofs has been fairly redundant. The best I've managed so far is:

gsequestrian.co.uk

Shires H2GO Water Carrier

Transport 80 litres of water in a wheelbarrow! The H2GO water carrier is ideal for yards and around the garden where a hosepipe or tap is not on hand. Designed with a fitted spout making it easy to pour, with an attached cap to avoid spillages. Includes a non-slip mat which sits under the bag in...
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I'm going a lot further than you though and have a hose rather than trough to fill from. One trip a day with two on hot days for three horses. It works but you're still having to lug water about. Having a good wheelbarrow helps massively.
 
pistolpete said:
Would this work? Or would I end up with RSI?!
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Hold one end of the hose up that you are going to use to siphon and feed the other end into the water until it is completely submerged, the air should have been forced out by the water as it entered the hose. Cover the end with your thumb. Then put the end of the hose over the container that you wish to fill and remove your thumb.
 
Petalpoos said:
Whichever method you use, can’t you clean the trough out first? At least that would get rid of the sediment problem.
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You’d think wouldn’t you? Again resistance from lady who we rent from. Bottom of ancient trough has been welded a few times and she asked us not to scrub! I empty it once a week but it’s difficult as it refills instantly. Padlock on the mechanism!
 
skinnydipper said:
Hold one end of the hose up that you are going to use to siphon and feed the other end into the water until it is completely submerged, the air should have been forced out by the water as it entered the hose. Cover the end with your thumb. Then put the end of the hose over the container that you wish to fill and remove your thumb.
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Tried that tonight. Failed miserably! 🤣 has to go up over edge of trough and seems too many uphill inches!
 
 
Would have to be a long hose but this works great for moving water around- I pump through a (I think!) 30m hose and it’s got good pressure, enough to start the hot water boiler no problems. I don’t know whether it would be happy moving it that far as not advertised as doing so but I don’t see why it wouldn’t, it might just take a bit longer!

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pistolpete said:
You’d think wouldn’t you? Again resistance from lady who we rent from. Bottom of ancient trough has been welded a few times and she asked us not to scrub! I empty it once a week but it’s difficult as it refills instantly. Padlock on the mechanism!
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If you can’t lift the lid to tie up the ball cock could you get a bit of wood just long enough to wedge the ballcock up (ie brace against the floor of the trough). You can usually see the ballcock in the housing even if you can’t open the lid.

Although to be honest, my horses seem to prefer green silty water!
 
Is there such a thing as a pond vacuum? That you could suck out the silt with. Would pouring the water down a board work? Less of a splash.
 
Squeak said:
I've also been having the problem of getting water out to fields as filling off roofs has been fairly redundant. The best I've managed so far is:

gsequestrian.co.uk

Shires H2GO Water Carrier

Transport 80 litres of water in a wheelbarrow! The H2GO water carrier is ideal for yards and around the garden where a hosepipe or tap is not on hand. Designed with a fitted spout making it easy to pour, with an attached cap to avoid spillages. Includes a non-slip mat which sits under the bag in...
gsequestrian.co.uk gsequestrian.co.uk

I'm going a lot further than you though and have a hose rather than trough to fill from. One trip a day with two on hot days for three horses. It works but you're still having to lug water about. Having a good wheelbarrow helps massively.
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I used these when we bought a new field and had a summer before the digger came to find the water pipe that ran under the field .
This was much the easier way .
 
little_critter said:
If you can’t lift the lid to tie up the ball cock could you get a bit of wood just long enough to wedge the ballcock up (ie brace against the floor of the trough). You can usually see the ballcock in the housing even if you can’t open the lid.

Although to be honest, my horses seem to prefer green silty water!
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It’s padlocked!
 
I got myself an einhell dirty water pump, we have no running water just a spring fed stream. Works really well and pumps it quite some way. Also rechargeable battery so handy if you have no power
 
Beausmate said:
Is there such a thing as a pond vacuum?
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Yep. OH had an Oase pond vac for his koi pond. Not cheap but good. The pond was 6ft deep so a water trough should be a breeze.

I wonder if PP could hire a less powerful one to clean the trough.
 
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