Soaking Hay Inspiration

[fornema]

Any great and cost effective containers to soak hay. I have been through so many tub trugs it is driving me up the wall.

 

[poiuytrewq]

Just buy a hay cube!
I tried for ages to use other things. For just the one horse they are fantastic

 

[fornema]

Just buy a hay cube!
I tried for ages to use other things. For just the one horse they are fantastic

I would love to but should have also mentioned this is for the worlds greediest pony, think doubled greedy feeder nets, eatings straw/shavings anything, driving me potty!

 

[SaharaS]

I have canibalized a green wheelie bin..soaks, drains and moves easily..cost £3.20 to fit the tap and the lid has a padlock drilled on...just incase a goat tries a synchronised suicide by hay eating drowning incident...then once drained in its haylage nets..any piglets have theirs double netted..also outside I use a huge green hay tub thing with three nose holes whose name escapes me.this has a kid and base and if used netted really works..if clever piglet at work the lid is easily flung off in a dramatic tamtrum..edited to ad..make sure the tap you fit is the same size as your hose..then you can drain off to somewhere safe in winter and no lugging heavy wet nets or things for tipping

 

[dreamcometrue]

I’ve used a spare wheelbarrow before for flattish nets of a couple of hay slices. It’s much easier because higher up so not as much lifting and you can tip out the water easily or even wheel it elsewhere to tip it out.

 

[Red-1]

I use these...

https://evengreener.com/water-savin...200ltwbdkit?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=aw

I can fill once a day, 2 nets in, put the next 2 nets in when I take the first out.

They have a tap so drain, I have a hose connected (standard click on connector) so can direct the water. Lids for flies and snow (!), and they look neat and tidy.

If I changed anything, it would be to have a shorter stand. It doesn't need to be so tall and makes lifting the lower net (still in a few inches of water) harder.

Otherwise fab.

 

[Surbie]

I have over-engineered my solution - glued a big planter wheelie tray to the bottom of a large tubtrug. fitted a tap to the trug. I am sure there are many simpler and cheaper options!!

 

[Ownedby4horses]

I had a big half a bale soaker, it was brilliant and lasted years (sold before emigrated). https://www.amazon.co.uk/Soaker-Drainage-Feeding-Horses-Ponies/dp/B07DGKF1WR

Whatever you buy, make sure it is designed to hold water, for example a water butt.

I had two of the following and they were awful, great design idea but they both split within a matter of weeks. https://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Original-Hay-Soaker/dp/B00H1WKVO0. When I turned them over, it turned out they were a brabantia bin with a tap added, I got in touch with brabantia and they sent me an email confirming they weren’t fit for holding water, as the company I bought them from refused to refund.

 

[Pippity]

200l water butt.

 

[SantaVera]

large blue barrel sawn in half lengthways.( ie pole to pole not around the equator) soak a net or 2 in each half, tip by having a couple of frnce poles fixed to sides.

 

[SantaVera]

how much hay does a hay cube hold ? half a small bale ? or less?

 

[MereChristmas]

These are not very sturdy but not expensive either. When full the long sides bulge so I tied a strap around the middle. It is fine for 2 medium sized nets.

https://www.wickes.co.uk/Strata-145...IRiyeNlJ9GKFQ1gItKoaAmgIEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

[milliepops]

how much hay does a hay cube hold ? half a small bale ? or less?

i got half a small bale in easily.

 

[poiuytrewq]

I would love to but should have also mentioned this is for the worlds greediest pony, think doubled greedy feeder nets, eatings straw/shavings anything, driving me potty!

Ah ok. So how about a half plastic barrel with a tap on the bottom to drain? Bigger and tougher than trugs

 

[RHM]

I use one of these: https://www.diy.com/departments/war...EAQYCCABEgLj9fD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds&storeId=1086

don’t have a stand and I have sawn a inch of the top to make it wider. Doesn’t hold a huge amount of hay, just one medium sized net around 7kgs worth.

 

[ILuvCowparsely]

Any great and cost effective containers to soak hay. I have been through so many tub trugs it is driving me up the wall.

I have one of these, not cheap but they brilliant, def a worth while investment

https://www.jsw4jumps.co.uk/shop/yard-stable/feed-storage/portable-hay-soaker-on-castors/

 

[ILuvCowparsely]

cheaper option, and safe to leave in stable

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Plastere...803094&hash=item444a5c7a7e:g:6swAAOSwDYNd92YV

 

[PinkvSantaboots]

I have a really large Stubbs thing that will fit 2 nets with 3 sections or one big puffy net, it's really thick and sturdy and tips easy enough, I also have this huge round container that will fit about 4 nets that was here when we moved in so no idea where it's from but I have been using it for 8 years and it's still fine.

 

[poiuytrewq]

Ah ok. So how about a half plastic barrel with a tap on the bottom to drain? Bigger and tougher than trugs

I have one of these, not cheap but they brilliant, def a worth while investment

https://www.jsw4jumps.co.uk/shop/yard-stable/feed-storage/portable-hay-soaker-on-castors/

ohhh this looks pretty amazing!

 

[ycbm]

Any great and cost effective containers to soak hay. I have been through so many tub trugs it is driving me up the wall.

An old bath, you can get one free from any bathroom fitter.

Already got a drain hole.
.

 

[Translationsneeded1]

Second an old bath. Get it to drain into a drain. I soak it loose and then fork it out.