soaking hay-water run off destroying yard, alternatives?

My Christmas Present this year was a bin with a tap at the bottom which stands on a step,there is a company that makes them and the whole lot inc the step was about £45.I am really pleased with it and makes life so much easier.It has a ledge that stands on feet that catches any bits of loose hay and bits so that all that comes out of the tap is literally the water.I take the ledge out at least once a week,give the bin a hose out and clean off the ledge.It takes 1 large haynet and the couple of very cold nights we have had,I have just put an old NZ over it and the water has not frozen or got icy.I am lucky in that I have a proper drain which the tap goes over so drains straight in there.You could easily attach a bit of pipe to it to drain off somewhere out of the way.My boy is Insulin Resistant and so have to hose off the hay before feeding it and this bin means I can Soak,release the water and drain,hose off and leave to drain,haynet pulls out easily and is all drained off so not heavy and doesn't wet horses bed as all drained.The bin also has air holes in the lid so doesn't get warm and send hay off.Sorry for essay and am happy to Pm you the company I got mine from for you to look at.At £45ish thought not a waste of money if only used short term and also looks better than buckets sitting around!
 
I would do the same as Clodagh - a bath with a waste pipe in to a drain.
Youcould even feed a rainwater pipe in to help fill the bath and rig up both the overflow and waste pipe from there to the drain. You can use those plug hole filters to catch the bits
 
mjcssjw2 said:
i thought that hay water run off was classed as effluent and you weren't supposed to just run it off onto the land - might be wrong though,
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It is - and hay water has the same amount of nasties in it as raw sewage if the hay has beensoaked for a few hours so I wouldnt want it hanging about!!
 
This wheelie bin with tap idea is marvellous! When I have to soak hay for little pony I have to take a tub trug to water trough, I can carry it one handed if half full, walk across 4 acres to shed, soak net in there and then usually chuck the water in the hedge which involves more walking. It is quite a mission, some rethinking definitely required!

What you need is a giant leilandi hedge near your bog to suck the life and goodness out of everything, my dads just had one removed from his garden for this reason!
 
vam said:
What about steaming it instead? My friend had this problem so built herself a steamer. She only needed it to damp the dust down so doesnt steam for long but if you steamed for longer it would give the same effect of long soaking but with less water, i think.
Not sure how much it cost her but a lot less than buying a purpose made one and seems to be working well for her.
If not then i would say something with a drain and attach a hose to it and run it to a drain is your best bet.
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Would also recommend steaming as we have the same problem with water run off. My daughter bought a big water butt with a lid (around £25 from local hardware shop) & uses 3-4 kettles of boiling water per haynet. Seems to work quite well!
 
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