Winter field water

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Following on from another post re this coming winter..

I have recently (well, this Feb) taken over a DIY yard, and up until now, when at livery, I have always had automatic water drinkers in the field, which either didnt seem to freeze or the YM 'dealt with it'. Now it's up to me and although I have rigged together a rather effective hose system for the spring/summer/autumn, I am panicking slightly about the deep dark winter. The fields are a fair walk away - maybe about 300 m??

So my question is, how do you peeps out there with no automatic waterers cope with the field water supply? One thought was to get a giant water container and put it in the field, with a hose pipe in the centre of it (hoping that it never gets that cold that the hole lot freezes in to a big ice cube!).

Any thoughts would be great :)

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I have a towable water bowser, I fill it up at the barn, drive around the fields and fill their drinking troughs.
Although it takes up time, I actually prefer it to automatic drinkers as it is easier to clean the troughs/buckets and I can see how much water the horses drink.
 
I would suggest that you have a water supply and plastic water troughs installed. It is actually quite an easy job to do as the pipes can be easily mole drilled in the field.
Don't use metal water troughs as they can cause bone fractures if the horses kick out at them. Paxton make some very good and reliable plastic water drinkers.
Paxton also make some rather nice large corner plastic stable drinkers.
So much time is wasted carting water about that an investment up front can make life so much easier and save a lot of time and inconvenience.
 
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