New insulated portable livestock water tank design!!
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New sub-zero livestock water tank-tested to 13 below zero with excellent performance. We will look at all the different livestock water tanks we used this year and their importance in the adaptive grazing system. We'll take a look at a new design on an insulated water tank and brass valve modification to make an excellent choice for sub-zero use.
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Thanks Russ, this was a super helpful video! Good to know about those brass float valves and I love that trick of directing the jet of water up to the surface to make it turbulent.
I'm in Minnesota. I had my "frost free" Cobett type waterer freeze up this past winter. I use a bottom of tank toilet valve in them, and the reservoir is a 3 gallon rubber bucket, so very little "reserve capacity". What happens then is they drink the bucket empty exposing the valve to the outside air. It was -20F plus for about 2 weeks, and without water over the valve, it finally froze up. That then exposed the "basement" to cold penetration, and the feeder pipe to the valve froze. Didn't want to mess with it during the cold, so I just set a 25 gallon tank under a hydrant (hydrant just like you have in the video). I opened it up to a steady stream of water running, dumping through the air (no hose), and dropping into the tank. Drove in some fence stakes around the tank to keep it in place, and alongside of the hydrant to protect it from the cattle. I took the handle off of the hydrant entirely, so they couldn't shut it off on me.
I was VERY surprised to find that the black plastic tank (just like you had at the beginning of the video), with NO insulation at all, and just sitting on top of the ground, stayed COMPLETELY open, not one bit of ice on it, not even around the edges... right through that long very cold spell that we had. I never bothered to fix the other one, figuring to wait until spring when it would be nicer to work on it... When the warm weather finally came, it all thawed out by itself and EVERYTHING worked just like it's supposed to. The herd of 80 head are drinking on it right now, with no other water source.
My point is, a little bit of flowing water can make up for a lot of heat energy given off to the atmosphere... and remember, I'm in Minnesota, and out January looks quite a bit different than what this video is showing. Yes, it's a lot cheaper to pump water than it is to heat water. Your heat source is then "geothermal"... the ground the water flows through to get to the water.
Cobett waterer are supposed to really good. Cows can be hard on hydrants my solution to that problem. Is a short piece of poly wire, a jumper, and 3 step inn fence post. Just run it round the hydrant.
I'm sure your weather is a lot worse than it is here. We have had three very mild winters here. I do have friend in Canada that has tested this set up down to -24. Thanks for watching!
This is a parsimonious solution to watering livestock in the winter as well as keeping the water fresh. I love how your cows follow you around and enjoy being touched and talked to.
Kathy
We love our animals!
Hey Mr. Russ, It'd been on my mind to send you a big Thank You for all of your content. Appreciate you!
Great idea. Frozen pipes in the winter is by far the worst problem you can have. Continuous water flow is the answer.
Thanks for sharing your solution.
Very True!! Frozen pipes can get really bad. Thanks for watching!
Very interesting video and I
Glad you enjoyed it
I love it when people think outside of the box! Thank you again!
This will be a game changer!
It really works great!! Has made it so I can keep the livestock out grazing. Thanks for watching!!
I see you got the water valve I swear by for the last 20 years. Good Work Buddy
Hey Troy It is a awesome little valve. What's the life expectancy of the little rubber seal? Been using one since last spring still going strong. Thanks
I saw someone using tractor tires to insulate shallom you are loved
Thank You!!
@@RussWilson you are welcome Shabbat shalom you are loved
Nice design. You have a good system going for winter water in a very portable solution.
Thank you!! We really like it!!
@@RussWilson I’ve been powering through your videos on TV though so can’t comment there. Lots of great information. Will try to sort through to hit the relevant ones. Great to see the comparison between a larger operation like Greg Judy that has much more gravity on his side for collecting/holding water and his syphoning technique for preventing freezing. Does that same as yours without as much effort.
@@tomf.2274 I also watch a lot of youtube on tv. Wish we could comment on many of the videos watched. I have a lot of questions. Then forget by the time I get to my computer. Appreciate the support.
Put a cage around the valve to keep the cows from nudging it. Shallom you are loved
I have cages in all my tanks. Cows don't know how big they really are. Thanks for Watching
@@RussWilson I didn't see any cages. Take a look at how a dog auto waterer is set up with the valve and float where the animal can't touch it. Shallom you are loved
Great job
Thanks for watching!!
Another great how to Russ. Thanks
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Genius
When your living in the snow. It's better if they make metal water tanks. That way you can light a fire and melt the snow. Inside the tank. Then it can pass on to a metal pipe where it goes into a plastic tank or another metal tank. That way you don't have to keep switching water tanks . Or just insert a water heater in the metal tanks so it the can melt the snow to pass on to the other tank and you can keep adding snow to the tank and melts and travels its way to the other tanks you connected too.
Love this. Plan on trying it for my goats. 👍 Thanks!
It would work great for goats. We use it for our sheep. Thanks for watching!!
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Wished I had thought of that my self.
Maybe you could make it better.
thanks for the ideas . looks good from jasper ny
my cows would flip that
Be worth a try for the portability. You'd be surprised.
Did I see this in the farm show?
How keep the lines feeding the tub from freezing?
How many cows are you running on this? And what about water delivery to the tank? Are you running above ground lines or buried?
I think Russ mentioned in one video he had 80 head.
What kind of grass do you have stockpiled at 16:40?
I like Orchard Grass and Fescue the best with a mix of legumes. But I have stockpiled any grasses (switchgrass, Gama grass, wild rye, canary grass, and etc...) that are available. Thanks for watching!!
I’m interested in making a small portable waterer like you have. Do you have any issues with cows stepping in it or knocking it over? I currently have a 100 gallon tank on a wagon I built but I’d like to go smaller and just dump it just to move it.
Sorry for the slow reply. I do not have any trouble with the stock tank. The only time they push the tank around is if move them a long distance on a hot day or if I forget to turn the valve on. Thanks for Watching!!!
@@RussWilson I made one out of a Protein lick tub, been using it for probably three months and it’s been great so much more Portable
@@ElliottFarms Stock-tanks can be made out of almost anything and work well. I have a friend that made one out of a portable file cabinet tote.
@@RussWilson yes, it is working great so far. I have to make one for the winter time next!