The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Smallholding => Equipment => Topic started by: Foxx on March 23, 2011, 10:13:39 pm
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Hi All,
New to the forum, so apologies if Im asking previously answered questions. Im just planning to start with a couple of pigs. They will be moved regularly over the 9acres I have, and will get closer to home as they grow. I am wondering about the best, most cost effective water systems. There is a stream nearby, but the ground is steep on the side of a Lake District fellside, and my outbuildings with mains water are 2acres from the furthest point.
Can anyone advise the best capture system, moveable and as maintenance free as possible !
Thanks, Foxx
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How about fitting a water tank to a small trailer, then attaching a hose from this to a drinking trough fitted with a ballcock?
It's on wheels so you could easily tow it away to re-fill it or move it around the paddock.
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We capture rainwater on tin roofs, into 1000l barrels, then let gravity take it, via blue pipe, to automatic drinkers in each paddock. With sufficient head the water will run uphill a bit. It doesn't work in the winter when all is frozen solid - then it's buckets from the kitchen ::)
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Hi all,
I will soon be having the same problem.
I have been thinking of using a 12v water pump attached to a lesiure battery that is itself connected to a solar panel.
Does anyone know of a suitable pump that can pull water up hill through an MDPE pipe from a stream to a pig trough with a ballcock?
Thank you.
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I have a couple of IBCs either connected to a homemade self filling bowl or a nipple for the pigs. I either put them on the trailer and tow it home to fill via the tap or else I have a submersible pump that I can run off the tractor battery via a 350W inverter. I prefer the pump as it fills the IBC much faster than the tap