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Janet Schmidt
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Username: Sparky
Post Number: 156
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, Dec 1, 2005 - 2:19 pm: |   |
My dad came up with a great idea to keep the end of the hose from popping out of the bucket and spraying water everywhere. He just attached about 10" of 1" chain by a piece of wire to the end of the hose and the end of the hose just sits in the bucket and does not pop out. In winter we fill a plastic wheelbarrow 3/4 full of water and wheel it down to the water barrels and the hose kept kicking out of the wheelbarrow and spraying over everything - so his "I'll fix that" attitude kicked in and no more problem! At 84 his mind is still pretty sharp!
Janet |
Christella
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Username: Christel
Post Number: 6
Registered: 8-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, Dec 1, 2005 - 3:53 pm: | |
Excellent idea!! Been fighting w/ my hoses for years, will definetly try that.
Now if I can just remember to turn the water off, I'll be doing ok!
Just last week I forgot 2 times and it sure was tricky trying to get more hose in the tank when I had to stand several feet away because of the mud. With the chain weighing down the hose it will be easy to just throw it in.
This time of year the hoses are so cold they almost break instead of bend, very neat idea!!
Thanks
Chris |
Janet Schmidt
Member
Username: Sparky
Post Number: 157
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, Dec 1, 2005 - 6:46 pm: | |
I know sometimes such a simple thing makes you shake your head - I have fought with it for ever also! I guess you could zap strap it on also in stead of trying to wire it on.
Janet |
Robert N. Oglesby DVM
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Username: Dro
Post Number: 14248
Registered: 1-1997
| | Posted on Friday, Dec 2, 2005 - 6:22 am: | |
Wow, having come in yesterday with a wet... well you know where it usually sprays you, this is a superb idea. Better hurry down to the Lowes before all the chain is gone.
DrO |
Lilo
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Username: Lilo
Post Number: 217
Registered: 4-2000
| | Posted on Friday, Dec 2, 2005 - 2:33 pm: | |
When I fill a water trough and can't be right there, I usually use a bungee cord (with hooks at the end - comes in a multitude of lengths) and secure the hose on something - fencepost, hydrant, anything nearby and fixed. Bungee cords are so useful - I always have an assortment in my trailer also.
However - one still has to remember to turn off the water!!!
Lilo |
Sara Wolff
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Username: Mrose
Post Number: 988
Registered: 1-2000
| | Posted on Friday, Dec 2, 2005 - 3:32 pm: | |
I use bungees for lots of things, but for water my husband has taken some PVC pipe and run it through one of the wire mesh fence holes, then down into the water trough. He wired it into place with baling wire wrapped around it and the fence. When horses need water, we just run the hose a foot or so into the pipe and the water runs down the pipe into the trough. That way we don't need to go into each field and hold the hose until each trough is filled.
I must confess that I too have caused a couple of pretty good floods by forgetting the water was on. I just rack it up to getting older. But it's annoying! |
Brandi Reinert
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Username: Brandi
Post Number: 88
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Friday, Dec 2, 2005 - 8:07 pm: | |
For all of you who flood your pastures...for $12.99 at Home Depot I got a Nelson water shut-off timer that you turn on by twisting on, to your desired time limit, then it shuts off automatically. I LOVE it. It isn't exact on time, but I know that 3 clicks is enough to fill my 100-gallon tank. I never have floods anymore.
There are some closer to $20 or $25, but I prefer the Nelson one, it's proven the most reliable, non-leaky and sturdy. Here's a pic:
And here's a link to buy one, though it's $15.95:
http://store.yahoo.com/mastergardening/wat-9030.html
You'll wonder how you ever lived without it...I know I do. |
Corinne Meadows
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Username: Corinne
Post Number: 150
Registered: 9-2005
| | Posted on Friday, Dec 2, 2005 - 11:30 pm: | |
Brandi,
What a cute little stocking stuffer for our barn managers/owners. I am sure when she is tending to three children, 17 horses with chores, and trying to get ready for her other full time job in the morning it would be nice to not have to run out in 20 below weather more than you have to to check on the hoses at the troughs. I am going to get her one! Thanks for the link.
v/r
Corinne |
Christella
Member
Username: Christel
Post Number: 8
Registered: 8-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, Dec 3, 2005 - 9:46 am: | |
Brandi, another neat idea and Corrine it would be a neat gift. My best Christmas gifts have been a wheel barrow and and a no freeze faucet!!! Love those practical gifts.
Will this little device stop the back flow of the water from the tank when the water is turned off?
I use the no freeze faucets and if you leave a hose in tank after turning it off, all the water will drain back out of tank.
Now, am wondering if a no freeze faucet would freeze if you left it 'on' all the time. |
Brandi Reinert
Member
Username: Brandi
Post Number: 89
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Monday, Dec 5, 2005 - 2:26 am: | |
I leave the hose in a lot of the time, and have never had any problem with it draining the tank. My hose has a nozzle on the end, but if the hose is left in the tank then the nozzle is left open too, so I think it will work fine. I couldn't survive without it. And how great if someone else finds it useful. |
