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New Mexico: able to accomplish a naturally working recirculation loop with em. say take a 2.5 inch tube ( inlet water 1/4 the way up from the tank bottom ): pipe it down then Thru or to the center heat tube: notch that 2.5" down to a 3/4 inch then up thru the center tube to the top or just below the top of tank water level.
They are all that I have on my farm. I have a 50 & a 100 Henn-Rich, 2 - 100 Hurst, & 2 - 100 Canarm waterers. Over the years they have made a lot of improvements to them & are now a pretty good waterer. The oldest 1 that I have, the Henn-Rich 50 is basically a metal box & it came with 1/2" of white Styrofoam insulation in it.
I am wanting to get some cattle waterers. About the 250 head or less capacity with a fence down the top middle of it. The Cancrete is about 1k delivered to local Orchelins. This is the most expensive. The Peterson seems to be a couple hundred cheaper. What about plastic? I have heard bad about the Miramount founts.
Need advice, we have two concrete freeze proof waterers. One Meloy from Latham and one Smith's from Ozark. This is our second year, no problems last year and on Dec 5th, they were flowing fine, the overflow pipe was dripping, frozen Dec7th, wiht approx 4 inches of ice.
I realize the practical need to keep water flowing and the miserable hassle of thawing frozen waterers. But part of the reason these waterers work is that they have a limited opening or a barrier to keep the cold air out, and this limited opening can restrict water intake by the cattle. Water intake drives feed intake.
Posted 8/23/2015 12:57 (#4748891 - in reply to #4748772) Subject: RE: Anyone used or familiar with JUG livestock waterers? Most people that I ask about them like them. Only a 70 watt heater and very few freezing problems.
20 years ago my neighbor ask me to try one of his homemade waterers . Rich came over and showed me how to instal it. We now have replaced all 6 waterers and have never had one freeze more than what i couldn't break the ice with my boot. Only repairs have been one damaged valve spring. You won't find better people to deal with.
They are easily adjusted and seem to work well. They energy free waterers are great if you have 15 or 20 cows drinking from them, they get their heat from the warm water being replaced and a heat tube buried under the waterer. If the cows aren't drinking from it, it will freeze at some point in time. Concrete waterers are popular around central MO.
Posted 1/26/2014 22:03 (#3638416 - in reply to #3638393) Subject: Re: how do you keep livestock waterers from freezing up thorp wi. Blacksmith - 1/26/2014 20:54 Going out now to throw a couple of pieces of hedge into the cowboy tank heater.
Whether you need a waterer with the floating balls to seal depends on your approach. If you don't mind using electricity at the waterer and this is a permanent installation I would use a concrete waterer with electric heater and install it on concrete with an insulated heat tube and 4" tall riser one foot larger all around than the base of the waterer.