Help with ideas for moving water uphill for the horses...

[Joe Blackeby]

Howdy, have to agree with Brin, kiss, LOL, not hard and simple.

 

[MadJack]

I just remembered.... I'm thinking low-cost & off-grid.

It would be easy enough to hire a ditch-witch and run pipe/power, with an electric pump at the pond! That just takes money, and it's simple.
Winter in Texas is different than winter in Minnesota or Maine, here we can get below -20 for a week or two at a time.

"Help with ideas for moving water uphill for the horses..."

Somewhere here was a topic on "windmills" as well.

 

[sseelhoff]

Thats about 2100 lbs of water !!

Only if you fill it all the way!



We also have one of those that we use to move water to the back pasture. Works well.

Load it empty, fill as much water as we need, and drive it where we need it. Bought a 4' length of 2"(?) pvc with a threaded fitting that screws on to the valve-90 degree elbow on the other end extends over the tailgate and directed down.

Back it up to the trough, open the valve, and it fills a 100 gallon trough in minutes.

 

[MossRoad]

Ok... My horses are about a week away from moving in. I plan to have a second well put in somewhere up in the pasture or preferably the new home site area, but until then, I need a simple way to haul water up the hill to the pasture from my home.

I'd love to find a US Army surplus water buffalo trailer, but other than that, anybody got any good ideas for hauling 50 gallos or so of water up to the horses?

Also, if I surround the water trough with sand bags or dirt (like a raised pond?) will I get the benefit of it not freezing as badly? Is there a solar powered water heater to keep their water from completely freezing?

Thanks in advance!
David

How far of a run is it?

 

[MossflowerWoods]

David.....Read the attached link...maybe you could rig this up and use the flowing water from your outside water faucet to make it work...if so it beats hauling it...HowStuffWorks "How does a hydraulic ram pump work?"

Bob (Brin),

My ponds are way BELOW the pasture, maybe 60 to 75 feet below, and also like 1000 feet away. the house is maybe only 850' away and 40-50 feet below the pasture.

The house is in a nice view spot overlooking the pond, not in a practicle spot. I only have one single hose bib.

David

 

[dennis52]

Why not just dig a trench and put a frost free hydrant up where you want it near the pasture. How far is it?
Horses drink a lot of water every day...I have five in a pasture and they will drain a 150 gallon stock tank in one day.

You must live on dry country. On hot days, my 5 horses would not go through half of that but it's hot with high humidity here and the pasture is pretty lush a lot of the time.

 

[WayneB]

Bob (Brin),

My ponds are way BELOW the pasture, maybe 60 to 75 feet below, and also like 1000 feet away. the house is maybe only 850' away and 40-50 feet below the pasture.

The house is in a nice view spot overlooking the pond, not in a practicle spot. I only have one single hose bib.

David

With a deep well pump you should be able to pump water up the 1000 feet. Won稚 be cheap to do it, but you can do it. I would think you would want a 11/2 pipe and known it could freeze you would have to trench it in, I am not sure about your temperatures, but you could always pump the water up to fill and then back drain the pipe during cold periods. It is much easier to push water than it is to pull it.

I run about 250 feet uphill to our camp with 1 pipe and a jet pump and we have about 50 PSI at the taps. You aren稚 looking for pressure just flow so you might be able to run a 1 poly pipe and get enough flow. If you have a means to get a line from your house you could by a boaster pump to push the water up the 850 feet?

Wayne

 

[valley]

Well ! There are a lot of good ideas for you. Let us know what you choose to do.

 

[MossflowerWoods]

Well ! There are a lot of good ideas for you. Let us know what you choose to do.

I will do that! Eventually I will have a second well dug up topside with a solar powered well pump. Until then...

Around here we can find the 250 gallon totes in a metal gage and are forklift compatible for around $75 ...

BlueRiver,

Where should I go looking for one of these. I believe it is the PERFECT idea for now.

Solar heated and insulated stock tank

Here it is!:thumbsup:

MadJack,

This is TOTALLY COOL! Or rather WARM! I will look into this.
BTW - I'm in Virginia, not Texas. But I would be OK living in Texas...

Be well all,
David

 

[Oldgreybear]

The already paid for solution is to fill you loader bucket with water, and move it 60-75 gallons at a trip (also get a little seat time). Your bucket has a rated capacity of 9.3 cubic feet. A cubic foot of water is 7.5 gallons. Total weight is less than 600 lbs. Not a long term solution,but quick, easy and best of all paid for until you can get a well in.

Bo