I bought a metal automatic float valve for the livestock's water trough. No more overfilling the water trough!!! Yay!!
http://www.miller-mfg.com/page/1/Product-Detail.jsp?groupId=776&prodId=90933
It was easy to assemble. The problem I had were my garden hoses. I was using old cracked and leaky hoses that were fine before but now with constant water pressure I can't have my hoses leak. Because the float is permanently mounted I had to split the garden hose and have another hose go over to the horse's water trough. Because the horses don't drink as much water as the cattle I don't need the float on that trough as the water in that trough lasts two to three days. Currently I refill the cattle's water trough twice a day.
After lots of adjustment replacing hoses and washers I got a leak free set up. The float works great.
This is one less thing to worry about when I go to Washington State for the Labor Day weekend. My neighbors said they would refill the water troughs when I was away, but I didn't want that they had to come over twice a day and stand around for 20 minutes of so.
The cattle out in the field which is getting drier.
Thursday, August 29, 2013
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