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<blockquote data-quote="RDFF" data-source="post: 1782352" data-attributes="member: 39018"><p>Yes, I designed the installation, but of course there's lots of others that have done tire tanks. I just added in the continuous flow part. These are set out across my fields... had to backhoe the 6' deep buried pipe about 1800'. Going to add onto that pipe next year with more "shallow buried line" about another half mile. I think I can get away with burying it like 20" deep <strong>as long as they're continuous flowing. </strong>The concern comes in if the power were to go off... there goes the continuous flow. With deep buried line, and with the valve components on the floor of the tank, nothing should ever freeze, even if the power is off (as long as te tank freezes over before the cattle drink it down too far!). But I think I'll be OK anyway, as I'm putting my supply line under sod, along my north property line fence, which causes a snow drift on my side of the fence (over the line then). I put the waterers about 30' off to the side of the main line, so the cattle don't pack that snow drift down over the main line. Then I can "deep bury" that 30' line running over to the waterers, so that doesn't freeze.</p><p></p><p>I have a 4" "PVC vent stack screen" placed into the top of the drain riser. That has pretty fine slits in it, and they do end up catching cattle hair and of course hay, etc., so I clean them off every so often. But I wouldn't want hay to just be able to run down into the drain tile either... could end up plugging my line. Pretty minor "maintenance" requirement there though, compared to opening frozen waterers all the time. Costs less to pump a little water than to try to heat it. Once warm weather comes, I'll just shut off the continuous flow valve on them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RDFF, post: 1782352, member: 39018"] Yes, I designed the installation, but of course there's lots of others that have done tire tanks. I just added in the continuous flow part. These are set out across my fields... had to backhoe the 6' deep buried pipe about 1800'. Going to add onto that pipe next year with more "shallow buried line" about another half mile. I think I can get away with burying it like 20" deep [B]as long as they're continuous flowing. [/B]The concern comes in if the power were to go off... there goes the continuous flow. With deep buried line, and with the valve components on the floor of the tank, nothing should ever freeze, even if the power is off (as long as te tank freezes over before the cattle drink it down too far!). But I think I'll be OK anyway, as I'm putting my supply line under sod, along my north property line fence, which causes a snow drift on my side of the fence (over the line then). I put the waterers about 30' off to the side of the main line, so the cattle don't pack that snow drift down over the main line. Then I can "deep bury" that 30' line running over to the waterers, so that doesn't freeze. I have a 4" "PVC vent stack screen" placed into the top of the drain riser. That has pretty fine slits in it, and they do end up catching cattle hair and of course hay, etc., so I clean them off every so often. But I wouldn't want hay to just be able to run down into the drain tile either... could end up plugging my line. Pretty minor "maintenance" requirement there though, compared to opening frozen waterers all the time. Costs less to pump a little water than to try to heat it. Once warm weather comes, I'll just shut off the continuous flow valve on them. [/QUOTE]
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