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Best Freeze-Proof Water Trough for Central Texas
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<blockquote data-quote="simme" data-source="post: 1773003" data-attributes="member: 40418"><p>In our climate here, a 7 to 8 foot diameter concrete trough (we call them tanks) fed from underneath with the Jobe valve in the bottom center inside of the trough with a good string connecting to the plastic float seems to work well for a little cold weather. Seems like most freezing is in the pipe and float exposed to cold air. Plastic tank will freeze before concrete. Plenty of water volume, lots of thermal mass in the tank side walls, all piping buried, and valve in the bottom of the tank is about as good as needed here. If the surface freezes, cows will break the ice or the afternoon sun warmup will melt it. But I would always be nervous about going weeks without checking. Float can fail, well can run dry, cows can jump in the tank and break something. We rarely get below 10-15 degrees here.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="simme, post: 1773003, member: 40418"] In our climate here, a 7 to 8 foot diameter concrete trough (we call them tanks) fed from underneath with the Jobe valve in the bottom center inside of the trough with a good string connecting to the plastic float seems to work well for a little cold weather. Seems like most freezing is in the pipe and float exposed to cold air. Plastic tank will freeze before concrete. Plenty of water volume, lots of thermal mass in the tank side walls, all piping buried, and valve in the bottom of the tank is about as good as needed here. If the surface freezes, cows will break the ice or the afternoon sun warmup will melt it. But I would always be nervous about going weeks without checking. Float can fail, well can run dry, cows can jump in the tank and break something. We rarely get below 10-15 degrees here. [/QUOTE]
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