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<blockquote data-quote="mobgrazer" data-source="post: 632921" data-attributes="member: 9043"><p>I did have one freeze up this year. I have not set them up to use one the freeze proof water. I forgot to put the overflow pipe on the side and open it up; I did remember at 1 am when I woke up and remembered. I was not getting up to fix it and I had about a half inch of ice in the morning. Once I opened up a spot for them to drink I found that the float was frozen. It was a cold 20 minutes of work to fix it and I'm glad I did not get up that time to fix it. The wind chill was -13*f most of the night.</p><p></p><p>We pull our water out of our old irrigation lines that is set up with 3 hydraulic ram pumps and an underground water storage building. The worst part is moving 1,200' of 2 inch black pipe from one outlet to the next every 6 days or more depending on the stocking rate at the time. Lying on the cold ground and popping the cam and grove coupling and getting your arms wet sucks when it's wet.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mobgrazer, post: 632921, member: 9043"] I did have one freeze up this year. I have not set them up to use one the freeze proof water. I forgot to put the overflow pipe on the side and open it up; I did remember at 1 am when I woke up and remembered. I was not getting up to fix it and I had about a half inch of ice in the morning. Once I opened up a spot for them to drink I found that the float was frozen. It was a cold 20 minutes of work to fix it and I’m glad I did not get up that time to fix it. The wind chill was -13*f most of the night. We pull our water out of our old irrigation lines that is set up with 3 hydraulic ram pumps and an underground water storage building. The worst part is moving 1,200’ of 2 inch black pipe from one outlet to the next every 6 days or more depending on the stocking rate at the time. Lying on the cold ground and popping the cam and grove coupling and getting your arms wet sucks when it’s wet. [/QUOTE]
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