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<blockquote data-quote="BuffaloBillCody" data-source="post: 1689460" data-attributes="member: 42027"><p>15 pair, let's say 15 gallons a day? That's 225 gallons a day. I'll note here that If you're going to rely on stored water gravity fed to a trough you should put a couple days worth in there.</p><p></p><p>I'm working on a mobile watering system for 500 head of bison that I move to new pasture every day. Same basic system could work for you, a few others have mentioned it. Just put a submersible pump in the water source and pump through 1" or 1 1/4" hose to a trough with a little shutoff system. I spoke extensively with some BLM wildland fire fighters about how they move water around the land. They said quite simply, if you're only needing to move 1-3 gallons a minute, then just get the smallest pump you can find and pump it through HDPE or something similar because that flow rate is extremely easy to get, even if there's hills or some minor elevation working against you. Poly black hosing, the blue stripe stuff, is cheap. Wildland fire hose isn't cheap but it's lightweight and lays flat. If there's a road just find a way under it.</p><p></p><p>I like that you're thinking of a tank on a truck, since I believe in moving cattle every day. People may complain about the work but I didn't get into the industry to stay home and watch tv while my livestock loafed around and grazed all the good forage out of the pasture. I just think that I'd rather move a trough and drag a hose to a new paddock then tow a tank back and forth.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BuffaloBillCody, post: 1689460, member: 42027"] 15 pair, let's say 15 gallons a day? That's 225 gallons a day. I'll note here that If you're going to rely on stored water gravity fed to a trough you should put a couple days worth in there. I'm working on a mobile watering system for 500 head of bison that I move to new pasture every day. Same basic system could work for you, a few others have mentioned it. Just put a submersible pump in the water source and pump through 1" or 1 1/4" hose to a trough with a little shutoff system. I spoke extensively with some BLM wildland fire fighters about how they move water around the land. They said quite simply, if you're only needing to move 1-3 gallons a minute, then just get the smallest pump you can find and pump it through HDPE or something similar because that flow rate is extremely easy to get, even if there's hills or some minor elevation working against you. Poly black hosing, the blue stripe stuff, is cheap. Wildland fire hose isn't cheap but it's lightweight and lays flat. If there's a road just find a way under it. I like that you're thinking of a tank on a truck, since I believe in moving cattle every day. People may complain about the work but I didn't get into the industry to stay home and watch tv while my livestock loafed around and grazed all the good forage out of the pasture. I just think that I'd rather move a trough and drag a hose to a new paddock then tow a tank back and forth. [/QUOTE]
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