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Pad under water trough???
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<blockquote data-quote="Jogeephus" data-source="post: 581620" data-attributes="member: 4362"><p>For a pad to work well you really need the pad to extend out from the water trough at least the length of your cow plus a few feet. Concrete can get expensive. A cheap way to get around this is to get a tree surgeon to dump you a load of ground mulch on your place and you can dump scoops of this in front of the trough. (they will normally give this to you since it will save them a tipping fee at the dump) This will keep the cows from walking off with the dirt around the trough. You got to maintain this about every six months. Another cheap way would be to get some of those used rubber mats from a dairy. Dairy here will give them to me cause they are damaged. They are about the size of a sheet of 1" 4'x8' plywood and can be placed under and around your trough when you first put it in place. These things are almost indestructible and will keep the cows from wallering out the ground around the trough.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jogeephus, post: 581620, member: 4362"] For a pad to work well you really need the pad to extend out from the water trough at least the length of your cow plus a few feet. Concrete can get expensive. A cheap way to get around this is to get a tree surgeon to dump you a load of ground mulch on your place and you can dump scoops of this in front of the trough. (they will normally give this to you since it will save them a tipping fee at the dump) This will keep the cows from walking off with the dirt around the trough. You got to maintain this about every six months. Another cheap way would be to get some of those used rubber mats from a dairy. Dairy here will give them to me cause they are damaged. They are about the size of a sheet of 1" 4'x8' plywood and can be placed under and around your trough when you first put it in place. These things are almost indestructible and will keep the cows from wallering out the ground around the trough. [/QUOTE]
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