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<blockquote data-quote="John SD" data-source="post: 1016176" data-attributes="member: 14713"><p>For hydrants I installed with a permanent fiberglass tank, I build a 3 sided pen around the hydrant and across the tank to keep animals out of the tank. Use solid plumbing to put on a float.</p><p></p><p>I also have hydrants with no permanent tank where I just used a corner post/RR tie on each side of the hydrant.</p><p></p><p>IMO, the best installation is with a curb stop/drain and bring the plumbing into the bottom of the tank. I have this setup on both fiberglass tanks and tire tanks with concrete bottoms. </p><p></p><p> I also have 4" PVC drains plumbed into the tire tanks and pipe out away from the tank with 3 lengths of pipe. 90 degree elbows are installed flush with the concrete in the bottom of the tank. A short chunk of 4" PVC is placed in the elbow for a stopper. Not glued. To drain the tank, pull out the pipe and it takes really no time at all to drain a 12' tank. </p><p></p><p>The biggest advantages of the complete underground installation vs hydrants is that the underground setup can be used all winter with minimal danger of freezing. I have used 6' - 12' tire tanks and 10' round fiberglass tanks to -30. Curb stops also have much higher water flow rate than hydrants.</p><p></p><p>I use no concrete except inside the tire tanks. Only a semi belly dump of good gravel per tank location</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John SD, post: 1016176, member: 14713"] For hydrants I installed with a permanent fiberglass tank, I build a 3 sided pen around the hydrant and across the tank to keep animals out of the tank. Use solid plumbing to put on a float. I also have hydrants with no permanent tank where I just used a corner post/RR tie on each side of the hydrant. IMO, the best installation is with a curb stop/drain and bring the plumbing into the bottom of the tank. I have this setup on both fiberglass tanks and tire tanks with concrete bottoms. I also have 4" PVC drains plumbed into the tire tanks and pipe out away from the tank with 3 lengths of pipe. 90 degree elbows are installed flush with the concrete in the bottom of the tank. A short chunk of 4" PVC is placed in the elbow for a stopper. Not glued. To drain the tank, pull out the pipe and it takes really no time at all to drain a 12' tank. The biggest advantages of the complete underground installation vs hydrants is that the underground setup can be used all winter with minimal danger of freezing. I have used 6' - 12' tire tanks and 10' round fiberglass tanks to -30. Curb stops also have much higher water flow rate than hydrants. I use no concrete except inside the tire tanks. Only a semi belly dump of good gravel per tank location [/QUOTE]
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