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<blockquote data-quote="snake67" data-source="post: 1016540" data-attributes="member: 17764"><p>Shut off is in the first tank - the others have to fill to the top of the horizontal over flow pipe - one after another - then they all fill together after they reach the pipe.</p><p></p><p>The second tank fills to the run off point and then the third and so on - when the last tank is up to the pipe all fill together and the float in the first tank shuts everything off. It is not perfect I suppose but so far we have never had a problem</p><p></p><p>All tanks are on the same level - the overflow is a 4 inch pipe. The pipes are about three inches below the top of the tank and run horizontally between the tanks. </p><p></p><p>The tanks essentially all fill independently and in order until all water levels are up to the overflow pipes - then the tanks fill as one until the float valve shuts it all off.</p><p></p><p>Hard to explain - works like a charm.</p><p></p><p>Cheap too. Looked at plumbing the field - thousands of dollars - cattle could not make me the money to justify the cost. The money is just not there unless you have the numbers to pay for it - truth is not more than 5% of the folks on this board really make any money on cows - they play at it and work for a living.</p><p></p><p>That outside money is what makes their payday. There are some here that make it but you can be sure most do not. But they have nice barns and nice plumbing!! LOL I suppose it is an investment in itself - I just hate paying out cash if I do not have it.</p><p></p><p>We are all about cheap here - but I am putting up a new 60 foot building this year and paying cash for it - go slow - be cheap and save your pennies - it is the small stuff that kills you - not the big stuff.</p><p></p><p>Cheers</p><p></p><p>Bez</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="snake67, post: 1016540, member: 17764"] Shut off is in the first tank - the others have to fill to the top of the horizontal over flow pipe - one after another - then they all fill together after they reach the pipe. The second tank fills to the run off point and then the third and so on - when the last tank is up to the pipe all fill together and the float in the first tank shuts everything off. It is not perfect I suppose but so far we have never had a problem All tanks are on the same level - the overflow is a 4 inch pipe. The pipes are about three inches below the top of the tank and run horizontally between the tanks. The tanks essentially all fill independently and in order until all water levels are up to the overflow pipes - then the tanks fill as one until the float valve shuts it all off. Hard to explain - works like a charm. Cheap too. Looked at plumbing the field - thousands of dollars - cattle could not make me the money to justify the cost. The money is just not there unless you have the numbers to pay for it - truth is not more than 5% of the folks on this board really make any money on cows - they play at it and work for a living. That outside money is what makes their payday. There are some here that make it but you can be sure most do not. But they have nice barns and nice plumbing!! LOL I suppose it is an investment in itself - I just hate paying out cash if I do not have it. We are all about cheap here - but I am putting up a new 60 foot building this year and paying cash for it - go slow - be cheap and save your pennies - it is the small stuff that kills you - not the big stuff. Cheers Bez [/QUOTE]
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