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<blockquote data-quote="Lucky_P" data-source="post: 1260156" data-attributes="member: 12607"><p>What John SD said. </p><p>If it's a horse or maybe one or two cows drinking, you can get along with one of those float assemblies - until they tear 'em up; but, if you've got more than one or two cows drinking, and it's hot... refill capability will NOT keep up with consumption - and that's when they start wrecking stuff. </p><p></p><p>Used 1" Hudson full-flow valves for years, and they would work great for well or municipal water systems - but with gravity-fed pond water, the screens got gunked up and had to be cleaned almost daily. </p><p>Concrete and tire tanks now in use are plumbed up through the bottom with A.Y. McDonald valve assemblies - allow tremendous flow and minimal to no plugging issues with pond water... but biggest issue I've had is the ball deforming and failing to re-seat after the cows start drinking, if they've been sitting full with the float full up for extended periods.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lucky_P, post: 1260156, member: 12607"] What John SD said. If it's a horse or maybe one or two cows drinking, you can get along with one of those float assemblies - until they tear 'em up; but, if you've got more than one or two cows drinking, and it's hot... refill capability will NOT keep up with consumption - and that's when they start wrecking stuff. Used 1" Hudson full-flow valves for years, and they would work great for well or municipal water systems - but with gravity-fed pond water, the screens got gunked up and had to be cleaned almost daily. Concrete and tire tanks now in use are plumbed up through the bottom with A.Y. McDonald valve assemblies - allow tremendous flow and minimal to no plugging issues with pond water... but biggest issue I've had is the ball deforming and failing to re-seat after the cows start drinking, if they've been sitting full with the float full up for extended periods. [/QUOTE]
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