Temp fence.....how bout temporary water?

[shaz]

That's what's really kicking me in the butt right now. I have an awesome well but trenching water lines on my place is futile. Limestone and lots of it.

I know you guys have run into this - any ideas? :help:

 

[dun]

I use high pressure 1.5 inch polypipe with a hose bib at one end and a short washing machine hose from the main hydraunt to the poly. As long as you don;t brush hog it up or try to mow it when making hay it will settle into the grass and pretty much disappear

 

[shaz]

I use high pressure 1.5 inch polypipe with a hose bib at one end and a short washing machine hose from the main hydraunt to the poly. As long as you don;t brush hog it up or try to mow it when making hay it will settle into the grass and pretty much disappear

Thanks Dun,
I've already run 1000ft alongside one pasture. Did you run yours along the fence?
Has the maintenance been bad?

 

[dun]

I use high pressure 1.5 inch polypipe with a hose bib at one end and a short washing machine hose from the main hydraunt to the poly. As long as you don;t brush hog it up or try to mow it when making hay it will settle into the grass and pretty much disappear

Thanks Dun,
I've already run 1000ft alongside one pasture. Did you run yours along the fence?
Has the maintenance been bad?

We have one 1200 foot section running straight through the middle of pasture to service another pasture. The other one runs along fences, under roads along side of a holler. It has 6 hose bibs and is aorund 3500 feet long.
As long as a remember to drain all of the lines completely and close the hose bibs and put a cap on the supply end the only maintenace we've had was a helper mowing had cut it in a couple of places.

 

[JHH]

dun do you have a pic of what you are talking about ? Hose bibs?

That may work for me as a temp thing in a rented pasture

 

[dun]

dun do you have a pic of what you are talking about ? Hose bibs?

That may work for me as a temp thing in a rented pasture

http://www.keidel.com/mech/pvf/valve-ext.htm

 

[pdfangus]

Dun,

what pressure rating poly pipe do you use.

do you use the standard stuff from the plumbing supply house Maybe 120 to 160 psi or the heavy stuff like from Powerflex 800+ psi rating.

I know none of us are going to use pressure that high but the high strength stuff won't burst even if it freezes.

 

[shaz]

Dun,

what pressure rating poly pipe do you use.

do you use the standard stuff from the plumbing supply house Maybe 120 to 160 psi or the heavy stuff like from Powerflex 800+ psi rating.

I know none of us are going to use pressure that high but the high strength stuff won't burst even if it freezes.

Really :?:
What pipe is good enough that a cow can step directly on it?

 

[dun]

Dun,

what pressure rating poly pipe do you use.

do you use the standard stuff from the plumbing supply house Maybe 120 to 160 psi or the heavy stuff like from Powerflex 800+ psi rating.

I know none of us are going to use pressure that high but the high strength stuff won't burst even if it freezes.

Really :?:
What pipe is good enough that a cow can step directly on it?

If memory serves it's the 160 and cows walk on it all the time without breaking it, just pushes it further into the grass/mud/dirt/rocks. If you can drive across it with a 75 ho tractor without damagaing it a cow sure isn;t going to cause a problem

 

[pdfangus]

Dun,

thanks for the info.

I have been contemplating some surface water lines and have been doing a lot of cogitating about what poly pipe to use. I can not find the high strength stuff locally and the freight cost near as much as the pipe.

good to know I can use the locally available stuff.

 

[dun]

Dun,

thanks for the info.

I have been contemplating some surface water lines and have been doing a lot of cogitating about what poly pipe to use. I can not find the high strength stuff locally and the freight cost near as much as the pipe.

good to know I can use the locally available stuff.

If your local NRCS office has any programs that help to pay for grazing improvements you might want to check with them and see if you can buy the pipe (I prefer the 300 foot lengths rather then the 100 footer) from them or another local office. I get my pipe drop shipped at the local office from the office one county over. It saves about 1/3 of the price over buying it from a local store/supply house.

 

[dun]

Just for general informaitons. I use all stainless steel high quality clamps, a male 1 1/2 poly connector tahts is pipe to barb for the ends. A 1 1/2 to 3/4 galvanized reducer screws onto the male pipe side with a hose bib screwed onto that. On the supply end I use the same deal except instead of a hose bib I use a double male pipe to hose adapter. Washing machine hoses are double female so with the male hose end it's a simple deal to just put in the washing machine hose from the supply to the poly.

 

[Lucky_P]

Have a look here for some ideas: http://userpages.bright.net/~fwo/sub09.html

FWO is an experienced dairy grazer who's been doing management-intensive grazing for years.
I don't agree with him on all points, and dairy management is somewhat different from beef production - and what works in Ohio may or may not work in TX - but some of his ideas are adaptable just about anywhere.
Take some time to read some of his other writings - some are humorous, some may give you some additional ideas about grazing management.