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Southeast Colorado | We use quite a few of these 8 and 9 foot portable metal stock tanks. Moving them around makes them flex and start leaking at the seams. Also they start getting rusted out pin holds in the bottom. It used to be that we could get 10 to 15 years out of these but anymore it seems like we're lucky to get 5 or 6. Along with being built thinner they also cost a LOT more. I'm wondering if you folks can imagine some kind of sealer that could be painted on to get more life out of these things. Some folks have gone to plastic tanks but they tend to turn into kites when empty. The metal ones will too but at least they stay put lots better. Thanks for any suggestions. |
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North Mo. | flex steel works |
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| put a old truck tire in plastic one When it goes dry it ll stay put. Also for pin holes in metal tank,after you get it set and full of water sprinkle dry cement out of the bag in it. Seeps to holes and plugs them
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Texas/New Mexico Stateline | The best thing I did too keep them from leaking is I switched to the Hastings poly tanks. Very durable and never leak.
You are right though. We needed an oval tank and could not get a poly tank the right size, so I made the mistake of getting one from TSC. It leaked bad from day onw. Took it back, and all the others they had were dented and the seams did not look any better.
Ordered one from a different store, and so far it has held water.
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NE kansas | Our water seemed to eat tanks pretty quick and the rubber made ones broke up also. I started taking rear tractor tires, cutting the bead out with a sazall and dumping 5 or 6 sacks on concrete in the bottom. Havent piped one up through the bottom yet and they are no longer portable but I know where I need them by now and you can always find old rear tires around. |
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Marianna Arkansas | cflory - 1/6/2017 16:58
Our water seemed to eat tanks pretty quick and the rubber made ones broke up also. I started taking rear tractor tires, cutting the bead out with a sazall and dumping 5 or 6 sacks on concrete in the bottom. Havent piped one up through the bottom yet and they are no longer portable but I know where I need them by now and you can always find old rear tires around.
Yep, tire tanks are the way to go. They are so cheap you don't have to move them.
I use combine tires for mine. I use tractor tires for hay feeders. |
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Southeast Colorado | There are a few places we could put permanent tanks but most of these need to be portable because we graze a lot of stalks and wheat pasture so water placement could wind up being in hundreds of different places. Also we need these tanks to hold around 1000 gallons to make hauling water efficient. |
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Marianna Arkansas | That makes a diffrence them. I've also been using old 1,000 gallon galvanized water nurse tanks for troughs too. I do have one place I but two side by side cause I'm hauling water there. |
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southern new england | We have quite a few 4 x 24 Farmco feed wagons around we use to feed silage in pastures . We needed a water tank that a lot of cows could drink from at once, so we calked the drain holes and put on a float! Works great and even has wheels! I would guess holds well over 1000 gallons. We empty it to move it. |
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Ne Nebraska | Bag of bentonite works great. Dump some over crack or hole and seals up well. Moving it might have to scoop it around back over hole tho. |
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Columbia City, Indiana | I've had good luck with a good thick layer of JB weld along the seam and over and pin holes. Has to be warm to do that, though, or maybe let the trough and JB weld sit in a good warm shop near the heater for about a week first. |
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Sheridan, IL | Flex seal |
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Sealing leaking seams on stock tanks.
