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Russ In Idaho

Posted 10/28/2025 08:52 (#11415770)
Subject: So just a few pics of new water troughs

We put rubber tire troughs in, we didn't know flow of water as its a new well. Over 5 miles from well, so plumb them into 2"HDPE pipe then necked them down to a garden hose so we could measure flow at troughs. We had over 47 gallons to spilt on two troughs right now, adding another trough in a week. Then more troughs down the line when we can to afford to rip more pipe in, going to close to 20 miles of pipe when done.

Came up with galvanized pipe with nipple to put on garden hose, so it doesn't float up and whip out of trough. Had 20 gallon trash van to measure water flow to time it. Can't run floats or would have to run pissers on those. This was the only trouble free, cowboy simple way I could think of to spilt this water. Use 1" curb stop valves to troughs, and another 1" curb stop to drain trough stand pipe down below freezing if we need to turn off in winter time.

Problem is ground flat with little slope, tried to put over flow on ponds in natural drainage. Also the curb stops are threaded Minneapolis pattern curb stops with pvc threaded on them for water wrench to turn them off. Also took small cable and drilled hole and run cable through caps and swagged crimp on cable so caps dont get lost or switched because we wrote on cap if it was trough or drain valve. You can push cable back into holes so much not sticking out. Also swagged cable on drain 4" pipe cover so you can stand out side trough and lift 4" off 2" pipe to clean. Can use your curb stop wrench or shovel to lift it off from outside trough.

Also included pics of only live water for 25 miles, its a warm spring high in minerals, this water eats pipe up like crazy. You can see the red minerals in ground as a rodent dug some up. We have to blow air up this metal pipe to keep it flowing about once a month. Need to dig it up and replace the pipe to HDPE.

Edited to add also took a peice of 2 7/8" scrap pipe thread garden hose through to help hold hose down in trough. When running 30+ gallons a minute hose was rasing up in water. Cut flows down 5 gallons hose will stay down.

Edited by Russ In Idaho 10/28/2025 09:03