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Warburg, AB | Usually my pet cows eat snow for water, it’s a cruel world on my side of the river. Alberta Cowman has those high roller tire waterers on the other side. Snow was scarce, and half melted and froze hard, when my brother was buying cows. Turned out pretty quick we needed water. I don’t have a well on my yard, this yard is a (slow) new build. So, we improvised. Ground water is usually high, and exceptionally high the last few years. Slew bearing is out of my track hoe, so I rented a buddy’s. 17’ deep, sunk in a 20’ culvert. Sump pump with a reverse float switch in the trough, with a floating heater. Removed the check valve in the sump pump, line always drains back. Was flawless through the cold snap, hit -39 a couple days. Haven’t pumped the hole dry yet, water was originally 5’ below grade, now it’s more like 9’. The hole was dry to about 16’, hit sand stone at 17’. Not sure why but the last few inches seems to be where all the water is coming from - I’m wondering if the buckets smeared off the sidewalls when we dug the hole. 10” of topsoil and 12-14’ of solid clay after that. Watering 37 cows and a bull (some of the cows are a friends and only here for the winter). Have $400 into the hole, $300 into the culvert, maybe another $400 or so into the trough and pump and plumbing. Scavenged some wood from the collection of extra boards and robbed some leftover downspout from my dad’s house.
Edited by Alberta Pioneer 3/8/2021 01:06
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Poverty watering system....
