I want to build a multiple feeder for 8 horses to eat out of. They break the store-bought feeders.
Any suggestions or advice Welcome!!!
2007-10-25 19:43:34 · 7 answers · asked by Q48x 4 in Pets ➔ Horses
The easiest way is to get some 55 gallon plastic barrels and cut them half in two from top to bottom. Then you can use it like that or skew on a 2X4 base from the inside out. Takes about a minute with a chainsaw, a little longer with an electric saw. I have had mine for years and not one has broken or cracked even though they stay outside all the time and one was in my stud pen with him pawing at it daily! They can be attached together but I have had better luck by wiring them individually to the fence and feeding over the fence. A drill can be used for drain holes or holes to wire it together etc.
Another way to get sturdier ones it to find old water heaters and take out the inner tank. Then cut this with a torch from top to bottom. If you do not have an oxy-acetylene torch then shops can do this for you or an angle grinder with a metal cutting blade but that takes a few blades and a little time. Of course when you are finished your feeder is almost indestructible. The only thing to destroy them is that they can rust, but even in wet warm climates that will take years and years. I have had mine 5 now and you can not even tell the difference between now and when I made them out of a water heater that had lain out in the woods for decades (left by earlier property owners)
BTW used plastic barrels can be obtained for about $10 here. Check what they had in them (ask) because you don't want anything toxic that can not be washed out. I use ones for commercial foods or soap. Washing takes the longest time about 5 to 15 minutes a barrel, depending on how dirty it is.
Used water heaters are generally free from a plumbing contractor but you need to have someplace to send the outside and the insulation. I recommend the barrels.
2007-10-26 01:57:57 · answer #1 · answered by Jeff Sadler 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Feed Troughs For Horses
2016-12-13 08:14:42 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Our horses destroy everything. The one thing that works is those water stock tanks you can buy from fleet farm/most livestock supply stores. The metal ones last only about 2-3 yrs, but the heavy duty plastic ones (made to hold water) haven't broken down on us yet. They are great for keeping grain in an area- less waste, and also contain the hay if you feed flakes. We have them set up along the fence line and throw food in as we go.
Our horses like standing in troughs, buckets, on tractors, etc, and break everything else we have put in there.
2007-10-26 17:25:27 · answer #3 · answered by D 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
have you tried the Rubbermaid products? they are almost impossible to break if it is even possible to break them. They are steady and durable and they are a heavy rubber matriel. So if your horses step on them they will just bend and go back up to place after your horse gets off of them. I've had this Rubbermaid water trough for about 8 years now and it is still perfect.
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2014-09-26 07:00:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have 12 horses, and only one or two will actually eat side by side. They have a definite pecking order. Anyone else have that problem? We have separate tubs for each one.
2007-10-29 07:00:30 · answer #6 · answered by DeeDee 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Australia i assume you have them there too, we have tyre feeders, its a car tire, on the top of it you place a board, then on top of that you place another tire with 1 side wall cut out and turned inside out, this is then all bolted together, they are cheap, hard wearing and practical. just make sure the inside out tie is not wire re enforced
2007-10-25 19:55:19 · answer #7 · answered by Leonie V 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Have you tried building a cement foundation? If you haven't, do that. Then bolt the base of the trough to the foundation block. Sounds expensive, but isn't if you do it yourself.
2007-10-25 20:40:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
have u tried metal feed bunks from any horse supply store?? they work and the horse cant break them he have 2 and they work fine
2007-10-26 11:34:42 · answer #9 · answered by wild_horzes 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We used two nonworking chest freezers with the lids removed. just put them end to end along a fence. They also make wonderful water troughs.
2007-10-25 19:52:39 · answer #10 · answered by Praire Crone 7 · 0⤊ 4⤋