Reviews About the Bar Bar a Water Post

Bar Bar A waterers

Posted past Heritage Farm at 2010-03-24 11:thirty:xvi

I saw mention of them on another thread. They about sound too good to be true. Does anyone have any feel with them?

Response past Dave Schulz at 2010-03-25 02:02:38

I have one and I really like it . I live in a identify where information technology gets actually cold and information technology works pretty darn good even at -30. I run 6 horses and 20 cows on it and I discover my electric bill is much cheaper now that I don't accept to rut the tank all winter.I would approximate I salvage about $40.00 a month. I used to forget and let the hose overflow the tank and it would cause a large water ice patch, or worse I would not realize and leave for work with the hose in the tank. I will say they are a bit of a hurting to install, simply I sure like how it makes my life easier. Even our cat has learned to drink out of it.

Response by Horsepower at 2010-03-25 08:29:28

I also alive in an surface area where wintertime lows get in the 30 below 0 (F) range. Have you ever had a problem with the h2o freezing up in the drinking pan or the bleed dorsum tube at those low temperatures over a sustained period of fourth dimension? Been looking at installing a Bar Bar A on a common corral line for horses and cows. How do yous have yours set up? Whatever photos?
Cheers

Response by Bethany Caskey at 2010-03-25 09:55:xx

The landowner at the pasture/barns I am renting installed two concluding fall. Horses immediately figured out how to use them. Temps hither got thirty below at times this winter and the drinkers NEVER froze or gave any business organization. I am getting soft not having to haul water or chop ice/ keep heaters going. Never have an overflow from forgetting and units are easy to clean when necessary. Plans are to install a third drinker and eliminate a hydrant. Installation does take someone that knows what they are doing to attach the water pipes to existing lines. The but situation that caused a lilliputian business organisation was a 24-hour interval the chief water was turned off to prepare a problem nigh a hydrant this winter. The horses were similar a guy loosing his dollar in a vending machine and they tried to "fix" the drinker by pawing and biting it. Putting the now unused water tub over the tiptop like a cap until the water flow was restored kept them from fussing with the drinker. If there was any improvement to a place, I would definitly include installing the Bar Bar A drinkers!!

Response by Volition Beattie at 2010-03-25 12:12:36

How does the Bar Bar A compare to the Nelson Waterer in quality? Too, what about Ritchie waterers? I like the no-electricity bargain and the no standing water, but I fear that if there was a problem, I wouldn't know if my horses were not getting water until it was too late, unless I checked the waterer most every day to make sure information technology was functioning correctly. Any opinions on this?

The thread of an automatic waterer is an on going thread that keeps popping up fourth dimension and fourth dimension once more. I nonetheless haven't bit the bullet to invest in i, Merely this winter- being the harshest in the due south that I tin can retrieve in many years, really got me to thinking about improving my shelter and watering capabilities for the horses.
I unremarkably utilise a Rubbermaid h2o trough. I have a heater and a float valve. That works great as long as daily temps rise nigh freezing, the hose volition thaw and the valve re-fills the tank. BUT when the temps stay below freezing, approximate what?? No h2o. So I have to manually haul the water in 5 gallon buckets fifty yards at a time. No FUN. So this wintertime I moved my horses to a larger pasture with a fresh running creek to drink from and they faired fine there.

But, I am rady to try and set my problems earlier next winter.

Response by Doug Aaron at 2010-03-25 22:52:twoscore

I put a Bar Bar A Horse Drinker in this past summer. Mine works keen. The waterer fits in the footing probably 5 feet or so. My brother in law has a small track hoe so he dug the hole in no time. You lot could practise it with an auger I approximate, but I would non do it with post hold diggers and shovel, just I judge you could. The plumbing is unproblematic-install a T in your existing water line and put a nipple on the T, and then just push the flexible hose line from the waterer on the nipple and tighten a hose clench. Couldn't exist much easier.

The first mule came up before we could button the clay back in around the waterer. I pushed the paddle downward and he saw the waterer. He pushed the paddle himself and drank water from information technology. All the others were drinking in a matter of minutes. No alge in the summertime and no ice or freeze up in the wintertime.

My but complaint is that I didn't buy i sooner. I apply to apply the Rubbermaid tubs for water but I use them for feed tubs now.

Response by Rod SW WI at 2010-03-26 07:08:04

The simply affair to picket for is to take an oversized drainfield if you lot are in heavy clay soil. I really dearest mine and have had it for I call up iv winters. The only matter that goes wrong with them is the relief value. It is no problem as the whole affair pulls back higher up basis and it is a simple matter to alter. Onle cost a couple bucks. It happened once in the winter and information technology caused the drain tube to freeze. But pulled information technology upwardly and pulled off the water supply hose and took it in the house to thaw and I was back in business!

Non another waterer to compare to it!

Response by Marshall at 2010-03-26 08:59:42

And then, how much do these things cost?

Response by Will Beattie at 2010-03-26 09:16:50

I priced one yesterday after all the discussion. For the insulated model (which most of united states of america would need) it is right at 360 plus shipping to GA was nigh xl or 50.

Response by Sharon Anderson -- Awesome Donkey ACRES -- Etowah, TN at 2010-03-26 18:39:43

We installed ours last fall and tin can't believe we waited and then long to get 1! A friend used a small track hoe to dig ours and we made the drain field a little larger to avoid whatever issues in the hereafter with the clay. Followed the directions, (easy to read, BTW) and Information technology IS PERFECT! Nosotros're not wealthy folks, but the coin was sooooo well spent and NO More than busting ice or worrying about a heater. The deciding factor on the BarBarA, happened last winter when our mare mule refused to beverage from the Tupperware tub with the heater. She would mitt it, bite information technology, simply wouldn't put her mouth in the water. She would drink from a saucepan, but not the tub (she's drank from it for xv years). We finally guessed that she was existence very slightly shocked when she drank...the others weren't bothered only she was. Equally I said in a previous post, we'd buy one for every drink of water on the identify, if we had the coin. Dearest Information technology -- LOVE IT -- Beloved It!!

Response by Jamie at 2010-03-27 22:00:03

I capeesh all the info on the waterers this discussion has generated. Thought I would add another reason for a waterer. I dug a pond in my pasture quite a few years back and never gave it a second thought. Free h2o for all my animals, right? This winter was very common cold here in Arkansas and the pond froze over (as it usually does). We always just busted a pigsty in a corner for the animals to drink. Problem was information technology froze solid enough to concur the weight of my wifes mammoth donkey and somehow during ane dark she made her way out on it and fell through. By the time she was found the next forenoon it was to tardily. Presently after I put in a h2o trough and heater and then they would non have to go to the pond. I have seen the BarBarA waterers advitise, but thought they would exist to expensive! Nevertheless, I spent about $175.00 on the tank and heater, so it would not be out of reach at $400.00 for an automatic waterer, and certainly cheaper than the price of an animal.

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