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    Wildlife Waterer Install (Picture Heavy)

    After casting another watering trough earlier this year we had a chance to head to Knox/Haskell Counties to try helping out the wildlife on the farm with limited water on 650 acres we figured another water source could only help. The plan was to install one trough in a small patch of timber near the center of the farm and supply it for now with a partially buried water tote about 350 feet away and 25 feet higher in elevation. We hope the buried trough, waterline, and tote will help eliminate some freeze problems and critters that we might encounter. The project so went smoothly so far and should work several years if this dreaded drought continues.
    Loaded up to head west
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    Aerial View
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    Preripping a path down the hill, a tight fit in a few places!
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    Digging a spot for trough and to tie in to pipe.
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    Concrete tiles to help stabilize the #380lb, trough in west Texas sand.
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    Trough installed and leveled up plumbing the float valve next.
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    So good so far, next up the water tote portion!
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    #2
    Man you did some work to put that in. Isn't poly pipe great!

    I have a buddy that has some water in thick brush like that and it made it a killer spot for deer and hogs.

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      #3
      The 300 gallon water tote sits up the hill and provides much easier access to my FIL so that he can get his water wagon to fill if needed. The plan is the eventually build a rain catchment over the tote but thats another project for a later date.
      Digging the tote a "new home"
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      Lifting into place.
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      My "supervisor" had to stop mid-day for a popsicle break!
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      The wife filling from the water wagon
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      Purging the line and we have water!!!
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      Going to leave my connections uncovered tonight and finish filling in the morning.
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        #4
        Nice. You should build a rain water collecting roof to fill the storage tank

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          #5
          Nice.. Looks good

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            #6
            Wow that is elaborate!

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              #7
              can you post a closer picture of the tractor water line ditcher?

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                #8
                giving me my own ideas now

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                  #9
                  Thanks for the comments, went out this morning to check connections and water level, all looked good so filled and smoothed all out. We'll be back in july to check trail camera activity.
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                  Here is a view from the future pit blind location.
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                  Here is a better view of the pipe trencher with spool removed and a link to the DIY Thread for the build..
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                    #10
                    WOW! Now that's a watering system! GREAT work!

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                      #11
                      That is awesome! Did you make the concrete trough or buy it?

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                        #12
                        I like it !

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                          #13
                          Good work.

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                            #14
                            That's a really nice build. Should be come a good killing spot in the future

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                              #15
                              Pretty sweet. . That's a hard days work there

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