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Go Get Em!
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Location: OH. IO | anyone use these? Tell me the good and the bad if you do,and thanks! |
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The Advice Guru
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| I have used the plug in water buckets, can't remember the brand, but love them, in 40 below weather they kept the water above freezing. |
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 Cinnamon Honey One
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Location: between here and there | We have them and drag them out every winter! Keeps the horses drinking well and they don't freeze. Make sure you keep the plugs where they can't reach them. Don't know the brand, but we've had them for years. |
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 Lived to tell about it and will never do it again
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| Just went down and hung one up since it is way below our normal temps here |
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  More bootie than waist!
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | I've got one for the dogs and cats. For the horses, if I do keep them in the barn I just use rubber buckets. Its an unheated barn but insulated well. By morning some of the buckets will have ice on the top in the morning but you can always see where they break the ice and keep on drinking. Its -50 with the wind chill right now but was 10 above in the barn when we got all the horses in there stall an hour ago. I don't have much problem with their buckets freezing. I'd worry about having that many electric buckets going. I'm a worry wart though. |
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| 2nd winter using a heated tub - bigger than a bucket, smaller than a water tank. It works good for me. I can fill it up with a bucket once or twice a day and don't have to drag out the hose. Only have 2-3 head though. |
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"Heck's Coming With Me"
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Location: Kansas | My animals, dogs, cats, horses, all seem to shy away from electric buckets or tank heaters of any kind. Very frustrating.
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Blessed 
Location: Here | MO gal - 2014-01-05 5:41 PM 2nd winter using a heated tub - bigger than a bucket, smaller than a water tank. It works good for me. I can fill it up with a bucket once or twice a day and don't have to drag out the hose. Only have 2-3 head though. I got mine from kvvet. mine are at least 5 to 7 years old. used every winter. They hold 16 gallons and work great. Even nights where it gets in the upper 20's you can fill them up leave them plugged up for a couple hours and water is still unfrozen in the morninng. I have had them keep water ice free in unheated barn at -5
Edited by SG. 2014-01-05 9:15 PM
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Blessed
Location: Here | http://www.kvsupply.com/16-gallon-heated-bucket? |
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 The Vaccinator
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Location: Slipping down the slope of old age. Boo hoo. | I use the 16 gallon heated water buckets -- the ones that plug in. This is the 6th or 7th year for the 3 buckets I currently have. Love them. Clean them and store them after each winter. Sure makes a big difference in how much water the horses drink. I re-fill each morning / evening so that helps me keep an eye on how much they drink. Well worth purchase price.... got mine from Country Supply. They had the best price back when I bought mine. I've seen them at Atwoods recently. I pull them out and begin using them as soon as temp starts dropping below 40 each year. |
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Ms. Dr. Phil
Location: My happy place | I have these work great in the barn, even with it being 0 here today. I don't trust any of mine with a cord.
http://www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail.html?pgguid=d1b64af4-7a08-4e73-ad51-fe0f3b675e87&ccd=IGO047&gclid=CNa6v_eK6rsCFYQ7OgodWAIArQ
ETA: Mine are this brand I believe but I sure didn't pay that much, we have had them a long time.
http://www.southernstates.com/catalog/p-4251-horsemans-choice-5gal-insulated-stall-waterer.aspx?utm_medium=shoppingengine&utm_source=thefind
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My mind still works
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| I got mine from Atwoods 10 years ago. They work very well in these temps. Still have them even though I rarely stall anymore. I let a new neighbor borrow one and a blanket during the first cold snap. I don't care about the blanket but I want my bucket back..lol |
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Extreme Veteran
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Location: A roping pen near you!! | I used the electric water buckets for years when I only had one horse now we moved and have 3 horses and no outlets close to the stalls. So we bought these and they are awesome. They don't use any electric so that saves money and I don't have to worry about anyone chewing on the cords. I would highly reccomend someone buying these. I just went to the barn and there was only a slite skim of ice on the lid but a horse could break it real easy. We have the one in the top link. We didn't pay nearly that much for them. We got them from Straight A's Ranch Supply (ranchcity.com)
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 Pork Fat is my Favorite
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Location: The Oklahoma plains. | turnum - 2014-01-06 3:02 PM I used the electric water buckets for years when I only had one horse now we moved and have 3 horses and no outlets close to the stalls. So we bought these and they are awesome. They don't use any electric so that saves money and I don't have to worry about anyone chewing on the cords. I would highly reccomend someone buying these. I just went to the barn and there was only a slite skim of ice on the lid but a horse could break it real easy. We have the one in the top link. We didn't pay nearly that much for them. We got them from Straight A's Ranch Supply (ranchcity.com)
Two things- ideally I dont want any ice- in order to keep them drining but I guess a thin coat is better than the heavy thick ice. But I love the warm water provided by the electric.
My second issue is with these 5 gallon buckets, my horse cant get his head all the way down to the bottom so it doesnt seem great to me?
I do love the fact of no electric but those are my concerns. |
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Blessed
Location: Here | TurnLane - 2014-01-06 3:09 PM turnum - 2014-01-06 3:02 PM I used the electric water buckets for years when I only had one horse now we moved and have 3 horses and no outlets close to the stalls. So we bought these and they are awesome. They don't use any electric so that saves money and I don't have to worry about anyone chewing on the cords. I would highly reccomend someone buying these. I just went to the barn and there was only a slite skim of ice on the lid but a horse could break it real easy. We have the one in the top link. We didn't pay nearly that much for them. We got them from Straight A's Ranch Supply (ranchcity.com)
My second issue is with these 5 gallon buckets, my horse cant get his head all the way down to the bottom so it doesnt seem great to me?
I do love the fact of no electric but those are my concerns.
I agree and my horses drink way more than 5 gallons every 12 hours |
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Blessed
Location: Here |
For those with the bigger bucket I drilled a hole to run the cord through at stall so there is no cord the horse can get too |
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Veteran
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Location: Along the Caney River | We have the green heated buckets. We have had them for several years now and they work great. Ordered them from stateline I think but Atwoods carries them. We have the large ones. Water is never frozen and is mild not cold to the touch so horses drank more. Don' t know what we did without them! Oh Yeah, had to thaw buckest of frozen water in my utility room! |
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Go Get Em!
Posts: 13503
Location: OH. IO | turnum - 2014-01-06 4:02 PM I used the electric water buckets for years when I only had one horse now we moved and have 3 horses and no outlets close to the stalls. So we bought these and they are awesome. They don't use any electric so that saves money and I don't have to worry about anyone chewing on the cords. I would highly reccomend someone buying these. I just went to the barn and there was only a slite skim of ice on the lid but a horse could break it real easy. We have the one in the top link. We didn't pay nearly that much for them. We got them from Straight A's Ranch Supply (ranchcity.com)
Thanks! These are what im asking about,i know a girl that ive been helping out, she ha a horse on property that doesnt have any electric, i would buy her heated if she had power, but since she doesnt, im happy to hear the reviews on these |
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Pork Fat is my Favorite
Posts: 3791
Location: The Oklahoma plains. | SG. - 2014-01-06 3:11 PM For those with the bigger bucket I drilled a hole to run the cord through at stall so there is no cord the horse can get too
Thats what we do as well. |
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 IMA No Hair Style Gal
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| I have one insulated water bucket that I went and bought before the cold weather hit, I have two more on order. So far-I LOVE IT!
Just about no ice in the bucket with these super cold temps. The top has a few ice chips in it, but that is it.
I would rather have the insulated buckets for peace of mind...I would A.)worry about fire hazard or B.) Worry about them getting shocked/chewing the cord in some way. |
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