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| I have used the floaters too, and nobody has ever gotten burned. The hot part stays down, the top part is just like a plastic dome.
Also, you should plug them in to a GFCI outlet, and if an extension cord is a must, make sure you get a heavy-duty outdoor cord, and keep it as short as possible to get from outlet to heater. |
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| Three 4 Luck - 2014-11-13 12:15 PM Do they make heated tubs? I've got 2 of mine fenced away from the pond and have been using a rubber hay tub for water. I don't want or need a big tank.
Yes. You can get them at TSC. I think the biggest ones are 15 gal. We have two and they are at least 6 or 7 years old and still work perfectly. |
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| wyoming barrel racer - 2014-11-13 9:30 AM I wish we had some. My father in law and husband are against them because years ago they had one short out in the tank and the horses wouldn't drink. Aparrently the horses could sense it. Nothing appeared wrong with the heater though...so now they won't use them. I chop ice morning noon and night for anything in the corral :(
This morning at 7 am we were 22- and the ice was a good 2 inches thick. Went out an hour and half later to let Audie out of the barn and it was already nearly an inch thick again.
My husband was against them too until my horse coliced on a cold, snowy day from not drinking enough. After the Saturday emergency call and the rest of the vet bill, it was cheaper to plug in a tank heater over the winter and he has relented ever since. |
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Location: Here | I love my heated muck buckets!!! www.kvvet.com
I have some that are 14 years old and still going strong |
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| I have never heard or seen heated muck buckets. I have the heated buckets. Is that what you mean? |
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| Sandok - 2014-11-13 2:09 PM
I have never heard or seen heated muck buckets. I have the heated buckets. Is that what you mean?
These:
http://www.jefferspet.com/products/heated-16-gallon-tub
are the same size as a muck bucket, but with a heater. |
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | Cindy Hamilton - 2014-11-13 11:35 AM Three 4 Luck - 2014-11-13 11:15 AM Do they make heated tubs? I've got 2 of mine fenced away from the pond and have been using a rubber hay tub for water. I don't want or need a big tank.
Yes, I have a couple of them...I got them at Atwoods...mine are green and the size of a muck bucket, 16 gallons with a heating element and cord...they are about $65...I see Jeffers has them for $66.95...
http://www.jefferspet.com/products/heated-16-gallon-tub
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Location: Cap'n Joan Rotgut.....alberta | we used a floater for years actually had a few going, cords all over the yard and dragging out the hose in -40..blah.....this will be our 2nd year floater free...lol.....we had a water bowl put in...I LOVE IT....
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| I had tried floaters but our area is really windy and they did not work... i will still chopping ice.. now with the submersible no problems! |
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Location: The Oklahoma plains. | SuckerForHorses - 2014-11-13 1:20 PM Sandok - 2014-11-13 2:09 PM I have never heard or seen heated muck buckets. I have the heated buckets. Is that what you mean? These: http://www.jefferspet.com/products/heated-16-gallon-tub are the same size as a muck bucket, but with a heater.
I LOVE THESE- we have two so far. Saving for more for our inside pens. |
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Location: Here | http://www.kvsupply.com/16-gallon-heated-bucket |
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | brlraceaddict - 2014-11-13 11:28 AM wyoming barrel racer - 2014-11-13 9:30 AM I wish we had some. My father in law and husband are against them because years ago they had one short out in the tank and the horses wouldn't drink. Aparrently the horses could sense it. Nothing appeared wrong with the heater though...so now they won't use them. I chop ice morning noon and night for anything in the corral :(
This morning at 7 am we were 22- and the ice was a good 2 inches thick. Went out an hour and half later to let Audie out of the barn and it was already nearly an inch thick again.
My husband was against them too until my horse coliced on a cold, snowy day from not drinking enough. After the Saturday emergency call and the rest of the vet bill, it was cheaper to plug in a tank heater over the winter and he has relented ever since.
In the 12 or so years we have been here, we have had a couple get colicy/belly aches from not enough water but everyone is still anti heater. Part is because of how the water tank is set up in the corral for horses in the corral and my father in laws rams on the other side. They can get to the cord no matter what we do and if one hooked it and it got near the plank fence they are scared it would burn the corrals and barn down. We've never had a horse out in the big pastures that are also on water tanks get a belly ache which is strange, they get their tanks opened up once a day. I think it has something to do with the ones in the corral are on dry grass hay. I started to feed everything mush in the morning, even if it is just a coffee can full (beet and alfalfa pellets soaked) and so far we haven't had another colic. |
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Location: Kansas | Everything we tried caused a current in the water. A friend lost a horse to colic because there was a current and she didn't realize it until it was too late. We're still breaking ice. We have a heated muck basket but the horses aren't too interested in it. They can definitely sense the electricity.
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Location: Alberta | In past years we have had up to 5 rubbermaid tanks with heaters and running 100ft of hose everyday to fill them then drain when done - such a pain in the a$$!! This year we have built new/temporary pens and moved horses around so we only have 1 Rubbermaid tank with heater and only need 10ft of hose to fill and everyone else is on water bowls! SO EXCITED!!! lol
We have only had an issue with one pen of horses constantly pulling out their heater just about everyday. We have our tanks up against a plank fence so what my husband did was run the cord from the submersible heater through a piece of PVC pipe that was long enough to hold the heater about 2" from the bottom of the tank and then strapped/screwed the top part of the pipe to the plank fence so they couldn't whip the heater out, worked like a charm! This way the heater was always in the middle of the tank so it kept the whole tank thawed and the horses couldn't move it at all. |
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | CEFERG - 2014-11-13 2:10 PM
In past years we have had up to 5 rubbermaid tanks with heaters and running 100ft of hose everyday to fill them then drain when done - such a pain in the a$$!! This year we have built new/temporary pens and moved horses around so we only have 1 Rubbermaid tank with heater and only need 10ft of hose to fill and everyone else is on water bowls! SO EXCITED!!! lol
We have only had an issue with one pen of horses constantly pulling out their heater just about everyday. We have our tanks up against a plank fence so what my husband did was run the cord from the submersible heater through a piece of PVC pipe that was long enough to hold the heater about 2" from the bottom of the tank and then strapped/screwed the top part of the pipe to the plank fence so they couldn't whip the heater out, worked like a charm! This way the heater was always in the middle of the tank so it kept the whole tank thawed and the horses couldn't move it at all.
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Location: USA | CEFERG - 2014-11-13 3:10 PM In past years we have had up to 5 rubbermaid tanks with heaters and running 100ft of hose everyday to fill them then drain when done - such a pain in the a$$!! This year we have built new/temporary pens and moved horses around so we only have 1 Rubbermaid tank with heater and only need 10ft of hose to fill and everyone else is on water bowls! SO EXCITED!!! lol We have only had an issue with one pen of horses constantly pulling out their heater just about everyday. We have our tanks up against a plank fence so what my husband did was run the cord from the submersible heater through a piece of PVC pipe that was long enough to hold the heater about 2" from the bottom of the tank and then strapped/screwed the top part of the pipe to the plank fence so they couldn't whip the heater out, worked like a charm! This way the heater was always in the middle of the tank so it kept the whole tank thawed and the horses couldn't move it at all.
What is a water bowl??
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Location: Alberta | Dreamingofcans - 2014-11-13 2:43 PM
CEFERG - 2014-11-13 3:10 PM In past years we have had up to 5 rubbermaid tanks with heaters and running 100ft of hose everyday to fill them then drain when done - such a pain in the a$$!! This year we have built new/temporary pens and moved horses around so we only have 1 Rubbermaid tank with heater and only need 10ft of hose to fill and everyone else is on water bowls! SO EXCITED!!! lol We have only had an issue with one pen of horses constantly pulling out their heater just about everyday. We have our tanks up against a plank fence so what my husband did was run the cord from the submersible heater through a piece of PVC pipe that was long enough to hold the heater about 2" from the bottom of the tank and then strapped/screwed the top part of the pipe to the plank fence so they couldn't whip the heater out, worked like a charm! This way the heater was always in the middle of the tank so it kept the whole tank thawed and the horses couldn't move it at all.
What is a water bowl??
Heated electric stock waterer- the permanent ones! I never know what to call them! lol |
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| I have always used the floaters. In Minnesota and now here in Oklahoma.. The only issue I have ever had is----Like others have stated. You get that ONE horse that will pull it out of the tank by the cord and toss it on the ground... This not only will ruin the heater it costs a bunch more to run... While in Minnesota I built an insulated box around my water tank. I left a hole open big enough for the horses to drink, and making sure the heater would stay under the covered part.... Essentially there was a 2 ft by 2 ft opening and the rest of the tank covered in wood and insulation..
NOW here in Oklahoma I don't go through that much effort... BUT I do try to keep the floating heater under something that the horse can't get ahold of it and toss it out of the tank. |
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Location: Way up North | mruggles - 2014-11-13 1:27 PM we used a floater for years actually had a few going, cords all over the yard and dragging out the hose in -40..blah.....this will be our 2nd year floater free...lol.....we had a water bowl put in...I LOVE IT....
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Yep! I have said time and again best investment ever was putting in an automatic waterer! Way cheaper to heat, no issues with stray voltage, no more jackwagon gelding pulling the heater out, no more dinking around with hoses, etc, etc! When it's -40 and blowing I like only having to spend 5 minutes instead of 45 outside doing chorse and running back to my toasty house |
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Location: Nebraska | I will not buy tank heaters that sit in the tank any more. I will only use the ones that go in the drain hole. When I was a little girl, we had a horse chew the tank heater which caused our other horse to get electrocuted when he went to get a drink. |
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