Heated garden hose/ or neat Ideas?

algar · Dec 21, 2013

Has anyone had any luck with heated garden hose[electric] ? or do you have any tricks for me? I pump water out of a creek for mu wifes horses and
the hose freezes when i raise and drain it.

showcrop · Dec 21, 2013

I put in a hydrant and a heated waterer. To get water out of a stream I think that I would put in a reservoir next to the stream made with two sections of 48 inch concrete pipe, and put a roof with door over it with a shallow well pump and a captive air tank and bury a pipe to the barn.

PJH · Dec 21, 2013

My neighbor would roll his out and water the horses, then coil it up and store it in the hot tub until needed again. Course you'll need a hot tub for that idea, ha.

Anonymous-0 · Dec 22, 2013

let it run at a trickle, all the time. running water does not freeze.

big fred · Dec 22, 2013

That's why rivers never freeze? ;o)

bill b va · Dec 22, 2013

i put spring water in my vehicles because the spring never freezes

IH2444 · Dec 22, 2013

(quoted from post at 18:45:02 12/22/13) i put spring water in my vehicles because the spring never freezes

Spring water is too bouncy it fights the vanes on the water pump.

MSS3020 · Dec 23, 2013

What do you do with the pump??? I have two hay poopers.. Wish someone else had them..lol I drag about 125 foot of hose to water..twice a week. I unhook mine when done and throw one end down the hill while I coil it up then keep in workshop floor in basement of house till needed. When I lived at folks house we hung a hose weaved it through the corral fence down to the tank. Then just had a 10 foot piece to work with..Its on my bucket list to install a hyd. near the tank..cheaper to get rid of horses..

NoNewParts · Dec 25, 2013

(quoted from post at 20:37:14 12/21/13) Has anyone had any luck with heated garden hose[electric] ? or do you have any tricks for me? I pump water out of a creek for mu wifes horses and
the hose freezes when i raise and drain it.

in a really cold area....nope
burying it or rolling it up and bringing it in after every use
is really the only way.
I just had to use my hose, When done and rolling it up, it was already frozen
really cold areas you even have to pack hay bales around
well shafts or the air in the tube will freeze the up pipe at the elbow

showcrop · Dec 25, 2013

(quoted from post at 09:30:37 12/25/13)

(quoted from post at 20:37:14 12/21/13) Has anyone had any luck with heated garden hose[electric] ? or do you have any tricks for me? I pump water out of a creek for mu wifes horses and
the hose freezes when i raise and drain it.

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in a really cold area....nope
burying it or rolling it up and bringing it in after every use
is really the only way.
I just had to use my hose, When done and rolling it up, it was already frozen
really cold areas you even have to pack hay bales around
well shafts or the air in the tube will freeze the up pipe at the elbow

how deep is the elbow and how cold?

mj · Dec 27, 2013

(quoted from post at 15:46:24 12/23/13) What do you do with the pump??? I have two hay poopers.. Wish someone else had them..lol I drag about 125 foot of hose to water..twice a week. I unhook mine when done and throw one end down the hill while I coil it up then keep in workshop floor in basement of house till needed. When I lived at folks house we hung a hose weaved it through the corral fence down to the tank. Then just had a 10 foot piece to work with..Its on my bucket list to install a hyd. near the tank..cheaper to get rid of horses..

ALL too familiar!

Dr. Walt · Dec 28, 2013

Why not just move the corral down by the creek, let the horses drink from the creek whenever they wanted. As long as you are not getting your drinking water downstream from the horses there shouldn't be a problem.

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