Concrete Hog Pans

Tony in SD

Well-known Member
Anyone know where I can get a couple of concrete hog pans? We have extra large dogs that flip there food pans over. When I was a young farmer we had heavy hog pans make of concrete that the hogs had a harder time to flip over. So Im guessing/hoping the dogs cant either.
 

I had a brace of German Shorthaired Pointers that would do the same , they had stainless steel sloping sided bowls . They thought it was a great lark to toss them around the yard after dinner , marvellous fun !
So I turned their bowls upside down and filled the undersides with concrete , once set and dry the casts slipped out so I siliconed them back in . Never had a problem after that.
I did have to by a few old footballs so they could play with them instead .
 
I just took old bowl and screwed it down on old board and put a smaller bowl inside of it. Have to use two hands to get small bowl out. dog can't do that.
 
Back in the 60's when there were hogs on every farm in the community, the local FFA boys made and sold concrete hog bowls for about $5 each. They sold like hotcakes. They had a wide base tapering to a narrower top, and they would NOT flip over even when exposed to the most determined sow. I have at least a half dozen of them around here. Not for sale. Shipping would be expensive - they are HEAVY. There are three finger holes on opposite sides of the bowl for lifting and moving the bowls. They are made for young fingers. In the 60's I didn't give the finger holes a second thought. Now that I'm 60 years older, I just walk around them instead of trying to pick them up, ha.
 
Back in the 1940's, and likely before and after (not sure of exact time frame), the local FFA chapter made cement hog bowls, and sold them as a fund raiser. Done this over a span of a whole bunch of years. Anyways, basically anybody in the area that had hogs, and also had a connection to an FFA kid whether that be thier kid, friend, neighbor, whatever, bought some of these bowls.

Most people got out of hogs over the years. Especially when hog farming, went to confinement operations. Almost nobody stayed into hogs after that. So, ... anybody around here that once had hogs, likely has a stack of those hog bowls sitting around someplace.

My point is, they are not hard to find around here. But, your probably not going to find anybody that makes them anymore. I got a half a dozen of them floating around. Usually keep one underneath the hydrant to water cats and dogs in. The inside is sloped. So it won't break if the water freezes. That's why I use one for a water bowl.

As others have mentioned, wouldn't be hard to make a mold, and pour your own. IF, ... you just absolutely can't find anybody that just has them sitting around in your area.
 
Just throw an old tire over it that is close in diameter to the bowl if they can't get their nose in their they will leave it alone.
 

There were a couple of concrete hog pans around the farm in the rubbish pile when I was growing up. Narrow at the top with a wide base. Dad said seemed like a good idea, hogs could not tip them over. Pans were typically used at farrowing time when the sows kept in pens in the barn.

The problem was the hogs would root them away from the fence and then someone would have to get in the pen and drag them back. They went back to the galvanized pans as those could be got at with the pitch fork and moved back w/o having to climb into the pen.

It was the same issue with the black rubber pans. Those were heavier than the galvanized ones and harder to drag with a fork so again, had to get in the pen.
 

We sell tractor parts! We have the parts you need to repair your tractor - the right parts. Our low prices and years of research make us your best choice when you need parts. Shop Online Today.

Back
Top