Anonymous-0
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Finaly got tired of the mira fount waters always freezing in winter.replacing with richie waters.Had to pour pads for them with I hate doing cement work gave me night mares all summer about doing it but now its done.
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2cylpartsinfo
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You will never regret installing Ritche cattle waterers. It was some of the best money we ever spent on our farm.
Anonymous-0
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I bought some new Ritchie hog waterers once. The hogs destroyed them in about two years. And somehow they got in and chewed on the electric wire, half a dozen 240 lb fat hogs dead. Had a Ritchie cattle waterer when I was a kid, hauled many a tea kettles full of hot water to try and thaw that devil out. Surely they've improved by now I hope.
IOWA NORTHEAST
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Some models are not user friendly, but if a water is installed correctly, THEY WILL NOT EVER FREEZE UP REGARDLESS OF HOW COLD IT IS!
I do not sell them, but have installed them since 1964, and never a problem. I have fixed alot of problems that others have made when installing them. They were not long lived, but the SS models should fix alot of their short lives. Richie had their heads up their tail pipes for years with the stupid little angle iron fasteners.
Their are other brands out there that are far better, but they are not advertized like the Richies are.
I do not sell them, but have installed them since 1964, and never a problem. I have fixed alot of problems that others have made when installing them. They were not long lived, but the SS models should fix alot of their short lives. Richie had their heads up their tail pipes for years with the stupid little angle iron fasteners.
Their are other brands out there that are far better, but they are not advertized like the Richies are.
Anonymous-0
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the proplem with the mira fount is they put the water heater in the water the heater would only last 1 or 2 years.on very cold windy days it still woiuld freeze with a 250 watt heater.the supply line would freeze but that I could not plaim on the waterer I originaly installed with only a plastic culvert as a rizer pipe so the frost would work its way to the supply line.Now we put in a insulated riser pipe and put 2 inches of the inslation they put under cement around the riser under the cement.Also with the heater under the stainless steel pan the heater is not in the water and when it kicks in it adds heat to the intrior of the waterer keeping the supply line from freezing.
For cattle/ big critters, the best thing I ever put on the farm here in MN was the Cabott waterer. No electricity at all, it's had it's first break down in 7 years - the cord holding the float frayed off last week. Also the rubber gasket is starting to dribble, this is watering 20-30 head for 7 years.
It can ice over the top in a wind chill or if you let the water level get too high, or if your critters don't come around for a 1/2 day to drink, but a couple chops on those days and good to go. It really works as advertised.
--->Paul
It can ice over the top in a wind chill or if you let the water level get too high, or if your critters don't come around for a 1/2 day to drink, but a couple chops on those days and good to go. It really works as advertised.
--->Paul
Over the past 40 years dad and I have installed over 100 of the Richies.
I don't recall any problems with those angle iron hold clips. We never had one break loose anyway. We always poored a 2 inch higher slab just big enough for the water and hold downs to keep both up out of the pooh.
As far as longivity it depends on your water. Some water would eat the old steel ones in 5 to ten years. We got 30 years out of a lot of them.
It was a farm to farm thing on the life of them before the stainless steel ones depending on their water.
Which brands do you like better? Lots of the other brands are using Richie ideas.
Gary
I don't recall any problems with those angle iron hold clips. We never had one break loose anyway. We always poored a 2 inch higher slab just big enough for the water and hold downs to keep both up out of the pooh.
As far as longivity it depends on your water. Some water would eat the old steel ones in 5 to ten years. We got 30 years out of a lot of them.
It was a farm to farm thing on the life of them before the stainless steel ones depending on their water.
Which brands do you like better? Lots of the other brands are using Richie ideas.
Gary
I have had the same Ritchie for about 14 years. Only thing I have ever replaced was the shut off piece. Sets right out in the cold wind in the middle of Kansas, and have never had it freeze. I did however, when I first installed it, was to rig up a light bulb on the inside to aid in heating. I just plug the heater in in the late fall, and it has been good to go for all this time. Ritchie makes a good waterer. Bob
Bigdaddy4430
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Had 2 mira founts,wouldnt install one north of the Arkansas line.Replaced them with Ritchies and i sleep all night ,even on the coldest nights and iam from Mn.
randallnMo
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Hayray, how big of solar panel would you need to let the pump run continuously? If it ran a "small stream" continuously then you could put a drain in the tank back to the pond. It would eliminate that pick and pile of ice you got there.
I set up two big rubber tire tanks below a spring. The overflow from the first tank fills the second....never stops running and never freezes. Then of course, I was blessed to have a spring to do this with. Only in extreme drought does the spring ever quit flowing.
I set up two big rubber tire tanks below a spring. The overflow from the first tank fills the second....never stops running and never freezes. Then of course, I was blessed to have a spring to do this with. Only in extreme drought does the spring ever quit flowing.
I have one set up like you are describing. I figured I would need about 400 watts of panel to do continuous. That is a 60 watt panel in the background that runs one pump for an hour total and the small panel is 15 watts that runs the pump that fills this small tire tank pictured. The pumps draw about 36 watts per hour and we get about 2.7 full solar hours in the dead of winter.
IOWA NORTHEAST
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Smidley (spelling?) have a good plan, and easy to install, and work on.
The push out valve I think was copied from Ritche.
Those little metal angle iron tabs that Richie had was aa real pain on the hog waters and alot of cattle waters. They would rust out, and then the phone would ring. The cattle ot hogs would have shifted the water around, and busted the rest off by noon the next day it seemed.
One farmer had a form built to make a 7 ft deep pit about five foot across, under the water with a man hole. He always had two supply lines under each water, and they were run inside a 6 inch PVC pipe. We always hooked up both lines so he just had to turn off one valve, and open another. At first it seemed like a over kill, but as years went on it seemed like a great idea.
The push out valve I think was copied from Ritche.
Those little metal angle iron tabs that Richie had was aa real pain on the hog waters and alot of cattle waters. They would rust out, and then the phone would ring. The cattle ot hogs would have shifted the water around, and busted the rest off by noon the next day it seemed.
One farmer had a form built to make a 7 ft deep pit about five foot across, under the water with a man hole. He always had two supply lines under each water, and they were run inside a 6 inch PVC pipe. We always hooked up both lines so he just had to turn off one valve, and open another. At first it seemed like a over kill, but as years went on it seemed like a great idea.
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