Sled-Mounted Water Tank
Move your water tanks, mineral feeders and more with a simple wood sled. Jason Tower says his water tank sled is perfect for dragging behind an ATV when rotating cattle from one paddock to another. The sled works so well, he entered it in the American Farm Bureau Federation's Idea Exchange contest.
"Instead of setting up a tank in every paddock, it makes more sense to move tanks when you move the cattle just by hooking a chain to an ATV," says Tower
He suggests sizing the sled to fit the water tank being used. He made his sled out of three 2 by 6's running lengthwise and spaced to match the width of the tank plus 3 in. Two 2 by 6's bolted at either end of the long pieces completes the frame. A short length of chain is secured at one end with lag bolts through the double layer of 2 by 6's.
Two 2 by 2's attach to the outside long edges of the sled.
"They help hold the tank in place," says Tower. "The tank sits on the center 2 by 6, held in place by the 2 by 6's on the ends and the 2 by 6's along the side."
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Jason Tower, 11371 E. Purdue Farm Rd., Dubois, Ind. 47527 (ph 812 678-2602; towerj@purdue.edu).
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Sled-Mounted Water Tank LIVESTOCK Feeding Equipment 34-2-18 Move your water tanks, mineral feeders and more with a simple wood sled. Jason Tower says his water tank sled is perfect for dragging behind an ATV when rotating cattle from one paddock to another. The sled works so well, he entered it in the American Farm Bureau Federation's Idea Exchange contest.
"Instead of setting up a tank in every paddock, it makes more sense to move tanks when you move the cattle just by hooking a chain to an ATV," says Tower
He suggests sizing the sled to fit the water tank being used. He made his sled out of three 2 by 6's running lengthwise and spaced to match the width of the tank plus 3 in. Two 2 by 6's bolted at either end of the long pieces completes the frame. A short length of chain is secured at one end with lag bolts through the double layer of 2 by 6's.
Two 2 by 2's attach to the outside long edges of the sled.
"They help hold the tank in place," says Tower. "The tank sits on the center 2 by 6, held in place by the 2 by 6's on the ends and the 2 by 6's along the side."
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Jason Tower, 11371 E. Purdue Farm Rd., Dubois, Ind. 47527 (ph 812 678-2602; towerj@purdue.edu).
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