High Praise For Weighted Valves

High Praise For Weighted Valves DAIRY EQUIPMENT & IDEAS Former Utah dairyman Garry Brown invented and perfected a simple valve for controlling the water level in stock tanks see Vol 39 No 4 Here are a few “best buy” comments we’ve received since our original article Washington dairyman Steve DeRuyter was so impressed with the simplicity of the Brown weight valve when he first saw it that he bought 4 of them That was in 2011 and DeRuyter says 5 years later those valves have never had a problem “They’re the best product I’ve ever bought at an ag trade show They’ve saved me many times over their cost by reducing repairs due to frozen valves or damage by livestock DeRuyter says he’s never needed to repair one of his weight valves because they work on such a simple principle and are so durable Frank Konyn of Escondido Calif purchased Brown weight valves in 2013 at the World Ag Expo Says Konyn “At first I didn’t really appreciate how simple and good they were until I used them myself They just work and work and work We have dirty water and with just a socket and a pliers I can take them apart and clean them We never have any troughs running over making wet corrals I even keep extras on hand to replace other failed float valves ” Kevin Kroes who operates Northwest Dairy Service in Oregon says he first saw a Brown weight valve at a local dairy farm and liked its simplicity A few months later he became a dealer Kroes says the product sells itself because once a farmer gets one it isn’t long before he calls and orders a lot more

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