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General => News => Topic started by: powerspade on May 26, 2012, 12:11:23

Title: Water Troughs
Post by: powerspade on May 26, 2012, 12:11:23
 Our allotment have obtained a grant and we are looking for a supply of water troughs big enough to use to fill up watering cans Is there anyone who can help me to find a supplier.
Title: Re: Water Troughs
Post by: pumkinlover on May 26, 2012, 13:23:27
We looked at agricultural merchants for cattle troughs whe we were thinking about them.
Title: Re: Water Troughs
Post by: Kleftiwallah on May 26, 2012, 16:19:04
There is an excelent source of troughs in Calne, but as I don't know where you are.  .  .  .Cheers,    Tony.
Title: Re: Water Troughs
Post by: powerspade on May 26, 2012, 18:47:07
Quote from: Kleftiwallah on May 26, 2012, 16:19:04
There is an excelent source of troughs in Calne, but as I don't know where you are.  .  .  .Cheers,    Tony.

We are in South Wales Valleys
Title: Re: Water Troughs
Post by: Trevor_D on May 27, 2012, 12:43:42
Don't you have any builders on site? We use second-hand domestic water tanks; 2 or 3 guys dump them in a pile as and when, then we pick whatever is appropriate for a particular space.

Use your grant for the plumbing bits. But find out who's a plumber and they can get the whole lot trade.
Title: Re: Water Troughs
Post by: powerspade on May 29, 2012, 00:32:43
Quote from: Trevor_D on May 27, 2012, 12:43:42
Don't you have any builders on site? We use second-hand domestic water tanks; 2 or 3 guys dump them in a pile as and when, then we pick whatever is appropriate for a particular space.

Use your grant for the plumbing bits. But find out who's a plumber and they can get the whole lot trade.
We have to have water troughs under the terms of our lease
Title: Re: Water Troughs
Post by: powerspade on June 03, 2012, 22:54:45
Scearched high and low on the web and ended up finding them in Abergavenny just a couple of miles away and whats more half the price of some of them I spotted on the web.