Remote Gravity Drinker....

[Tim.243]

I thought in ur photo it looked like the handle was at the top.
I thought holes were for attaching the bungy.

Can u not just turn those drums upside down without the holes in the handle?
That's how I learned 30 odd years ago, but mibbee a different drum design to wot unused too.

With the piped 1s I usually put valve in near bottom and just take the cap off to let air in, means ur only drilling 1 hole which the dust cap seals off watertight.

These keep quite clean of poop etc, one or two got in for a bath before they went on bricks...


Tim.243

 

[User00025]

Every shoot owner/keeper I know all talk about how important water is for the birds, yes the rain has turned up but many of us don't have IBC's to keep the drinkers full.
2 seasons of my float level drinkers have worked well in the pen with the birds taking to them well also easy to clean.

Cutting 5 gallon cans in half making 2 drinkers leaves you topping them up a lot, cutting a 1/3 of a can does add more volume but with 20kg + of food in a feeder the water needs to match the food.

Trying to fit a can in a cut down tray would not work so a quick measure 600x400x100 came up close as a cat litter tray in Blue lol

4 holes under the handle grip on top of the 5 gallon can also a bungee cord....

Not re-inventing the wheel but works a treat so far.

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Tim.243

I used to just cut one in half and upend a whole one straight into it, the water comes out of the main hole ok.

 

[Tim.243]

I used to just cut one in half and upend a whole one straight into it, the water comes out of the main hole ok.

Tried that but the radius of the half would not let the drum sit square, also there is very little room, found the blue tray was a good fit with some room.

Tim.243

 

[243 fallow]

Tim, it’s a tried and tested old method of a drinker, I use ibc’s in the woods and drives connected to automatic drinkers, in the pens mains water connected to ibc, everywhere else it’s 5 gallon cans cut in half , all colours, only trouble is when they get low birds tend to wade in them for a drink and **** in the water.

 

[countrryboy]

I used to just cut one in half and upend a whole one straight into it, the water comes out of the main hole ok.

That's exactly wot we done. So couldnae figure out wot all the holes were for.

I mind it used to be an old Jerry can shaped barrel with an X shape on sides was always in demand for halting, no idea wot they were used for.

 

[Pedro]

I think this is just a photoshopped screen shot from "Zulu". There's Zulus coming over the hill. Thousands of them.

 

[windygun]

How many blue highseats have you come across during your stalking career?



K

One. And it’s mine!

 

[Klenchblaize]

One. And it’s mine!View attachment 138350

Too much yellow.

K