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indestructable pig trough?
07/16/03 04:23 PM
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Can anyone help out with some basic instructions regarding the construction of a pig trough that will last longer than our last one?
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Re: indestructable pig trough?
[re: toots]
07/16/03 06:06 PM
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Do not know what kind you were using or how long it lasted, but if I remember correctly ours were made out of 2x6's, they seemed to last a long time.
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Re: indestructable pig trough?
[re: toots]
07/16/03 06:22 PM
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Get a plastic barrel and split it longways. Make end pieces out of angle iron to bolt on so that it doesn't get turned over.
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Re: indestructable pig trough?
[re: JerryG]
07/16/03 06:40 PM
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We use schedule 40 PVC pipe 12" diameter split length wise. They have a heck of a time turning them over too. Ours are ten feet long to accomodate several pigs at once.
http://www.cjmouser.com
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Re: indestructable pig trough?
[re: toots]
07/17/03 10:22 AM
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Neighbors use some kind of old-fashioned water tank - about 12" in diameter cut in half lengthwise - making it similar to what Cindi mentions.
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Re: indestructable pig trough?
[re: itsmeCindi]
07/17/03 12:04 PM
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Thank you ao much to all who posted answers. We have two pigs and were using a homemade wooden trough which my husband made. Being inexperienced, (although ambitious) it lasted less than one week. Thank you all again.
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Re: indestructable pig trough?
[re: toots]
07/19/03 07:35 AM
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Wood will work, it's just that here in Florida they rot pretty quick. One little hint, if you want to make a wooden one. Screws, not nails. Also if you build a rectangular one, put a two by four across each end so they can't flip them over. That's what does the most damage, they flip them over and then walk on them. l=l. Something like that.
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