"Pipeline Plow" Buries Pasture Water Lines

"Pipeline Plow" Buries Pasture Water Lines TILLAGE EUIPMENT New Tools 25-6-20 Howard Ganske, Cartwright, Manitoba, wanted a safe, reliable source of water for his cattle on pasture. So he built his own "pipeline plow" that lets him deliver well water from his farm yard to water troughs in pastures up to one mile away. The two-wheeled machine is designed to lay 1 1/4-in. dia. poly pipe 6 to 18 in. under the ground. It's equipped with a pair of 7 1/2-ft. dia. pipe reels, and a specially designed boot on back that's just 2 1/2 in. wide. A hydraulic cylinder raises or lowers the boot. Ganske uses a 100 hp tractor to pull the rig. "I'm amazed at how well it works and how much interest there is in it," says Ganske. "I came up with the idea and Tabe Welding of Killarney, Manitoba, did most of the work. Our local conservation district is promoting the idea and now a lot of other people in the area are using similar machines. I spent about $6,000 on the plow. The pipe sells for 39 to 65 cents per foot, depending on how much you buy and who you buy it from. After I'm done laying pipe I run a tractor tire on top of the 2 1/2-in. wide trench to push the soil down over the pipe. The pipe is designed to be used only during the summer. In the fall, I unhook the float valve at the water trough and hook up an air compressor in our yard to blow water out of the pipe." According to Ganske, the reel can hold up to 8,300 ft. of pipe. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Howard Ganske, Box 132, Cartwright, Manitoba, Canada R0K 0L0 (ph 204 529-2464).

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