Trough Built Tough For Wild Hogs

Trough Built Tough For Wild Hogs HOG EQUIPMENT & IDEAS R A “Bubba” Ortiz builds watering troughs that are wild hog tough He had to Ortiz Game Management handles 300 to 400 feral hogs in an average year but can catch buy and sell as many as 700 He needed a low-cost watering system that would stand up to the beating a wild boar can deliver “In the past the hogs would turn waterers over or climb inside them and leave excrement in them ” says Ortiz “We had to constantly check on them and clean them so the hogs didn’t get sick ” Ortiz wanted healthy hogs for the multiple markets he sells to That means having plenty of clean water available His pvc waterers solved the problem “I use the heavy-duty pvc pipe with screw-on caps on the ends ” says Ortiz “I have 2 sizes - a 6-in for smaller groups and a 10-in for larger groups ” The 6-in pipe has 5-in dia cutouts for the pigs to access the water The 10-in pipes have 6-in cutouts The screw-on caps make the waterers easy to clean out but it is the chains attached to the pen’s concrete borders that really make the difference The chains go around the pipes and through holes in the concrete Turnbuckles connecting the ends clamp the chains down tight on the waterers “They put their noses in and try to lift up the pipes but they can’t pull it off the concrete or break the chain ” says Ortiz “When it’s time to clean I just unscrew the cap and wash the pipe out ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Ortiz Game Management and Wildlife Development 594 Froboese Ln New Braunfels Texas 78132 ph 210 771-8541; ortizgamemanagement@hotmail com; www ogmhogremovaloftexas com

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