Pulling Water Lines
Today Doug and I start pulling water lines – again. Some of them are along old roads where we can use the 4-wheeler, but most will have to be pulled with a horse. Sometimes a short section can be hand pulled, but that pipe gets heavy pretty darn quickly. It will be a relief to have a new water system in. Right now we have 26 pastures (as best as I can figure) with NO natural water. Every dirt tank is bone dry! Fortunately, we have springs and creeks in 5 pastures. But the bulk of the ranches – both the Double Circle and Anchor Ranches – is dry now. We have one water system that serves 9 small pastures, 2 water systems that serves 1 pasture each, and a water system that serves 3 pastures. The new system will add water to 5 pastures. It is a lot of work but vital to both the livestock and wildlife. We will keep plugging away until we have the ranch well watered. We leave water in troughs year-round for the wildlife. Everyone benefits. Anyone want to volunteer to help?? We have to build and install wildlife ramps too – always plenty of work at the Double Circle Ranch.
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