Wanting to take a little Sunday afternoon drive, I ventured out to the cows. All gathered around the water hole, I knew something was wrong.
Cows are doing good. Spread out most of the time. All were accounted for, but something wasn't right.
Blasted! Out of water.
To my credit, the ditch near by had been running water for irrigation. However, with the dry spring, looks like they killed it early. Fortunately, they hadn't been out of water long.
So I jumped in the water truck and headed for town.
It takes about 2hrs to fill with Jack's well. In town, they have a high volume system for the public. Just costs a little cash. Worth the effort to fill it quick.
Now, back at the ranch, we filled the trough straight from the hose, instead of the float which would have taken a lot longer.
Then reattached the hose to the float. Back in business.
Good stuff. That's just ranchin. I'd rather not water out of the ditch anyway. Pretty steep banks and deep water that a calf could get in trouble in. Alls well that ends well. I still enjoyed my Sunday afternoon drive, just took me a bit longer than planned. Ranch on.
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