The AG Stock Tank Experimental - What Works Best?

Today we start an experiment on Our Wyoming Life. Testing the best way to keep a stock take open and thawed. From heaters running on timers to bubblers. What works best? We also will be measuring whether removing ice from a tank helps to keep it from re-freezing and how much water is wasted by doing so. This is the AG Stock Tank Experimental.
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Our Wyoming Life features our Wyoming ranch and our ranch family. Giving you a look into the workings of ranching from raising cattle to raising and harvesting crops. Erin will join you weekly out of the garden, showing you how she helps provide for our family through growing produce and selling at local farmers markets, and Mike will take you along as he tends to the animals and land of ranch, from calving to fencing to planting and harvesting hay.

[@richardthompson9284]

Your Father-in-law would like a joke I used in teaching people in industry about change. A woman cut both end of the roast off and tossed then in trash. Her husband asked why, here response was " That is the way my mother always did it". That weekend his in-laws were over for dinner on Sunday. He asked his mother-in-law why she cut the ends of the roast off. Her response was the same as his wife, "That's the way my mother did it". About two weeks later they were visiting the wife's grandmother. He ask her why she cut the end of the roast off. She said, " Oh, that's easy. The pan was to small!". A side note, my design of experiments background kicked in and said You should have randomized the sequence of tanks to assure there bias based on location. LOL. Great video, I enjoyed it. Also remember to keep smiling even when it is below zero.

[@keithknapp2797]

Mike, I am a H.S. Science teacher, and I am going to be showing this video to my Physical Science class - we're starting to look at the basic steps for experimental design, and you're doing a good job of showing us a great example of how its done in 'the real world'. I even made up a worksheet that follows your steps, the design, and the results from the first night of testing. Great video, keep up the good work.

[@thcenterprisellc112]

Keith Knapp I wish I had you as my teacher when I was in high school !

[@paulwhitford6814]

Congratulations on 2 years looking forward for many more.

[@OurWyomingLife]

Thanks Paul - Mike

[@lorenkindschy7153]

When I put my floating heater on a timer it burned out because the cattle drank the water level down leaving the float frozen in a layer of ice hanging above the water. Now i only use sinking heaters. Great Video!

[@highstandards6226]

Until one of those burns to the bottom of the tank.😉

[@marlydansereau9022]

Wow this is awesome guys! I've always struggled with water and heaters and keeping my tubs open all the time and saving money! Please keep doing this guys! I will share this with everyone I know!

[@proudofyourfreedom6274]

What a great experiment and a true way to find out what works and what does not

[@sandy1653]

Two whole years, kinda crazy isn't it? Thanks for putting out quality content Mike & Erin. As far as the testing goes, I'm kinda surprised the bubbler didn't work better. My parents use a similar in concept if not scale system to keep the lake ice from damaging the dock at their house in New Hampshire.

[@markmortensen4341]

Congratulations on two years‼️‼️‼️ Love the videos and seeing the ranch👍❤️❤️‼️‼️

[@stanfordbanks3399]

Mike great job, I'm new to your KZbin channel... I can only imagine how many Ranchers you are helping.. You have helped me understand how difficult being a rancher really is and hope you stay vigilant and enjoy knowing you are making a difference... God bless my friend....

[@ralphwoodard609]

Thank you Mike for another enlightning and informative blog. I think you will like the solar tank heaters as my uncle has three of them and he just loves them. Take care my friend

[@dberg1964]

I realize here in Missouri we don't have the prolonged cold Wyoming does, however we do have extremely cold days and yet we've been successful in keeping our water tanks ice free. We do it by using 4ft in diameter by 4ft tall man hole casings. We add a 2ft extension to this because we bury the 4ft tall casing in the ground having only the 2ft extension above the ground. Only on the coldest of days are the tanks frozen over. But it's not thick ice. It tends to be thinner and the cows are still able to poke through it with no problem. We've got more water than we can use on our farm so many of our tanks run continuously. Just a little water movement makes a huge difference.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

Congrats on 70k guys!! I love my daily dose of the Western life!!

[@anderssantana4683]

You probably dont give a damn but does someone know of a method to get back into an Instagram account..? I was stupid forgot the login password. I love any help you can offer me!

[@mitchellbennett3638]

@Anders Santana instablaster :)

[@Xehxna]

I've followed you scince the beginning. I'm so happy your channel has blossomed. Your channel reminds me of home.

[@OurWyomingLife]

I get that, thank you very much - Mike

[@dhampex3631]

congrats on the anniversary! may you have more prosperous life!!!!!!!

[@jacobdyer3083]

Congrats on 2 years 🎊 Here is to many more

[@willnevertell5664]

Live above the Montgomery bar for a couple of year back in 2005 6 working in the patch and for paint brush services. Don't miss the wind

[@wykeishacraft6820]

Congratulations Mike, keep up the good work .

[@BillTheTractorMan]

Mike, was there a difference in the thickness of the ice in the tank with the timer? Thanks for sharing!

[@grantdubridge7995]

Woops, I asked the same question before I read yours.

[@stevenbertrand8508]

There are 300 comments so I have not read through them all to see if some one already mentioned it. My neighbor only has a solar powered well but no other power to his tank. To keep it from freezing up he uses an old 100 gal propane tank that he fills up with air from an air compressor on his truck. He then sets the value to bubble. This keeps a nice pocket that the cows can drink from. If he has it set right it will run for a few days. We were getting -20 (actual temp) last year and is still held that pocket open. And it only costs you time to fill it up and the price of the propane tank.

[@larryparish5984]

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY Mike & Erin. With all the wind you get up there, have you considered wind generators during the winter ?

[@grantdubridge7995]

They actually have one. Mike said it well take twenty years,?, to pay for itself.

[@TwoFarmBoys]

Great video as always! Can't wait to see what the final thoughts are on the experiment and the stock tank heaters. Happy two year anniversary by the way! Have a great rest of the evening - Everett the human and Lachlan the farm pup

[@echoandy51]

Try a more aggressive bubbler or small pond fountain? More testing to come i hope

[@miguelmejia991]

Mmm thanks

[@NoTill1825]

I've had good luck with a gold fish pond pump sized at a gpm larger than the tanks volumn and getting the outlet high enough to the surface that it has some turbulence. The only draw back is you need to pull it once a week to remove the cattle hair and hay that plugs/reduces the inlet. Got idea from a Neil Denis video (late grazer from Canada)

[@caroldorsett8170]

Thanks for the experiment. I live in Meeker Colorado temps can drop to -30 at times. I use a float heater 24\7 to keep the tanks open.

[@alexschoenberg448]

We have a Ritchie water fountain that has 2 250 watt heaters on it and it works really well for us in North Dakota.

[@BPratto]

Going to be interesting to see the final results. Funny part, first episode I saw was running a garden hose to the long tunnel thing, and there you are stretching the hose to the tubs. :) Great video, thanks.

[@rjshearon2187]

I know we down here in Alabama don't have any thing like your COLD temperatures. However I have had to keep a dog pen water supply free from ice 24-7, with zero power available. My solution was to bury a tall bucket so the bottom was well below the frost level. The natural circulation keep the water supply ice free all winter, the only power required was digging the hole.

[@mattfencl3614]

Congrats to the winners, and Happy Birthday to Our Wyoming Life!

[@zach_hewitt]

I'm curious to see how much the timer needs to be tweaked to keep the water open enough to be worthwhile yet not running all the time. And I was partially joking about the energy used to pump replacement water for ice tossed out, but now I'm anxiously awaiting those results! Happy Birthday OWL!! Looking forward to many more years!

[@keithjones6862]

I have installed insulated fountains like the Mirafount Lilspring with a 250 watt donut heater. It was zero this weekend and absolutely no ice. They are a lot less headache than stock tanks which I keep on hand as backups.

[@randaljohnson9177]

We use Richie waters with stainless steel water bowls tanks hold to much water to keep unthrawed

[@grantdubridge7995]

Kieth, what is the water in ?

[@keithjones6862]

@@grantdubridge7995 The model waterer I use has a 14 gallon capacity but it has a float so that it refills.

[@brentderksen]

Happy anniversary, good excuse to have carrot cake and lots of cream cheese icing!

[@williamdunn2525]

Happy 2nd Anniversary Mike and Erin. You've come a long ways since I found you guys and it's been an adventure. Now all aboard the 100k Subscriber Train.

[@lenamisener9597]

A Kansas rancher taught us to let an ice cap form over the full tank then poke at foot wide drinking hole for the horses and cattle to drink from (I remove that ice). Each morning we check the hole but the animals usually are drinking frequently enough to keep it open. When we fill the tank we add water to just under the ice cap. This has been a great system just south of Kansas City.

[@jasonfiddler9825]

Mike, I am new to your You Tube channel and in the last two week have covered almost the whole two years of videos. I stumbled across your channel while looking for cattle ranching info, now I am hooked. Excellent content and insight into the cattle ranching business in every detail of the numerous tasks in your day to day life. Thanks for the honest look at what it takes to be a cattle rancher!!

[@johnmcneal9477]

Have you considered an insulated tank? We have a farm supply store here that sprays 2-3 inches of foam on the regular plastic tanks. If you could cut your heating costs in 1/2, it pays for itself over the winter. I have a small herd of Highlanders and I use old chest freezers from the dump. I think the big ones are around 225 gallons. I live in Alaska and we have long cold winters. I remove the lid and then install a plywood top encasing 2 inches of blue board. I cut that in half and install two 4 inch hinges and attached the one side down. Now I have a lid that I can open and close to seal off the tank. With the one side open, the opening is around 24 in x 36in. I was thinking that if it got really cold, like -30 to -40 I could close the lid at night and open it in the morning to try and keep my costs down even more. I installed a sinking 1000 watt heater way in the back so the bull cant snag the power cord with his horns. The temp has been averaging -20 at night all this week and I have not bothered to close the hatch. My water temps are running 40 degrees and I am guessing that the warmer water does not chill them down as much.

[@frankmetcalf9595]

Happy number 2. Good luck in the future.

[@countrycreekclips4749]

Nice. Definitely learning, thank you for the input.

[@jwjco]

Hi Mike and Erin , I also have an experiment going on tonight . The forecast is -25 with a -30 to -40 wind chill tonight. We have a large poly tank with heater mounted in the drain hole . This sits in an insulated plywood box. I'm hoping that I will not end up with one big ice cube.

[@bryancook7654]

I would place a dozen or so 2 litter bottles half filled with cottonseed oil. Makes bobbers where water can be accessed. Next I would try to insulate the sides more cardboard and pallet film wrap, next and this is the fun experiment part. Get a couple of recycled Freznel lenses from old projector tvs and angle them to target the center of the tank. Corral the plastic bottle so they don't get blasted by the concentrated solar when you get to that step.

[@davidb.beasley7359]

Interesting experiment. I hope you make some great discoveries. I'm looking forward to followup videos.

[@valleyviewacres9120]

The only thing I can catch right off the bat is the lack of stock actually using the tank. They’ll keep it open to a certain extent. So an option like the timer may work at keeping it open enough for stock to continue to continue to be able to water .

[@petersensheepranch7344]

Been watching your channel for a while now and man you guys are awesome. We live on a ranch in North Dakota and it's so cool seeing the similarities and differences between the ranches and tips and tricks I pick up along the way. Just curious what kind of software do you use for editing your videos? I've been trying a few and like the layout and style you edit with. Thanks.

[@arditagolli5042]

He has the voice of a news reporter

[@cannonbrown7678]

Nice Vid!! I’m looking to get involved in ranching soon, so came to this channel just to see your experience and maybe some tips! Thanks Mike, Cannon Brown

[@OurWyomingLife]

Thank you Cannon - Mike

[@highstandards6226]

Our best way to keep tanks open turned out to have *4 feet*. One particular horse learned how to lift ONE front foot and tap repeatedly until she found out just the right "hardness" necessary to break the ice..and never got the feathering on her leg wet! Definitely some draft blood in that girl, her legs had some pretty good feathering, and her head was definitely NOT "refined"...but one of THE best horses I've had the honour to have owned and known! Might not have been pretty, but wasn't a prettier or better jumper in our province! She'd size up a fence(construction didn't matter) then canter away from it, make a large circle in the field, take a bead on where she intended to jump and set forth, scared the bejesus out of me once, set a bead on a point where the place intended, the takeoff point was coming UP a hill(good 60 degrees gradient) putting her takeoff point at LEAST 12 feet back from the fence(4 feet high, and littered with nasty junk pile on the landing side) and the wee wench took off from that stupid point anyways, made it into what had to be a good 9' vertical jump and at least a 20 some foot spread to clear that junk, centered away as though it were a sunny day in the clover patch, I spent 45 minutes trying to catch her before she took it into her head to wander onto the road for further giggles.. and then put her into another pasture! This time with 6' fences. Figured THAT should at least keep her busy for long enough that I could figure out a "safe" solution for her near term housing that would let me sleep at night. Next thing I know, she's jumped back into her old pasture to be with her buddy. An older gelding, Olympic level jumper who has always been her"uncle". Inseperable. *Obviously more* than I'd realized. So, given there's not a fence on any property that can hold *him* if he really chooses, it's *into the barn with both of them*... kept them there for two weeks. Unless there was a human attached. Or on top of. THAT'S the worst part when you have an animal demonstrative of that caliber. *Insurance demands.* Coverage is dependent upon, "unless under human control" or its deemed null and void. ALL insurance. Including that of "if a car is driving down the road" and pretty horse jumps out in front, car either swerves to avoid, and goes into ditch, or doesn't and is wrecked because it hit pretty horse...horse's owner is liable for ALL DAMAGES! UNLESS HORSE'S OWNER WAS IN CARE AND CONTROL, OR VERIFIED out of commission, "by act of God" etc. 🙄😉🤦‍♀️ good luck with THAT one! Unless you've got an angel willing to come and swear on a stack of bibles, giving a wing feather as proof of realism...🙄🙄🙄💔 you're pretty much out of luck! And up Schitt's Creek! Without that proverbial paddle, let alone the boat!

[@TheCowboy270]

I use a non floating heater that has a protective cage, and put it inside our covered double open end insulated winter tanks. Only time I have to chop ice is when it’s -60 with a 40+ mph wind. I’ve tried it with the floating kind, but it only heats the inside and not where the critters can drink.

[@georgesmith6511]

Just a question that probably has a good answer out there! Why can’t the cows do like the wildlife and eat snow when the cricks and ponds freeze?

[@angiedyer4065]

Happy Anniversary! Congrats to the 3 winners. Ice, when melted = 1/2 of the ice cube size back into water. Being an RN, at times sick hospitalized patients were on oral fluid restrictions. Our ice machine made cubes of 2.5 ml size, when melted were 1.25 ml of fluid. That is the answer to your ice question. I like your science experiments. What if you added insulation around your water tanks? Would this impact the water temperature and slow down the ice formation? Or having a little windmill in the middle of the tank to keep the water moving and slowing down the ice formation. Lots of interesting thoughts. God Bless!

[@rockjockchick]

I would think insulation would help a lot.

[@twistedthistleboargoats2200]

Congrats

[@edwinsemidey7405]

very informative video

[@redroofretriever]

Ok, solar is a bust. How about geothermal, continuous water movement drawing the earth heat for open water? Requires investment to bury the water lines deep enough, and the expense of a continuous pump or a pump set to a stat. A circulating coil to lay inside each tank with glychol flowing back and forth, they use it to heat homes, de-ice walkways, etc. Thanks Mike.

[@goldminingadventures2533]

RedRoofRetriever Pumping water isn’t efficient and uses likely more power than the electric heater.

[@kenstickney8678]

I agree. He would need to go down 10-12 feet where it is between 45-55º this time of year. I bet Mike is testing these first because it is an easier set up than digging that deep in winter and the plumping issues and if his tests work, then why go to all that trouble. If not, we may be plan B and it gets put on the project board for summer. ;-)

[@rokadamlje5365]

Or just dont fill the tank to the full.

[@MalawisLilleKanal]

I think you have gotten the power-costs wrong, and that one kWh does not cost $1.40, but rather $0.14

[@DaybirdAviaries]

Congratulations everyone

[@billadams3861]

I’ve seen fellows in TX panhandle use a 55 gal drum some wood & kerosene very crude, better than nothing!!

[@justamom863]

Best project list item ever "Mail bag catapult"

[@victorfierro394]

Happy anniversary

[@kenstickney8678]

Congratulations on the KZbin success. I really enjoy your show. Look forward to seeing the results of your tests. There is one thing I noticed about the results you have so far. The tanks are sitting on top of the ground yet the ice seems to be only forming on the top of the water in the tank. Therefore as I said before the water below the ice is more likely close to 39º (4ºc). I suspect the bubbler is not circulating the water enough especially from the lower part of the tank where the water is warmer because at 39º water is at its most dense. Does the hardware store have a small pond pump you can try? Maybe one gal/min?

[@1jumbox]

Great move, getting sponsored and all that! Once again, your presentation, performance of the task, and real results! Almost $5 a day adds up in a hurry!

[@edwardpaine3133]

Happy anniversary Our Wyoming Life. Great video. I have a question. Do you still get some sort of royalty from the views and likes from the youtube red subscribers that watch your videos or is it only from the people that watch the advertisements?

[@timengland3649]

Th bubbler couldn't keep a pail of water from freezing. The one that I mentioned that Northern Farmer uses in Alberta is a pond bubbler. It's a ceramic disk that rests on the bottom of a tank or pond. It is powered by compressed air from an outside pump. Good Luck on the experiments! Congratulations on two years young!

[@theShepherdess]

Great video!

[@05mcparker]

Nice Mini Ex

[@maxjohnson8033]

Have you ever used submersible water pumps to keep water moving in the tanks ?

[@MrJbswann]

Here's why you do it that way - every other way has been found lacking.

[@antoinettegurdely8811]

There is a way to keep the stock waterers open, would be to construct a large compost pile having approximately 800 foot of black poly pipe used to move water. You will have the pile supplying the heat. The only downfall would be the volume used. Larger the pile, the longer it will last. There are videos on KZbin about this.

[@ameyers67]

Can't do it in winter, but ground loop heat exchanger.

[@LORISDYLAN]

I have been watching for a few months. But I just Subscribed I enjoy the heck out of this show. Great Job!!

[@jeridjanikowski9338]

I haven’t read all the comments so i dont know what everyone has said; i live in Southwest North Dakota and we use tire tanks with drink holes in them and it will have to get below zero before be have to remove ice from the drink hole and if you do have to remove ice it would be an inch at the most and in our corrals we use thermal-sink waterers they are energy free and it has to be way below zero before they get ice on them with cattle drinking out of them daily; bull-tuff tanks makes an insulated fiberglass lid for open top tire tanks you can put on in the winter or leave them on year round; we have tried bubblers and have never got one to work even tried it with solar; I agree with what you say about solar we have a solar well that works great but it is cost prohibitive to make solar work in our cold climate and short days in the winter

[@jeridjanikowski9338]

We have a 9ft tire tank with 1 drink hole in it that we are using to water 45 bred hfrs right now; i have that tank surrounded by dirt with a wood fence around it; and i have never had to chop ice in that tank in 10 years; if you set up a tire tank correctly and size it to the amount of cattle that will be drinking they will stay open in sub zero temps

[@glennedgar5057]

One of the means of heat loss is through black body radiation Black body radiation is proportional to the temperature difference to the fourth power. At night on cloudy days the sky temperature is close to air temperature. On clear nights the sky temperature is close to that of space, ie absolute zero. On clear nights you will loose a lot of heat. If you place sheet metal over your water containers, it will act as an effective thermal shield at night. During the day the sheet panel would act as a thermal solar panel. During the summer the covering will reduce your evaporative water loss in the container

[@rosewhite---]

bank up a foot of soil all round the tanks to the top. Use a gas powered Simple Tube heater.

[@acewin247]

Why do you have a foreclosure pending sign in your garage?

[@mattfencl3614]

There is a vid that talks about it. Mike's Father in Law, Gilbert would post it to mess with people passing by. Probably the first "Troll" in WY! LOL

[@TaigaTurf]

Very interesting experiment.. I like the scientific method. The wind definitely chilled the water more than a 15F night should.. Do you know the water temp coming from the well?

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

Great video Mike! Thanks......getting ready to install a bunch of tanks on the farm...watching this again!

[@PAFarms]

Too bad they don’t have a wind powered tank heater! Do you have constant wind in the winter?

[@OurWyomingLife]

No doubt, we have that big wind generator, its 2.5 Kw . It still took 10 years to pay for itself lol Thanks - Mike

[@darrendeak1503]

Great video!! Owning a small ranch ,my wife and I are always looking for new ideas and ways to improve for both us and the animals .Cheers from northern BC Canada!!

[@highstandards6226]

THAT'S COLD!🥶

[@jamiep3196]

Just to mention the one on the timer did not run constantly for 12h for the same reason the first one didn't run for 24h constantly. The thermal shut off would have been turning it on and off.

[@OurWyomingLife]

I agree, I think the thermal shut off is fighting the timer. Thanks - Mike

[@hubbardfarms8174]

Hubbard Farms Mike have you considered an energy free like a Ritchie thrifty king or a cobett. I live in Missouri and I got tired of changing heating elements in my electric Ritchie. I changed to an energy free Ritchie and have not regretted it. My only problem is the cattle go to the spring and drink .I don't get enough traffic and it's 10 degrees with a 20 mph wind it can freeze and I have to mess with it. My brothers Mira has a bigger earth heat sink and has never frozen with only 10 cows on it. Just a thought

[@michaelcolgan3182]

Aquarium bubbler ? that works in ocean harbors. Add salt to the water you drop the freezing point to 28 degrees .

[@jimlbeam]

What about a small pond or fountain pump that circulates the water all the time kind of like that deicer that I posted on your all things agriculture page the other day it was solar powered

[@MFKR696]

Not to be "that guy", but you really shouldn't be leaving the input jack plugged into that Epi. It does the same thing to your output contacts that leaving STANAG magazines fully loaded for an extended period does. The "springiness" of the input jack will degrade rather quickly when you leave the jack in, which will eventually lead to cracks and pops that occur any time you move, and finally, part failure.

[@hafsalinda]

2 liter plastic pop bottle filled with 1 liter of water and 5 tablespoons of rock salt. 3 per tank

[@carmfarm5]

We use some oval shapped stock tanks for horses and we cover about half with a partial sheet of plywood with a hole large enough to run the heater cord through. Do it to keep the heater in the stock tank, horses were throwing it out, but I think it keeps the water warmer longer and allows the tank heater to stay off longer, might be wishful thinking. Might be an interesting modification on your heater with the timer on it.

[@bigcliffadventures]

Mike you has water trouble and I remember it well as a young man. But let me tell you we did not have bathroom in the house so I can tell you what cold is hahahaha . Mike God bless your family each day .

[@787Earl]

Congratulations on two years. I would try wrapping the tanks with insulation.

[@froglaps40]

We insulated our water tank with a wooden box, lined with free (6") insulation panels from a walk in freezer, and the key was limiting the access on top with another panel to keep the wind off of it, as well as a roof overhead to keep snow off it... they may need to take turns but it keeps the ice away bay.

[@44wyo]

Did you disconnect the hose? Drain it?

[@MKOMKONNNN]

getting insulated tanks a option ? or at least stryo pad put tank on ?

[@swamprat69er]

Congratulations to the winners! You need the same size bubbler as they put around boats up here in the North Country.

[@jacobgarcia8224]

Did i miss something? A kwh is usually 10 to 20 cents. Not a dollar.

[@miriamduerr2951]

No hate intended but I just think it’s funny when people say it super cold when it’s 15 degrees this last weekend we hit -20 with a wind chill of -30.

[@OurWyomingLife]

I agree, -20 is much colder than 15 lol. Been there! Thanks - Mike

[@Weirddog806]

Wow One week of it and it’s Like you lived your whole life in it!! No hate intended....

[@johnnyb8629]

I propose a solution to try, evacuated solar tubes, typically used for solar hot water systems for houses. They are very efficient solar heating tubes made of glass. Perhaps a low watt pump circulating the water threw a tube or array of tubes. I think you could use different pumping techniques as well to lower the power usage even further like a air siphon pump in conjunction with the evacuated solar tubes. Another thing I would try is insulated containers, not totally enclosed insulation but bottom and perimeter insulation. Maybe like the way hot water heaters are wrapped in fiberglass with aluminum sheet metal, or something like that, I bet makes a huge difference.

[@davidturney9813]

Mike what works for me is to keep my old ass in the house

[@thetraveler5798]

Happy Anniversary ! Thank you for making me appreciate a lot closer the Ranch life style. In your Wyoming Life.🌟🌟🌟🎂🌟🌟🌟

[@calumanderson5617]

Happy two year utube anniversary Mike and Erin !!! 🎉🎊🎂🍰🏆👍

[@OurWyomingLife]

Thanks Calum - Mike

[@joanneganon7157]

Whoop Whoop, good job Mike and family. Glad it worked out for you. Farm on! Jo Jo in VT

[@bradatkeisson2583]

Good experiment Mike. I'm curious to know how this works out. I was wondering, was the ice very thick on the tank with the timer, as compared to the non heated tanks?

[@rgs4x]

2 years. I've been here from the beginning!

[@williammccowen9894]

Seriously a great video, can’t wait to see more results. Planning to implement which ever ends up with the most savings. Would be a great science project for the kiddos as well!

[@miguelmejia991]

Hey guys happy anniversary. I am on long island new York I take care 65 beef cattle. And I will like start my own animals business. What are you recommending

[@davidhintz1]

Hello Miguel. I always thought Long Island was all City.

[@miguelmejia991]

@@davidhintz1 hey no, long island a beautiful farming area. Here are, wine grapes farms, greenhouses, potatoes and more

[@grantdubridge7995]

Sheep. You could sell the wool to artisans and the meat to Rich people.

[@miguelmejia991]

@@grantdubridge7995 great idea thanks, I am going to try with pigs

[@larrykriete7035]

Trying to find a best solution to keeping water tanks open is an never ending problem.

[@jeffjohnson4137]

Bury the rear end at least 9 tenths of tank in ground 500 gallon or little smaller .a dirt bank is best,ground temp will keep it unfrozen .built one 20 years ago

[@OurWyomingLife]

Our frost line here is around 5 to 6 feet, worth a try though, thanks - Mike

[@sarahaugustine4185]

Experimenting is what I have done for the last two years. Good on you, sir. Solar is awesome in summer, not so much in winter which is why I have had to keep my batteries charged with a generator these days. Nice video Mike, thanks.