Propane Stock Tank Heaters

2007-03-23 Thread Linda Patorni
This message is from: "Linda Patorni" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For those interested in propane stock tank heaters, I bought a Trojan 66B Stock Tank Heater at about $389. It's not cheap, especially when you fiigure a dedicated propane tank and a large enough stock tank to ma

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2002-11-20 Thread Carol J. Makosky
This message is from: "Carol J. Makosky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Alison Bakken wrote: This message is from: Alison Bakken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi Don, I have used the blue buckets. If you are using the buckets outside, you need to watch the plug in, if you are using extension cords. I have had

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2002-11-20 Thread Alison Bakken
This message is from: Alison Bakken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi Don, I have used the blue buckets. They work very well. I use them for goats and a dog. The horses water out of a stock tank, with stock tank heaters. If I only had a couple of horse I would use the buckets for them. If you are

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2002-11-17 Thread bolinsj
This message is from: bolinsj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> There is a recycle center near us that makes plastic wood out of recycled bottles and stuff. If you haul yourself, it is not much more expensive than real wood and works nice in the barns. All our stalls are built from it. It is sort of like

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2002-11-17 Thread Carol J. Makosky
This message is from: "Carol J. Makosky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Jean Gayle wrote: This message is from: "Jean Gayle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Re the five gallon bucket with heater in the bottom.. I have not used my two for fear the horses would get burned by the heater at the bottom or shocked.??

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2002-11-17 Thread Jean Gayle
This message is from: "Jean Gayle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Re the five gallon bucket with heater in the bottom.. I have not used my two for fear the horses would get burned by the heater at the bottom or shocked. Jean Jean Walters Gayle Aberdeen, WA Author:The Colonel's Daughter $20 PO Box

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2002-11-16 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Like Trex decking? I'm thinking about that plastic wood this year? >I'll have to try the rubber duckies too. Gail Russell Forestville CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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2002-11-16 Thread bolinsj
This message is from: bolinsj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> We tried both a wooden and a chickenwire cage for over the top of the tank. Wee Willy took off with the wire one day and the Fjords ate a hole in the wood. I was afraid the splinters would hurt them so I took off the wooden top. I'm thinking

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2002-11-16 Thread Bossmare
that timealso our electric bill per month in the winter was approx. $50 for each heater and we had 3 tubs. Just our experience. Lois Berenyi in NJ - Original Message - From: "Don Brackett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2002 4:27 PM Subject: s

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2002-11-16 Thread Sarah Nagel
This message is from: "Sarah Nagel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Don Brackett wrote: > > What are the various safety issues with these heaters. What types of > things do you do to protect the wires? > Any and all advice is happily accepted. Some safety issues we hav

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2002-11-16 Thread Mariposa Farm
This message is from: Mariposa Farm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Don Brackett wrote: What are the various safety issues with these heaters. What types of things do you do to protect the wires? Any and all advice is happily accepted. Hi Jane- We have 23 horses in 12 different paddocks and we use 8 diff

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2002-11-16 Thread FjordAmy
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 11/16/2002 11:48:19 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Only > problem we have with it is that FJORDS like to play with the heater and > pull it out of the tank. OH yeah, we have that problem too. Seems the Fjords j

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2002-11-16 Thread SSlotness
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] We have a 50 gal rubbermaid tank with a heater that goes into the drain plug. It is up against the fence so they can't monkey with the cord. We plug it in to the barn outlet. Suzan One discovers a friend by chance, and cannot but feel regret that 20 or 30

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2002-11-16 Thread bolinsj
This message is from: bolinsj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> We have those floating tank heaters in our 'bathtub' trough. Only problem we have with it is that FJORDS like to play with the heater and pull it out of the tank. The electric cord is 'covered' so they can't bite through or anything, but I fi

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2002-11-16 Thread Carol J. Makosky
This message is from: "Carol J. Makosky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Don Brackett wrote: This message is from: Don Brackett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> We've finally decided that our desire to haul hot water out to the animals all winter to de-ice the water tanks is no fun! So do any of you have any advice

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2002-11-16 Thread Don Brackett
This message is from: Don Brackett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> We've finally decided that our desire to haul hot water out to the animals all winter to de-ice the water tanks is no fun! So do any of you have any advice on the different water tank heaters. There are so many out there. We only have t