Transporting water

Milk truck drivers know about that, can't have baffles in a milk truck. Would make butter as you drive.....

I'd fill the tank up, a little overloaded would be better than the sloshing.

Now, I haul 120 gallons of chemical in one of those strapped to my car trailer, with a big pickup don't notice it.... But on a single axle, and likely a smaller pulling vehicle, beware of the slosh.

Paul

When I worked at the saw mill, one day the foreman decided to take a large tank down to the nearby river, fill it up and bring it up to the mill. I don't remember how many galons it was, but it was about 8-10' wide and 12' or so high, and they had a couple of ratchet strapes on it. I was scaling logs and saw them load it on a log truck and head down to the river. Man!, I so wanted to go watch It did not end well. lol! They got it filled no problem, but only moved it about 15 foot.

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Dude, where I live, we all haul water, and a lot of us use the exact same 275 gallon tank. You've discovered that the ropes are to keep it in place when its empty, the weight keeps it still when its full. Don't worry about algae growing in it, you'll never keep the water long enough for it to do that.
Dont worry about the gloom and doomers warning you about the catastrophic disasters that will befall you, your only going 3/4 mile

Where I live we all haul water too. It's usually in a truck not on a trailer but I've seen a 1 ton truck flipped into a ditch by a ranch hand driving carelessly with half a tank of water in the bed. He was going 20 MPH tops but turned too fast. Amazing what a fluid shifting weight can do.

Nimrod, I have the same setup for watering on my place, only I pull it with my tractor.

I fill it to the top (I wouldn't if I was going to go faster than maybe 10 mph) and pull it along my berry bush rows. I put a pipe on the elbow at the back so it goes 90 degrees to either side. Open that 2" valve and let the water flow. Idle along and water deeply.

My fill up point is about 1/2 mile from where I water. Just go slow and you'll be OK.

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Thanks for the input. Seems like it's doable.

Idum, great minds think alike.

I agree. If there is any kind of a roof on the property, you can collect alot of the freshest, softest water on the planet, and avoid having to haul it.

An inch of rain on even a small roof adds up to LOTS of water. Our house collects almost 3000 gallons off its 2000 Square foot roof, per inch of rainfall.

If this is feasible, it would be alot cheaper in the long run, and so much less time consuming. I am assuming north central Minnesota would be similar to here, where rainfall is fairly dependable...

Just an idea to save you some hassle, in case you have a roof on site. I assume you shower inside of something?! lol.

No roofs, just the camper and a tarp.

I am in the middle of a 34 acre piece. I suppose someone could wander on to the 40 acres south of mine and get a flash of my 62 year old hunk of a body. I just hope they could restrain themselves. LOL

Yes. I re-read and saw that you had put bare land...

And restraint is hard for some. Watch your back! lol

Don't know about you but if that was me wandering around in the buff out there it would probably start some fresh Bigfoot sightings around town....

looks like the numbers for the gallons and sq ft are reversed... you can harvest about .6 gal per sq foot of collection area.