Duraflex buckets won’t work on pipe panels with rail spacings greater than ten inches.

The rails in the Powder River panel below are on 9-3/4″ centers.  Lugs under the hooks lift the bucket, so the lower edge barely contacts the rail.  The galvanized panel in the background has rails on 12″ centers.

The bucket tilts slightly when hooked over the panel, bringing the water level closer to the rim.  Holes for the mounting block should be within an inch from the rim.

The block in these photos is still clamped to the bucket and the brackets for the valve haven’t been secured to it, allowing the valve to slide toward the front of the bucket.

The hose was purchased at Home Depot.  The feed store used to carry them but not any more.  The hose should have 3/4″ male thread on one end, to connect to the float valve, and a 3/4″ female thread on the other, to connect to a standard hose bibb.

A washing machine hose won’t work.

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Switched to Duraflex instead of Fortiflex.  Water level is about two inches below the rim and barely touches the float valve.  Next step will be to secure the valve to the bucket so the horses can’t flip it out of the water, which happened on the Virginia Range.

RELATED: Another Water Bucket Destroyed.

It was in good shape last night.  The sediment in the bottom suggests they put their feet in it, which happens almost daily, but why destroy it?  These things cost $25 apiece.

The cover on the DuraMate automatic waterers prevents a thorough cleaning of the unit, you have to take it apart to bleach that area.  I want something that can be lifted off the pipe panel, cleaned and easily reinstalled, yet won’t get torn down by the horses.

It would be a miniature version of the water tanks on the Virginia Range.

BLM said today that it has requested bids for new short-term holding facilities in Idaho, Nevada and Utah.  Capacities of 500 to 10,000 wild horses and burros are desired, according to the news release.

Animals delivered to the corrals will be held temporarily before transfer to off-range pastures or adoption/sale locations across the country.

Proposals will be accepted through November 30.

The construction of a high-capacity animal feeding operation was the subject of a heated debate earlier this year in Laramie County, WY.

RELATED: BLM Seeks Off-Range Corrals.

A man who led a horse from its stall last December and killed it for its meat has been arrested and charged, according to a report posted yesterday by AP News.

In a 2018 interview on Fox News, Dave Duquette, spokesman for Protect the Harvest, a cheerleader group for the public-lands ranchers, said “There was one meat buyer…in the south of…in Florida…that said he had 2.3 million Hispanics down there that would eat it…every day if they could get it.”  That video has been scrubbed from YouTube.

Just realized this monthly newspaper is now online.  Based in Gardnerville, NV.

Now that the roundup is over, the daily reports have been replaced with adoption/sale information.  All stallions will be gelded and mom/baby pairs are available.

Today’s InciWeb report states that the fire has spread slightly to the northeast and east over the last 24 hours, with containment holding at 14%.  The total area burned is now about 161,200 acres.

Winds out of the west and southwest are expected over the next 48 hours.

Western Horse Watchers is estimating the fire to be about five miles west of Deerwood Ranch and two miles to the south.  An email sent to the ranch earlier today has not been answered.  The location on the following map is a best guess.

The ranch is home to 350 wild horses, according to the BLM page for off-range pastures.

RELATED: Deerwood Off-Range Pasture Threatened by Mullen Fire?

A report by Wyo4News says the BLM is monitoring the situation in southeastern Wyoming and is prepared to evacuate the horses to corrals in Rock Springs if necessary.

The fire started September 17 in the Medicine Bow National Forest.

The 4700-acre Deerwood Ranch has a capacity of 350 wild horses, according to the BLM page for public off-range pastures.

Not sure if Google is still sending out email notifications of new videos so if you’re subscribed to the channel here is a link to the latest.  Or you can watch it here.

He’s six months old today but his mane still hasn’t figured out which way to fall.

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BLM announced today the availability of seven new off-range pastures for long-term holding of wild horses, with a combined capacity of 5,000 animals.  The facilities are located in Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Washington.

The announcement may be the result of a solicitation posted in March, 2019.

A solicitation in March, 2020 was for larger facilities in Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska, 1,000 to 10,000 animals each.

The government spends around two dollars per day to warehouse a wild horse on private pastures, compared to five dollars per day in an off-range corral.

The public-lands ranchers pay the government about four and a half cents per day for the food each horse consumed.

The difference is covered by taxpayers, also known as ‘redistribution of wealth.’

Yeah it’s gross.  Have not seen parasites like these in the domestic horses, only in the adopted horses.  He will be six months old on October 1.

Pinpoint accuracy.  Where’s Mike Rowe when you need him?

Looks like his mane will flop to his left but that doesn’t mean he’s a Biden voter.

Let’s see if he gets a mail-in ballot.

RELATED: Colt Reaches Fifth Rail.

This was the scene at 8 AM today, due to smoke from wildfires.  Very strange.

A heat wave has been in effect out west since September 4.  Filling water buckets three times a day, compared to once a day normally.  Photos taken September 7.

He’s a sweet boy and he’s so stinkin’ soft!  Photo taken August 1, four months old.

RELATED: Colt Reaches Another Milestone.

Hand truck placed near hay several hours earlier but by late afternoon the elves still hadn’t unloaded it.  They never showed up to clean the corrals either.

Better find a shady spot where you can ride it out until sundown.