72cm Single Spot PE Livestock Water Trough 27.5kg With Foam Insulation And Float Valve

One Drinking Place, Properly Insulated

For a pen of calves, a sick bay or a small group of ewes, a long trough is the wrong shape: too much open water surface, too much cleaning, and a float valve that is always slightly out of reach of the animal that needs it. A single spot trough gives one cow or calf a full basin to itself and keeps the water deep enough to drink comfortably.

How the insulation works

Between the outer shell and the basin sits solid polyurethane foam, poured in place rather than glued in panels. Water in the basin loses heat to the outside air through that foam at a fraction of the rate it would through a single wall. In practice the trough stays ice free on most winter nights without a heater, and in summer the same layer keeps the water noticeably cooler than the air in an unshaded yard.

Construction points

• One-shot rotomoulded polyethylene: no seams, no welds, no rust.
• Impact resistant shell that flexes under a hoof strike and returns to shape.
• Rounded rim so an animal drinking hard does not bruise its neck or face.
• Offset feet to bolt down on concrete or timber without blocking the drain.
• Sealed float valve with 3/4 inch inlet, sized for mains pressure.
• Optional heating element fits the same body for hard winters.

Technical data

Setting it up

Level a pad, sit the trough and bolt through the feet. Connect the supply, adjust the float arm until the water sits 20 to 30 mm below the rim, then check the valve screen monthly in sandy areas. Empty and brush the basin between groups of animals; because the inner surface is smooth and unsealed, a stiff brush is all that is required.

Tell us the stock class and the winter temperatures at your farm, and we will advise whether the insulated body alone is enough or whether to add the heating element to the order.