Water is available, but from where I will set up camp it's a loooonnnnnngg haul. Easier to just take my own. Harley is a good drinker, he's always drank "other" water.
I had to run this morning a buy this barrel. I use to have one, but thought I'd never have to use it again so I cut it in half to use as a trough. I wish I had the old one tho. When you first buy them they smell funny because they are used for pop surype. My old one had lost that smell. I don't know if it changes the taste. Belle always drank good too, hope Harley does.
I have a hose that I siffon it out with. It's not hard. Once you get it going I just hook the end up higher then the barrel, then just let it down and the water flows again.
I really like this bit:). Now that I'm a bit more knowledgeable about bits I realize it's actually a softer bit then a regular snaffle, before I thought with that piece in it it would be harder. Harley doesn't need much, but it's got enough bite to it that I can keep him from just taking off trail to get a bite. That was the trouble I was having with the kimberwicke:). It was funny how we'd be going along and he'd just veer off, and I didn't have much to stop him. Now just a touch and he doesn't do that. he even stopped trying, because I guess he figured it was there:)
Becky
We have a plastic barrel for emergency water that we put a tap on that was made for fitting in one of the cap holes. We can either hook it to a hose (as long as we keep the hose end lower than the tank) or just put a bucket under it. have to lay it sideways though...
I figured if we took it camping we could lay it and block it in the back of the truck and get enough gravity to run the hose from it. I can see that siphoning would be easy enough at least while it's relatively full.
