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Pulaski Tn blkcloud@igiles.net

I have a 300 gallon rubbermaid cattle watering tank with a hose pipe adaptor screwed into the bottom..when the tank is full and you unscrew the cap from the bottom of the tank so that you can hook up a hose pipe the water comes streaming out like niagra falls..but once you hook the hose pipe up it slows to a trickle..at first I thought my hose was clogged or kinked, I checked everything and it was fine..I then hooked up a different hose and still nothing but a trickle..25' away.....the patch im trying to water is about 3 feet in alt. lower than my tank..why is it that when you hook the hose up the water just almost stops?? I would have guessed there would be enough pressure in a 300 gallon tank to have a pretty good stream at the hose end..do any of you know of maybe a inline solar pump that would increase the pressure?? thanks!!!

5/31/2007 8:32:43 AM

southwest MO

Do you want pressure or flow? If you just want to hand water the ground from a hose there are some simple options... A small 12 volt bilge pump will move alot of water if there is not much head pressure. Get the largest hose you can work with or afford. (I've had good results using 1" blackpoly tubing)

5/31/2007 12:27:29 PM

Pulaski Tn blkcloud@igiles.net

What i'm doing is hooking 3 soaker hoses together... right now like it is after a all night soak the ground will only be wet about 1" on each side of the hose..there is not enough pressure to make it drip..

5/31/2007 12:44:22 PM

Menomonie, WI (mail@gr8pumpkin.net)

Nope the soaker hoses create to much of a restriction for the water to empty out of the tank. The only way to fix this would be raise the tank atleast 4 feet. Then a soaker house is still going to have problems. A drip system would be a better option if you are going to count on gravity.

5/31/2007 1:36:21 PM

Pulaski Tn blkcloud@igiles.net

what gets me is that it just barely runs out the end of the regular hose that hooks into the soaker..

5/31/2007 1:53:28 PM

Menomonie, WI (mail@gr8pumpkin.net)

OK water pressure is not your issue...the issue you are having is volume. The only way to fix this is raise the tank height,increase the size of the hose diameter, or shorten the hose it self to reduce the restriction. Big Hose Volume+ Small Hose pressure

5/31/2007 2:34:17 PM

Long Island,New York

did you vent the top of the tank?
something like a huge dead slug or salamander in the hose......

5/31/2007 9:45:53 PM

Cameron,ontario Team Lunatic

Raise the tank & drill bigger holes (1/8" or 3/32") in your soaker hose will help make it flow out of the hoses a bit better.

6/1/2007 6:10:34 AM

Eastern Pennsylvania

I was thinking the same thing as Glenn, is the tank vented at the top; it sounds liket the air inside has nowhere to escape.

6/1/2007 1:30:04 PM