Water trough valves.

What's everyone's favorite water trough valves?

Anyone recommend jobe valves?

I like the richie valves but tough to find them around me anymore or it takes a day or 2 for me to get time to get somewhere that is open 8-5pm and im at work then. I have swapped to franklin valves just because theisens usually has them in stock and are open till 9pm....I still keep a few extras on my shelf in the shop cause it always seems like i need one in jan. when everyone else does as well and they are all gone at the store. So far i have had pretty decent luck with the franklins not as tough as the richies, and the franklins are the same valves that mirafount runs as well. The one thing on the franklins is the float size is much smaller than the richies so i can get them into a few old concrete waterers that i have that nothing else seems to fit in there and work very well. Also the franklins you can actually rebuild the valves pretty easy. I know this year im stocking up on extra heaters early you could not find any for months around central ia.

was considering using both of those.


i am going to install a jobe in the bottom thread of a 2' x 6' cement trough. the jobe valve has a floating ball on a string. it can also be installed conventionally on the top. going to do it on the bottom so i can install the pipe and no pipe will go up the side of the tank. the tanks have a threaded opening on both ends, a threaded opening on one end and two bolts out the top to screw down a board or metal plate to protect the float from damage.  cement is reinforced with both fiber additive and rebar. the reason i'm going to use the bottom installation is that it's easy to see the float if the tank is full.

My step dad put in some Corbett waterers and they had a valve on the bottom with a steel float. They worked great but i'm not sure what brand of floats they used. They only used ground heat and i only saw one freeze up about 1/4 inch on the one that the 2 horses were on and no wind break. They others always have stayed open with 50 head or better on them. They just use ground heat and have about the size of a large trash can installed below the water tank.

knabe said:

What's everyone's favorite water trough valves?

Anyone recommend jobe valves?

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Yes, I have several tanks with jobe valves and they work great.  I have had trouble with high water pressure from time to time and the jobe valves can handle it. 

This is the model I have in operation--trouble free for four years.

http://www.jobevalves.com/uploads/86738/files/Megaflow_product_info_sheets.pdf