[gmxy]

Hi

I'm new to the forum - joined today. We are setting up an allotment society from scratch. We have our land now, rented from a local farmer, and have 26 allotment holders. We are at present putting up the perimeter rabbit fencing and marking out the plots. We intend to have the plots marked out by the end of next week and then get on and plough/rotivate/dig ready for the spring.

We don't have any money to run mains water to the plots (we've spent it all on fencing to keep out the rabbits!). We are planning on having sheds (we've set the size at 8' x 6' max) with water butts etc. to catch what we can. However, someone suggested getting, or making, a water bowser.

Commerciallly make bowsers look pretty expensive (and as I said, we don't have any dosh left) but I reckoned if I got a 200 gallon or so container and fixed it onto an old trailor that I've got I could take water to the allotment and transfer it to a but/tank there if we were in a drought (given todays weather it seems a long way away!).

Anybody any experience of this sort of thing - any tips or whatever? What do you think?

[Aunt Sally]

Try these

http://www.dvfuels.co.uk/category.asp?catID=3

scroll down to the bottom.

[smud6ie]

Is it a good trailer?1000 litres of water weighs a ton.
could you design the shed layout to put several of those that Aunty has pointed to and link the roof water to fill them?

smud6ie

[gmxy]

Try these

http://www.dvfuels.co.uk/category.asp?catID=3

scroll down to the bottom.

thanks very much for this - looks a brilliant site. Mind you, I need to ring to see what delivery to East Anglia would be! If I can get enough folk to order one ......

Maybe a smaller drum - 200 litre - on the trailer to fill up the bigger one if I run out during a drought? Or maybe a couple of the 1000 litre ones off the shed roof - bit pricey to set up, but after that all the water is free if it rains enough.

[Aunt Sally]

One of our plot holders has 2 of these IBCs on an 8x8 shed and they fill quite easily.

[savbo]

Grow Your Own mag a couple of months ago had an article by Bob Flowerdew on water harvesting and he has a big raised pond thing made from tyres... be a lot more than 1000lt!

[pipfit]

I have 2 IBC one on the allotment one i fill when needed water from either small genny and sump pump not too expensive