Ten gallons on the 20 in. narrow body, 22 in. long, 70 lb. Hoskins aims this one at a hospital pen, or a handful of lambs or young calves.
What you are getting
- Stainless steel tank, 10 gallons (38 litres)
- Overall 22 in. long by 20 in. wide by 16 in. tall
- Insulated galvanized steel frame, 70 lb. empty
- One Model A element, 250 watts total, held off the tank
- 3/8 in. Bob valve with a 6 in. float rod
- 2 in. rubber stopper on the drain
- Rated for sick pens, small calf and sheep groups
Light enough to handle
At 70 lb. this is about the only unit in the Hoskins catalogue one person can reasonably move. That matters in a pen you want to scrub out.
How Hoskins builds them
A SC22-16 is a stainless tank of 10 gallons sitting inside a 16 gauge galvanized shell, with insulation between them and the Model A element carried in the shell rather than bolted to the tank.
The 3/8 in. Bob valve and its 6 in. float rod sit in an insulated compartment of their own behind a lift-off cover, so a repair in January does not mean emptying the tank. The drain stopper is 2 in..
The body is 20 in. across and 22 in. long, 70 lb. empty. Narrow enough for a sheep pen; long enough that the flock is not queuing.
Putting one in
The water line and the power both come up inside the base of a SC22-16, so one trench carries both and the stub-ups have to land inside a 22 by 20 in. footprint. Set a reinforced pad roughly 30 by 28 in. and stand it a few inches above the ground around it, which keeps muck from packing against the frame.
Electrically the Model A element pulls 2.1 amps on 120 volts, so its own 15 amp circuit is enough. Ask whoever wires it to confirm the earth at the same visit. Stray voltage is the usual reason stock go off a waterer that is working perfectly well, and it is almost never the first thing anyone checks.
Read your water pressure at the unit rather than at the well, and read it more than once in a day. At 70 lb. empty two people can set this one, which is part of why it ships by UPS. Hoskins puts the rating at sick pens and small lamb or calf groups.
Browse the rest of the line under Hoskins sheep waterers, or see Hoskins waterer parts.
