stangs13 said:
Can you give me the plans on how to build one? I think this would be of great use to us..
Here is a rough description of the plan. We bought all the supplies from Menards. I found the pump at Bomgars as well but it was about $20 cheaper at Menards. The pump is a a Simer Pump. Give me a few weeks and I'll tell you how it works. It is small in size to make it light weight when opening the freezer. It comes with a kit that includes a 6 inch garden hose that you drill a hose through the lid of the freezer. It also has a filter for the end of the hose which should help the longevity of the pump. The only thing about this unit that I didn't like was that it did not have an on/off switch. I didn't want the boys plugging a cord in every day in the we environment of a wash rack so we cut the cord and put a toggle switch in the cord.
We drilled four hould through the lid of the freezer to mount the pump with 3 inch bolts then drilled a hole for the inlet hose. We sealed the drilled holes with caulk. The freezer we purchase is a 7.2 cu foot in size. The 5 cu ft freezer is on sale right now. I was told the 5 would almost cover 3 calves twice a day. We decided to go with the larger one as we have 3 boys that will be showing together shortly and we may need to cover more than 3 head.
Hope this helps. Ask more questions if you have any.
Tony
