RE:RE:RE:Diesel costsslewfoot2 wrote: Jc, ol Slew will correct your answer. Bigcountry, yes a signifigant amount of energy will be required for pumping and by early acou ts a 30- 40 increase in pumping costs should be expected. A solar array for a small cattle trough on ol slews herd is on thing, but you need big power to pump the lift. Come on jc, your better than this
I assume the pumps will be electric since it is readily available to the property and maintenance is much cheaper than diesel. My point was not that all the electric could be covered by solar, but that solar would be an easy add on since the pumps take up very little ground space.