indestructable pig trough?

[toots]

Can anyone help out with some basic instructions regarding the construction of a pig trough that will last longer than our last one?

[DUMBDOG]

Do not know what kind you were using or how long it lasted, but if I remember correctly ours were made out of 2x6's, they seemed to last a long time.

[JerryG]

Get a plastic barrel and split it longways. Make end pieces out of angle iron to bolt on so that it doesn't get turned over.

[itsmeCindi]

We use schedule 40 PVC pipe 12" diameter split length wise. They have a heck of a time turning them over too. Ours are ten feet long to accomodate several pigs at once.

[pbenven]

Neighbors use some kind of old-fashioned water tank - about 12" in diameter cut in half lengthwise - making it similar to what Cindi mentions.

[toots]

Thank you ao much to all who posted answers. We have two pigs and were using a homemade wooden trough which my husband made. Being inexperienced, (although ambitious) it lasted less than one week. Thank you all again.

[itsmeCindi]

Wood will work, it's just that here in Florida they rot pretty quick. One little hint, if you want to make a wooden one. Screws, not nails. Also if you build a rectangular one, put a two by four across each end so they can't flip them over. That's what does the most damage, they flip them over and then walk on them. l=l. Something like that.