How to Use a Corner Trough

Corner troughs are space-efficient ways to offer your horses feed or water. Use corner troughs in your stables or trailers so your animals are well fed and hydrated regardless of where they are. Choose from plastic or metal feeding troughs and consider bite-edges to prevent your horses from chewing on the edges of the trough, damaging the trough and possibly injuring themselves. Remember to clean your corner troughs frequently to keep your animals healthy.

Things You'll Need

  • Pencil
  • Corner trough
  • Drill
  • Screws
  • 2-inch-by-4-inch spacer blocks (optional)
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Instructions

    • 1

      Lead your horse into the stable or trailer where you'll be installing a corner trough.

    • 2

      Draw a line in the corner slightly lower than the natural position of the horse's head. Take the horse out of the area so he's not spooked by the sounds of installation.

    • 3

      Inspect your corner trough. Some come with holes and hardware for installation and others do not. If yours has the hardware, place the corner trough near your mark. Screw the corner trough into place by insert the screws through the holes and fastening them using an electric drill. Tighten the corner trough snugly into place but don't over-tighten the screws or you'll break the trough.

    • 4

      Hang a corner trough with no hardware by drilling your holes and using galvanized screws. Drill two pilot holes on each side of the trough where it sits flush to the wall to which it will be attached. Make the holes one-quarter down from the top of the trough. Use a drill bit slightly smaller than the screws you'll use to attach the corner trough to the walls.

    • 5

      Hold the trough into position and screw through the pilot holes with galvanized screws, attaching the corner trough to the walls on both sides. Note that some corner troughs require wooden spacer blocks to be screwed in to the wall before installing the corner trough.

    • 6

      Fill your corner trough with water or feed. Return your horse to his stable or load him into your trailer for transportation.