Answering Your Questions – Water Trailers I ABI Dirt

We know for you and your horse to have an enjoyable ride is Super-important, for your arena to be watered for a couple of reasons. And that’s to have consistent, stable footing and to keep dust down to a minimum. So water is a binding agent. That means it’s holding your footing together. If your arena is not properly water throughout the entire thing, you’re going to have loose, dry areas and your horse is going to be able to feel those inconsistencies underneath the surface.

It all actually depends. It depends on what your footing is, where your arena is located and the depth of your arena. So if your arena is out and during the elements, you’re gonna be running into areas that are going to be drying out too much because of wind and even holding too much water because of rain. It all depends.

An easy way to determine if your arena is too wet or too dry is by grabbing a handful of your footing. If you grab a handful, squeeze it and open your hand and it crumbles out. It’s a sign that your arena is too dry. If you grab a handful, squeeze it and water runs out. That’s a good sign that your arena is too wet. From there on, you can determine if you need to add water or even let your arena sit for a few days.

It all depends on your operation. If you’re using a water hose or sprinkler system, sometimes you’re not watering your arena as consistently and evenly. You’re gonna be running into issues where you’re going to have puddling or you’re gonna be not watering enough or watering too little. So you’re not really in control like you could be with a water trailer, with a water trailer, you have complete control of how much water you’re actually applying to your arena. It’s going to be a consistent flow throughout the entire thing. You know, where in your arena you’re going to add more and where you need to keep driving and not add as much water.

We’ve designed all of our arena drags to give you as much control as possible while trying to properly prepare your arena. So the weight of the drag will change as you begin entering your arena with a full tank. You begin spraying, and by the end, your tank is going to be empty. So your footing depth is going to be inconsistent throughout the entire thing.Another issue to consider is that the water tank on the three point hitch is just simply not enough to cover your entire arena. You’re gonna have to refill your tank, go back out there and re-water it because the tank is just too small on the three point drag.

Simple and easy. Our water trailers have a recirculation valve, meaning it’s going to direct the water directly back into the tank. To clean your tank, dump a gallon of bleach into your tank. Turn on your recirculation valve and then simply spray down your gravel driveway.