{"id":2169,"date":"2026-01-17T12:15:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T02:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.whoopdedo.net\/52\/?p=2169"},"modified":"2026-01-17T12:15:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T02:15:08","slug":"stock-tank-plunge-pools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whoopdedo.net\/52\/stock-tank-plunge-pools\/","title":{"rendered":"Stock tank plunge pools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/rural\/2021-10-14\/stock-tanks-used-as-pools-a-new-trend-taking-over\/100532132\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/rural\/2021-10-14\/stock-tanks-used-as-pools-a-new-trend-taking-over\/100532132<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"Article_layout__1pl0i\">\n<div class=\"ArticleHeadline_container__cAj5Q Article_head__D5qU4\" data-component=\"ArticleHeadline\">\n<div class=\"Article_headContent__PNoau\">\n<div class=\"ArticleHeadlineTitle_container__f00HU Article_headTitle__EIGwR\" data-chartbeat-authors=\"[&quot;Keely Johnson&quot;]\">\n<h1 class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP ArticleHeadlineTitle_title__A2dkr Typography_sizeMobile24__GzKLB Typography_sizeDesktop32__LR_G6 Typography_lineHeightDesktop40__BuoRf Typography_bold__FqafP Typography_serif__qU2V5 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx Typography_normalise__u5o1s\" data-component=\"Typography\">Move over cattle, stock tank plunge pools are the new cool trend<\/h1>\n<ul class=\"CardTagList_tags__dheC7 scrollbar_scrollbarThemed__kGZnS\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"Avatar_avatarSize24__Q0Lly Tag_avatar__QqmvB\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Tag_avatarImage__DnPg8 Avatar_avatarImage__f1Jjg\" src=\"https:\/\/live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au\/bcf3a5cda14be06b4ea4ecd0dbbddb0a?impolicy=wcms_crop_resize&amp;cropH=718&amp;cropW=718&amp;xPos=358&amp;yPos=0&amp;width=160&amp;height=160\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP CardTag_text__99Z73 Typography_typography__clrwy Typography_bold__FqafP Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">By Keely Johnson<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP CardTag_text__99Z73 Typography_typography__clrwy Typography_bold__FqafP Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">ABC Rural<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP CardTag_text__99Z73 Typography_typography__clrwy Typography_bold__FqafP Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\"><span class=\"ScreenReaderOnly_srOnly__bnJwm\" data-component=\"ScreenReaderOnly\">Topic:<\/span>Agriculture<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"ArticleHeadlineTitle_meta__eYg46\"><time class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP ArticleHeadlineTitle_metaTimestamp__Ri6e7 DynamicTimestamp_displayDate__Y3t35 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx Typography_letterSpacedSm__V8kil\" datetime=\"2021-10-13T19:34:47.000Z\" data-component=\"Timestamp\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Thu 14 Oct 2021<\/time><time class=\"ScreenReaderOnly_srOnly__bnJwm\" datetime=\"2021-10-13T19:34:47.000Z\" data-component=\"ScreenReaderOnly\">Thursday 14 October 2021<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<figure id=\"100532246\" class=\"ContentAlignment_marginBottom__4H_6E ContentAlignment_overflowAuto__c1_IL Figure_figure__xLyBy Figure_docImage__DSvk4\" data-print=\"inline-media\" data-component=\"Figure\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/imageproxy\/100532246\">\n<div class=\"Figure_content__8xRH4\">\n<div class=\"Figure_content__8xRH4\">\n<div class=\"FigureContent_content__GnImC\">\n<div class=\"ContentImage_ratio__0yYeG\">\n<div class=\"AspectRatio_container__FC_XH\" data-component=\"AspectRatioContainer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\" src=\"https:\/\/live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au\/769f44e1a2dbbee5e600536f08a633de?impolicy=wcms_crop_resize&amp;cropH=541&amp;cropW=961&amp;xPos=0&amp;yPos=139&amp;width=862&amp;height=485\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"A large steel tank filled with water and a small ladder sits in a garden. \" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"Figure_caption__fS2lN\" data-component=\"Figure__figcaption\">\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">A stock tank supplier created a pool about two years ago, now they&#8217;re selling like hotcakes.\u00a0<cite>(Supplied: David Mortimer)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Article_layout__1pl0i\">\n<div class=\"ArticleWeb_article__jRLK1 Article_main__wLtNk Article_hasSidebars__HFpa0\">\n<div class=\"engagement_target__kiIVK ArticleRender_article__RdZk2\">\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">They are normally used as water tubs for livestock to drink out of, but people have found a new use for stock tanks \u2014 a stylish, functional, and cheap version of a plunge\u00a0pool.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ContentAlignment_marginBottom__4H_6E ContentAlignment_overflowAuto__c1_IL ContentAlignment_floatRight__nfR_t\">\n<section class=\"KeyPoints_section__ulBii KeyPoints_borders__MdrgD future_keyPoints___rHd0\" role=\"contentinfo\" aria-label=\"key points\" data-component=\"KeyPoints\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/teaser\/100534366\">\n<h2 class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP Heading_heading__VGa5B Typography_sizeMobile18__eJCIB Typography_sizeDesktop20___6qCS Typography_lineHeightMobile24__crkfh Typography_lineHeightDesktop24__Fh_y5 Typography_marginBottomMobileSmall__6wx7m Typography_marginBottomDesktopSmall__CboX4 Typography_black__9qnZ1 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx Typography_normalise__u5o1s\" data-component=\"Heading\">Key points:<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"List_unordered__yNZx8\" role=\"list\" data-component=\"List\">\n<li type=\"unordered\">People are jumping on a\u00a0new trend\u00a0using livestock and water tanks as plunge pools<\/li>\n<li type=\"unordered\">A Sydney tank supplier diversified his business when asked to make a pool about two years ago<\/li>\n<li type=\"unordered\">He&#8217;s since developed the product to be a fully functioning pool with\u00a0everything\u00a0a normal pool has<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<div id=\"article-key-points-after\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">When David Mortimer started his custom tank building business\u00a015 years ago\u00a0he never expected to be making\u00a0pools.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;We build stainless steel water tanks for residential, commercial, and rural customers,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;But about two\u00a0years ago we started getting some customers in asking if we could build a tank without a lid on it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Curious to see what all the fuss was about, Mr Mortimer started experimenting with\u00a0a range of different sizes and structures that would best work as pools.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;We&#8217;re always looking for new opportunities and areas to diversify \u2026 so we ran with that concept and developed the product further,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;We got it [the stock tank pool] fully engineered and certified, and made sure it&#8217;s able to withstand the forces of people jumping in it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"EmphasisedText_emphasisedText__McMdj ContentAlignment_marginBottom__4H_6E ContentAlignment_overflowAuto__c1_IL\" data-component=\"EmphasisedText\">\n<blockquote class=\"EmphasisedText_quote__TE6kn\"><p>&#8220;Since then it&#8217;s gone off like wildfire.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<figure id=\"100534298\" class=\"ContentAlignment_marginBottom__4H_6E ContentAlignment_overflowAuto__c1_IL ContentAlignment_outdentDesktop__ijbiK Figure_figure__xLyBy Figure_docImage__DSvk4\" data-print=\"inline-media\" data-component=\"Figure\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/imageproxy\/100534298\">\n<div class=\"Figure_content__8xRH4\">\n<div class=\"Figure_content__8xRH4\">\n<div class=\"FigureContent_content__GnImC\">\n<div class=\"ContentImage_ratio__0yYeG\">\n<div class=\"AspectRatio_container__FC_XH\" data-component=\"AspectRatioContainer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\" src=\"https:\/\/live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au\/8130206ae734b86c9a795ac1ad27f84a?impolicy=wcms_crop_resize&amp;cropH=672&amp;cropW=1008&amp;xPos=0&amp;yPos=84&amp;width=862&amp;height=575\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"A wooden deck surrounds a steel tank filled with clear, blue water. \" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"Figure_caption__fS2lN\" data-component=\"Figure__figcaption\">\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">The pools are designed to stay above ground and are ideally suited for building a timber deck around for access and presentation.\u00a0<cite>(Supplied: David Mortimer)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP Heading_heading__VGa5B future_heading__Gcudw Heading_default__Z3p_p Typography_sizeMobile20__NUDn4 Typography_sizeDesktop32__LR_G6 Typography_lineHeightMobile24__crkfh Typography_lineHeightDesktop40__BuoRf Typography_marginBottomMobileSmall__6wx7m Typography_marginBottomDesktopSmall__CboX4 Typography_bold__FqafP Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx Typography_normalise__u5o1s\" data-component=\"Heading\">Price point the big seller<\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Mr Mortimer said a lot of his customers are looking for a cheaper alternative to the standard in-ground pool.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ContentAlignment_marginBottom__4H_6E ContentAlignment_overflowAuto__c1_IL ContentAlignment_floatRight__nfR_t LegacyWysiwyg_wysiwyg___2JFa\" title=\"Pool safety\" data-component=\"LegacyWysiwyg\" data-print=\"inline-media\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/teaser\/100537844\">\n<h2 class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP Heading_heading__VGa5B future_heading__Gcudw Heading_default__Z3p_p Typography_sizeMobile18__eJCIB Typography_sizeDesktop20___6qCS Typography_lineHeightMobile24__crkfh Typography_lineHeightDesktop24__Fh_y5 Typography_marginBottomMobileSmall__6wx7m Typography_marginBottomDesktopSmall__CboX4 Typography_bold__FqafP Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx Typography_normalise__u5o1s\" data-component=\"Heading\">Pool safety:<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"ContentAlignment_marginBottom__4H_6E ContentAlignment_overflowVisible__N2zKU\">\n<li>Owners of properties with swimming pools must at all times\u00a0ensure that pools are surrounded with a child-resistant safety barrier that separates the pool(s) from any dwelling and\u00a0place adjoining the property<\/li>\n<li>Keep closed the doors and gates that provide access to the swimming pool<\/li>\n<li>Ensure that fences surrounding pools are designed, constructed, installed and maintained to comply with the relevant Australian Standards<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\"><em>Source: NSW Government<\/em><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;You&#8217;ve got your pools where you dig a hole and you build the pool and they start around $50,000,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;Then you&#8217;ve got your concrete plunge pools that generally hover around the $12,000 mark, but you need quite a significant crane to get those in.<\/p>\n<div class=\"EmphasisedText_emphasisedText__McMdj ContentAlignment_marginBottom__4H_6E ContentAlignment_overflowAuto__c1_IL\" data-component=\"EmphasisedText\">\n<blockquote class=\"EmphasisedText_quote__TE6kn\"><p>&#8220;But the tank pools sit around the $5,000-$7,000 mark.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Mr Mortimer said the tanks also fitted in most small backyards\u00a0which had\u00a0made them widely popular in metro areas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/rural\/2021-10-14\/stock-tanks-used-as-pools-a-new-trend-taking-over\/100532132 &nbsp; Move over cattle, stock tank plunge pools are the new cool trend By Keely Johnson ABC Rural Topic:Agriculture Thu 14 Oct 2021Thursday 14 October 2021 A stock tank supplier created a pool about two years ago, now they&#8217;re &hellip; <a 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