Extended frame rails at the bottom with larger diameter pneumatic wheels, like the ones for two wheel dollies, make more since to me. Also, a 1x4 or 6 board at the back held on by wire or light weight chain to act as a skirt to keep the birds inside makes sense to me. You can also use a piece of conveyor belt canvas to do the same thing.
I like having a assistant, but my assistant keeps taking away my tools and parts. I thought, instead of the wire, holding the swingarm in place, how about drilling another hole into the swingarm and using a bolt to lock it in place?
This is a great tutorial for those who are newbies to farm living. Everyone makes mistakes but we all learn from them. Clearly you are taking care of your chicks and hens and learning along the way. BTW Maggie truly steals the show when in the lens view!!!
Dude instead of the wire why don’t you drill a hole thru the wheel board n the back board and when you need to lift it you just stick a bolt thru the two n it’s stable n more simple.
Good job, if I can give you some advice: if you move the wheels forward about a quarter of the length of the cage you will have much less effort moving it 👍.
If you put a pvc pipe just one inch on top of 2 by 4 three inches from back it will push your chicken along instead of them being in harms way of getting run over.
Awesome! Thank you so much. I built an A frame chicken coop, but the plans called for wheels that lift it off the ground. I have cat and other predators in my area, so i cant have a gap at the bottom. I almost ended up buying a lift kit from online. So glad i didn't!
Excellent, glad it helped. Yeah us too... Definitely did not want there to be a gap at night. These wheels are still going strong... I'm really pleased with the design.
Thank you so much for this demonstration! I am going to do my chicken tractor wheels just like yours. And thanks for saving me from re-using some little old wheels. My bumpy land will need the big rubber wheels from Harbor Freight.
Nex time place the wheels just behind the center point then no straining at all to lift. A handle would also work better than a rope. Thanks for the video.
Hey, I like your video but I seen what you could’ve did a little better is when you put the bigger wheel on I see the bolt where the nut is holding the wheel on. You could groove the other 2 x 4 out so I could slide even straight up, drill a hole all the way through and put some sort of a bolt through that to hold it in place but anyway that not you couldn’t go any further because it was catching on the frame
Or you can do 2 holes to both pieces of wood and use one with a bolt or pin just to hold the wheel on place while you move it, it's faster and easier to do, just an opinion
We've actually not had any issues with anything trying to break in at the bottom. But will definitely keep that in mind for the next generation of mobile coops, thanks!
