We just raised our first batch of meat chickens. We had to have our son move the tractor for us. This is a great idea for us older folks! Thank you for sharing!
Paul Williams , If you are building your own chicken tractors and they are too heavy maybe you can do as I have done. I make mine by using 2" X 3" in stead of using 2" X 4" . The 2" X 3" are quite strong enough for this purpose and are lighter in weight. I have even used 2" X 2" successfully . After all , it's just a box of sorts depending upon the style. If age matters , I am 77 1/2 years old.
I just slide mine on skids. I cut some of that flexible pvc drain pipe (non corrugated) and fastened it where it goes over the back two corners of the frame (lengthwise) and it slides easily, even on dirt and rock.
Jason I think it is worth the price as it means Lorraine can now move the chickens easily, this takes the stress off when you are away. I am 68yrs old & would definitely use that. Cheers Denise - Australia
Just installed a Chick Lift on BOTH ends of my coop. My turning effort is minimal. Chick Lift has a caster wheel version but my double was a cheaper way to go. If I get another larger coop, the casters are definitely in my future. BTW… You will NEVER wear these lifts out! Love this product!
Thanks so much for showing where to get this thing that I asked about the other day. I know I'm not the only one who asked. I actually took a screen shot of it so I could look for it if you didn't answer back haha. My coop has wheels in back but one is flat and I'd rather it sits flat than off the ground leaving a gap. My problem is that it's too heavy to pick up in the front, and wish I had swivel wheels in front.
My wife loves our chickens and wants to be involved with them on a daily basis. Including moving the chicken tractors which have no wheels. She can move them by pulling on a rope. But to make it easier for her , I attached two eye bolts to each front corner. One or maybe two dollars. A nylon tow strap with hooks on the ends. I think that was $9.95 . Hook onto the eye bolts , attach the tow strap to our lawn tractor ( my wife loops the tow strap around the back of the tractor seat ) and my wife moves the chicken tractors , easy peasy. No muscle strength required at all .
The cost of easily moving a chicken tractor is worth the price. I have seen a lot of jury-rigged wheels that make it nearly impossible for women or older folks to move the tractor! Even being a SS monthly checks it would be worth a one time charge to make life easier with everything that needs doing! Thanks, Jason for putting this out there! Awesome! Something I will look into for next year's meat birds.
I like that idea. I put 4 wheels on mine (each corner). If you have a bad back like I do then I definitely recommend more than just two wheels and a rope. So much easier to move. I love John's tractor. It's really easy to modify for your individual needs
Genius! Going to have to write that in my future shopping plans. Maybe as an auto-reset install a spring or a small chunk of scrap wood above it to bounce the step plate back down into place, ready for next time.
I view this product as a niche product something that people like Loraine that just cannot move the tractor without it. It seems very well made and easy to use. It's value likely will be based on need.
Awesome, I think if you cut the 2x4’s off where the old wheels were , it will even be easier bc those pieces are sticking out past the new wheels. Just a thought!!!
I feel ya! We live on rough terrain so moving a chicken tractor is a challenge especially in the rainy season. Mud runs don't have anything on homesteading. Lol. This is similar to what I am having my husband help me fabricate for our chicken tractor. He taught me how to weld but there's still a lot to learn. We are going to use old boat trailer jacks. So if you run across those freebies and know how to weld...it would be an option especially on a tight farm budget. Thanks for sharing!
Ordered👍 thanks Jason. I’m going to try to add this to my steel rabbit tractor my husband built. Oklahoma has some wonderful winds! The pen never blows away but it difficult to move each day. Hoping this or a pair of them will solve my troubles.
just an idea dude you could add on a piece of wood where you have bolted on the new wheel so that the wheel lifts the tractor a little higher ?? so it is a little easier to pull and use the outer wheels aswell..just an idea ...cool vids bro ..love the vlogs peace
Definitely getting one of these. I have one tractor with a coop portion up top and I built it way too heavy! I can move it little by little myself side to side but for longer moves I have to hook up my riding mower. Thanks for showing and reviewing this.
droptozro , I also have two story chicken tractors. What's wrong with hooking up to your lawn tractor ? That is my method. Two eye bolts and a tow strap with hooks. My wife easily moves our chicken tractors with no wheels at all because she loves driving the riding lawn mower. I have been experimenting with lighter materials. 2" X 3" work just as well and 2" X 2" also work. It's just a box after all . A bear might be able to break a 2 X 2 but bears generally stay far away from humans. They would be more likely to pull the 1/4" hardware cloth loose.
Excellent product. So sad people are complaining about the price. Homesteading is for years, not the moment. Figure it out. $150.00 for 10 years is $15/yr.....WELL worth it. Great video Jason and it will encourage Lorraine to help anytime. Love her enthusiasm....Nice...
This unit should save about 1 minute per move, 30 seconds each to put the wheels on and take them off. Say Jason moves the tractor 1 time a day average. Over 10 years that's 60 hours more he can spend with Lorraine and Penelope doing fun things like picking garlic. Now, think about it from a labor cost. If I value my time at a mere $15hr, that's $900.00, or a savings of $710.00.
I was wondering where you got your 'wheels'! Just ordered mine. Thanks, this 60 y/o 'homesteading hippie' as my kids call me can now pull my chickens around the pasture!
That is seriously amazing!!! Thank you for sharing! We plan to add a chicken tractor to our homestead so will have to remember this. Thanks for sharing
Love this guys! I bought one through your link. I got to look at this to see how to mount it. It's great! It was getting too hard to pull my Joel Salatin chicken tractor and now it's much easier. They really don't show how to put the lift on anywhere but here. The washers I got were big enough that the bolt head was almost through the washer hole. It didn't make much sense. Maybe they couldn't find the bigger washers like you had? They are still just painted. Mine is already starting to rust. Thanks for showing us this product.
And sometimes tools are worth their price in gold when it means that everyone in the house can participate in the duties or if it makes their life more simple enabling them to do more things.. especially on something that you interact with a regular basis.
Thank you Jason for posting this I just ordered it. I think it came out to be $195 pretty pricey but I just can’t stand putting those wheels on either.
That is great, thank you for answering my questin about that device. Love that you took it a step further and explained how it works and how to install. I will buy it and will put that u sent me.
The same principle as the rollers on my workbench, tramp them down, then move the bench, tramp them again, the workbench is solid on the floor. Cheers.
Wow! This is amazing, we are building a chicken tractor now, we haven’t put on the wheels yet traditional style. I think I would love this chick lift looks so much easier.
Janet That is so sweet of you. I wish my parents were ALIVE. Give them some loving HUGS from a daughter they NEVER met. ENJOY Janet with your folks. As long as we have time. I just met a lady a daughter was upset cuz bother parents were 94 weak. Married 73 years. Tired of dealing with them. They both live in assist living. I let her complain. Thou tried to ENCOURAGED with kind comfoting word. I prayed for them. It HELPED. LOVE. From MICHIGAN. SHALOM. CHOW🀄🀄💖💖🛐💯💖💜🔯💐💐💐💐💐🌹🌹🍄🌺🔯🌷☕☕🍪🍪☕🍪
Cool! I'm all for easier & more efficient, esp being an older female. Do you think cutting off the 2x4 that used to hold the wheels would make turning even easier?
They need to figure out a bracket system where an inexpensive bracket can be attached to each tractor and you move one wheel set from tractor to tractor...
Yeah those doohickeys aren't for everyone, I do not even pay $155 for my coops. However some people need these expensive toys and what better way to buy them than through a Homesteader so they can make a little money on the side selling products.
@@johnliberty3647 you aren't buying through him. Just mentioning his name as to where you heard about it. You dont like the idea then dont buy it. This is to allow his wife to move the tractor not to make him money. Beside you tube is paying g him because you are watching this video and helping him.and his family live this lifestyle. Sorry for the rant but but your sarcasm.annoyed me.
Yup way too much money till you throw your back out then you would be saying $155, I should have spent that money! Easy to say I could just make this after seeing the simplistic way it is built! I like the ingenuity but I love that You guys got to debut it . Cheers and Peace Out
Right one chiropractic appt is $40-$50 and they’ll only last you until the next time you move your coops vs. this thing that will last you for years and years 🙄
It's $190 with shipping for one. Think not only of your back, but the cost of moving that tractor. If it saves you one minute per move and it lasts 10 years, that's 60 hours saved. On my "farm" I value my labor at a mere $15hr, so this will save me $170 over the 10 year life. My side gig farm isn't profitable enough to give up my real world job and I have no skills at making content for TH-cam.
I like it. I see quite a few people in the comments saying it's too expensive, they could make one cheaper - well, what's stopping you? Everyone likes some healthy competition, but I'm willing to spend a few extra bucks on something already made, tested by someone I trust like Jason, that isn't wildly out of a decent price range versus making the same thing myself, even if I have all the equipment to make it because my time is far more valuable doing other things than reinventing the wheel (so to speak). People talk big, but when it comes down to it, I imagine very few people trash talking in the comments here will end up making one. Jason, when I rebuild my chicken tractor in the fall, I'll probably get one of these, and me and my back will be thanking you for the demo.
This is AWESOME! This 67 yo grandma aged woman can actually do this now in her city yard where we are allowed 6 hens.
I just ordered my chicken lift, Jason.... and I made sure to put JASON FROM SOW THE LAND SENT ME HERE . keep going
thank you Kevin! I appreciate it!
I love how excited Lorraine is for your upgraded chicken tractor! Upgrades can make the whole process so much more fun!
We just raised our first batch of meat chickens. We had to have our son move the tractor for us. This is a great idea for us older folks! Thank you for sharing!
Paul Williams ,
If you are building your own chicken tractors and they are too heavy maybe you can do as I have done. I make mine by using 2" X 3" in stead of using 2" X 4" . The 2" X 3" are quite strong enough for this purpose and are lighter in weight. I have even used 2" X 2" successfully . After all , it's just a box of sorts depending upon the style. If age matters , I am 77 1/2 years old.
I just slide mine on skids. I cut some of that flexible pvc drain pipe (non corrugated) and fastened it where it goes over the back two corners of the frame (lengthwise) and it slides easily, even on dirt and rock.
Jason I think it is worth the price as it means Lorraine can now move the chickens easily, this takes the stress off when you are away.
I am 68yrs old & would definitely use that. Cheers Denise - Australia
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Just installed a Chick Lift on BOTH ends of my coop. My turning effort is minimal. Chick Lift has a caster wheel version but my double was a cheaper way to go. If I get another larger coop, the casters are definitely in my future. BTW… You will NEVER wear these lifts out! Love this product!
I love these neat little inventions that make life so much easier!
Thanks so much for showing where to get this thing that I asked about the other day. I know I'm not the only one who asked. I actually took a screen shot of it so I could look for it if you didn't answer back haha. My coop has wheels in back but one is flat and I'd rather it sits flat than off the ground leaving a gap. My problem is that it's too heavy to pick up in the front, and wish I had swivel wheels in front.
Wow that’s great sometimes you got to spend a little money to make life easier on your homestead. Your back will thank you!!
My wife loves our chickens and wants to be involved with them on a daily basis. Including moving the chicken tractors which have no wheels. She can move them by pulling on a rope. But to make it easier for her , I attached two eye bolts to each front corner. One or maybe two dollars. A nylon tow strap with hooks on the ends. I think that was $9.95 . Hook onto the eye bolts , attach the tow strap to our lawn tractor ( my wife loops the tow strap around the back of the tractor seat ) and my wife moves the chicken tractors , easy peasy. No muscle strength required at all .
Awesome decision to use that lift, I hope a lot more homesteaders use it ! 😊👍💕💕💕
The cost of easily moving a chicken tractor is worth the price. I have seen a lot of jury-rigged wheels that make it nearly impossible for women or older folks to move the tractor! Even being a SS monthly checks it would be worth a one time charge to make life easier with everything that needs doing! Thanks, Jason for putting this out there! Awesome! Something I will look into for next year's meat birds.
Thank you so much for sharing. That looks like something most people who raise meat birds need. Take Care.
Great upgrade saving one back at a time. Your chicks look and sound so happy. Stay safe and have a great week.
Cool. Usually I would never buy anything like that because it’s such an easy thing to engineer but that works really really well, it’s a great design.
I like that idea. I put 4 wheels on mine (each corner). If you have a bad back like I do then I definitely recommend more than just two wheels and a rope. So much easier to move. I love John's tractor. It's really easy to modify for your individual needs
I saw this last video and was looking forward to this info... it looked great when I first saw this.
Cool add on👍👍
Have a good evening 🌻🌻🌻
Now I can build a chicken tractor!
Thank you for sharing!
What a great addition to the chicken tractor. I loved Lorraine's reaction to the new wheel system. :-)
Genius! Going to have to write that in my future shopping plans. Maybe as an auto-reset install a spring or a small chunk of scrap wood above it to bounce the step plate back down into place, ready for next time.
I view this product as a niche product something that people like Loraine that just cannot move the tractor without it. It seems very well made and easy to use. It's value likely will be based on need.
Awesome, I think if you cut the 2x4’s off where the old wheels were , it will even be easier bc those pieces are sticking out past the new wheels. Just a thought!!!
I feel ya! We live on rough terrain so moving a chicken tractor is a challenge especially in the rainy season. Mud runs don't have anything on homesteading. Lol.
This is similar to what I am having my husband help me fabricate for our chicken tractor. He taught me how to weld but there's still a lot to learn. We are going to use old boat trailer jacks. So if you run across those freebies and know how to weld...it would be an option especially on a tight farm budget.
Thanks for sharing!
Ordered👍 thanks Jason. I’m going to try to add this to my steel rabbit tractor my husband built. Oklahoma has some wonderful winds! The pen never blows away but it difficult to move each day. Hoping this or a pair of them will solve my troubles.
Beautiful saving the legs of the little chicken 🐓👌✨❤️🙏Lorraine you Always look 👀 so nice in your dresses 👗
Really useful gadget for moving chook tractors and well designed. No doubt the price will go down in time.
just an idea dude you could add on a piece of wood where you have bolted on the new wheel so that the wheel lifts the tractor a little higher ?? so it is a little easier to pull and use the outer wheels aswell..just an idea ...cool vids bro ..love the vlogs peace
Definitely getting one of these. I have one tractor with a coop portion up top and I built it way too heavy! I can move it little by little myself side to side but for longer moves I have to hook up my riding mower. Thanks for showing and reviewing this.
droptozro ,
I also have two story chicken tractors. What's wrong with hooking up to your lawn tractor ? That is my method. Two eye bolts and a tow strap with hooks. My wife easily moves our chicken tractors with no wheels at all because she loves driving the riding lawn mower. I have been experimenting with lighter materials. 2" X 3" work just as well and 2" X 2" also work. It's just a box after all . A bear might be able to break a 2 X 2 but bears generally stay far away from humans. They would be more likely to pull the 1/4" hardware cloth loose.
I saw this on the last couple of your videos and wondered when you were going to talk about it! Looked/looks neat!
Thank you so much, I asked and you answered. My tractor weighs so much and you made it look simple to move, definitely buying 1 for each tractor!
The chicken tractor wheel bracket is a great share and will save a lot of backs. ☝🙏💪👉...
Thanks for posting this Jason. Could be used for a lot of stuff that is heavy and awkward to move.
Nice heavy duty kotter pin. I am liking this.
That's REALLY neat. If we were planning on doing traditional tractors we'd totally be considering them.
A jack for the tractor. Brilliant!!
Excellent product. So sad people are complaining about the price. Homesteading is for years, not the moment. Figure it out. $150.00 for 10 years is $15/yr.....WELL worth it. Great video Jason and it will encourage Lorraine to help anytime. Love her enthusiasm....Nice...
This unit should save about 1 minute per move, 30 seconds each to put the wheels on and take them off. Say Jason moves the tractor 1 time a day average. Over 10 years that's 60 hours more he can spend with Lorraine and Penelope doing fun things like picking garlic.
Now, think about it from a labor cost. If I value my time at a mere $15hr, that's $900.00, or a savings of $710.00.
Saw it in your last video and have been wondseeing if it was something that was available. Thanks for the video!!
Nice our daughter and son-in-law need this
I was wondering where you got your 'wheels'! Just ordered mine. Thanks, this 60 y/o 'homesteading hippie' as my kids call me can now pull my chickens around the pasture!
I love that idea
That is seriously amazing!!! Thank you for sharing! We plan to add a chicken tractor to our homestead so will have to remember this. Thanks for sharing
Love this guys! I bought one through your link. I got to look at this to see how to mount it. It's great! It was getting too hard to pull my Joel Salatin chicken tractor and now it's much easier. They really don't show how to put the lift on anywhere but here. The washers I got were big enough that the bolt head was almost through the washer hole. It didn't make much sense. Maybe they couldn't find the bigger washers like you had? They are still just painted. Mine is already starting to rust. Thanks for showing us this product.
Glad to find your channel
I will be buying this as soon as I get my new trator/laying hen run is built.
We are always looking for ways to improve our systems.. Take a look at my PVC coop in progress..
Just got mine ! Going to try it out this weekend 💕
Looks like a great product.
And sometimes tools are worth their price in gold when it means that everyone in the house can participate in the duties or if it makes their life more simple enabling them to do more things.. especially on something that you interact with a regular basis.
You are so smart and creative ❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏
This is amazing for me at age 66 !! Thank you !!!
Well as soon as I get a tractor built I'll order one Jason. That's awesome
Thank you Jason for posting this I just ordered it. I think it came out to be $195 pretty pricey but I just can’t stand putting those wheels on either.
I was excited when I saw this! But $155 is a little much but is cheaper than the $500 everything else for the homestead is 😂😂😂
Good piece of gear!
I use a heavy duty dolly. Did it all through my pregnancy with chickens then turkeys.
that is exactly what I had in mind when visualizing my chicken track. Thank you
That is pretty cool, I hadn’t seen one of those before. Thanks for sharing.
Ummm... this is brilliant!!!
That is great, thank you for answering my questin about that device. Love that you took it a step further and explained how it works and how to install. I will buy it and will put that u sent me.
The same principle as the rollers on my workbench, tramp them down, then move the bench, tramp them again, the workbench is solid on the floor. Cheers.
I was going to ask about this when you showed on the last video!! I'm so tired of taking the wheels on and off of my JS C-tractors.
Wow! This is amazing, we are building a chicken tractor now, we haven’t put on the wheels yet traditional style. I think I would love this chick lift looks so much easier.
That is a very clever design. Love it.
If I had a chicken tractor I would SO buy that!
That is a pretty slick design. I like it.
That is a great idea. Kudos to who came up with it. Love your channel. Blessings, Love & Hugs from Vicki in Ft. Worth, Texas 🇨🇱🇺🇸❤️👍🐖🥰🙏🙏🙏
Yesssss. I wanted to ask you where you got this. Thanks for the info.
He has a link on the right there it's $155 🤔
Christmas in July a present for Mom and Dad to make life a little easier
Janet
That is so sweet of you. I wish my parents were ALIVE. Give them some loving HUGS from a daughter they NEVER met. ENJOY Janet with your folks. As long as we have time. I just met a lady a daughter was upset cuz bother parents were 94 weak. Married 73 years. Tired of dealing with them. They both live in assist living. I let her complain. Thou tried to ENCOURAGED with kind comfoting word. I prayed for them. It HELPED. LOVE. From MICHIGAN. SHALOM. CHOW🀄🀄💖💖🛐💯💖💜🔯💐💐💐💐💐🌹🌹🍄🌺🔯🌷☕☕🍪🍪☕🍪
Cool! I'm all for easier & more efficient, esp being an older female.
Do you think cutting off the 2x4 that used to hold the wheels would make turning even easier?
I would leave that on. just in case
Were these the biggest size of the wheels you can put on? Would a bigger wheel put more easier?
Maybe install another one in the front. I think it would make it even easier to move since you won’t have to drag the front or lift it
Thank you for sharing this and demoing it. Looks like a great device we may use when we build our Suscovich style chicken tractor.
Thank you so much for the info. It's a bit pricey but it looks like it works well.
This is awesome! Would it work as a front tire? Or is there a risk of the mechanism disengaging when you pull it?
Who Knew! That is amazing! So easy! Gonna get one!😊❤🐔🐔🐔
each new thing to make life easier..well, a little easier.
Lorraine is happy!!😁👏🙌👍
They need to figure out a bracket system where an inexpensive bracket can be attached to each tractor and you move one wheel set from tractor to tractor...
Some "homestead" advice, recommending a $155 doodad. If you had not been given that lift, would you have bought one?
Yeah those doohickeys aren't for everyone, I do not even pay $155 for my coops. However some people need these expensive toys and what better way to buy them than through a Homesteader so they can make a little money on the side selling products.
That’s rather rude and presumptuous.
@@johnliberty3647 you aren't buying through him. Just mentioning his name as to where you heard about it. You dont like the idea then dont buy it. This is to allow his wife to move the tractor not to make him money.
Beside you tube is paying g him because you are watching this video and helping him.and his family live this lifestyle.
Sorry for the rant but but your sarcasm.annoyed me.
@@lindastrandquist2429 ,
My wife moves our chicken tractors which don't have any wheels at all ! I do like those wheels but they are too costly.
I like it, but wish it was more affordable. Considering building a tractor. Thanks for sharing.
Cool. That thing looks awesome. I know its a little pricey but has anyone priced any no flat wheels lately? Those things are expensive.
Great looking meal
Yup way too much money till you throw your back out then you would be saying $155, I should have spent that money!
Easy to say I could just make this after seeing the simplistic way it is built!
I like the ingenuity but I love that You guys got to debut it . Cheers and Peace Out
Right one chiropractic appt is $40-$50 and they’ll only last you until the next time you move your coops vs. this thing that will last you for years and years 🙄
It's $190 with shipping for one. Think not only of your back, but the cost of moving that tractor. If it saves you one minute per move and it lasts 10 years, that's 60 hours saved. On my "farm" I value my labor at a mere $15hr, so this will save me $170 over the 10 year life.
My side gig farm isn't profitable enough to give up my real world job and I have no skills at making content for TH-cam.
Amazing little gadget
THAT IS ONE heck of a game changer!!
Thank you, Sow the Land!!!
If you ended up doing one of those on each end, it would be even easier! Very cool stuff
I like it. I see quite a few people in the comments saying it's too expensive, they could make one cheaper - well, what's stopping you? Everyone likes some healthy competition, but I'm willing to spend a few extra bucks on something already made, tested by someone I trust like Jason, that isn't wildly out of a decent price range versus making the same thing myself, even if I have all the equipment to make it because my time is far more valuable doing other things than reinventing the wheel (so to speak). People talk big, but when it comes down to it, I imagine very few people trash talking in the comments here will end up making one. Jason, when I rebuild my chicken tractor in the fall, I'll probably get one of these, and me and my back will be thanking you for the demo.
Game changer,so glade to see this.
Awesome! Will save everyone’s backs!
Keep the good stuff coming thanks
Ha, thanks for posting about that unit!
Neat invention!
Why not on all 4 corners?
Getting one! Can’t thank you enough for this video 🙏🏻
You need to buy for each of your chicken tractors
Okay,! Found your chick tractor lift 👍
😯 You will be at 100K soon