MOST POPULAR CHICKEN TRACTOR MODIFICATIONS | Masterclass Excerpt | Suscovich | Salatin | Rhodes
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 มี.ค. 2021
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Excerpt from my 60-minute Masterclass called, "Laying Out Your Homestead, Fixer-Upper Rescue Tips, & Innovations For Easier Farm Work"
Watch and download the entire full-length Masterclass and PDF Guide here:
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These are my modifications to the 3 most popular models of chicken tractors, including those designed by Joel Salatin, John Suscovich (Stress Free Chicken Tractor), and Justin Rhodes (Chickshaw). All of these mods make these chicken tractors easier and more efficient to make and use in the field.
Enjoy, and thanks for watching! - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
Those skids blew my mind. SO much better than the wheel design. Instant-sub!
Awesome, thanks! For long moves or on very thick/tall grass, using a wheeled dolly (like the one Joel Salatin uses) is very helpful. I’m also considering a Chicklift type wheel system to make it easier for my wife to move, but it’s hard to beat the simplicity of these skids for general purpose. No dolly or wheels to lose, just pick up the front & move it.
I just stumbled upon this video. I am impressed! I like the improvements to the chicken tractor but I must say I am absolutely fascinated by the spring loaded splitting tool! I want one! I also just downloaded the 60 minute homestead layout course. I think the Handy Homesteader is going to be a new favorite channel for me. Thank you for sharing your homestead journey. Peace.
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I don’t know why but I just now saw this comment for the first time! Thanks, I appreciate the feedback!
Have you checked out the Facebook group I made for the log splitter? I don’t see your name among the members there, so if you haven’t seen it, it’s right here: facebook.com/groups/manuallogsplitterdesign/?ref=share&mibextid=SDPelY
I am working hard to get the plans for it finished up and available to purchase by the end of June. I’ll be sharing details and extra design tips etc. on that Facebook group first.
Subscribed! Cant wait to graze sheep followed by chickens! 🌱 🐑 🐓
-Nick
Excellent idea about the conduit skids! Getting ready to build this and I am definatly doing conduit skids. Thank you!
Glad to help!
LOved this video, from the entry music, your style and ease with talking to camera and the content was exactly what im interested in. Thanks !
I like the door modification. Great video.
I loved the improvements you made to the CT and will be looking
Forward to more content
Great, thanks Ken!
Sometimes, the simple things are genius. I'm going to strongly consider the safety screws under the milk crates. As you said, I think it allows you to keep the bottom of those crates clear and open for waste to pass through while preventing the box from falling down. Great job!
Thanks! They work great!
very nice. the best coops and tractors are pieces of other builds that work together. never would have thought of the skids.
Thanks 👍
Great video
love the sled idea!
Thanks! It works really well. I’ve had those same conduit skids on these chicken tractors for 3-4 years now & they’re still holding up great!
Awesome chicken tractor
Thanks! I love it.
Very smart modifications! Just subscribed
Awesome, thanks!
Clever
Awesome. Subscribed now. (And shared this one a couple of places.)
Thanks, I appreciate it! 🙌
I love this chicken tractor and the improvements you made on our old one! So nice NOT to have to use wheels but it being all inclusive and so easy to move! Good job!
Thanks Dad! Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow! 😀
Awesome chicken tractor. Wish we could use one up here. It would be hard moving it up/down hill.
Thanks! Yeah hills are a bit tough.
Excellent modifications. Thank you so much for sharing.
Can you share which Kreg jig you used for the vertical boards on the bottom frame? Thank you so much.
Thanks, I’m glad you like them!
I’m pretty sure this is the Kreg jig I got. I just got it from a local Home Depot, but this looks like the same model: KREG KPHJ310 Pocket-Hole Jig 310 (310 Jig) a.co/d/1JxUvUg
I'm looking to build one for meat chicken I live in north Dakota and we get high winds how do think it would handle those or should I drive anchors when I move it?
love it think i will try pvc for the skids ...no rust and should work as well
Go ahead and try it, but if you want to curve the PVC at the ends at all you’ll have to do that with heat very carefully, instead of using glue-on elbows. Because any elbows or couplers will introduce joints that will create drag points, probably more or less negating any slipperiness you were trying to introduce to the bottom of the runners.
Plus any rocks, gravel, or sand you drag this thing over will wear that PVC out much much faster than this steel conduit. Sunlight also breaks down PVC over time & it’ll get brittle.
These skids have been on my chicken tractors for for 3 years now, including sitting outside in the mud and snow, and even under deep bedding (lots of animal poop & hay mulch) for months on end, and still only a small amount of rust.
For what it’s worth. 👍
I came from the trades and have a lot of leftovers I can utilize with out having to repurchase anything and I think the greenlee will be able to heat and bend the 1.25 inch pvc i have... i harvested 4 pine trees from behind the house about 2 years ago and it has been stacked in the loft of the barn so should be good to go i have wire and even the tarp the only thing i my have to purchase will be hinges ...and the wife wonders why i hang on to all my stuff lol thanks for the inspiration @@TomWylie
Nice work
Thanks!
After two years since you originally posted this video do you still recommend using the conduit skids? Any problems or improvements made to them?
They are still working great! When I’m just moving it the distance of one or two chicken tractor lengths I just pull it on the skids. When I go much longer distances, or over any rough terrain, I put my Joel Salatin style dollie under the backend to make it roll easier.
The only thing I’ve really done differently since making this video is a far superior handlebar design. It is shown in the second and third videos in this playlist: th-cam.com/play/PL2Bs4DsKzHDVNLdkugZa0nygvBWWpeZoN.html
Oh I tried downloading the masterclass but it wouldn’t allow me to do that . Old maybe I
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Where would you put nest boxes and what type would you use
I use old milk crates that I have cut one side out of, and just line the bottom with hay or straw, just like Justin Rhodes does in his Chickshaw. There was a clip of those in this video inside that other rectangular chicken tractor. Inside the Suscovich chicken tractor I mount those milk crates to the back wall, the end opposite the front door. I would like to modify it so I can access those milk crates from the outside, but just haven’t gotten to it yet.
Just curious if this would withstand roaming dogs, coyotes, possums, raccoons all very prevalent in my area
It did great for years in an area that had a lot of predators around, but not a ton directly on our property. Then we finally had a raccoon family come on property and even though they didn’t bust through anywhere, a raccoon was able to reach underneath the chicken tractor through a small dip in the ground, and killed several of our chickens by grabbing onto their legs. So now I keep an electric poultry net around the chicken tractors as well.
how do you bend your conduit?
Web search - conduit bender
They are made for both 1/2 & 3/4 pipe at different degrees of bend.
That was a sharp bend for the top of that door.
I can't get signed up. It keeps saying my session has timed out.
I've probably 5 or more I am not a robot. So what am I doing wrong?
Thanks!
I’m sorry, that hasn’t happened before. I’m guessing you’re on a mobile device? If so, please try signing up on a computer. I’m guessing that something to do with the routing of your data connection to the internet looks fishy to the robot-detecting google security gadget.
If that doesn’t work or you need any more help, shoot me en email at handyhomesteadertom @ gmail.com (no spaces)
Would. Or allow me to download the file . I just discovered your
Sight and added you
Can’t tell from your comment, did you have trouble accessing the full video or PDF? If so just let me know & I’ll get it to you.
Ok, so what's a gal gotta do to have one of these tractors built for her? 😀 (-Kerry)