New Easy Wheel Setup for the Chicken Tractor | Mobile Coop 2.0

Easy step-by-step video on how to install wheels on a mobile chicken coop / tractor.
#chickentractor #chickencoop #mobilecoop #diy #texashomestead

[@yoliesthisthat9189]

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!!!

[@LaVidaBuenaAcres]

She's so Hollywood! :)

[@bunnielynn777]

Thank you so very much, God bless you 🛐

[@soulja312]

Thank you for that clear and simple example. I would have never figured this out. GOD Bless you in all your endeavors.

[@LaVidaBuenaAcres]

So glad it was helpful!

[@GatheringJacob]

A pin from the moving arm to the stationary block would have been better. But good idea

[@mikeschmidt3426]

Great video!

[@LaVidaBuenaAcres]

Thanks!

[@Yeshuaschosen]

A big THanks from a very appreciative newbie who's making my first chicken tractor!

[@LaVidaBuenaAcres]

We are all newbies constantly learning as we go and happy to pay it forward! Good luck with your build!

[@Yeshuaschosen]

​@@LaVidaBuenaAcres Thanks! My lot is only big enough for a 4 x 6 chicken tractor but it beats keeping them locked up in a run all the time.

[@nanettie]

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.

[@LaVidaBuenaAcres]

Your chickens will thank you! 😉

[@carloscouret5286]

Great job!

[@pamsunstrom2554]

OMG that lamb! Great video prop!

[@junegoguen6961]

Thanks for the video. Helps me a lot!

[@makitor7673]

Good job. Sub.

[@nathanellison594]

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!

[@LaVidaBuenaAcres]

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.

[@makeitkate3240]

Brilliant!

[@LaVidaBuenaAcres]

We hope it helps!

[@Joelwilly57]

Good stuff, gracias ...

[@LaVidaBuenaAcres]

Going to be updating in a video soon so y'all can see how's it is doing nearly a year later. Stay tuned!

[@mar91942]

I got some wheels from Harbor Freight for $5/wheel. I think they are 10 inches. I put 4 wheels on each tractor

[@LaVidaBuenaAcres]

Yeah good idea!

[@ignalanti4677]

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 👍.

[@PaulSmith-kk4xv]

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?

[@LaVidaBuenaAcres]

That could work. I say give it a try! We keep tweaking our setup.

[@kevinbaker6168]

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.

[@PaulSmith-kk4xv]

Great help . Thanks

[@laurae.4285]

Harbor freight has 10 inch wheels for around $5.

[@rondenniel2894]

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.

[@MudBuddyHarrison]

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.

[@LaVidaBuenaAcres]

Definitely looking into a handle...this thing gets heavy! Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@Yeshuaschosen]

@@LaVidaBuenaAcres Connecting it center point will make it easy to push or pull!

[@sharoncourt75]

I need to ad this, mine is jus a baby crib with a tarp for day use, what size tired or what are they for usually? Tx

[@karenburton725]

How could you do this if you want the front wheels to turn when tractor is pulled by garden tractor?

[@MarioHernandez-me8vt]

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

[@coziii.1829]

Just get the ones that have a foot release on them Yes it cost 60 or so per a wheel but it is worth it Jacks it up to the wheels

[@kyliescookingandcrafts8737]

Where are those? I’ve only seen them for somewhere in the hundreds.

[@LaVidaBuenaAcres]

I think those are great...but I don't think our terrain would work well with those

[@elizabethblane201]

Like they say, "Barato, y a cada rato." Cheap, and frequently.

[@s_intruder150]

i made 3 or 4 wheel coop

[@LaVidaBuenaAcres]

Good idea!

[@s_intruder150]

@@LaVidaBuenaAcres *ok.🌹🌹.live in india..🍁.Thank You 🌹🌹*

[@andrewfriman9443]

Less YOU & more close ups of wood angles,screw types etc.

[@scottjkern]

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

[@allenbrian72]

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.

[@kendrajames8682]

Size bolt for the pivot/axis point?

[@LaVidaBuenaAcres]

I believe they're 3/4 or 1/2 bolts. The wheel you find (I recommend Harbor Freight) will determine the answer though.

[@rondenniel2894]

I would add hinged wire half inch to bottom. To easy for something to kill your chickens

[@LaVidaBuenaAcres]

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!

[@rondenniel2894]

You should just remove the stumps of cut them at ground level lol

[@LaVidaBuenaAcres]

LOL, yes and thank you for volunteering to help! :)

[@jonathansmith336]

Looks flimsy.

[@nathanellison594]

The other one was flimsy. The new one looked better. Depends how well you build it