Chicken Tractor Materials List
MaterialsList for Chicken Tractor 2x3x8 Quantity 18Hinges Quantity2 (make sure the hinge pin isn’t removable)Metal Quantity 16’ Sheet cut at time ofinstallationMetal screws Quantity25Chicken wire Quantity32 footWire on Door Quantity(can be chicken wire) Approx size 7’ x 4’Screws Quantity 2 Boxes 3” deck screwsStaples Quantity1 Box (poultry staples)Wheels Quantity2 from Harbor Freight – solid wheelsAxles Quantity2 ½” by 6” Carriage boltsWasher Quantity16 ½” flat washerNuts Quantity6 Plastic 24’x 24” - cut to length during install Tips 1. Make door the size of your metal. 2. Extended arm for door should be 3” shorter thanheight from the ground to the top of the tractor. This will enable the door to open in tallgrass.3. Cut your supports for the walls at 21.5”. Thiswill give you a little wiggle room with the chicken wire. 4. Install a block for you axel and add a nut witha washer to the outside so that the axle doesn’t sag. 5. Stack enough washers on the axel to ensure thewheel doesn’t rub the frame.6. On the sides, measure the distance of where youwant the door to land and eliminate one upright support on either side. 7. Consider buying 2 or 4 extra 2x3’s in order torun them diagonally to increase the lateral support. This would be in lieu ofthe vertical supports or in addition to them. If I did another one, I would adda the cross brace from the top where the door lands to the bottom where thewheel is located. If you are using metalon the side, this is not necessary. 8. Consider metal on the sides. This will increase the rigidity of the frame.9. This may be hard to visualize and if so email meand I’ll figure out another way to explain this… On the next tractor I build, I will have theoutside walls on the outside of the front and rea wall. This will enable you to use the existingvertical supports to hold you waterer. I didn’t do this and I needed to installblocks to accept the waterer. If you can think of some suggestions, please email me so wecan share them with everyone. Everytractor I built is very close to this design but I’m always looking to makethem better. Thank you for visiting this page. God bless you!Kevin