Converting a 3 tray GQF incubator to a 2 tray with 1 hatcher?

[mochicken]

Have any of you found a way to disable the bottom tray of the 3 turner GQF 1202? I bought the incubator used yesterday and I also bought a homemade hatcher with the same dimensions, I considered converting the incubator to a 2 turner with a hatcher on the bottom somehow then selling the hatcher to recoup some of my money because it is unlikely I will need the incubator and the hatcher both. I am a pretty "small" bird farm I only hatch 50-100 chicken eggs and several hundred quail eggs a year but I wanted the sportsman so I could have the option to hatch some as well as have the reliability of the GQF setup.

Here is the current setup, can I just unhook the bottom tray or will the 2nd tray turn enough to cause problems with the bottom tray if it is fixed?

 

[nivtup]

If you take the back off you can completely remove the bottom tray.

I would then place it on the bottom of the incubator to give you the clearance you need to keep the second tray from hitting it.


Good luck......