How can I put wheels on this? I have googled and googled and I can't seem to find a way to wheel it and make it roll.

[Debbie09011970]

I am not familiar with this kind of unit. It’s very impressive! Love your idea to move it! If it can be moved as a unit (is it strong/solid enough so it won’t warp, bend or buckle), i am SURE there’s a way to do it.

Any Amish or Menonite in your area?

No but I wish there was someone who could help

 

[Debbie09011970]

That cage wasn't designed to be moved as large as it is. I can tell by the joint design and the way it's flexing in your picture. But if you can achieve your goals that would be an impressive feat.

lol. ok. Thank you.

 

[Debbie09011970]

Will it slide? Maybe with a ski- tip shaped "shoes" on the front. It might need straps around the bottom if the bottom frame is not in one piece.

It will not slide without several people helping. You need a person on each corner.

 

[3KillerBs]

That cage wasn't designed to be moved as large as it is. I can tell by the joint design and the way it's flexing in your picture. But if you can achieve your goals that would be an impressive feat.

Exactly what I was thinking.

It will not slide without several people helping. You need a person on each corner.

One on each pole or it will probably come apart.

 

[saysfaa]

Or diagonal straps as needed.

 

[aart]

Are you wanting to move it daily/weekly or a couple times a year?
First pic looks pretty fragile, second pic way more so.

But if you can achieve your goals that would be an impressive feat.

Indeed it would be.

I wish there was someone who could help

I can't help thinking of the old adage "Wish in one hand....."
Sorry.

 

[U_Stormcrow]

Agree with the others. That design was NOT made for movement. The cost to make it moveable is likely large in time, in weight, and finances (all three). And secure, tight attachments to round poles isn't the sort of cheap, mass produced, off the shelf solution the way a common square bracket or a hurricane tie for framing is.

If I absolutely had to do it? I'd build a wood frame, and then secure that to the wood frame - but that frame will need lag bolts, corner bracing, and tension bracing of some sort to keep it from twisting out of shape while being moved. Unless I could find a cheap source of angle iron (in aluminum) at appropriate lengths. What are the dimensions? and what's your pole diameter, 1 3/8"?

 

[U_Stormcrow]

A beefier construction would have used something like this to keep the sides from waving as they did. and even that wouldn't allow you to move the thing.

 

[TooCheep]

Yup. Looks like it isn't built to handle the stress of movement. It would take reinforcement before you could even consider adding wheels. I put a 6" wood frame below my small coop to turn it into a tractor. The mostly 2"x2" wood frame wouldn't have handled the movement on its own.

 

[MarGyver7]

Here’s a gal who might have some ideas! @MarGyver7

Oh....so THAT's why my ears have been ringing
Bicycle wheels dear Watson, Bicycle wheels! ....I will elaborate shortly with more details.....