Good morning all! I still can't figure out why I couldn't download pics at home but got it done at work so here's a closeup of our tractor tires.
The first pic shows the tire in "down" position - this puts it flat on the ground. When we get ready to move it, we just push on the side & tilt it & kick the tire into the "up" position, which is the 2nd photo. See how it's a couple inches off the ground? We have a hitch on the front made out of pipe & we just hook it to our riding lawn mower & motor it where we want it to go.
Jim took 2 solid pieces of wood & rounded them to make the - spokes? - whatever you call them - and mounted those to a piece of pipe for an axle, very similar to the way Paiseneaux did his.
Also including a pic of our tractor during Hurricane Rita -- they were replacing trucking straps at work & I got the old ones & brought them home, during the hurricane we drove 4 metal T-posts into the ground & used the straps to tie the whole tractor down. We did the same thing when Gustav came through & the tractor survived both just fine, chickens & all.
It needs some touchup paint which I'll take care of in the next week or two, as I need to put the 2nd coat on the pea pen also!
Missi you might try a hardware store & also if you can find barbeque paint (for grills) that works even better, as it's good up to 1200 degrees, just hard to find it in red.
edited to add: the tires were $3.95 at Harbour Freight; we just bought a couple more yesterday for a garden cart we're making.
edited again for grammar.
The first pic shows the tire in "down" position - this puts it flat on the ground. When we get ready to move it, we just push on the side & tilt it & kick the tire into the "up" position, which is the 2nd photo. See how it's a couple inches off the ground? We have a hitch on the front made out of pipe & we just hook it to our riding lawn mower & motor it where we want it to go.
Jim took 2 solid pieces of wood & rounded them to make the - spokes? - whatever you call them - and mounted those to a piece of pipe for an axle, very similar to the way Paiseneaux did his.
Also including a pic of our tractor during Hurricane Rita -- they were replacing trucking straps at work & I got the old ones & brought them home, during the hurricane we drove 4 metal T-posts into the ground & used the straps to tie the whole tractor down. We did the same thing when Gustav came through & the tractor survived both just fine, chickens & all.
It needs some touchup paint which I'll take care of in the next week or two, as I need to put the 2nd coat on the pea pen also!
Missi you might try a hardware store & also if you can find barbeque paint (for grills) that works even better, as it's good up to 1200 degrees, just hard to find it in red.
edited to add: the tires were $3.95 at Harbour Freight; we just bought a couple more yesterday for a garden cart we're making.
edited again for grammar.
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