Moving day for newly built coop!!!!

[aart]

OK. I will add.

I think we were focused on run mesh.
Don't despair...there's always tweaking to be done after a coop is 'done'.
I'm still tweaking thing after 4 years.

 

[HenOnAJuneBug]

I'll bet! I wanted to see video of that part.

Should have been fairly easy. The way I would have done it is

• secure the coop to the bucket of the orange tractor with a strap or rope
• pull the coop out enough to get the bucket under it
• lift the end of the coop slightly with the bucket
• pull the coop out to the point you want that side to rest
• lower the bucket until the coop rests on the ground
  
• slowly move the green tractor forward until the other end of the coop eases down on to the ground

 

[aart]

Should have been fairly easy. The way I would have done it is

• secure the coop to the bucket of the orange tractor with a strap or rope
• pull the coop out enough to get the bucket under it
• lift the end of the coop slightly with the bucket
• pull the coop out to the point you want that side to rest
• lower the bucket until the coop rests on the ground
  
• slowly move the green tractor forward until the other end of the coop eases down on to the ground

Makes sense to me......I gather that's not how it happened?

 

[MIChickandGuinea]

Should have been fairly easy. The way I would have done it is

• secure the coop to the bucket of the orange tractor with a strap or rope
• pull the coop out enough to get the bucket under it
• lift the end of the coop slightly with the bucket
• pull the coop out to the point you want that side to rest
• lower the bucket until the coop rests on the ground
  
• slowly move the green tractor forward until the other end of the coop eases down on to the ground

Almost exactly!! But we did prop the final trailer end before pulling the trailer out from under, then drive orange
tractor around to ease it to ground with the bucket, to prevent scraping damage to the end of the coop as it came off the trailer.

 

[MIChickandGuinea]

Makes sense to me......I gather that's not how it happened?

The thing that made it an adventure was the snow on our inclined yard. Tractors and trailers don’t always go where you ask them to under those conditions.

 

[HenOnAJuneBug]

The thing that made it an adventure was the snow on our inclined yard. Tractors and trailers don’t always go where you ask them to under those conditions.

Living dangerous

 

[aart]

So how about a wide view pic of it in place?

 

[MIChickandGuinea]

So how about a wide view pic of it in place?

I will, but our big rush to get it in place last night was to get the ladies settled in their new house before our Christmas travel. A bunch of my planned building and detail time (like planning perches) ended up getting used to care for a sick kid, and I ended up in a crazy mad rush at the end. So I will have to do some backtracking and documenting after we get back from our trip.

 

[MIChickandGuinea]

So how about a wide view pic of it in place?

And as soon as I took this picture, I moved the snow off the roof, just to be safe.

 

[aart]

And as soon as I took this picture, I moved the snow off the roof, just to be safe.

That must have been fun!
Uhg.....I need to clear a couple shed roofs today.
We have about the same amount of snow here near SH/SJ.