My destiny has changed ! They moved in, pic's on on 36

[MamaChic21]

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thank you

I thought about it long and hard and thought if I stop, the only person will benefit will be my hubby and / or my mom. But if I continue and finish it, who will benefit, chicks and ducks, my son and me so that weighed in more then anything. My son prays that it won't rain so that I can work outside. Whatever I'm going to do, I do have to finish it before April 7. Although my mom discourages me at times, she still helps me out with my little one. She's leaving to go to my brothers in April. Oh God help me finish it fast.

 

[kfchickenlady]

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thank you

I thought about it long and hard and thought if I stop, the only person will benefit will be my hubby and / or my mom. But if I continue and finish it, who will benefit, chicks and ducks, my son and me so that weighed in more then anything. My son prays that it won't rain so that I can work outside. Whatever I'm going to do, I do have to finish it before April 7. Although my mom discourages me at times, she still helps me out with my little one. She's leaving to go to my brothers in April. Oh God help me finish it fast.

youre awesome!

 

[MamaChic21]

your all awesome, thank you each and everyone of you for everything

 

[perchie.girl]

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Eight by eight is going to be heavy but not unsurmountable. You may have to get creative with the actual coop construction. Making the base and structure sturdy but lightening up on the walls some how.... You have already calculated the materials to make it. Can you make an estimate on finished weight. Do you have a lawn tractor to help you move it? let me know I can run some calculations and let you know the best way to support it on wheels hopefully but if it needs to be too heavy you may have to go to something other than wheels. And no it wont dig up your yard.

My background is Manufacturing Engineering and while I am not an Engineer by any means I have done quite a bit of "making things work" for engineers. I can also draw you up some pictures that might give you an idea of what is going on rather than trying to describe it.

Take a deep breath.... My dad always told me ""I can't" never did anything" There is always a way to accomplish your goals... By thinking outside of the box often times You find out a way No one ever thought of before.... and it gets done. Then you can say.... "See" and leave it at that.

GAWD I took too long to answer this.....LOL

TomG hit it right on the nose.

Still if you want some design help or sketches let me know..

 

[kuntrygirl]

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thank you

I thought about it long and hard and thought if I stop, the only person will benefit will be my hubby and / or my mom. But if I continue and finish it, who will benefit, chicks and ducks, my son and me so that weighed in more then anything. My son prays that it won't rain so that I can work outside. Whatever I'm going to do, I do have to finish it before April 7. Although my mom discourages me at times, she still helps me out with my little one. She's leaving to go to my brothers in April. Oh God help me finish it fast.

Way to go!!!!

I wish that I lived near you because I would go over to help you with whatever you needed.

 

[MamaChic21]

you dad is a wise man

Thank you hon. I do have a 17 horse power John Deere tracktor/lawnmotor. I just checked the homedepot.com and tried to get the info on what type of plywood I got, but couldn't find it. I'll be using normal plywood for the floor of the coop and pre-coated plywood but looks like sidings for the coop. That costed me around $17 each. It is much lighter then other plywood I got un-painted or coated one and that costed more then $32.00 per plywood.

God has sent you to me, I am so happy. The hand to help has made me even happier. This is the design but only be adding 2 windows. https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=14375

We've been here in Jackon NJ for 4 years and 3 winter has been full of snow. Couple of months ago, it snowed 3 ft in 1 night. Their current location of coop and run isn't that close to the house (pic's on my BYC page). And I had to make a walking tunnel to get to them. This run that I'm building is twice as far. If I make a coop that can't be moved, I'm affraid it will be too hard in the winter months. I myself do want a permanet structure for them but those cold, wet, snow months are clouding my judgement.

If you want, if it won't be a burden to you, I will love for you to sketch me up some ideas. I would really love that and be forever greatful to you.

 

[MamaChic21]

Kuntrygirl, Thank you hon

 

[perchie.girl]

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Well i have two ideas right off the bat. IF you are going to be moving it in a straight line to and from your big run then doing the skids Like TomG mentioned will be an excellent solution. The link above says theirs wieghs about 1600 lbs. Take that weight and divide by four and you have 400 lbs per leg. Doable with ten inch Wheels.
But if there is a rut or dip or soft spot there could be a bit of trouble keeping it moving. Thats where doing skids will be the best choice.

Skids are easy as TomG will agree. To minimize the amount of damage to your lawn the wider the better. Normally they would be 4 x 4 pressure treated wood with the corners knocked off so they wont dig into a hole or dip or softspot. Lets see:
IF you go with 4 x 4 x 8' times two is 768 square inches supporting 1600 lbs thats a little over two pounds per square inch
IF you go with 6 x 4 x 8' with the six inch side on the ground thats 1152 square inches supporting the same weight turns out to be 1.4 lbs. per square inch.

The second one would cause less damage to your yard make it about a foot longer on each end even better. you could use the tractor to pull it across the yard easy. Set up your fastening points on the skids to allow the tractor to naturally lift a little when it starts pulling. This breaks the friction established by the shed sittingin one spot for a long period of time.

The hard part would be docking with your big run. Or dont bother just run a little airlock style ramp from the pop door out to the big run with wire around it.

let me take some time to draw up the way the skids can be constructed. You want your coop two feet off the ground so you can use it for additional run space in the winter right. I will draw the skids up to the bottom of the shed and show you how to fasten the tractor to them for the best pulling. I use a horse to do this kind of work She is about 17 hp all 2000 lbs of her....LOL Katee My baby girl is in my Avatar.

 

[maclady]

I have been watching this thread. I am so glad you are not giving up. It is wonderful that people offer to help isn't it? You will get your project finished. Just take it day by day. I look forward to seeing the finished pics when completed. You are doing a terrific job!

 

[perchie.girl]

OK this is what I did last night

I am showing 2 x 6 wood for the vertical pieces and 4 x 6 wood for the skid structure. The rest of the structure can be 2 x 4. The plywood is shown set at 24 inches above the ground. Since you will be pulling straight on forward and back and not trying to turn corners I didnt put cross support pieces It may need it but once the plywood is on the structure providing you use screws to put it on you should not need it. Plywood is incredibly strong in shear even the thin stuff.

The bevel on the foot is two inches up and six inches back

I am not a shed designer so I am sure there will be other excellent suggestions and changes from the others.

I hope this helps.