Tractor Wheels

[jaku]

Whoa... this is an OLD thread! I've built like three tractors since this one.

 

[willheveland]

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You just have to put your wheels farther back and lift your pen up a little when you bolt the wheels on. The wheels only have to be a little lower than the bottom board,not much. The idea that your lifting the front makes it ride more on the wheel than the bottom board. Will
p.s. use carriage bolts not lags.

 

[bigredfeather]

I folow suit as usual and post this after Wil and Jaku.

They wheels are off a push mower. If I ever get to the point where I have 3 or 4 tractors(which could be soon), I will consider making a dolly like Salatin uses. Nice thing about his dollies are you can raise the back a lot higher, as when you're done moving it, it goes back on the ground.

 

[bigredfeather]

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I don't think he even used tractor anymore. I think I remember reading he uses electified poulty netting now, and moves it periodically. I could be wrong, so correct me if I am.

 

[petrelline]

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I thought I had read that somewhere, too, but I was corrected here a while ago. Salatin uses electronet and the eggmobile for his layers, but he still uses tractors for the broilers. And they're the same old tractors he described in Patured Poultry Profits.

You can see them in this video from last August:

 

[Buster52]

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I thought I had read that somewhere, too, but I was corrected here a while ago. Salatin uses electronet and the eggmobile for his layers, but he still uses tractors for the broilers. And they're the same old tractors he described in Patured Poultry Profits.

Bingo. My Polyface friend he said they are still in use.

Not exactly the same as in PPP, but very close.

 

[Smokin Silkies]

Love the pics guys! Thanks so much! I should be starting mine tomorrow and hopefully will be done by this weekend!

 

[jaku]

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I don't think he even used tractor anymore. I think I remember reading he uses electified poulty netting now, and moves it periodically. I could be wrong, so correct me if I am.

I wish he would write an updated book. The 80's techniques and '70's pictures make the book, although great, seem less relevant.

 

[j.luetkemeyer]

I'm not sure updating the book would be the best thing. I have read books written 80-100 years ago and find their techniques much better than today's. Fresh-Air Poultry Houses by Prince T Woods is an excellent read. There is an old book called Egg Production in California on the web which is an excellent read as well. These books are very old but I'm finding the techniques described are much better than any of today's.

 

[willheveland]

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I don't think he even used tractor anymore. I think I remember reading he uses electified poulty netting now, and moves it periodically. I could be wrong, so correct me if I am.

I wish he would write an updated book. The 80's techniques and '70's pictures make the book, although great, seem less relevant.

I don't think we'd really need one. We have more knowledge right here on this board than out of his book. If he had any break thru's in the poultry business he'd already had it published. I'm sure he made more on his book than on chicken by far. I don't think he came up with something new back then, he was just the first one to put it on paper. jmho Will