Constructing a PIG TROUGH from Recycled TIRES

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Constructing a PIG TROUGH from Recycled TIRES

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3 жыл бұрын

In this video, I take on an experimental project of building a new pig trough from old tires and some sawmill lumber. My pigs have outgrown the feed bowls for their daily feed ration so I need something larger but heavy and durable so they can't toss it over the hill.
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@idahodad1 3 жыл бұрын

When we made tire troughs we would make the base just like you did, then take the tire and cut at the crown like you did, but then, we would pull the tire inside out which leaves the bead facing down to tack onto the base. These took a beating and worked well. It never ceases to amaze me how mud can sit on top of a hill and not dry out quicker than other areas. You have well made and articulate videos, thanks for sharing.

@cekfraun 3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the tires on the bottom were a bad idea until I saw all the mud and how it sinks in. Now I think that was a good idea after all. I hope it works out well for the long term. The pigs seem to like it. :-)

@jerrystott7780 3 жыл бұрын

I chained the feed station to a tree. They can move it a bit, but not far. Have a good one.

@southernyankeehomestead3230 3 жыл бұрын

Just a thought. If you take a couple boards and cut a curve or arch into them you could place the boards inside the tire and sandwich the tire between the boards. That would work more like a beadlock that you mentioned in the video. It would also distribute the force of the screw over a larger area preventing tear out.

@3CreekFarms 3 жыл бұрын

Have seen a tire feeder on yours and another channel I respect ✊ a lot. Time to make one. Thanks!

@proudrottweilermama7510 3 жыл бұрын

My husband says, Re the feeding trough, instead of screwing the tyres to the platform and having to keep an eye on the screws, how about drilling through the tyre where you put the screws in and continue drilling through the platform at the same time, then using a running stitch, thread fencing wire up and down connecting the tyre to the platform, just an idea, We love your videos Dawn & sandancer

@ruggedizeyourlife-narrowga6168 3 жыл бұрын

Believe it or not a simple razor blade cuts the sidewalls rather easily. I use two tires per feeder. Each tire is lag bolted (4-5 each depending on the size of the tire) with washers into the heaviest scrap lumber I have laying around. This year that meant 2x6 platform sitting on 4x4 runners. I don’t cut the bottom bead out as the rain seems to wash them out nicely or a bucket or two of water. This set up seems to accommodate 4-5 pigs per feeder. It usually lasts at least two batches of pigs before it needs maintenance and then it’s usually just a simple tire rotation and reuse the bolts. I get the tires free from a local tire shop. Big truck tires are great for the bigger pigs and car tires work great for the little guys. The pigs tend to “stomp” the feeders into the ground as they eat and I don’t have problems with flipping...but there is always that one...first in line to the butcher!

@scotthargraves576 3 жыл бұрын

Troy, I'm thinking that putting the tires on the bottom raise the center of mass too high. You add some hungry pigs tussling on top and the whole contraption might be heading down the hill.

@j.b.6855 3 жыл бұрын

You could fill the tires that are the feet with cement to add weight. Put the tire in a thick plastic trash bag to hold in the wet cement. Pull it tight and attach it to the base. Mix up a couple bags of cement and pour it into the tires. When dry it will add a lot of weight to the feeder.

@terrykunst3883 3 жыл бұрын

Troy you always have great ideas. I think the first thing I’d do is make more wood chips. Mud has been the bane of my existence for the last 40 years! The tire feeder may need the bottom tires cut down so the pigs don’t think they need to jump in it. We used the 5 feet PortaTrough by Premier One. We’ve used them about 10 years with sheep so it’s what we had on hand and didn’t have to build something else. Only had 7 pigs this year and used 2 troughs for 10 months. Neither were destroyed, we’ll use them again.

@SheratonParkFarms 3 жыл бұрын

We used some of the largest lag screws we could find. Used 4 per tire. The pigs do tear the tire off of the platform sometimes and when they do we just rotate to tire to a new spot where there hasn’t been screws and reattach. The bigger lag screws do stay in the wood and the tire typically rips off the screws. If they were to come out of the woods I think it would be tough for them to swallow. It appears that when they do tear a tire loose it’s because they are trying to get that last little morsel from the space between the tire and platform. Overall been very happy with ours. Cheap to build, relatively pig proof, easy to move and keeps the feed off of the ground.

@reignray1222 2 жыл бұрын

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@wykeishacraft6820 3 жыл бұрын

Good Evening to Red Tool Homestead and all others too! Happy Valentine's to everyone

@Kat09tails 3 жыл бұрын

I like those tire feeder a lot. I think I'd need something that would drain the rain water better which I suppose could be accomplished with a couple drain holes but it might not make it an ideal slop option.

@joemc111 3 жыл бұрын

Just looked at your weather, maybe turn the camera on the cook, make something. Stay warm Troy,Kelly, and your two boys.

@ryry8210 6 ай бұрын

Please consider using a bowl insert for the tires, they are available in stores and online. Exposed steel wire used in the tires construction can ingested by the pigs, causing internal health problems 😬 The wire can also cut or poke the pigs. There is also the potential of chemicals from the tires leaching into the pig food, especially from heat and sunlight.

@Mate2Frio 3 жыл бұрын

I find those "neck gators" keep my 2nd chin warm. :-) Motorcycle riding in the cold they are great for that. I guess that's what scarves are for as well. Smart folks tuck their scarves into their coats.

@rkorsberg 3 жыл бұрын

Just lay the platform on the two hole tires first to make certain the pigs are tall enough to get to the feed...it they are the correct heigth, screw them to the platform.....if you screw them to the platform first, you can always cut the tire down the middle of the treat to reduce the heigth..... Great idea you have for a feed station...as good or better than cutting a hot water heater in half lengthwise... Whatever you decide take 3 ft of rebar and plant one on each end of platform and attach to the platform with some metal plumbers tape to keep the pigs from flipping the platform over...

@superdupergrover9857 3 жыл бұрын

My thought was staples. Not necessarily power staples, but big staples that must be hammered in. Get them long enough to poke through the other side, then hammer the over to the side and flat.

@richardgreen5602 3 жыл бұрын

Part of the issues probably will be the deterioration of the wood by moisture and weather expanding anc contracting around the screws....Good luck!

@wykeishacraft6820 3 жыл бұрын

Great Video and thanks fot sharing!

@rebeltrucker1983 3 жыл бұрын

It's funny you mention the mud, I've been watching your videos for a while now a couple years at least and I've never thought twice about the mud, my wife's kids and I spent our first winter in conditions such as yours on our aunt's property while our house is getting built next door, let's just say I understand why you have those boots that you wear I actually bought a pair for myself knee high boots and believe me I needed every bit of it.

@KaleidoscopeJunkie 3 жыл бұрын

I hope y'all had a Happy Valentines Day. -KJ

@tealkerberus748 3 жыл бұрын

I reckon I'd be chaining the station to a fence so I don't have to wade through pig mud to feed them. I don't bounce as well as I did when I was younger, and that looks slippery - especially with a bucket of feed in your hand and a bunch of pigs pushing in.

@chrissilsby4312 3 жыл бұрын

Log chain across the center of the platform to something in the ground and you have a platform that you do not have to chase down

@leadfootnick4x4 3 жыл бұрын

THE PIGS ARE CUTE

@hannahdietz2385 3 жыл бұрын

Wow what a farm must be hard work

@nef3h11 3 жыл бұрын

I use a Carpet knife to cut the side walls off. Super easy

@ajfvajf5 3 жыл бұрын

Use the cutoffs for your platform lift. Adds weight without the extra height. And keeps the wood off the ground

@charlielewis6849 3 жыл бұрын

Chain that feeder to something and it won't go nowhere ok thats my 2 cents great video

@ubetchya78 3 жыл бұрын

I'm guessing by now they've rooted the feeder at least over, if not over the side of the hill. Any time a hog can get their snout under something equals root, root, root...

@jimnorth5173 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, I like it.

@jimmieburleigh9549 3 жыл бұрын

Jig saw would work better to cut tires just so you can control it better. On bottom 4 smaller trailer tires might work better.

@TheHollabbeyHomestead 3 жыл бұрын

Great idea! Great video! Might try that out

@leadfootnick4x4 3 жыл бұрын

GOOD VIDEO AND KEEP UP THE GOOD VIDEOS

@karencary3312 3 жыл бұрын

Survival of the piggiest. You may need a second one. When they get bigger they won't fit around the two. I foresee a lot of biting, pushing, and shoving in the future.

@jerrysalgat3406 3 жыл бұрын

Good job!

@mariaolson5808 3 жыл бұрын

Here's my 2 cents. I think maybe the tires underneath will let them flip or move it easier because the platform will be springy and let's face it if a pig can mess things about they will, and a 4X4 underneath would be heavier. I have seen the farmbuilder video where he makes them and have wanted tp try them so your change will be a learning experience for both of us. Good luck!

@vernonvest9927 3 жыл бұрын

Your underneath tires put them at the edge on each side and then you can spike them down with L shape rebar it may hold things in place. ??????

@vernonvest9927 3 жыл бұрын

Possible a wider platform will keep the mud down.???

@vernonvest9927 3 жыл бұрын

At 78 yr old I still do push-ups three times a day 🍔.

@elihudale1097 3 жыл бұрын

I have wanted to build one of these for a while now. Great video

@bobcriss600 3 жыл бұрын

Possibly anchor the trough you are making to the ground with some of your gas pipe with a 90 degree bend at upper end of the pipe..c...... I use an iPad.... recently, it has been acting very strange.... difficult to type....always typing wrong characters etc.... I think it might be interesting if you could hillbilly engineer a sort of squared “u” shape of pipe that would fit across the poplar wood in the center of your new feed trough... 45degree cuts welded together maybe.....to produce 90degree downward angle at each side of trough with those downward legs being about 3feet long and driven into the ground to act as a sort of “clamp” holding the center of the trough down.... perhaps a 200lb pig could not easily flip that over.... just a thought for you... enjoy watching you and you sense of humor and adventure! God bless you real well, Troy.

@janetpaulsen195 3 жыл бұрын

I have a question. Is there a reason you don’t build the feeding station along the side of the building. You could attach several bowls to a platform that is attached to the building.

@SchoolLCB 3 жыл бұрын

I think is much better close to the ground than with the 2 tires on the bottom.

@travisgraham8779 3 жыл бұрын

I have basically the same thing except I used oak boards 1 inch thick and I’mA truck driver are used over the road commercial truck tires much heavier and larger bowls for the pigs to eat from I found they work great

@fionam3554 3 жыл бұрын

When those tires fill with mud it will only add weight and stability - and will freeze faster than the parts they walk on. A hard freeze, it will be like rock, and very heavy.

@caboseBvR 3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking that the better way would be cut one section of the tire from back wall to front wall of the tire. then Get a metal piece about the width of the tire and 1 foot long heat it up and press it on the inside of the tire too stretch the tire out so it goes from being a circle to a line. Next do the same for one side of the wall so you increase the height of the trough. then attach the bottom wall of the tire to the underside of your wood frame and take another tire cut it into multiple pieces; flatten it and use it to form the underside of the pig trough. This would allow less waste of wood and increase the food holding capacity.

@superjuddy 3 жыл бұрын

I always wonder when I go by tire shops what they do with all the old rubber Love the channel

@chrism.2231 3 жыл бұрын

In the same way that you are giving this Wisconsinite winter tips (-8 as I write this at noon with wind chills between -25 to -40 below), let this non-pig-raising hobby farmer give you some thoughts. If they do flip it, you could always use some concrete in those base tires pretty easily. I would think that would anchor it, but the flip side (pardon the pun) is it would seriously limit where you can use it. Of course, you have your feed trailer you previously made for that. One thought when you were debating how to attach the bowl tires to the platform, my thought was sandwiching the bottom lip (sidewall) between the platform and another circular piece, essentially making that the bottom of the bowl. Wood would be an obvious material, and maybe perpendicular to the platform boards would reduce leakage, or maybe a food grade plastic material. I get you want to use what you have around, but a thought. I would then bolt those to the platform and with flat washers and lock nuts or LocTite Threadlocker. You shouldn't lose any hardware that shows up later in your bacon. My 2 cents. As always, I enjoy the videos.

@joemc111 3 жыл бұрын

Wow that’s cold, 82 here today at 1:54PM.

@chrism.2231 3 жыл бұрын

@@joemc111 82 in here by the wood stove. lol

@carlstoots8391 3 жыл бұрын

Just use the boards to build a wooden trough and stake it down to the ground.

@RoryVanucchi 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@farmyourbackyard2023 3 жыл бұрын

Have you thought about building a simple solar lumber kiln?

@wayneparker5101 3 жыл бұрын

Have you tried moving your feeder yet? I don't think it's going to move. Those tires are sucked into the mud good. I'm using the bottom of a 55 gallon drum as feeders (3 ea) and waterer. Get some mud around the rim, it ain't moving without some effort. Could build a little roof on top of the divider to keep the rain out. Good luck.

@davesilvia9711 3 жыл бұрын

the wood i need is aways on the bottom of the stack too.

@brianbecker6015 3 жыл бұрын

Try turning first cut on tire as your support bottom. Flip it.

@brianbecker6015 3 жыл бұрын

Never mind I thought you were mounting tge bowls inside. Good luck.

@williamramey2980 3 жыл бұрын

Have you thought about putting a layer of plastic inside the tires to keep the feed from touching the tires or wood

@JohnSmith-tv5ep 3 жыл бұрын

TROY, I like your idea, the thought process, and the work involved building those hope it works well. Me,!.... I'd still raise rabbits! LOL Good stuff! ( I still love bacon tho!)

@tammybaker8577 3 жыл бұрын

You could put a piece of wood and shape it to a sleigh style, it may keep it from flipping.

@robertsteinbrecher5269 3 жыл бұрын

The sidewall of a tire actually cuts easily eith a razor knife. That is how I cut them out to dispose of them.

@ulrichminky9495 3 жыл бұрын

You don't look old enough to know of Otis the town drunk. I assume you are referencing the Andy Griffith Show. Cheers from the left edge of Canada.

@ubetchya78 3 жыл бұрын

The reruns of the show are still aired...

@ulrichminky9495 3 жыл бұрын

@@ubetchya78 Well that makes sense. I have not had cable for well over a decade. KZfaq is my main entertainment these days.

@rogercleveland9776 3 жыл бұрын

How about cut a circular piece of plywood to put in bottom of feeder to cover the screws?

@TheSmagzilla 3 жыл бұрын

I hadn't thought about til you said that but why not bolt into tire with head faced up but put metal to act as a big washer that the bolts go thru. Anyways just see if what you got works first. Hate to see an animal get hurt is all. You should see any screws coming loose as you feed daily

@bfkpwd2 3 жыл бұрын

Fill your support tires with concrete............

@elihudale1097 3 жыл бұрын

I like the 4x4 instead of a tire, but who knows. The tires on the bottom, even though it is only a couple inches, seems to make it so tall. I would have used bolts instead because you can bolt down to the 4×4. I like all the thought you put in though.

@ahealthyperspective1283 3 жыл бұрын

Chain, steak the tires down and put the feed bowl inside.

@AtlantaTerry 3 жыл бұрын

"stake" Steak is part of cattle that we eat.

@footplate0 3 жыл бұрын

so my comment is use the cut off bits to line the underside to keep the wood off of the ground

@tammybaker8577 3 жыл бұрын

Use a sharp utility knife. Box cutter?

@joeydalia2572 3 жыл бұрын

Great video, how bad are feed prices getting up there

@seanmccullough2871 3 жыл бұрын

Will the extra tires elevate the feeders to the point that helps develop their neck muscles? I have heard elevated feeders develops those muscles more. Thanks

@rochrich1223 3 жыл бұрын

Twelve minutes in, it looks tippy to me and might make rolling down hill too easy. Going Ho-Chi-Minh sandal would keep the wood off the ground. Cut off sidewalls, cut through steel belts to length. (use finest tooth blade in saw of choice.) Screw to bottom. Start with a hacksaw so you understand how grabby the steel wires can be.

@wykeishacraft6820 3 жыл бұрын

They can't wait for that food, you might do have to put another feed tire on the side.

@krazykeltic8103 3 жыл бұрын

fill the base tires with concrete and the pigs will not be able to turn it over

@anneryan9157 3 жыл бұрын

Think maybe it should have been a three tire bowl setup. For when the male comes a calling.

@jeet3rh934 3 жыл бұрын

how did you hurt your right index finger? looks like it hurt a little bit

@mikematheny1778 3 жыл бұрын

Aren’t those going to fill up with water from the eaves of your roof

@footplate0 3 жыл бұрын

Scrub my last comment. I have just watched to the end and the cut off's would not have worked in all that mud. My bad and lesson learned ... watch to the end before commenting !!

@iamslbc 3 жыл бұрын

You have access to run a chain through the base tire and chain it to the bar not a tree.

@CliffsideStables 3 жыл бұрын

How about 1 tire per pig? Tim

@barryfields2964 3 жыл бұрын

Are you anywhere near the Greenbrier valley, that’s were I grew up.

@rickwilson886 3 жыл бұрын

Well im at the point in the video where i think its a bad idea lol. We shall see tho

@brainsironically 3 жыл бұрын

That's a terrible idea! Begin your lamenting, homestead man! lol :)

@waynehollands4409 3 жыл бұрын

Why don’t you use a round piece of plywood on the inside and then screw it down then he will have no chance of feet getting underneath the tire

@tammybaker8577 3 жыл бұрын

You take a layer off your taking a chance of getting sick.

@garryheritage520 3 жыл бұрын

Troy are you growing your hair to put in a manbun lol

@CliffsideStables 3 жыл бұрын

I think his barber is on strike. 😎 Tim

@smity7096 3 жыл бұрын

The tires on the bottom is going to make it too tall! Its going be 16-18 inches tall.thats to tall for hogs.

@johnjones4643 3 жыл бұрын

I'm concerned about toxic chemicals in the inner lining of the tire.. I personally would not want to eat any pork that was fed using old tires..

@job38four10 3 жыл бұрын

Well gee wizz all I wanted was to see is you screw the tire down so I skipped back and forth and no place I saw you put screws in, good grief Charlie Brown, thumbs down on this one............