Most Versatile DIY Farm Wagon

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Most Versatile DIY Farm Wagon
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@CiecieNewson 5 жыл бұрын

I have such a nice time at your farm. ~Smile!

@tjhildenster2317 5 жыл бұрын

I love your videos!! Starts my day off peacefully! Lumnah homestead and a good cup of tea (large), well it just makes it all good! Your skill level Al,amazes me!

@davelawson2564 5 жыл бұрын

looks good. But 5 eggs from 20 chicken is very poor return , actually its cheaper to buy the eggs . LOL !

@jaebee9308 5 жыл бұрын

Super useful build!! I learned a lot as usual. Thanks Al!!

@notsheeple2019 5 жыл бұрын

Your very blessed to be able to stay home and get things done.

@earlg.schacht5909 5 жыл бұрын

Now I know why my hay wagon is on back-order. LOL It will be handy to watch your video again when my wagon shows up. GREAT channel Al!

@Visi53 5 жыл бұрын

I love watching your plan come together! Fandamtastic❣️I’m 63 now but I enjoyed fixing my cars and feeding livestock been to many years now I’m in Abu Dhabi uae 🇦🇪 living a quiet life with my husband❣️🥰 Have an awesome day Lumnah Acres! We love all 3 of you and your pets and livestock❣️🐶 🐖 🐷 🐓 🐔 Hugs 🤗

@billkweiser1688 5 жыл бұрын

Like your videos, your right about the pigs growing. Seems like they double in size over night. Keep the great videos coming.

@marshasmith6320 5 жыл бұрын

Great video. Love the wagon. That will sure come in handy. Can’t wait for the barn to go up. Have a blessed day.

@donna7881 5 жыл бұрын

Good morning, im tired of the rain too, but we needed it. Those pig's 🐖 sure have grown fast 😊 have a great day. Thank you, Donna in Florida

@erikarichardson 5 жыл бұрын

I just love your videos! I start off my morning with your wonderful family and homestead.

@Classifiedreality 5 жыл бұрын

Suggest you round your corners a bit, will lessen oops I bumped again it and gouged it. Or you run in to with your thigh. Thanks for sharing.

@agnestakacs2059 5 жыл бұрын

Yes! A DIY video! Love the wood work stuff :D

@rsoubiea 5 жыл бұрын

I bought a green metal wagon, the sides flip down so I can use it as a gardening seat, haul oversized stuff, or I can put the sides back up to haul stuff that way too. I love it because it is really easy for me to maneuver around. Its got big wheels, rides smooth, good clearance off the ground, just what I needed. An older persons best friend. 👍💜 Great gift for the avid gardener and homesteader on your list at Mothers Day, Fathers day etc. Work smart not hard, sure saves this old ladies back. Love your cart, Al.

@suzanneleblanc1077 5 жыл бұрын

Your a very good worker Hal, love to watch! Everything you do is growing your farm!

@margaretbedwell58 5 жыл бұрын

What a nice farm wagon that is...it looks so strong and durable. I enjoying watching you build things for your homestead. You remind me of my brother. You could describe something to him and in no time he would have it built. Thanks for sharing your time with us and have a Blessed day.

@0Hillbilly 5 жыл бұрын

I would go ahead and put those 2x4's under the outer edge to prevent any possible curl on those deck boards. Love it, can't wait to see it in use.

@nancywarren608 5 жыл бұрын

As usual I'm impressed with your ability to put things together. You remind me of my father. Cant wait for the barn raising.

@RunamuckFarms 5 жыл бұрын

love the wagon. I have an old trailer that we are going to rebuild and make a farm wagon. So many projects and never enough time in the day to get it all done. We are working on our goat run right now so we can get a couple goats for our farm. Thank you for sharing your busy day with us.

@VeysPlace 5 жыл бұрын

love watching you build what you need. Baby goats are growing, and the pigs are getting really big.

@michelewhitt7545 5 жыл бұрын

You find the coolest stuff! Love it!

@50shadesofgreen 5 жыл бұрын

good day to you Al, Gina & Olivia !! thanks for sharing another awesome update and adventures on & off the homestead !! 👨‍🌾🎥👍✝

@Mumakinder 5 жыл бұрын

super vid again love watching the projects u make. gotta love the right tools for the job x

@beirnefarm8988 5 жыл бұрын

Al, I bought a similar running gear from Northern Tool about two years ago to make a wagon to take grandkids on hay rides. Three of the rims bent beyond repair because they were so lightweight just going thru fields. I had to buy new ones from Tractor Supply. They were heaver.

@Farm_fab 11 ай бұрын

You could build a wagon using a front axle from a riding mower, perhaps from a local scrap yard. You might be able to get used steel there and tires on wheels from other riding mowers. I have one made this way that is all angle iron frame, and uses aircraft tires on go-kart wheels. The local airport gave me the tires. The axles are 3/4", so they are better than some of the wagon kits on the market. Another option would be a front golf cart from axle, modified to be wider, and a trailer axle on the back. Depending on the bolt pattern, you might be able to use used golf cart tires, or trailer tires. I plan to make one like this in the near future.

@nancytevari792 5 жыл бұрын

Ur wagon is looking so far awesome. Cant wait till its done

@kiwimacscottish6759 5 жыл бұрын

Good Monday morning! Great looking wagon.. That brought a funny memory back of the time you and Gina put the plastic on the cow panel in the raise garden, and at the end of the video you, Gina and Olivia pretended to be riding a chuck wagon.... 😂 😂 would'n it be nice if it only rained from midnight to 5am. Have a wonderful day. 🙂 🇨🇦

@donburg5125 5 жыл бұрын

Good job young man, keep up the good work

@craigmooring2091 5 жыл бұрын

Hey, Al! George Peppard called. He said he'll be expecting a royalty check for your use (@ 15:13) of his tag line in "The A-Team" when his character, 'Hannibal' Smith said, "I love it when a plan comes together." 😜

@donaldmiller8629 5 жыл бұрын

Goooood Morning Al , Another happy and rainy Monday ! I was looking at the entrance to the outdoor kitchen. You have concrete where you need it for entering the outdoor kitchen. And now you have open areas to the right and left. Unless you will need a concrete apron all the way across for some reason , I would fill those two areas with planting mix , soil and compost and plant a mix of annual flower seeds there. Sort of an on ground planter box. Which would add a nice spot of pretty color for you. I usually try to plant with some utility in mind. Visual beauty , fragrance, but sometimes just flowers is ice. , edible , etc. In the fall you could plant some seeds for a few perennials that you will not have to plant year after year. When I am building things of wood for outside , I usually add exterior wood glue to all joints in addition to screws. The exterior wood glue makes the structure much stronger.

@lorenmeyer5290 4 жыл бұрын

Love that wagon! Just watched you put the sides on it! Some how I missed this build ! Thats going to be very handy! God bless y'all!

@Blessings.429 5 жыл бұрын

Great job Al, you love the pig mobile and always thinking of different things to use it for so can absolutely see why you wanted to build another as a work wagon. Also that is really going to be a godsend to do daily chores... Plus I guess Libby is going to have a lot of fun doing those chores with you, WHY because daddy loves hearing Miss Libby laughing and enjoying life💖💖

@paulaboynton8299 5 жыл бұрын

Very nice. My brother has a large hay wagon from back in the day. Every year he and my sister in law invite the whole family for a hayride. He usually uses the tractor, but now there are too many of us to fit on the wagon. Last time he used his pickup to pull the wagon, and they put hay in the truck bed and the teenagers rode there. Us olders rode on the wagon with all the youngsters in the middle. Maybe we'll have to split up into 2 groups. It's fun and funny. A tradition our father started in the 70's, when the first grandchildren were little.

@osmadchlo 5 жыл бұрын

Nice build! That is pretty cool... you got the skills Al!

@cherylwilliams81 5 жыл бұрын

Great project!💕

@BraxxJuventa 5 жыл бұрын

Wagon looks great Al! Great job! Well done! 👍😁

@blobin456drawz 5 жыл бұрын

Yay new vid! Morning everyone!

@gloriatwiggs467 5 жыл бұрын

Love the wagon. Good job, my friend.

@BigHairyYeti87 5 жыл бұрын

Great video as always Al, the pigs are looking great. We recently picked up Icelandic Chickens for our daughter, thanks to your videos, possibly one of the best choices we ever made!

@michelealmanza5219 5 жыл бұрын

Goooood morning!! Hope y'all have a blessed day!!

@lorypeterson5502 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome video Al, love and zen hugs from Texas!

@glendabaldwin4423 4 жыл бұрын

I subscribed to your channel about 5 or u months ago, so I went back and looked at when you built the wagon. It was so different in the landscape, seeing the before and after of the current video. I've got to go back and watch more of your earlier videos!

@doreenwhitehead4224 5 жыл бұрын

I got hooked with Weed 'em and reap. In viewing back issues, as it were, I am enjoying Hope's antics prior to her travel to NH. Quite a rascal.

@christinedehn3257 5 жыл бұрын

Bumping chickens in the back of the tractor...Add a "bumper" a few inches in front of the rear base board and several inches off the ground. It can be a 2x2, a dowel or a taught wire or cord, that doesn't sag down to the ground. It will nudge the chickens along without catching their feet when you pull the tractor forward.

@ysoileau1 5 жыл бұрын

Love how when you build things you give the how & why with measurements. 😁.

@Zeke-yv3nw 5 жыл бұрын

Great as always! Can you provide info or link to where you bought the wagon frame? Thanks

@jamiegreen7537 5 жыл бұрын

Where did you get the wagon from

@426superbee4 Жыл бұрын

This fall weather make me want to sleep in I love it

@DonnaKohl458 5 жыл бұрын

Joe Salazar says they now the grass around his chicken tractors because chickens like short grass. He says the can't eat long grass like bigger birds do. Maybe that's why your chickens aren't eating all the grass. Just a thought.

@fooddude9921 5 жыл бұрын

Oh how I wished I saw/you made this video a year ago!! I got the exact same trailer kit. Those brackets perplexed me for quite a while and while I got a workable solution that has held up well for a year now, your way of making a slot in the 4x6 and then inserting them could've saved me a day of labor and many lag bolts - LOL. (I ended up using 2x10s and running them crosswise between the wheels first and then building a frame on top of that, which solved the problem of the wheels hitting since the frame was now higher than the wheels. Looks great Al!

@morgma Жыл бұрын

Name of the kit plz am trying to build the same build for a donkey wagon

@crinick9344 5 жыл бұрын

Love your videos

@sandyoklahomatransient8557 5 жыл бұрын

Nice wagon Al, this will be a handy source.

@lloyddahlen1141 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your info on your farm 👍🇺🇸

@DisabledUKPrepper 5 жыл бұрын

Funny you said that about the pigs growing, because as you were pouring the food into their bowl, I was thinking how much bigger they had become.

@lindasbackyardgarden728 5 жыл бұрын

look very simple but so many uses

@kimberlyshalaby1134 5 жыл бұрын

I love your wagon! So many ways to use it.This was a kit? Have a nice day! Enjoyed your video.

@christine_blake_404 5 жыл бұрын

Yes those pigs are growing fast; for sure doubled, if not close to tripled in size! Keep on feeding them all your scraps too! I love the grain in those 4x6’s! Beautiful wood.

@stevenpeach6971 4 жыл бұрын

I looked at the date on this video and also noticed you had only got the center slab done on the barn. When I watched the barn build, I never bothered to look at the date. You've built the barn, finished both sides of it, insulated and paneled the inside, did the milking room and area for the goats, put in lighting, the workbenches, built the saw workstation, and more in less than a year! Determined, dedicated, persevering, diligent, hard-working dude! Kudos to you both! I'm amazed at how much you've accomplished! Do you really speed up the videos or is that truly how fast you work? 🤔 That must be it - you actually work at super hedgehog speed! 😉😁

@fooddude9921 5 жыл бұрын

p.s. Al, you listed a lot of great uses for this trailer. I thought of something - why not come up with an anchoring system where you have interchangeable parts that fit your need i.e. benches for hay rides, seat for driving, shelves/containers for veg collection, etc. Perhaps have them all anchored into those 2x4s you mentioned with a wooden dowel system (probably a better method, but I think you get the idea, right). Think of it as a grownups Lego wagon - lol

@stellajeffrey647 5 жыл бұрын

Good morning everyone from a very wet UK ☔️😊💞

@alexanderpope5983 5 жыл бұрын

Hey if you give your chickens red pepper grounder with some bread it will help them start laying.

@yesenias22 3 жыл бұрын

It seems like fun having a farm and lots of hard work too

@CCRider5312 5 жыл бұрын

Nice little utility Sled !! 👍

@charlottestevens9352 5 жыл бұрын

That ledge by the goat feeder really needs extending soon u will have more babies trying get their share

@keandric2765 5 жыл бұрын

Maybe it might be a good thing if he doesn't..might actually make the goats eat on that side the way they're supposed to, the way he intended when he made it..lol :)

@charlottestevens9352 5 жыл бұрын

@@keandric2765 it was just an idea as not all 8 goats can fit in one side

@keandric2765 5 жыл бұрын

True :)

@gallopingg1 5 жыл бұрын

GREAT VID.

@reneebrown5598 5 жыл бұрын

I love watching your videos.

@Rel1369 5 жыл бұрын

I am catching up on old vids and although I've watched quite a few, I'm still only up to mid 2017. I've been subbed for a few mths and have watched all vids from then. It's so funny going between now and 2-3yrs ago, all the changes and improvements (outdoor kitchen and pasture clearing I'm looking at you guys) and the new animals (though Pluto is the same), I think there will be several sets of pigs from mid 2017 (Spots and Mrs Pigs) to mid 2019 and many many different chickens/ducks. I'm sure that wagon will be fully utilised for a lot of things including stuff you have not even imagined yet.

@asvaldsson1271 5 жыл бұрын

Nice work on the wagon hope the rain lets up and you can finish the barn.

@anashomestead5919 5 жыл бұрын

Good Morning Al. I like your wagon!

@wendyecrain9253 5 жыл бұрын

Yes the pigs are growing fast. I like the new wagon.

@debbiemorgan6701 5 жыл бұрын

Great job!

@virginiareid5336 5 жыл бұрын

I was wondering if you had ordered another set of axels like you had purchased for the PPM. The capacity will help in many ways as well. Thank you.

@bigray2859 3 жыл бұрын

Very nice!

@annettesanchez7062 5 жыл бұрын

You need to take a torch to it it would make all the grains in the wood stand out fantastically and give it a really rustic look

@MangledMelzy 5 жыл бұрын

Does anyone else play 'Spot Moose' when the chickens are released from NYC? Or us it just me?

@fionajane56 5 жыл бұрын

I look for him every time 😊🐓🐓🐓🐓

@marthalucas7298 5 жыл бұрын

SO HAPPY THAT YOU USED A STRING TO GET YOUR SCREWS LINED UP STRAIGHT!!!!

@audreyabdo7719 5 жыл бұрын

Good morning Al . Put your other vegetables that are ready to be planted into your greenhouse. The ones that look too tall, cut them and let them root in empty soil areas. The milk looks so nice and creamy that you get from Willow. When Blossom and Buttercup have babies, you will then have plenty of milk for the family. Have a great day to everyone.👍🌸🐐🌹

@70acres 5 жыл бұрын

That is a nice wagon! Blessings to all.

@vincentcassano3179 8 ай бұрын

Nice job. I like your homestead. 🤠🤠

@lenellamaxwell6934 5 жыл бұрын

Nice addition to the homestead! Willow likes the break from her babies! The chickens could be laying fewer eggs because of the cold weather. They may have their internal clocks all confused. Or as you say, they could be laying them underneath New Yolk City.

@suemaddox1730 5 жыл бұрын

TY for the baby goat fix!!

@kylasimpson2700 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Al, I am completely enchanted with your wonderful farm, could you please give us a close up shot of the various blossoms, and a close up shot of the wonderful little flowers growing amongst the grass near the meat birds...My darling HOPE is growing in confidence, I am thrilled she has managed to assimilate into the goat family, she is a real trooper? She is gorgeous 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸

@plainspeaker4835 5 жыл бұрын

Dude I have a trailer similar to that I made it about a year ago out of an old pop up camper frame and pull it with the lawnmower. It works well around the house

@frrapp2366 5 жыл бұрын

when my dad had lots of pigs we made a platform that fit on the 3pnt of the tractor with removable sides and a top to keep animals from jumping out . without the sides was very handy to haul hay or feed and you can raise it to the height of a truck bed or down to the ground. might think about something like it for your kaboda

@jeffperry9274 5 жыл бұрын

I need to build one of those for my place :)

@jerryhoops3481 5 жыл бұрын

Al . . . what are the large leafed plants in the chicken yard for NYC? The chickens don't seem to like them.

@tamijohnson5904 5 жыл бұрын

Good Morning 🌞 AL!

@prestongilbert4199 5 жыл бұрын

Ok so I am caught up for three weeks. I need to go back and watch the ones I watched with my Grand daughter in Seattle and comment on them. I have her watching CWC every day now too !!!! CWC has become a topic of discussion for our skypes every week.

@pamelastandhart9650 5 жыл бұрын

Pluto looks lost without her racing buddy! Enjoy watching the videos, your homestead is coming along!

@colinstractorvids3163 3 жыл бұрын

Hey, love the video! Do you know where I could get the trailer base from? I’m looking to build One to!

@rachelm7525 5 жыл бұрын

So, it's one thing to invent the wheel, but how we figured out how to keep the thing on and still go around?? That amazes me!! 😄

@howardnelson1524 5 жыл бұрын

You are planning on power to the barn . Have you calculated you wire size and overcurrent device for length of run and connected load. So you don’t have voltage loss.

@chris3m98 5 жыл бұрын

They ran the power line 2 weeks ago! He said his patron people sent him enough money so he could run it now not later.

@howardnelson1524 5 жыл бұрын

Chris he ran the underground conduit(pipe) not the wire.

@chris3m98 5 жыл бұрын

Check out video5/24/2019 "today the day-the barn project begins-DY 1"ELECTRIC

@howardnelson1524 5 жыл бұрын

There are loss factors due to length of run and connected load ( amperage). If the wire is to small voltage drops will cause higher amps which will cause more heat and stress on the wires leading to a multitude of failures.

@JacobsOompa 5 жыл бұрын

Mornin' early Al.....just had my birthday, yesterday June 10, great day but didn't get to tune in....until now. Great vid on this wagon build. Would have loved to been in the middle of it helping out. I sure could have used a dandy wagon like this one years and years ago when I was working my little homestead. But you have lots of acres, where as I only had 2 1/2 acres lOL....But anywho....I could have given some fancy hayrides for my boys and their neighbor friends LOL. Always enjoying your vids Al...thanks for the share. God BLess... Ken Orlando, Fl

@kathybonadonna6417 5 жыл бұрын

you have built it with really tight tolerances. Will the wheels rub when you have it loaded? tires tend to bulge when under pressure

@nataliem.6608 5 жыл бұрын

Good morning from Ontario 🇨🇦 I love seeing your video content as a fairly new follower, always informative. I'm curious, how long have you been on this homestead, is this your first and is this your f/t job? How do you sustain yourself and family? Thanks for sharing!

@LumnahAcres 5 жыл бұрын

We have been here since 2015. No it’s our third house/ homestead

@korypeterson86 5 жыл бұрын

Great video today. Where do you order the wagon kit from?

@kjhull4409 5 жыл бұрын

Before you move NYC, could you put a goat or to inside the chicken fence? You seem to be growing a nice crop of weeds there. Maybe you can nip it in the bud? LOL

@stephenriley9084 5 жыл бұрын

Al,"Wagons roll!" Your homestead is like a bud, ready to burst into productivity and interest. When all your investments come together it will be a changed place. Moving forward nicely. Regards Stephen.

@lindapeterson7166 5 жыл бұрын

GOOD ☕️ MORNING, would love some of your weather Al.We had 115 degree heat index in south Texas yesterday.😓

@denisewilson8367 5 жыл бұрын

@ Jeff Perry thank you for the weight capacity. now I need the link or brand and price.

@tonygrimes13 5 жыл бұрын

@@denisewilson8367 Northern Tool Model 03813

@426superbee4 Жыл бұрын

I need to make me some yard carts. To pull my pepper plants, around during the winter! in and out of my house on good warm days There now 3 year old and turned into pepper trees. I been cloning the trimming into plants