Metal pipe can be used for a number of things on a hobby farm, so I stored our old trampoline frame under a shed a few years ago. We pulled it out earlier this month to make a goat tractor. Hannah is using a pair of dikes to cut wire for Clint to attach the cattle panels to the frame. Emily and I helped him move, bend, and hold the panels in place. We already had the wire, panels, and the trampoline frame, so the cost was about 30 minutes time. I love repurposing and recycling!
We use this in our fields. Two strong people can move it to a new spot when needed. I pull ours with our lawn mower. We can clip (heavy duty carabiner) a couple of goats to the outside and have some inside. All of them have lightweight houses that get moved separate from but along with the tractor. We also attached buckets to the inside and outside of the frame for water. The grass gets "cut," our soil quality is improved by the scattered fertilizer, and we get what's basically free organic raw milk.
For those interested, there are pictures of our hoop houses and a rabbit tractor we made. The search bar in the top left corner should bring them up.
