Turn Old Pallets Into A Chicken Tractor!

Step 3 Create The Tractor Frame

I chose to make my frame 2 pallets long x 1 pallet wide, with the vertical being the shorter dimension of the individual pallets.
To connect the pallet sections together, I used the pieces of wood that we removed in the last step and an air-powered staple gun. Other methods of attachment will work as well, just keep in mind that you're dealing with used, lower-quality wood that splits easily. It's probably a good idea to stick with thinner (higher-guage) fasteners, whether you're using screws, nails, or staples.

Order of connection doesn't matter, just make sure to line up the pieces before connecting them together. I found it helpful to attach my joining piece to one of the pallets and then just align this assembly with the other pallet, rather than trying to grow a third arm:)

I overlapped onto the bottom section of the split pallets more, to strengthen the pallet's joint as much as possible.

To further strengthen the design, I added a cross-piece on top by using the thicker wood in the middle of a pallet. Because this wood wasn't long enough to reach across the tractor, I nailed 2 pieces to a small (~8 inches) board to join them together.