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Everything You Need to Raise Pigs in a Pig Tractor

Name: Everything You Need to Raise Pigs in a Pig Tractor
Uploaded: 2026-04-09T17:35:56+00:00
Duration: 41 s
Channel: Justin Rhodes
Description: In this concise instructional segment, the speaker outlines a complete, low‑cost pig‑raising system for two pigs using a "pig tractor"—a mobile enclosure…

9 Apr 2026 · 1 min

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In this concise instructional segment, the speaker outlines a complete, low‑cost pig‑raising system for two pigs using a "pig tractor"—a mobile enclosure built from a 16 × 16 ft cattle panel, reinforced with 1‑inch metal tubing braces and mounted on eight non‑flat pneumatic tires. A tin shelter is attached to one corner for weather protection. The speaker also describes a DIY waterer made from a standard nipple connected via a union fitting to a food‑grade barrel, and optional feeding methods (a feed pan for liquids or simply scattering feed on the ground). Beyond the hardware, the narrative emphasizes the regenerative purpose: the pigs will till and level the soil, enabling the planting of a "COVID crop" and the restoration of pasture damaged by a hurricane.

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Here's everything you need to raise 2 pigs in a pig tractor. First, the pig tractor. 16 by 16 cattle panel height, 1-inch metal tubing braces across it, non-flat pneumatic tires, 8 of them, tin shelter on the corner. It's an all-in-one. We put the DIY waterer, a regular nipple there with a union fitting into this food-grade barrel, a feed pan if you're going to have any liquids. Otherwise, just put the feed on the ground. But this is a strategic place where you need the land work. These pigs work to till this land. We're going to level this out, plant it with COVID crop, and restore this hurricane-devastated pasture.