The next move in the S10 Ranger Chicken Coop Project was to hang the passenger door on the cab and cut the access hole through the front of the bed and through the back of the cab. I had to enlist the help of the ole lady to help me in holding the door up as I put the bolts in the hinges. With the door hung I moved on to cutting the hole between the two bodies. I left the door panel on the door but may remove it later on and put the window crank back in place since the panel really isn't needed. The last thing I need is to have to clean extra areas of chicken shit. Besides, I can sell that panel and get an extra few bucks in the process. To cut the opening in the front of the bed I had to start things off using the die grinder to cut slots around the four edges of the opening so I can be able to insert the saw blade and cut through all the way along each side. I had to whittle away a little more metal on the cab side of the opening as I made my way through so the saw blade can fit all the way through both bodies. It didn't take long to get the metal cut out from both bodies. I got another load of gravel to help cover more of the sloppy area of the chicken yard. With my help, we managed to get the gravel removed from the truck pretty fast. We covered the area in front of the storage shed in the yard and connected to the path that I was laying from the gate over to the tree line. We even managed to get some gravel laid on the outside of the gate where it was very sloppy. I would've normally waited to cover this area as it wasn't in the chicken yard but since we walk through this area all the time I gave in and laid some gravel over this area up to the gate. With the gravel laid we can now traverse the chicken yard without getting sloppy wet feet. The next load of gravel will help cover the ground along the rest of the western fence line from the gate to the back near the rear entry gate. I will probably need a couple more gravel loads to fully cover the area I planned on covering in the chicken yard. In the meantime I will be getting ready to kickstart the S10 Ranger Chicken Coop build as I will be gathering the materials to get water and power established in the coop. I plan on getting this coop build done pretty fast as there isn't a whole lot to do and my experience in building the Toyota Chicken Truck will help me plan a fast approach to completing this project so I can get it into play and continue to tidy up the chicken yard by dismantling the old chicken coops. Stay tuned.
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