Where is Your Tractor Kept?

rScotty · Jul 23, 2018

Under a tree with a tarp over the seat and instruments...
rScotty

Industrial Toys · Jul 23, 2018

Old bed sheets are great for keeping that funky shop dust off your equipment. It does look a little weird (and not very impressive), kind of like those movies I used to see as a kid where the abandoned house had all it's furniture covered. That always left me confused.

I have buildings for my stuff, but while in use, I try and park them in the shade. I think, Sun is the worst. If there is no salt used, I don't think rain, ice and snow are that harmful actually, just not convenient.

sandyc · Jul 23, 2018

Mine hangs out in a lean to next to my shop. I have a WiFi plug for the block heater (saves walking through the snow) as well as power for a mouse repellent thing in the cab.

Gordon Gould · Jul 23, 2018

I see some nice barns and sheds here. Still a dream for me. I keep the L3010 in the garage and the p/u outside. The M5640 also stays outside.

gg

JWR · Jul 24, 2018

Depends on many things -- money for one. Context is another -- are you farming, hobbying in retirement, making a living with the machines or other ? In retirement I am only on the farm 1 week out of each month. In my case, from 1954 on (first tractor in family replacing horses) there never seemed to be resources to get things done or to afford equipment, etc. The barns and sheds from the 1920's became home to the "new" tractor when it was not outside. Pap's barn was the main spot.

In 2005, after Pap's barn had stood for 84 years, a small twister literally decapitated the barn.

By 2009 the remains of Pap's barn had been converted to a shed for some equipment and a new pole barn style garage was built to house the newer equipment.

Some current contents:

In the unlikely event that you have read this far, you will be receptive to a few pieces of advice from experience:

1) Build it bigger 2) Spring for the extra cash and put in a concrete floor 3) The doors are not high enough even if you measured. Neither is the overall height of the building. 4) Light panels in the roof are needed 5) Pole barns are the best available these days for durable relatively inexpensive housing for your equipment... but they are not cheap.

Industrial Toys · Jul 24, 2018

I ended up with a 80K (CDN) Driveshed, And the bay allotted to my P/U is never free! Yes, build BIG. In my own defense, my building did have to fit into a certain footprint, and a big part of the expense was digging out a hillside.

Stuff like this takes up far too much room. I bought special length racking that hopefully frees up floor space.

CLUTTER! A RARE moment when my truck was in there. But better that, than stuff sitting out in the weeds, or covered in pine needles, snow and ice. It does add to the cost of owning all this crap though!

Howling · Jul 24, 2018

Have a shelter logic shed for the BX. Raised on 2 rows of 4x4s so the ROPS just grazes the rolled door.

Needed the forks late last year so didn't put the blower on until after the first storm.

nickc · Jul 24, 2018

The tractor is in garage 1st bay, attachments are in bay 2, wifes suv outside--- it took almost 15 years but she doesn't even complain anymore.
happy wife, happy life !

moriboy · Jul 25, 2018

I have two barns which were built to hold equipment. Problem is I can’t keep the rodents away. So, I keep everything in my heated shop when not in use.

JWR · Jul 25, 2018

moriboy said:
I have two barns which were built to hold equipment. Problem is I can’t keep the rodents away. So, I keep everything in my heated shop when not in use.

I have mice (who nest under the fuse bay in the MF2660) and ground hogs that burrow under the doors and make underground homes under the bush hog, etc. It is endless. A good concrete floor would defeat the ground hogs but there is no such thing as a mouse-proof building.