Clearing Snow Off An Open Station

   / Clearing Snow Off An Open Station #11  
How about checking into buying/rental of a shipping container? Tarps only work until a windy cold front moves through. The same with those tent like temporary shelters. In my area you can buy a container for a few thousand and rent one for a few hundred.
 
   / Clearing Snow Off An Open Station #12  
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I just tarp it and fold the seat down. Leave plenty of ventilation. Never worry about scraping hydraulic cylinders/rams unless it is a real bad ice storm.

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THAT's the right way to tarp an open station with canopy !!
 
   / Clearing Snow Off An Open Station #13  
That’s why God gave us the cabbed tractor.
 
   / Clearing Snow Off An Open Station #15  
Several ways to go about;
a tarp over the canopy as was shown;
a tarp folded and pulled to the rear under the canopy and unfolded to cover the operators station;
Sweep it off with a broom before using;
Cover my tractor has some nice looking fitted soft cabs;
If you goggle soft cab over canopy tractor you will get a lot of results;
I bought a 4 place golf cart cover for my IH;
doesn't look like much in the first pic,
but in the 2nd and 3rd it was working good.
574 cover 3.jpg


574 cover.jpg


574 and blower 1.jpg
 
   / Clearing Snow Off An Open Station #16  
I have a poly tarp which starts at the front of the hood and runs all of the way back to cover my logging winch. I tuck it down inside the loader arms, inside the fenders and tie it on to the winch.
 
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I just used a medium weight cheap tarp and ball and loop bungees.


They are easy to loop around hydraulic cylinders, loader arms, 3 point lift arms, ROPS, etc. Took about 2 minutes to cover my old Ford, and eveything was dry underneath. I never had much of an issue with condensation since the wind could flow freely underneath.
 
   / Clearing Snow Off An Open Station #19  
Just move to the south and eliminate the problem altogether!
 

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