Do You Have a Tractor Shed/Barn?

   / Do You Have a Tractor Shed/Barn? #71  
WoW!!! My 1600 SF house would easily fit in your shop - Clover. This is my carport and shed for the tractor. Most of my implements sit on pallets - out in the orchard. Those with moving parts - Wally chipper and Land Pride grapple - are under cover.
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Looking at your post I realized that many years ago, before I got into maintaining tractors, I viewed the rural population that left their hoods up on their vehicles as lazy.
Now I view it as a form of rodent control.
 
   / Do You Have a Tractor Shed/Barn? #72  
Newbury - absolutely. It's a constant battle. Mice and Chipmunks. I have the hood open on ALL vehicles - ATV, riding mower, tractor and Power Wagon. Seems the little buggers do not like the open spaces.
 
   / Do You Have a Tractor Shed/Barn? #73  
And from reading your posts you can't keep barn cats around due to coyotes.
Typical problem, not enough *****
cats.
 
   / Do You Have a Tractor Shed/Barn? #74  
Newbury - been out here 42+ years. Three times I've had barn cats. They are the ULTIMATE means to control mice, chipmunks and even to a certain degree - the pocket gophers.

However - they just don't understand. By day its the hawks and coyotes. By night it's the owls and coyotes. I even had a cougar come thru and kill six in one night.

I provide shelter - food - water for these cats. They roam out beyond the influence of the yard light - at night. With my flashlight - I can see the coyote eyeballs. They are out there just waiting - patiently.

I feel sorry for these cats and that's why I haven't obtained more of them.

What I really need - a trained Bob cat or Badger.
 
   / Do You Have a Tractor Shed/Barn? #76  
For mouse control in my pole barn, where I store (5) tractors, a boat and a truck camper, I use a couple of these little plastic traps, baited with a dab of peanut butter. I catch a dozen or so per year out there in those, mostly in the cooler months.
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I’ve never had any mouse damage to any equipment and I leave the hoods closed on all the tractors. I also don’t have any other food sources out there for them (grain, seed, hay, etc) and I think that helps a lot.
 
   / Do You Have a Tractor Shed/Barn? #77  
We have something called rat guard on the barn, so the little rats can’t get access. I think if we had sliding doors instead of the roll up door, we would have more issues too.
 
   / Do You Have a Tractor Shed/Barn? #79  
I quickly learned that the cost of shelter can be more $ than the value of what is being sheltered. I still want it though.
So, yes. However that building will also carry residual value on that property. I am also capable of doing more apiary work and general maintenance in poor weather/winter. If I ever leave this place, I’ll recoup some of the cost of the building, and the value of the equipment stored inside will also be greater.
 

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