Outside or garaged!

[Taiser]

They are farm tractors, not toys. In the barn where they belong. Garages are for cars and motorcycles

My tractor IS a toy and cost more (WAAAYYYYY more) than my car!!! I also change cars every 5 years or so! The tractor, hopefully, will last 30 +years. If I still had my motorcycle then I'd make room for it in the garage but the car(s) stays outside. No room for it/them, not with my two tractors, all my wood tools, welding tools, benches etc... Gotta prioritize man!!!!

 

[Lynkage]

My tractor IS a toy and cost more (WAAAYYYYY more) than my car!!! I also change cars every 5 years or so! The tractor, hopefully, will last 30 +years. If I still had my motorcycle then I'd make room for it in the garage but the car(s) stays outside. No room for it/them, not with my two tractors, all my wood tools, welding tools, benches etc... Gotta prioritize man!!!!

My tractor is most certainly a toy as well as a tool. As far as what it cost well my truck was about the same as my tractor. I no longer ride motorcycles ( I raced Motocross) and do not know what I will do next. But as in my previous post it is looking very good that we are getting the piece of property in the mountains. So I should have room for all the toys.

 

[ksmmoto]

I keep my L3430 outside. I bought it in 2003 so it has been out for a while! It looks real good, no fading. I do lube and grease it a lot.

I would prefer indoor storage, but I need a new pole barn. Also a farmer near me was put out of business by a pole barn fire that wiped out his brand new JD combine and several tractors. About $600,000 total.

Photos are from February 2006 snowstorm, yes I had to clean it all off. And I do several churches and residents commercially.

ksmmoto

 

[RPK]

Both my GMC Duramax pickup and L3130 stay in a heated garage

RPK

 

[Glowplug]

ksmmoto--PLEASE resize your photos before attaching them. 700++kb!! I have a very short attention span and couldn't wait for the second one to load; and I have high speed!!

That's a good-lookin' tractor you got, even covered in snow. I don't know if I could stomach having my tractor all cold and exposed to the elements like that. It would break my heart.

 

[rpeter]

ksmmoto--PLEASE resize your photos before attaching them. 700++kb!! I have a very short attention span and couldn't wait for the second one to load; and I have high speed!!



High speed?? They both loaded in under 1 second for me. Time to check your high speed modem

 

[keving]

smoking fast here too...

 

[Oleozz]

I enjoy looking at pics but with my dial-up connection it would take 15 minutes to download pics that size. If everyone would keep them at about 75-100 kb it would be great.

 

[Stef]

I enjoy looking at pics but with my dial-up connection it would take 15 minutes to download pics that size. If everyone would keep them at about 75-100 kb it would be great.

The problem with pictures is always a dilemma between high quality high volume file or low quality low volume file. Usually what I do is this:

size: 800x600
quality: medium
volume: no more than 200 KB, usually around 150 KB.

From time to time I keep a picture on my computer from other TBNers (ideas for future projects or simply because one has a nice rig and it's a picture of good size and quality).
The goal in posting pictures is to make others happy. So if my guide lines above or not satisfactory then I'd be happy to change them ASAP. About the two pictures posted earlier by ksmmoto, it took me a seconde or two to download them, but I have to admit that 700 KB is far to heavy for a forum like TBN. Those things happen. Thanks for the photos despite the fact that they were huge for a forum. You'll know what to do next time I'm pretty sure about that.

Back to the main subject, as I said earlier, my tractor is in the garage. As I was looking at other threads I was wondering what a tractor with tire chains could do to a beautifully painted garage floor? Hmmm... if mine had tire chains I'm pretty sure it would sleep outside!

 

[Glowplug]

Well, I don't truly have traditional high-speed. I live out in the country. I've got satellite. It took over 30 seconds to load those. Like I said, I have a very short attention span and I'm impatient. My photos I post are usually around 60kb and they look adequate quality. 700kb is a bit much. I don't think you'd gain a lot of quality looking at a 700kb photo over a computer monitor as opposed to a 70kb photo.

 

[Doc_Bob]

I'd park it in the living room if I had big enough sliding doors. I keep it inside, heated right next to my truck. The way I look at it is...spend enough money on it might as well keep it in the best shape as possible. I think that it will pay off when you trade it in or sell it later. (to buy a bigger one of course)

I have a friend who parks his exotic sports cars in his living room. It then becomes "art".
Bob

 

[Lynkage]

My art usually has a tractor in the middle of it!

 

[Builder]

Mine is garaged....and it shows!!!!

 

[lp333]

I like to keep the rain and and snow off the tractor and attachments in order to mimimize rust. So I keep them sheltered in a garage.

It's important to realize that the shelter doesn't have to be heated. The most important thing is to have good ventilation when you come in out of the rain or snow.

As needed, I place a fan near the tractor to allow the water to evaporate quickly or the snow to sublimate.

 

[Musclford]

Heated Garage....

With my Van, 70 Stang and my Super Duty.....

 

[Timber]

My tractor has never spent a night outside since the day it came home. The tractors are always inside. Tools are to be given the highest respect, learned that from my Dad as a boy. I would never waste space in the shop with a pickup. Maybe and antique or a classic but never a daily driver.Tractors and tools in the shop or barn and all the trucks outside. they already have a roof. The only time a truck sees the inside is to be worked on and out it goes

 

[SteveA]

L3130 is stored outside in one of those hoop shelters next to my fishing boat. We have a 24 x 48 barn but all the space is consumed by "horse stuff".

 

[shownuff]

outside,but covered i dont keep em long enough to start rusting

 

[Musclford]

My tractor has never spent a night outside since the day it came home. The tractors are always inside. Tools are to be given the highest respect, learned that from my Dad as a boy. I would never waste space in the shop with a pickup. Maybe and antique or a classic but never a daily driver.Tractors and tools in the shop or barn and all the trucks outside. they already have a roof. The only time a truck sees the inside is to be worked on and out it goes

But if you have enough storage for all, then I would assume you would use it accordingly... But yes......... Tools should be respected....

 

[Fjord]

I was just thinkin' another good reason to store inside (besides all the obvious ones) is if you happen to develop even a small fliud leak you will notice it right away on your cement floor. When my tractor was new there was a small leak on one of the hydraulic fittings that left a quarter sized patch of oil on the floor. I noticed the first day it developed and it was easy to pinpoint and tighten. If it was sitting on dirt I probably wouldn't have noticed until there was oil on everything and then it would be difficult to see where it was coming from. Just a thought.