Outside Storage

[Samwise]

My fairly new 2 year old BX2370 is finally getting kicked out of the garage. Even though I am not next to the ocean and have mild winters (6" snow rarely ~2000 ft in the Sierras) I am concerned about bare hydraulic rods and ball joints etc getting rusty. i know tractors tolerate this. i see many parked outside all year, faded, but work fine. any thoughts on this? grease stuff? Seat cover? entire tractor cover?

 

[ptsg]

If it was me, I would trap the whole thing.

If you want to go a bit further, I believe you guys have some affordable sheds that would work good also.

 

[super55]

Usually the biggest culprit to outside wear is not water but UV light. That's the one thing that will cause paint to fade, seats to crack, hydraulic lines to get brittle.

A breathable tarp will do tons to help keep it looking new. A military style canvas tarp or whats cheaper but not as durable is car/boat covers. Plastic tarps I wouldn't recommend. They have a tendency to trap condensation and not durable. Also if you have a vertical stack you might want to consider putting a rain cap on it.

 

[radios1]

My fairly new 2 year old BX2370 is finally getting kicked out of the garage. Even though I am not next to the ocean and have mild winters (6" snow rarely ~2000 ft in the Sierras) I am concerned about bare hydraulic rods and ball joints etc getting rusty. i know tractors tolerate this. i see many parked outside all year, faded, but work fine. any thoughts on this? grease stuff? Seat cover? entire tractor cover?

that's a real shame, devaluation, electrical problems, and mice and rats eating the plastic and rubber, oh well :shocked:

 

[diesel85]

I recommend building a cheap wooden box or impromptu shed with doors and park it inside.

Can easily be done for a few hundred bucks.

I am going to build a box for my flatbed trailer and kick it out of my barn. It just takes up so much space, but I invested a lot of money on the trailer, and don't want it exposed to the elements.

 

[zoltanthegypsy]

My fairly new 2 year old BX2370 is finally getting kicked out of the garage. Even though I am not next to the ocean and have mild winters (6" snow rarely ~2000 ft in the Sierras) I am concerned about bare hydraulic rods and ball joints etc getting rusty. i know tractors tolerate this. i see many parked outside all year, faded, but work fine. any thoughts on this? grease stuff? Seat cover? entire tractor cover?

Mine live under an open shed roof. Not much direct rain exposure but plenty of dew. No issues in 10 years but for things that can sit unused for any length of time I usually spray the rods with LPS3, then wipe them clean when its time to use them.

Curious to know what others think of this. Just made it up out of paranoia...

Z.

 

[nybirdman]

I build a pole barn finally for my tractor;sat out-side uncovered for ten years(being a cab model helps some),a good wax job and spray all the moveable parts and it will be fine.Biggest problem you may have is mice building nest in it.

 

[TripleR]

I loaned my BX2200 out for a few years and had to rebuild FEL rods, new seat and dash. At a bare minimum, a breathable tarp.

 

[Jstpssng]

They can tolerate being outside but it's better to keep them covered if you can. As others have mentioned, sunlight is worse for them than rain; the tires on my 2015 are already weather cracking. Freeze/thaw cycles are also hard on them here. Mice will get into them whether inside or outside; there's no way around it if they want to get in.
I'm finally building a 16x16 foot 3 sided shed for mine; it isn't as big or fancy as planned but at least the tractor and some of the implements will finally be inside.

 

[oosik]

I don't have a garage but I do have a very large carport. I've always parked my tractors in the carport - out of the sun and weather. It's been great protection for the 38 years I've owned tractors. No sun damage - no rust on any FEL rods. It's a very simple carport - quite large - cost around $1K to build. About 95% of our weather comes out of the SW. The picture is taken looking directly toward the SW. The extended overhang on the back of the roof keeps the sun, rain & snow off the tractor.

I also have a four bay carport just to the right of this big one. Each bay is considerably smaller. I keep the Wallenstein chipper in one bay along with my riding lawn mower. Otherwise - the disk harrow, ROBB, moldboard plow & LPGS all sit on separate pallets out in the orchard.

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