I bought 3 like these before I had a barn. Got them at Menards, they were about $400 when I got them. Where you live I would not cover anything with plastic or tarps, they condense moisture on their inside surface and then it drips on your equipment and can't evaporate. They also don't allow enough air circulation so the equipment can't get to air temp quickly and it condenses moisture. If you lived in New Mexico or Arizona it would be different.
outside tractor storage canvas tarp?
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I bought 3 like these before I had a barn. Got them at Menards, they were about $400 when I got them. Where you live I would not cover anything with plastic or tarps, they condense moisture on their inside surface and then it drips on your equipment and can't evaporate. They also don't allow enough air circulation so the equipment can't get to air temp quickly and it condenses moisture. If you lived in New Mexico or Arizona it would be different.
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I have not experienced inside condensation with COTTON tarpaulins.
When the sun strikes Olive Drab COTTON tarpaulins they absorb heat rapidly. Might be steamy underneath for awhile but COTTON tarpaulins are permeable. I believe inside moisture comes from saturated soil and is not COTTON tarpaulin related.
I used to cover my woodpile in pre-retirement Maryland with an Olive Drab COTTON tarpaulin. After a good snow, the tarpaulin would be snow free and dry sometimes five days before snow melted on the ground around the woodpile. The wood, stacked on pressure treated 4 X 4s, was dry and ready to burn.
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That's been my experience as well.
Until you get into actual commercial truck tarps, today's retail plastic tarps fall apart pretty quickly with sun exposure. The cheap tarps will work for short term (month or 2) in my climate.
Canvas tarps will breathe, but even so I don't wrap equipment super tight. Plastic tarps don't breathe at all, so keep that in mind when wrapping equipment with those.
Gore Tex might be about perfect, but a building might be cheaper !
Rgds, D.
tcreeley
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20x13 alpine shelter logic temp building from Home depot- 500$ works for me as a temp solution. I'm on my second winter- does well with snow and wind and rain. For flooring I put blue tarp down on gravel and old plywood sheets on that. It stays flat and dry.
I keep the tractor in it ready for winter plowing.
I keep the tractor in it ready for winter plowing.
Tollster
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As other have said, be sure it breathes, I try to wax things before storing outside, cover the air filter with a ziplock and stuff a rag in the exhaust, perhaps you could find a car cover that's priced reasonable. I have one I purchased in the late 80's for my Cj-5, it had 2 years of winter weather outside before I moved it inside the barn, it has been in use during the winter months only ever since.
Always try to keep the UV away from your paint if you can, Kubota paint seems to fade.
Always try to keep the UV away from your paint if you can, Kubota paint seems to fade.
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displacedPA
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Well its uncoverd for now moved it to its temp. home. I never knew how much junk we had until we moved 
We look like real white trash i have a chicken coop on a trailer implements set through the woods an ATV in the woods I have all plastic tarps over the implements but i think im going to loosy cover the tractor with a canvas tarp to keep the UV and some weather off of it. Know i just need to figure out the size. chicago canvas looks like the brand of choice.
We look like real white trash i have a chicken coop on a trailer implements set through the woods an ATV in the woods I have all plastic tarps over the implements but i think im going to loosy cover the tractor with a canvas tarp to keep the UV and some weather off of it. Know i just need to figure out the size. chicago canvas looks like the brand of choice.