Shed for Tractor

[Redneck_Randy]

I finally healed enough to get out and work after the hernia surgery so today I finished up the shed for the tractor. The people I had build the shed wanted WAAAY to much to close it in and install a garage door so I did it myself.

Now, what am I going to do for a floor. LOL Having a dirt floor just won't work for me. I would like to have concrete but with the cost being around $3,000 it's something I can't afford right now. I have to pay off the medical bills. I haven't recieved any bids for asphalt or is it not a good idea to use asphalt inside a closed structure?

Any input will be of great help for other alternatives for floor material. I thought about 3/4 washed gravil.

Thanks!

 

[schmism]

u can use asphalt inside, the just layed a WHOLE bunch of it inside a HUGE warehouse they turned into the worlds largest indoor gocart track down the street from were i work. (the things are AUSOME! cool)

anyway they had full size payveing machine inside so a bit diffrent from the popcorn stamp down stuff they use in small structures. (least thats what i hear from the people that use it in horse barns)

id go with some 1/4 minus stuff (chat)... compacts down to baiscly concreet anyway...

 

[RedRocker]

Take a look at 3/8ths base, it's inexpensive and packs down pretty well. I use it under my carport cover and it works great.

 

[Redneck_Randy]

Take a look at 3/8ths base, it's inexpensive and packs down pretty well. I use it under my carport cover and it works great.

A friend also suggested I use 3/8 base. He said I could rent a tamper and that it would tamp down nice and flat. He said before I tamp it down to sprinkle concrete mortar around then after tamping it to lighty wet it down for a couple days.

Any of you ever hear of that being down?

Thanks

 

[RoyK]

I think you should have built the same kind of shed it sat in while on the dealer's lot for who-knows-how-many months.

While I prefer to keep mine indoors (to save me from plopping my butt into a bucket seat full of rain water when I forget to turn up the seat), it has spent way too much time out in the yard for the last 7 years. With a shot of soapsuds and a rinse with the pressure washer, it looks like the day I took delivery. Just learn to turn the seat up to keep the sun from eating it.

Too many people get wwwwaaaaayyyyy too **** about these tractors. IT'S A FRIGGIN' TRACTOR! IT WAS MADE TO WORK! (Sorry moderator; you may edit that out if you think it is too offensive.)

When I was shopping for mine, my dealer brought me to one of his recent customers, a guy with a LOT of money. We rolled into his estate and I envied his custom built garage/barn. While I was looking at his TC33 in the custom garage, he asked my dealer if there was a way to vent the brief puff of black smoke outside when it started. He didn't want to stain the new drywall! How pathetic.

As I alluded to in another thread, my neighbor's Ford tractor was built in the 40's or 50's and he is still using it to work his land. I'm sure my '99 TC29D will well outlive me, even without any shelter, and my son will inherit it.

Roy

 

[Redneck_Randy]

I think you should have built the same kind of shed it sat in while on the dealer's lot for who-knows-how-many months.

While I prefer to keep mine indoors (to save me from plopping my butt into a bucket seat full of rain water when I forget to turn up the seat), it has spent way too much time out in the yard for the last 7 years. With a shot of soapsuds and a rinse with the pressure washer, it looks like the day I took delivery. Just learn to turn the seat up to keep the sun from eating it.

Too many people get wwwwaaaaayyyyy too **** about these tractors. IT'S A FRIGGIN' TRACTOR! IT WAS MADE TO WORK! (Sorry moderator; you may edit that out if you think it is too offensive.)

When I was shopping for mine, my dealer brought me to one of his recent customers, a guy with a LOT of money. We rolled into his estate and I envied his custom built garage/barn. While I was looking at his TC33 in the custom garage, he asked my dealer if there was a way to vent the brief puff of black smoke outside when it started. He didn't want to stain the new drywall! How pathetic.

As I alluded to in another thread, my neighbor's Ford tractor was built in the 40's or 50's and he is still using it to work his land. I'm sure my '99 TC29D will well outlive me, even without any shelter, and my son will inherit it.

Roy

I suggest you put down the can of beer and take a look at your sentence structure.

How I choose to store my tractor is my business and not for you to make rude drunk comments about. In 20 years mine will still look new and yours will be a rust pile of junk with the paint all faded and the seat all rotted and in pieces.

 

[BTDT]

I would be careful putting asphalt down for garage floor. Diesel and/or hydraulic fluid spilt on asphalt will eat it up. Just turns back to oily gravel.

 

[firemanpat2910]

If you use asphalt, I agree you will want something under the tractor to catch the fluid leaks. You could make a sheet metal drip pan,slightly narrower than your wheel span,with all 4 sides turned up 90 degrees.

 

[jwnge]

I also had one of these put in for the "Little Mule" , It is 12' by 20' with a 9' door. It works great but sweats something awful, like rain inside in certain weather. It was put on blacktop in front of y in driveway. I was told I should put down plastic or rubber and cover with gravel or whatever I wanted for floor, or put insulation in roof to stop condensation. Might be a good idea for you to put down barrier before gravel, maybe more feedback from some of the guys???? JohnJ

 

[PBMAX]

Nice parkng spot you got there. I've considered such but been parking the tractor under the back deck since we got it. Keeps most of the weather at bay here in bama.

seeing this though makes me want to get some thing going.

jwnge
As for condinsation try solor powered ( or just powerd if you have it) fan or some such. I was thinking along the lines of a attick style with a solor panel(if it could be done inexpensivley). It would probably move enough air to cut down on the temp swing depending on the amount of sun light it gets hit with. Fan + air vent has worke d well for me in the past on exterior mounted electrical panel with electronics in them. Just leave the fan on all the time or put it on a attic fan therostat.