Where do you park/store your tractor?

[Crank Shaft]

I keep my tractors in the barn, but I have a few implements stored outside in an open carport. I use rubber stall mats on the dirt floor, arranged so no water pools on the surface. Keeps the moisture away from the metal and does a good job controlling corrosion.

Interesting. Where did you get your rubber mats? I am considering laying a couple of sheets of plywood to cover the ground.

 

[Mtsoxfan]

I currently keep in a barn, dirt floor, which just offers protection from above, wind rips through board and batten sides. Built a lean to on side of garage, dirt floor, plan was to keep in there for easier access when it snows. Still trying to figure out a door system, open to ideas.
There is a slight 2-3" rise once I leave the lean to. Space was tight.

 

[bdhsfz6]

Interesting. Where did you get your rubber mats? I am considering laying a couple of sheets of plywood to cover the ground.

I tried treated plywood but it wasn't rated for ground contact and rotted away in a couple of years.

I've had good luck with these mats from Tractor Supply:

https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/4-ft-x-6-ft-x-3-4-in-thick-rubber-stall-mat-2219003

They're actually cheaper than treated plywood and will last far longer.

I lay them on the dirt floor, smooth side up, and pitch them so no water pools on them.

 

[MapleLeafFarmer]

all my equipment sits in a gravelled floor pole barn. Sliding doors in front and open windows in back. No rust even on the older equipment or the newer powder coated stuff.

How close are you to the Bay Fundy / Ocean??

I always wondered how much more rust stuff near the oceans get??

 

[Crank Shaft]

all my equipment sits in a gravelled floor pole barn. Sliding doors in front and open windows in back. No rust even on the older equipment or the newer powder coated stuff.

How close are you to the Bay Fundy / Ocean??

I always wondered how much more rust stuff near the oceans get??

Good point. I am so close to the Bay of Fundy, a ball player with a good arm could probably hit it.
No doubt the salt air plays a role in rusting.

Not too much chatter here on rust repairs or prevention. But it sounds like rust is not an issue for most of you. My main concern was rust on the hard lines that go from the FEL valve to the quick connects. About 70% of the paint was gone, replaced by rust.

I started by wire brushing loose paint and loose rust off the lines and then treated it with two coats of Loctite SF 754. It goes on milky-white and then turns black. They say it causes a chemical reaction that converts rust into a hard, impervious layer. You can leave it as-is but the directions said for "extreme" environmental exposure, you should top coat it. So I applied two coats of Tremclad rust proofing paint. Hopefully this will last a good many years.

I'm considering smearing grease or spraying Fluid Film on other parts to prevent corrosion.

 

[fruitcakesa]

Open sided shed attached to the barn with a dirt floor. No rust after many years though the paint is more Mary Kay pink than Kubota orange

 

[skramer360]

Pole barn with a gravel floor and no door.

 

[mjonesnh]

Pole barn with a gravel floor and no door.

Lean-to on side of mini barn. Plank siding and door so air cracks. Gravel floor. No rust on 2007 New Holland

 

[Torvy]

99% of the time it's under the lean-to I had built with the barn build.

If we get notice of the annual cold-snap, I might put it in the barn. That's really more about keeping the diesel warm than about rust.

My kin up north keeps most of their equipment in a series of pole barns. They have more $ tied up in equipment than I have in my retirement accounts.

 

[Hoobie]

Kubota outside. Ten years old. Paint faded some. No rust.
Ford outside since 1959. Paint looks tired but so do I. No significant rust all things considered.
No that is not my wife. A maniquin I use as a scarecrow.

 

[FullMetalBucket]

My property up north has an old shack that was built in the 40s. It’s it rough shape but keeps it out of the elements. Unfortunately there some critters in there so I will throw moth balls around it over the winter. I have plans to get a poured pad and put a metal garage/workshop up. Hopefully next year. Then I’ll probably level this one. Hate to do it but it will cost more to repair it than it’s worth.

 

[ning]

I figure it's the salt air.

 

[garry1p]

This was a canvas covered shed, I decided to replace with metal when the canvas went bad.

 

[bmaverick]

I'm aiming for a 8x20 shipping container when the prices come back to being normalized again.

Several members here have them. I saved a few pics over the years.

Way to the south of me, for just under $2K delivered. I want the shorty one as no shed permit is required.

 

[Runner]

Mine lives here:

 

[Crank Shaft]

Kubota outside. Ten years old. Paint faded some. No rust.
Ford outside since 1959. Paint looks tired but so do I. No significant rust all things considered.
No that is not my wife. A maniquin I use as a scarecrow.

Hello from one NB'er to another and thanks to all who have replied and shared their info. In summary it looks like my rust issues are likely as a result of living so close to the salt water of the Bay of Fundy. But other contributing factors I believe are paint that was not well bonded combined with humidity from the ground. Most of the rust is underneath the tractor, although it was also found on the ROPS and fenders. When paint comes off in big flakes I suspect poor bond.

 

[Whittsend]

Car port on the side of my garage. Planning on adding more roof panels down the side when I get a chance. But there are tall pines just outside the picture that do a good job of protecting the open (west) side of the shelter.

 

[jwmorris]

In sheds and barns on sand and oil.

 

[Crank Shaft]

In sheds and barns on sand and oil.

Sand and oil??

 

[Shawn T. W.]

Both of mine get parked in my metal barn, gravel "floor" and plenty of "ventilation"!