Where do you park/store your tractor?

[Too many Kubotas]

How do you deal with the snow melting off the tractor? Do you have a floor drain? I used to store my tractor in a heated garage, but with no floor drain I was constantly trying to sweep water out the door.

I simply use a broom to get rid of the majority of the snow before putting the tractor back in the garage.

The little that's left and melts off once it's inside has never created more than 2' by 2' "puddles" and those evaporate quickly.

 

[WinterDeere]

I simply use a broom to get rid of the majority of the snow before putting the tractor back in the garage.

The little that's left and melts off once it's inside has never created more than 2' by 2' "puddles" and those evaporate quickly.

Same. I inherited a hog brush from my father, I'd guess he kept it for scrubbing boat decks, but that gets run real quick over the plow and other caked areas before I back the tractor into the shed or shop. I'm not getting every last little bit of snow, but I probably knock more than 90% of it off outside, in about 30 seconds' time.

 

[Slomo928]

Climate controlled for a tractor is a nice luxury but dammed if I would pay for heat and a/c for a tractor LOL
I got better things to do with climate controlled space.

I live on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. Humidity/salt air/rust is a huge problem in my shop. Heat/a/c is virtually a necessity to keep tools and equipment from rusting. The tractor is a third party beneficiary.

 

[chim]

The L4240 lives in a wood/vinyl sided shed with a metal roof and treated wood floor. It is usually dry or at least has the snow removed from it. It gets run on salty roads to get back and forth to town. I noted on another thread that after that, the 20V DeWalt pressure washer is used to blow the salt and snow off of it.

I picked it up used about 7 years ago and it was one of the earlier runs of L4240's. My guess is it gets washed more than some. Also gets waxed at least once a year.

The implements don't get treated that well, but I don't have lots of indoor or under roof storage. Maybe there's enough material around to get started on a lean-to when the weather improves.

 

[dnw64]

Also gets waxed at least once a year.

Uhhh, are you looking for a job? Granted, I don't pay much, but...

 

[outdoorsman123]

Our tractors have lived outdoors, the same place they get used .
The Kubotas do not like being stored outside, that paint fades horribly, even if you wax it.
Deere seems to have better paint quality and don't fade as much and if it does it's less noticeable.

Although I store mine outside, I would like to have it covered at least. I hope to one day build a pole shed and have half sides on it to provide shade but not enclosed. Help keep rodents out and not worry about extra property tax for a large shed

 

[outdoorsman123]

Yes, they even use it for roads. Oil reduces dust, and doesn't evaporate.

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They use liquid calcium chloride now days out here and most parts. Looks like oil and is as sticky, but better for the environment, apparently.

 

[Too many Kubotas]

The Kubotas do not like being stored outside, that paint fades horribly, even if you wax it.

Although I store mine outside, I would like to have it covered at least.

I really couldn't care much less about how the paint looks, but keep the tractors shaded to help the hoses and tires live longer.

 

[dnw64]

They use liquid calcium chloride now days out here and most parts. Looks like oil and is as sticky, but better for the environment, apparently.

I put CaCl on our shop driveway last year for the first time. Worked amazingly well and lasted a long time. The only downside was that it was hard to spread - didn't want to fall down the hopper, so we had to keep jumping the 3-pt to get it to go.

 

[Molalla1]

The L4240 lives in a wood/vinyl sided shed with a metal roof and treated wood floor. It is usually dry or at least has the snow removed from it. It gets run on salty roads to get back and forth to town. I noted on another thread that after that, the 20V DeWalt pressure washer is used to blow the salt and snow off of it.

I picked it up used about 7 years ago and it was one of the earlier runs of L4240's. My guess is it gets washed more than some. Also gets waxed at least once a year.

The implements don't get treated that well, but I don't have lots of indoor or under roof storage. Maybe there's enough material around to get started on a lean-to when the weather improves. View attachment 5086087


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Nice L4240 chim.

 

[Molalla1]

Our tractors have lived outdoors, the same place they get used .
The Kubotas do not like being stored outside, that paint fades horribly, even if you wax it.
Deere seems to have better paint quality and don't fade as much and if it does it's less noticeable.

Although I store mine outside, I would like to have it covered at least. I hope to one day build a pole shed and have half sides on it to provide shade but not enclosed. Help keep rodents out and not worry about extra property tax for a large shed

I have found that the only thing that keeps rodents out of my barns are my 4 barn cats.

 

[RayIN]

My tractor is parked in the RV garage. Am I super careful when backing into the parking place, you bet; but I'm getting too old to walk the ¼mile from the pole barn in the field back to the house when I'm tired from 6-8 hrs of tractor work.

 

[Gordon Gould]

Mine is a nomad - moves around, lives in a tent.

gg

 

[Breech]

Mine sits where the old Ford used to, non-stall side of our barn, on rocks to allow all things of moisture to evaporate/drain from it:

 

[IXLR8]

I have a 3 bay carport with a concrete floor attached to a 4 bay garage. Tractor lives in one carport bay, 2500HD lives in another and misc tractor implements in the last bay. Truck and tractor won't fit in any of the garage bays or they would be stored inside.

 

[WinterDeere]

My tractors live indoors, either in my fully-air-conditioned 1200 sf shop or an attached 300 sf shed, but I'm actually thinking of building another new carport.

I've done enough additions since moving in, that I'll need to get a whole drainage study of the property done, we're ever-expanding here. But I presently rent one 300 sf garage for storing two sailboats and all of their gear, and have another large trailer and two vehicles sitting outside. It'd be nice to add another 4-bay structure, even if it's a primitive open lean-to shed enclosed on only 3 sides.

I'm thinking something like a larger 4-bay or 5-bay structure in the spirit of this little guy:

 

[Too many Kubotas]

I'm thinking something like a larger 4-bay or 5-bay structure in the spirit of this little guy:

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That looks a lot like my six-bay carport, with the side add-on except in metal, that I have 10 vehicles crammed into.

 

[WinterDeere]

That looks a lot like my six-bay carport, with the side add-on except in metal, that I have 10 vehicles crammed into.

You sound like me... always building for what I needed yesterday, instead of tomorrow.

 

[Runner]

My tractors live indoors, either in my fully-air-conditioned 1200 sf shop or an attached 300 sf shed, but I'm actually thinking of building another new carport.

I've done enough additions since moving in, that I'll need to get a whole drainage study of the property done, we're ever-expanding here. But I presently rent one 300 sf garage for storing two sailboats and all of their gear, and have another large trailer and two vehicles sitting outside. It'd be nice to add another 4-bay structure, even if it's a primitive open lean-to shed enclosed on only 3 sides.

I'm thinking something like a larger 4-bay or 5-bay structure in the spirit of this little guy:

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Help me understand your thinking. Why go to the hassle and expense of building a new storage building, but leave it open to the elements on one side?

 

[WinterDeere]

Help me understand your thinking. Why go to the hassle and expense of building a new storage building, but leave it open to the elements on one side?

I might enclose the front with rolling doors down the road, but my thinking is that this is just to keep snow and sun off my trailers and pickup truck. As it will face almost due-north and our prevailing winds almost never come from that direction, it'd accomplish that mission.

I also think a structure like that would look nicer, perched on the hill next to my barn, than looking at four or five more overhead garage doors. Most of the value of this property resides in its curb appeal, it is certainly not the most functional house ever built.

I also have some probably-misplaced notion that I might get less push-back on permitting for an essentially open pavillion, versus yet another enclosed garage. I already have five.