As you can see, I'm very new posting here but have been lurking about, reading threads and searching the archives for a couple weeks now.
As of this past Friday, I bought my first home with 2.21 acres of open yard/scrub and 2 car garage in a very rural area. I negotiated for the lawn tractor to stay but it is only a Yard Machines lawn tractor with 17.5 HP engine and 42" mower. It should be fine for now, but I don't anticipate a $1000 tractor to last very long and it's only good for cutting the grass. I'm already thinking about upgrading to a sub-compact (Kubota BX series, Case DXE series, Simplicity Legacy XL or similar) with mower and FEL in a year or 2 to aid in landscaping and other projects I already have in mind.
Since I only have the 2 car garage, I don't really want to take up space with a bigger tractor with bucket. If you were to store such a tractor in an out-building with the mower and bucket attached, how wide and deep would the internal dimensions need to be? I'm looking for length and width dimensions from those who may own a similar tractor with an added 1-2' around all sides so I could still move around it. I would have to build this out-building, so I need to keep my future size requirements in mind when I'm looking at shed/small garage plans. I'm estimating 10+ ft. deep but not sure on width.
Thanks!
As of this past Friday, I bought my first home with 2.21 acres of open yard/scrub and 2 car garage in a very rural area. I negotiated for the lawn tractor to stay but it is only a Yard Machines lawn tractor with 17.5 HP engine and 42" mower. It should be fine for now, but I don't anticipate a $1000 tractor to last very long and it's only good for cutting the grass. I'm already thinking about upgrading to a sub-compact (Kubota BX series, Case DXE series, Simplicity Legacy XL or similar) with mower and FEL in a year or 2 to aid in landscaping and other projects I already have in mind.
Since I only have the 2 car garage, I don't really want to take up space with a bigger tractor with bucket. If you were to store such a tractor in an out-building with the mower and bucket attached, how wide and deep would the internal dimensions need to be? I'm looking for length and width dimensions from those who may own a similar tractor with an added 1-2' around all sides so I could still move around it. I would have to build this out-building, so I need to keep my future size requirements in mind when I'm looking at shed/small garage plans. I'm estimating 10+ ft. deep but not sure on width.
Thanks!