Attachment storage?

[Impulse]

I watched a video from a guy showing his 425 and attachments mm power trac - YouTube

That is a lot of money to just leave sitting around in the dirt...

How do the people here with lots of attachments store them? I was thinking somewhere between scattered-all-over-the-garage-floor and an i.Robot automated parking silo.

 

[jfh28]

I have mine stored on individual furniture dollies in the garage which is heated for easier starting in the winter......the dollies make moving the attachments around easy......Jack

 

[Impulse]

If shelves were made to hold them, how high can the machine reach up while still being able to attach/detach from them?

I'm thinking maybe an enclosed storage rack on exterior of garage.

 

[Avery11]

If shelves were made to hold them, how high can the machine reach up while still being able to attach/detach from them?

I'm thinking maybe an enclosed storage rack on exterior of garage.

This is what I plan to do. A heavy duty rack system to hold each implement on a custom pallet - heaviest on the bottom and the highest according to the limits of my FEL with forks. Of course, I have a small tractor so the implements are fairly manageable.

 

[cqaigy2]

I've thought about the storage rack too, but haven't gotten around to it yet. In the shop, those dollies are very handy to have heavy objects on.

 

[SpringHollow]

I have a pallet rack outside with a roof, removable fiberglass panels on the front, and tarps for sides. The bottom two shelves were for attachments. I used that religiously for a few years but now I usually just leave most implements outside on the ground.

Ken

 

[woodlandfarms]

Yup, all implements on the ground, under come cedar trees. The only two I am bummed about is my mower as with the holes in the deck the water gets into the spindles and the bearings are exposed. And my stump grinder as the bearings are exposed, but a good amount of grease in the fall all is fine.

I understand the wanting to protect, and I do keep my tractor protected when it is being stored (but when it is working, it gets rained on, it gets snowed on and it sits out now and then for a few days at a time).

Storing in a shop or garage is only practical if you have realestate. and in my opinion no very necessary.

Some people tarp, my feeling is that tarping just traps moisture and things rust quicker. Some people store inside, not sure how surface rust effects their implements but some swear it does.

 

[PhysAssist]

Yup, all implements on the ground, under come cedar trees. The only two I am bummed about is my mower as with the holes in the deck the water gets into the spindles and the bearings are exposed. And my stump grinder as the bearings are exposed, but a good amount of grease in the fall all is fine.

I understand the wanting to protect, and I do keep my tractor protected when it is being stored (but when it is working, it gets rained on, it gets snowed on and it sits out now and then for a few days at a time).

Storing in a shop or garage is only practical if you have realestate. and in my opinion no very necessary.

Some people tarp, my feeling is that tarping just traps moisture and things rust quicker. Some people store inside, not sure how surface rust effects their implements but some swear it does.

I generally agree, and we don't have anything except our mid-mount mower that would be harmed by being left out on the ground, but I'm lazy and having everything on dollies is just so much easier- now that we have a smooth concrete floor to roll them over.

If we had pallet shelving, there would be so many other things that I would want or need to put on it that putting attachments on it would be way down the list.

But that's just me.

 

[ponytug]

Having a pallet rack, I would comment that the tractor and the attachment can generate significant amount of downforce. (Attachment, plus tractor weight)

Point being, when trying to drop an attachment off, you may want to have a much heavier duty rack than you might plan on.

All the best,

Peter

 

[fidowanttobe]

I store mine on top of plastic pallets that are setting on the ground. I swap back and forth too often to "put them away" up on a shelf. Besides, I consider my loader as an attachment and is only on the tractor when needed.