chrisclark
Member
We're in the process of purchasing a tractor and a couple of 3-point-hitch implements (mower, rear blade, hopefully a land plane). It seems like it would be a good idea to keep them covered so they don't get rusted from exposure to rain, snow, etc. How do you store them?
I've been thinking about getting a car port style structure and parking the tractor and implements under it. If we had 2 3-point-hitch implements, it seems that we could park the tractor and implements under the car port with 1 implement facing the same direction as the tractor (just back through the front opening to hook it up) and the other implement facing the opposite direction as the tractor (just back through the rear opening to hook it up). But if we had 3 implements, it would be a bit trickier. Would it make sense to stack them? I can imagine building a shelf out of 4x6 or 6x6 beams supported by concrete blocks and placing the rear blade on top of it. How high can a 3-point-hitch reach? Would we need to sit the implement on top of the shelf on something that can be moved with pallet forks?
I tried to diagram this below. The bumpy line of ^ symbols at the bottom is the ground; the straight line at the top is the roof of the carport (open or able to be opened at both ends). The implements are named and the < and > signs show the direction the 3-point-hitch attachment points are pointing.
---------------------------------- (roof of carport, open at both ends)
<blade
---------
<land plane mower> (3PH)Tractor
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Thanks,
Chris
I've been thinking about getting a car port style structure and parking the tractor and implements under it. If we had 2 3-point-hitch implements, it seems that we could park the tractor and implements under the car port with 1 implement facing the same direction as the tractor (just back through the front opening to hook it up) and the other implement facing the opposite direction as the tractor (just back through the rear opening to hook it up). But if we had 3 implements, it would be a bit trickier. Would it make sense to stack them? I can imagine building a shelf out of 4x6 or 6x6 beams supported by concrete blocks and placing the rear blade on top of it. How high can a 3-point-hitch reach? Would we need to sit the implement on top of the shelf on something that can be moved with pallet forks?
I tried to diagram this below. The bumpy line of ^ symbols at the bottom is the ground; the straight line at the top is the roof of the carport (open or able to be opened at both ends). The implements are named and the < and > signs show the direction the 3-point-hitch attachment points are pointing.
---------------------------------- (roof of carport, open at both ends)
<blade
---------
<land plane mower> (3PH)Tractor
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Thanks,
Chris