Steel buildings or Wood ?

[Rip]

Just a comment or two regarding storing PT attachments...... I would be VERY cautious of storing them on even "heavy-duty" homeowner type shelves where you intend to hook up or unhook them from the tractor.

As mentioned above by Carl, if you can find some good surplus pallet rack shelving (designed to have full pallets loaded/unloaded by forklift) such as used in warehouses, you might have a decent solution.

The issue is not the weight itself, but the unintended forces in any and all directions that will occur during the mating/unmating process. Some will claim to have been successful at this, and I would not dispute them, just to be very cautious if this is your plan.

 

[MossRoad]

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You may have something turned on in your PC security settings or anti virus/anti spy-ware filters that won't allow JPEGs to open from the internet or e-mail attachments. There are poison JPEGs out there that can damage your PC. I would poke around those settings and see, if you are really interested in finding out why. If not, just continue to save them to your PC, then open them. It is only a couple extra mouse clicks.

 

[BAGTIC]

I agree with RIP about stacking implements on shelves. We just built, almost, a 40x50 and I intend to use the heavy industrial pre-fab racks but I intend to raise the bottom shelf high enough to store all the attachments directly on the concrete slab.

BTW, I warn everyone to never do business with General Steel (metal buildings). I am VERY UNHAPPY with my dealings with them.

 

[SnowRidge]

BTW, I warn everyone to never do business with General Steel (metal buildings). I am VERY UNHAPPY with my dealings with them.

Can you share some specifics? I will be having a new building constructed, and General Steel is one company that caught my eye.
Please PM me if you are not comfortable with going public with the details.

 

[ponytug]

I completely agree. You have to make the rack strong enough to take the accidental push down on the loader arms and back up. Or ramming during loading.

We ripped out a 2x6 trying to carefully place some pallets on a floor rack through misjudging the height and the down force.

Just a comment or two regarding storing PT attachments...... I would be VERY cautious of storing them on even "heavy-duty" homeowner type shelves where you intend to hook up or unhook them from the tractor.

As mentioned above by Carl, if you can find some good surplus pallet rack shelving (designed to have full pallets loaded/unloaded by forklift) such as used in warehouses, you might have a decent solution.

The issue is not the weight itself, but the unintended forces in any and all directions that will occur during the mating/unmating process. Some will claim to have been successful at this, and I would not dispute them, just to be very cautious if this is your plan.

 

[SnowRidge]

I have found the gentlest way to set the attachments down is to release the quick attach, then gently pick up, move into position, lower until almost down, then curl and back away. It's easy to make a mistake, though.

 

[BAGTIC]

Can you share some specifics? I will be having a new building constructed, and General Steel is one company that caught my eye.
Please PM me if you are not comfortable with going public with the details.

My building included four "insulated windows". Ehen the windows arrived the crates were labelled 'insulated windows" and there was an "insulated window" sticker on each unit. When my installer finished installing them and I inspected them I disvovered none of them were "insulated". General steel refused to make good claiming that they were insulated. I have since had four local contractpors look at the windows and they all concur that the windows are not "insulated windows'.

When erection began it was discovered that GS had failed to ship two of the four welded eteel units that attach the side frame to the end frame. They did make goo on this.

When the building was being erected the local contractor who had been in business 16 years informed me that theere was insufficient insulation to install according to GS instructions. We had to order the extra insulation locally at our expense... $300.

When the doors were installed it was discovered that one of the two overhead doors would not fit the frame because the doors supplied required 12+ inches above the frame but the end truss was less than 8 inches. I had to order locally replacement tracks at my expense for another $150.

The original design was for two garage doors and one pedestrian door in one end and another large door in the side for my tractor. When the kit came they had 'forgotten' the side door so now I must remove one of the cars to store tractor, feed, hays, etc. They would have 'fixed it for $4,000+ 'reingineering fee'.

Furthermore for what it ended up costing a local contractor told me he could have installed a 16" insulated reinforced concrete building, F-5 tornado resistant, with twice the insulation, and with real insulated windows for less money. Being new to the area I did not know the locals and went with GS because it was a nationally advertised company. Believe it or not it is possible for a grown man to screw himself.

All in all a sh***y experience all around. Everyone must decide for himself but personally if I ever hear 'General Steel' around here again I am going to grab the wife and dog and head for the hills because it is like the old joke about 'the man from the government who is here to help you'.

 

[SnowRidge]

Thank you. That is very useful information.

 

[Barryh]

Any one have any good ideas on keeping mice out of your tractors when locked in a shed ??? I need to store one and worried about mice making a nest and eating up my wiring.... I heard of moth balls does that really work??

 

[J_J]

Any one have any good ideas on keeping mice out of your tractors when locked in a shed ??? I need to store one and worried about mice making a nest and eating up my wiring.... I heard of moth balls does that really work??

Just get a big mean cat and house and feed it in the shed , or keep some rat poison around the shed.