Storing Implements

[rmully]

Anyone have a good way of storing implements so they are out of the rain and easy to get to and hook up ?

 

[rekees4300]

A large shed with large doors and concrete floor would be a good way.

 

[thatguy]

I dont have a shed to put them in, so I ended up buying canvas tarps to cover them up. I use bungee straps to keep the tarp from blowing off..

So far I have not had any trouble with them, and it has kept most of the weather off the implements.. the canvas tarps have last 3 yrs and except where the rabbits chewed a few holes they have held up very well

brian

 

[Johndeere3720]

Most all my implements live outside. Except the ones at my Dad's which live in the arena.

 

[Wacky]

I just set mine in a barn blocked off the dirt floor. The birds even put a nice whitish coating upon them, to prevent sun from damaging the finish, of course

 

[rmully]

I just set mine in a barn blocked off the dirt floor. The birds even put a nice whitish coating upon them, to prevent sun from damaging the finish, of course

Birds are so kind like that :laughing:

 

[silvertramp]

My bush hog has lived outside uncovered for 20+ years- still works fine.

 

[SpringHollow]

I have pallet racks outside with a roof added and tarps or metal/plastic roofing/siding panels hung on hooks for removable side panels. I put heavy implements on the lower rack, lighter ones higher up, and store other things on the higher racks.

Ken

 

[YanmarFever]

Told to me by an old farmer,

If you have to leave your mower outside in the weather, put it on a wooden pallet, then throw a cheap tarp over it.
The pallet keeps the ground moisture away and the tarp keeps the rain off.
Plus, its easier to mount on your tractor when its elevated on a pallet

Makes sense to me !

 

[California]

The gophers are so bad here that the two winters when I left the rotary mower on the ground, I found it packed solid with dirt each spring.

Now the mower winters on two layers of pallet, and under a 20 x 20 tarp-carport. The lower pallet still gets packed solid.