Storing the FEL dumped

[Midniteoyl]

Or you get a scratch in the chrome..

 

[Midniteoyl]

You are right I suppose. I just looked at our 885 David Brown and it doesn't have a speck of rust on the steering cylinder. I'm not sure the exact year but it is roughly the same age as a 3000, 33 years old at least though.

Mine are good as well.. but definitely have seen some that arent..

I was thinking about some protective boots

 

[jimpen]

I figure I'll run some car wax onto the chrome every few months just to be safe. I also have to do that for the backhoe anyway.

 

[JimRB]

My JD with a loader has sat in the weather for almost 15 years. Cylinders are fine. Tractor may sit for months if I do not have any wild hair projects. But I live in low humidity upper middle Georgia where the last week the humidity has been probably about 70%. Kind of typical weather unlike dry places of the USA.

 

[Gale Hawkins]

Only junk cylinders are hurt by rain it seems to me, After 30 years setting in the rain I saw no rust on the JD310B BH during its annual grease job.

 

[DT86]

My JD with a loader has sat in the weather for almost 15 years. Cylinders are fine.

We had a Farmhand model 22 loader for that 885 DB that sit unused for 8 long years, 2004-2012. After 8 years of sitting outside it had no rust on the cylinders, I sold it to a guy I knew who put it on his 885 David Brown and worked flawlessly.

 

[jimpen]

My JD with a loader has sat in the weather for almost 15 years. Cylinders are fine. Tractor may sit for months if I do not have any wild hair projects. But I live in low humidity upper middle Georgia where the last week the humidity has been probably about 70%. Kind of typical weather unlike dry places of the USA.

Well for me, I'm in SW Ohio. The snow will put an interesting spin on the issue. :yuck:

 

[wolftree]

jimpen,

Though this is slightly off subject, I have seen winters here in Ohio where I had to put wooden 4X4s under the loader bucket to keep it from freezing to the ground. It took me many minutes of working the hydraulics to get the bucket free when I discovered it frozen to the ground the first time.

 

[Kryton619]

Perhaps you should consider spraying the FEL or whole tractor with Fluid Film.

 

[jimpen]

jimpen,

Though this is slightly off subject, I have seen winters here in Ohio where I had to put wooden 4X4s under the loader bucket to keep it from freezing to the ground. It took me many minutes of working the hydraulics to get the bucket free when I discovered it frozen to the ground the first time.

I have a rough cement floor, but I'll keep it in mind.

I figure after the second or third killer frost of fall, I'll dump the MMM and then get it setup for snow clearing. I just hope the winter justifies the effort. :duh: