Storing your Tractor?

[/pine]

If it's a gear drive tractor with a clutch...it is advised (see the manual) to disengage the clutch by depressing the pedal and using a block of wood under the floorboard to hold the pedal down...

My B series came with a notched block of wood for this purpose...if left too long the the clutch will seize to the flywheel...

 

[Johnkn]

Not to poach on the OPs thread, what about storing a new backhoe off the tractor, raised off the ground on blocks and covered with a tarp (but not all the way to the ground)? I don't have room for it in the shed. thanks!

 

[Carl_NH]

Not to poach on the OPs thread, what about storing a new backhoe off the tractor, raised off the ground on blocks and covered with a tarp (but not all the way to the ground)? I don't have room for it in the shed. thanks!

That’s what I did the first year when the barn was being built - two 4x4s and covered with a tarp

 

[coobie]

Pole barns are wonderful things.
They should ALWAYS be built BIG !
I had mine built BIG, and then 8 years later built another, bigger one.

I hear ya started out with one barn now have 3 barns.LOL..

 

[s219]

I'd either get a metal carport or build a simple open pole barn. Both are fairly inexpensive options in the grand scheme of things. I can whip up a small pole barn in a week by myself and the cost is minimal. Consider local snow/wind loads when deciding how beefy it needs to be. In some parts of the country you can get away with a pretty light structure.

 

[River19]

I'm in the same boat as the OP and live not too far away so dealing with the same weather.

While I am planning on my tractor purchase in the Spring, one of the primary uses will be blowing snow etc. and during the winter it will be under a tarp/draped car cover. the 4 other seasons (we have a 5th season in Northern New England.....mud season) it will be in the back shed. During the winter there is no way to store it in the shed with the blower on and then drive through the yard to the driveway.

Planning on having it staged next to the garage next to the horse trailer and travel trailer and a convenient plug for the block heater to be used only when I am planning on running it.

I don't see a temp covered carport thingy in my future......unless I find one that will fit and is easy to put up and take down every winter.

Plans are being made for a reasonable 16x12 pole barn for implements......