Tracking mud into shop....what to do?

   / Tracking mud into shop....what to do? #11  
I was gonna say kick that mud puppy out when I seen the title.
Park your tractor in your shop backwards with a blade
attached to the 3pt so when you go out use the blade
to clean up behind you :cool:

willy
 
   / Tracking mud into shop....what to do? #12  
^ Store your tractor outside?!? never!

My R4 tires never hold mud. Then again my soil is pretty sandy. I try not to work the soil much on the real wet days anyway.
 
   / Tracking mud into shop....what to do? #13  
I put the pto in neutral, lower the 3ph, drive around in the grass a bit while the tiller bounces the dirt off and park in the center of the shop. The next day or so, I drive out and shake it off again. My "push broom" cleans up the floor great.


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   / Tracking mud into shop....what to do?
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#14  
love this idea along with leaving the tractor out over night once a in awhile - beautiful push broom!

I also dont go out once its muddy but just to give you an idea how sticky our clay is - its been dry for about 4 weeks with days above 15-20 degrees Celsius or 59-68F.

Ill try the above method before i go spend some money on R4s.

thanks guys.
 
   / Tracking mud into shop....what to do? #15  
Set up a system if rails (grates) that support equipment (like cattle guard) in front of shop door and pressure wash equipment before moving into shop....
 
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   / Tracking mud into shop....what to do? #16  
I've had both turf and R4s. Both track mud into the garage. I or the wife just sweep it out when we take the tractor out. Maybe R1s would not track so much?
 
   / Tracking mud into shop....what to do? #17  
A: It's a tractor, not a piece of furniture.
B: It's a shop, not your living room.
 
   / Tracking mud into shop....what to do? #18  
My shop is nice with an epoxy painted floor so I know what you mean. There are degrees of mud on the floor and while it doesn't bother me, it bothers me. Leaving a tractor out overnight only works sometimes because he humidity rises at night and mud doesn't dry out. Plus, the tire in contact with the ground will never dry so mud sticks there.

Turf tires are the worst at mud, R1's less bad and R4's leave the least mud. I just sweep mud out but after a brewski or two conjure up mental solutions. One would be to leave the shop vac plugged in and near the tractor. When I leave mud, loosely sweep out the chunks and vac up the dust. That's one idea I've thought about but never done.

Another I discovered was to leave sheets just cardboard on the floor where the tires go. Drive on, drive off and easy clean up. You only have to do it when mud is bad. Did this one by accident and it worked well. Old 4'x4' sheets from seed and fert pallets.


That's how I would keep mud out of a shop. Keeping off gravel drive is not possible so I just drive in the grass and find a way into the concrete floor barn. When I have to park in the gravel floor barn the only solution I found was an old HF tarp that I once was too lazy to pick up. It held 100% of the mud when I backed out. Lasted a very long time.
 
   / Tracking mud into shop....what to do? #19  
Hay Dirttoys better watch that farting around
outside you will have the environmentalist after
your hide!

willy
 
   / Tracking mud into shop....what to do? #20  
Hay Dirttoys better watch that farting around
outside you will have the environmentalist after
your hide!

willy
LOL yea pollution control (wife) has mentioned that:)
 

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