Tractor Storage Covers

kensfarm · Nov 18, 2004

You know I was just pulling your leg.. when I first moved to the farm I did my best to keep the dust off of my Firebird RamAir.. tried car covers.. but a droughty summer.. gravel driveway.. and farm activity.. the dust won.

PBinWA · Nov 18, 2004

I recently bought a car cover for my tractor (Mahindra 2615). (It's new and I want to keep it as close to that way until I can build a real barn) I bought a car cover for a Dodge Caravan and it fits pretty well. It does take a beating in the wind though. There are too many sharp edges on a tractor that wear through the tarp when it is flapping.

Probably wasted money. I 'm trying to find a way to minimize the wind flapping but I suspect that this will just require the barn to be built.

If you don't have to deal with wind then a car cover should work fine. I got mine from JC Whitney and it is breathable so the condensation isn't too bad. I put some rodent bait under the tarp to address the pest problem.

PB

PineRidge · Nov 18, 2004

BP a good friend of mine takes old milk jugs and fills them with play sand, he then attached them to his tarp with heavy string at the grommet points. It keeps the tarp in place and the added weight minimizes flapping in the wind. Maybe this will help your dilemma?

Riddler · Nov 19, 2004

PB, your comment about the Caravan cover reminded me that I have a cover stored away somewhere for one of those very old "bug eye" VW vans (no, I am not a hippy from the '60s). That might actually work. If it does, I am going to update this thread with long stories of how this dust phobic city boy found an excellent way to keep the blue beast sparkling between weekend work outs!!!

Soundguy · Nov 21, 2004

So.. are we talking like a vw micro bus?

I had an old vw minivan.. or whatever they were calle dthen.. it was 'pea' green... perhaps chartruse..

Soundguy

jim_wilson · Nov 21, 2004

I thought about buying a car type cover for my BX23 to keep it protected over the winter since I didn't get to building the garage this summer. I know that the breathable type Evolution fabric covers actually work very well because I have used them on cars I stored outside before thru New England winters and the car was as good in the spring as when I put it away in the fall. The problem with tractors and any sort of cover is that there are too many sharp edges to cut the cover up to have it work without destroying the cover. Plus you have greasy areas and such that will grunge up the cover no matter how hard you try. I ended up buying one of the steel tube/canvas cover type temporary garages from CoverIt. Ended up costing just short of $500 but it will have enough space inside to put the tractor and all the implements plus some other random junk. Plus I will be able to work in it if I have to which the cover would not have let me do. I figure it is money well spent in the long run on wear and tear prevention on the tractor plus it is just more convenient. Check out http://www.coverit.com/