Tractor Storage - Thought you guys would love this!

[rayh76]

I wasn't sure where to put this thread, Safety, Customization, or just Owning/Operating. Sometimes, a mans gotta do what a mans gotta do. I thought you guys would love to see how I sometimes store my tractor in the garage. When I want to leave the mower attached to finish mowing the next day: I must take the bucket off, carefully raise the loader arms, put the quick attach brackets in a vertical position, and ease up to the garage wall. I am just glad I still have room to finish insulating and put up OSB sometime in the future. Please notice how I support the loader arms so they don't leak down. A nice 2x8 on top of my saw supports it just fine. I just hope my home made saw bench holds up. I need a short piece of angle iron.

Donations accepted for a 40x60 shop!

 

[Leejohn]

Why don't you just take the loader off? That would save alot of work and also might save a wall.

 

[rayh76]

I was already prepared for that question. I don't really have a nice flat piece of concrete to put it on other than in front of the garage. The mower is now off and I have it parked in a more normal way now. Sometimes I just do that so I can finish mowing the next night if I don't get done....only a few times a year.

I know, looks stupid and when I did that last night, I thought I just had to share with my TBN buddies.

 

[EddieWalker]

Ray,

I think your tractor looks great in there!!!! Mine sits out in the elements and I'm not happy about that. As soon as I finish my shed, it's going indoors and under a roof!!!!

Nice deer rack on the wall. Is that a local buck?

Eddie

 

[rayh76]

Hey Eddie,

Thanks, yeah I couldn't stand to let that tractor sit outside. Tonight I went ahead and left the bucket off as well. I plan on working in the garage on my tractor light project this weekend. Need lots of room and with the bucket off and no implements, I have quite a bit more!

Oh you guys are eyeing my junk now huh? Actually, I can't lie. That rack you see was found by my wife in our front yard one day! I think the deer must have died out back and one of the neighbors dog must have dragged it to my yard. Nice rack...I haven't shot one like that. The only rack I have gotten by hunting is one I hacksawed off a deer. I think one side has 2 points, the other 3. lol I won't post a picture of that.

 

[RexB]

Heck yeah, nice parking job.

Donations accepted for a 40x60 shop!

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[jmfox]

rayh76,

What kind of mower is that?

jmf

 

[Runner]

Ray,

Looks good to me. That's about how mine is always parked. Those rear mowers really take up the room.

Great looking tractor.

 

[Treemonkey1000]

Hey at least you have a shop to park it in. When I was a kid I had to walk 5 miles in the snow barefoot uphill to and from school...........
Actually I keep my tractor at Dad's and he has one of those super heavy duty tarp frame buildings. He has his John Deere ridinging mower, his Tent trailer and my Kubota in there....

 

[SPYDERLK]

I wasn't sure where to put this thread, Safety, Customization, or just Owning/Operating. Sometimes, a mans gotta do what a mans gotta do. I thought you guys would love to see how I sometimes store my tractor in the garage. When I want to leave the mower attached to finish mowing the next day: I must take the bucket off, carefully raise the loader arms, put the quick attach brackets in a vertical position, and ease up to the garage wall. I am just glad I still have room to finish insulating and put up OSB sometime in the future. Please notice how I support the loader arms so they don't leak down. A nice 2x8 on top of my saw supports it just fine. I just hope my home made saw bench holds up. I need a short piece of angle iron.

Yeah, acouple pieces of angle cut length to block collapse of the lift cyls would let you keep the space under the arms open.
larry

 

[daTeacha]

Mine gets parked in a pole building that's been remodeled to various uses over the years. My part was adding a lower level addition for the sheep on one side, another addition on the other side for firewood, and a dividing wall to keep the critters from the machinery and tools as much as possible. As it is, the sheep/hay storage section also houses the trailer, disc, bush-hog, the Cadet (in winter), the table saw, air compressor, manure spreader (in summer), and most of my rough lumber.

The tractor is squeezed in among the welder, workbench, welding table, storage cabinet, radial arm saw, walking mower, furnace, drill press, snow blade, bench grinder, fastener storage, fencing supplies, hoses, steel supply, and outdoor tool storage. And oh yeah, the walk-in door comes in there to access the sheep/hay area without going through the barnyard.

You have all kinds of room around yours!

 

[Redbug]

Don't apologize for a place to park your stuff. As a person acquires more things, stuff gets shuffled and your use of space becomes more efficient. You cannot have too much concrete, nor roof. When the weather's bad, everything is snug.

Some day I plan to have a large pole barn to accomodate my workshop, tractor/boats, and other things. My 3 bay shop is getting small...

 

[rayh76]

rayh76,

What kind of mower is that?

jmf

jmf,

See my signiture. The mower is a Landpride FDR2572 finish mower (6'). Does a pretty nice job but I don't like how it hooks up to the quick hitch. I can't put the 3 pt. in float as I have to have the 3 pt arms drop near the ground to attach to the mower. If I put it in float, the quick hitch will hit the pto shaft. Sometimes when in steep areas, I watch closely and adjust the 3 pt so I make sure there is no contact. If someone has a suggestion, please let me know.

Thanks for all the comments.

 

[rayh76]

You have all kinds of room around yours!

You should have seen it a 2 weeks ago. There was no room in the garage as I had stacks of shingles, boxes of nails, buckets, fuel tanks, etc between the tractor and the wifes car. I could barely get in the passengers side! I don't know how she put up with it all winter. lol

What's a walking mower? Oh I think I have one of those somewhere...

 

[Timber]

I doi that all the time, I let it leak down though. It takes a very long time to drop