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Weather - how to cover tractor

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Poor guy

07-27-2005 13:17:03




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Hi, my barn is falling down and I dont have any place to store my 730 Deisel. I am wondering how I can best protect it from wind/rain, etc. I am in Michigan and it gets windy. I use it every 3 weeks. Should I just tarp it, or build a hut out of 4x4 posts and 2x4's? ANy ideas for a poor person who cant afford a pole barn but wants to keep a tractor from sun and rain, etc? At least I have my tractor - who needs other worldly pleasures!

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JoeK

07-28-2005 05:35:07




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 Re: Weather - how to cover tractor in reply to Poor guy, 07-27-2005 13:17:03  
Check around places like Menards/Home Depot etc for one of those shipping containers,believe they are 8Hx8Wx?L if that would do.Have seen them sell for a few hundred.Compact,lockable and"portable" if necessary.And vermin resistant to majority of 4 and 2 legged varmints :)



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John M

07-27-2005 19:32:23




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 Re: Weather - how to cover tractor in reply to Poor guy, 07-27-2005 13:17:03  
Old army tent,then big blue tarp.Canvas will help prevent the scratchs,tarp against the rain and such.



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dave from MN

07-27-2005 19:23:57




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 Re: Weather - how to cover tractor in reply to Poor guy, 07-27-2005 13:17:03  
I have a nice cool new shed for it. Just send her over here to central MN and I'll take good care of her. Need a little green in there any way.



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dennis in or

07-27-2005 17:26:04




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 Re: Weather - how to cover tractor in reply to Poor guy, 07-27-2005 13:17:03  
i had to leave 6 tractors in NC when i moved ,no barn . so i got one of those metal carports i think 20x24,closed in the sides and back end myself. i closed the front door end , no windows or doors until i get back home in a year or two. the good thing about them is they can be moved around as needed ,and you can add on , i saw one that must have been 20x60 or so.



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37 chief

07-27-2005 16:40:02




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 Re: Weather - how to cover tractor in reply to Poor guy, 07-27-2005 13:17:03  
Go the yellow pages in your phone book. and look under garage doors. There are companys that install roll up garage doors, and need to dispose of the old garage door they remove. these doors will make good sides for your shed, and all you will need is a top. stan



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Mark - IN.

07-27-2005 15:57:24




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 Re: Weather - how to cover tractor in reply to Poor guy, 07-27-2005 13:17:03  
Poor, I posted about an old timer that was selling his VAC and D14 sometime back. You just mentioned the materials that he used. He lived in the city and when I went over to see him, I figured no way this guy had tractors there. Where could they possibly be? No way. To get to them in his back yard, first passed through a large lean-2 that kept his old Dodge pickup safe, clean, and in good shape. When got to his smaller back yard, saw 2 home made sheds, not real big. But saw no tractors. He opened the smaller shed, and there was a mint VAC that barely fit length, width, heighth, but there it was, and it fired without effort. Then he opened the larger shed, and there was his cherry D14, and like the VAC, it barely fit, and fired without effort. They were on dirt floors in Rockdale, IL. where the weather might be similar to yours. That 80-something old timer was near the end of his road (per his words), and he sure loved his tractors and took excellent care of them.

Poor, you do what you can afford and build, and it'll work just fine. You'll see.

Mark

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Ben's A

07-27-2005 14:56:17




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 Re: Weather - how to cover tractor in reply to Poor guy, 07-27-2005 13:17:03  
If your roofing and smaller beams are ok you can use the beams to build a frame and the slats off the roof and put the slats on the frame then cover the entire frame(excpet 1 end) with the roofing then mabye you can fabricate a door. Good luck.



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Brokenwrench

07-27-2005 14:47:23




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 Re: Weather - how to cover tractor in reply to Poor guy, 07-27-2005 13:17:03  
Hey poor guy, I just jumped over to ebay and did a search for car port. They have alot of them priced anywhere from $65 up to $135 buy it now.
Don't know if it's what your looking for, but you can check it out. Brokenwrench



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Brokenwrench

07-27-2005 14:30:20




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 Re: Weather - how to cover tractor in reply to Poor guy, 07-27-2005 13:17:03  
You didn't say if the tractor is painted up or not. If it is then the tarp can scratch the heck out of it. Especially if its windy. We did that for a year with a 3020 that was painted nice, seems like no matter how we tarped it, the wind would catch part of the tarp and scratch up the paint. I don't know if it'd fit under one of those portable car port things, or what they cost, but that might be an option. Good Luck
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Dave H (MI)

07-27-2005 14:22:29




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 Re: Weather - how to cover tractor in reply to Poor guy, 07-27-2005 13:17:03  
Make a hoop house of PVC and a good quality tarp. I been storing extra hay that-a-way and I haven't lost a bale. A sheltered location in the lee of your "barn" would be best.



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Illinois Boy

07-27-2005 14:07:09




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 Re: Weather - how to cover tractor in reply to Poor guy, 07-27-2005 13:17:03  
Poor guy,
A sold structure would be the best by far. However, a tarp is worlds better than nothing...
Be advised that sunlight is what causes tires to dryrot - which is why a shed roof / barn / etc. is your best bet. Not all, but most farm tires usually dryrot to death before they wear out.



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Bobg

07-27-2005 18:50:10




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 Re: Weather - how to cover tractor in reply to Illinois Boy, 07-27-2005 14:07:09  
Poor Guy,

Go buy some stock panels, the kind that are 16 feet long by 52 inches wide. Use them to build an arch, I use 2x4's laying down on the ground then use rebar bent in a L driven through holes in the 2x4 to hold it down. I then put a steel post at each corner to secure it better. Then stretch a tarp over it and fasten with zip ties. I store quite a bit of stuff in these. The 730 should fit if you take the muffler off.

Bobg

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