implements in winter

Glenn D · Aug 17, 2013

If I do all the maintenance and painting in the fall are three any tricks to keeping them in good shape through the winter in the snow? I'm going to set everything on plywood at least but what else can be done?

DeltaRed · Aug 17, 2013

You're doing about all that can be done.Cover the
baler knotters(at least),coat moldboards....But I
use old palletts.They are free.Plywood will collapse
and will not 'drain' like a pallett will.A pallet
will keep things 'up' off the ground.

donjr · Aug 17, 2013

Over the years, I have found out that if you have
some 20 or 30K involved in machinery, you should put
a portion of that aside for a roof over it's head.
It will at least double the life of the machine.

showcrop · Aug 18, 2013

It goes without saying that undercover is best. Anything of mine with sheet metal does go under cover but the rest stays out. With the condensation events that the weather brings us the stuff under cover is going to get rained on a couple times a year anyway, unless your shed is climate controlled. My view is that as long as it is clean and has fresh grease to drive the moisture out, that it will not get any more damage than slowly loosing paint. I put my stuff up on flat rocks or cement blocks so that the air can get under it. Plywood will accumulate trash and rot away.

Bret4207 · Aug 18, 2013

(quoted from post at 06:08:57 08/17/13) If I do all the maintenance and painting in the fall are three any tricks to keeping them in good shape through the winter in the snow? I'm going to set everything on plywood at least but what else can be done?

Shoot, if you do all that you're doing more than I can and most of my neighbors can. Those roofs cost a lot of money!

BarryfromIA · Aug 18, 2013

Kinda hard to place a value on being able to fix something under cover or out of the weather. That is the value of a building.

showcrop · Aug 18, 2013

(quoted from post at 16:21:35 08/18/13) Kinda hard to place a value on being able to fix something under cover or out of the weather. That is the value of a building.

Buildings are also very valuable to the municipality. Even with no heat.

Glenn D · Aug 19, 2013

Thanks all... So far a building is not in the cards. I am going to sneak a new building into the the stone foundation of a barn i'm waiting to fall down. I just wanted to know if there were any tricks I didn't know about for storing them outside. for now..

another option I'm going to experiment with for temporary housing is a straw bale building. I think it's temporary enough the township won't care and they seem durable enough for a few years use in these parts..

I will need one for a few sheep we have that we suddenly decided were keeping for the winter. Making it work shouldn't be a problem and with all the wheat grown this year I should have no trouble getting tight bales.

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