Tractor has a new home

Well my tractor has a new home. It's been in our family forever, was my Grandfathers. It's a 1951 Ferguson TO30. It was always under A pole barn. When he passed I had to move it and put it under a tarp for the last year and a half. Now she can rest peacefully again. It was put up by Carolina car ports. The crew worked like a well oiled machine. Fast,efficient, everything about the crew and company communication was spot on. I bought it at a local showroom in Delaware. The men were 5 hours from home, Henderson NC.
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A little salt air rust on the hood, maybe? I bought a Sperry NH 256 rake at Turners auction in Galena. It is so rusted I figured it came off a farm closer to the coast. I have a TO20 and am thinking about a 30 or 35. Fergusons are a great, simple tractor. Easy to work on. Easy to operate. Next for your shed: lights, doors. Try old carpet turned upside down on the floor, plastic under it. Nylon backing lasts forever. Any nice blues in the surf? Stripers at Indian river inlet?
 
Salt air on the hood, perhaps. Grandad lived in Millsboro but I'd say really more like Lewis. Indian river inlet is 2 hours south of me. I don't fish much there anymore. I'm 1/2 mile from the arch at the top of the state. I fish Barnegat inlet, Long Beach island or Island Beach State park. It's actually closer for me less traffic and better beach structure. Here is a 17 1/4 pound blue caught in the spring. Fourth largest off the beach when I weighd it in. Haven't seem them like that since the mid 70's.
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I don't like those with the roof tin running that direction. The seams tend to leak and drip on your stuff. I hope you have better luck with them than I.
 
Well I hope that's not the case. Not a lot of driving blowing rain in this location as it's a bit sheltered. I hope we don't have an issue,
 
Snow not a lot most years. 2-4 at any one time most years. Occasionally we will get a foot at once but not very often at all. Usually gone in a week or so,
 
I think I had an issue maybe from snow and ice build up when it melts ?
I see many around here now with the seams running up and down like normal metal roofing is put on.
 
I have 4 of the Carolina carports, 3 that are 18 X 21 for equipment storage and goat shelters and a 18 X 40 with garden tractors in it.Never had a problem with them leaking and
we had 28" of snow at one time a few years ago and they came thru it alright.I think the key to them giving good service is to have a good solid flat level pad to put them on to start with.
Good part is you don't have to worry about them catching on fire and burning your tractor up.
 
They were just pushing re-bar into the ground around here to hold them in place. A little wind and a wet spring and they fly 2 to 300 feet. Invest in some 36 inch ground anchors.
 

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