Implement Storage

nrowles · Jun 27, 2019

I know the best thing is to store implements under roof but I don't current have a roof for them and I don't feel like spending a couple thousand to store a couple thousand worth of implements.

Here's what I have: 6' rotary cutter, 12' drop spreader, 6' disc, 2 row planter, 5' box blade, 6' grader blade, 8' cultipacker.

Currently I do have the planter tucked away but everything else sits out. Ultimately my question is if it is hard on the cutter, drop spreader and disc (the ones with moving parts) if I let them sit out? Do any of you let these types of implements sit out and have no problems?

Philip d · Jun 27, 2019

If it was me I?d like to leave the planter in somewhere also the
rest would survive outside

SETX · Jun 27, 2019

The planter and drop spreader I would cover.
The rest can survive outside but I would set them down on concrete or heavy wooden skids to avoid ground contact. Oil/grease up all moving parts.

RogerinIowa · Jun 27, 2019

I'd park the disk on something to keep
blades out of dirt. Maybe spray blades
with oil. Planter in the dry.

Gary Mitchell · Jun 27, 2019

Everything we owned for the past 50 years that I recall, set out except our Gehl grinder/mixer and part time this tractor or that. We always greased everything that had a zert and slathered grease on everything shiny, except the disk. I don't see where it mattered a great deal except maybe tire life. Course that's my personal observation. gm

SVcummins · Jun 27, 2019

We never stored anything inside except the 4020 in
winter and the 4320 the 4020 to keep the snow off
the seat the 4320 because even in an Unheated
shed they start better when it?s 40 below zero other
than that the car sat under an open garage

jeffcat · Jun 27, 2019

Most everyone agrees but here is what my dad would do. Every expensive or
temperamental piece of equipment you want under cover. Planters etc. Grease up
plows and such. Now stuff outside put up on blocks or even chunks of firewood.
Give them a good spray coat of drain oil. Use an old paint gun or a harbor
freight sandblast gun with the screw on container. DO NOT spray tires and
hoses.!!!!!! Lastly go to a good flea market and pickup some of those silver
tarps. Not that expensive and the silver ones are water proof. Now your outdoor
machines should be very happy.

Mike M · Jun 27, 2019

A lot sure depends on your climate. Here in Ohio tractors even stored inside rust up way worse than the ones out west sitting outside.

chuck t · Jun 27, 2019

(quoted from post at 12:07:03 06/27/19) I know the best thing is to store implements under roof but I don't current have a roof for them and I don't feel like spending a couple thousand to store a couple thousand worth of implements.

Here's what I have: 6' rotary cutter, 12' drop spreader, 6' disc, 2 row planter, 5' box blade, 6' grader blade, 8' cultipacker.

Currently I do have the planter tucked away but everything else sits out. Ultimately my question is if it is hard on the cutter, drop spreader and disc (the ones with moving parts) if I let them sit out? Do any of you let these types of implements sit out and have no problems?

I have a lot of the same stuff and use plastic truck bed liners. Get them free from a place that does spray in bed liners. Junkyards sell them cheap. Cut them with a chain saw
If I need to. Work great.

Bob Harvey · Jun 27, 2019

Tarps and 2 x 4's. Lay the 2 x 4's on the machine so that when the tarp is on there will still be air flow. Anchor the tarp with firewood, bricks or rocks. HTH

Geo-TH,In · Jun 27, 2019

Mike
What kind of building do you have? I store everything under roof, no rust issues. All my buildings have shingles and well vented. A farmer 1 mile down the road stores all his farm equipment stored inside huge pole barns.
George

OliverGuy · Jun 27, 2019

If you have a stone pad, I stored pallets of ice melt outside under 10?x20? tents from Menards. Pipe frame and canvas like tarp. I strap them down with
yellow straps to a tree or park your equipment on a 4x4 or pipes and tie the tent down to that. Ends open for breeze and up on stone to stay out of the
mud. Just an idea

Bob · Jun 27, 2019

Clean 'em up good, the rotary cutter, for sure, will have debris on top that will stay wet, rot into and acidic substance that eats paint and metal.

If the paint is decent and they are cleaned up after use, they will survive for MANY years outside.

If tarped without being cleaned up, moisture trapped under the tarp combined with debris will EAT metal.

Ultradog MN · Jun 28, 2019

Find some pieces of housewrap. Tyvek is
a major brand but there are others.
Housewrap is really tough and won't
shread in the wind like a cheap plastic
tarp will. It sheds water but breathes
so it doesn't trap water underneath like
a plastic tarp will.
If you are handy you can sew the stuff -
by hand or in a sewing machine.
I hear of folks sewing up car covers for
classic cars out of it. Wont scratch
paint.
Or screw it between two boards to
fashion a good fitting cover for your
equipment that won't blow away.
Use a marble, small stone or nut tied
inside to make tieoff points on it. It
will last for years. It comes on a
9'x150' roll.
It is rather expensive. Like $150? for a
roll but you can find partial rolls of
it on craigslist sometimes for cheaper.
Or one roll would cover a lot of
equipment a lot cheaper than a shed.

showcrop · Jun 28, 2019

Well, you know what? A piece of equipment that it backed into and left in a shed without being cleaned off can sustain much more damage than one that is cleaned up and left out. I keep some tractors, two antique cars, and forklift in my shop building. Two to three times a year before I got a dehumidifier, I would walk in to see water puddled under tractors and forklift due to condensation. I keep my baler and some other stuff under cover but most sits out, and yes the paint suffers, but the paint, if done before it gets too bad, can be recoated and its life greatly extended.

Mike M · Jun 28, 2019

A regular pole building will not do. With the weather changes you end up with condensation dripping from all you iron.
I have them insulated and heated. Where the good stuff is kept I Run a dehumidifier and if we get really hot weather I'll even stick a window A/C unit in.

495man · Jun 28, 2019

Planter and Spreader should be in, rest are fine outside. Just park somewhere so they aren't sinking in the mud.

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