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Detmurds

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Who keeps their happiness called a tractor inside a garage, or barn, and who doesn't even put as much as a tarp on it?

I keep mine in my barn which is only heated when I am inside it.
 
I am just trying to find a good reason to keep mine out even though I have the space for it. I know that the bottom line is all about, "how much do you want it to be nice." I mean,..aren't these things built to be outside all the time? I guess a good example is the same with our vehicles, surely most would want to keep it inside, but not all are able to do so.
 
Intent is topark mine in the barn but over the years, the barn isle has shrunk to the point the tractor is a nuisance when parked there. Ususlly stays in the back yard with the windshield down facing the wind/weather.
 
built the pole barn just to keep em all inside,even growing up dad kept them all shedded,on the rare occasion one stayed out it got covered with a tarp (canvas,plastic ones were not out yet).As stated below sure makes them easier to maintain. Bill M.
 
I will not keep anything I own that has an engine of any size outside, WAY more problems with moisture storing outside. Paul
 
I try to keep mine in, but when the barns get full of hay more and more of them gradually get left out.
 
Definitely keep them inside, or at least under a
roof. I've got two non-runners right now and they
are outside. One is just for parts, the other I'll
probably roll indoors and maybe work on next winter.

Christopher
 
All of my machinery stays inside 99% of the time its not being used. Thats the reason my 1066 that my dad bought new still looks like new with 4000 hours on it. Keeping machinery out of the weather pays well.
 
All the important stuff stays in unless it is in the fields that are far away. All the tractors, planters, combine and trucks are kept inside year 'round. Unfortunately I don't have enough storage for keeping all the tillage, hay racks and trailers under a roof....
 
tore the old stripping room off of the side of the tobacco barn (barn is now used as a shop and cattle working area) and added a higher roof in that space. I keep the newest tractor under that roof always, also the most expensive implement that i own, the hay baler, and always the mixer/grinder ( they do NOT take to getting wet) and then whatever else I can fit.

It isn"t completely inside but it is under roof
 
Some are in, some are out. the painted up pretty
ones are in where it's warm and dry. The ones I use
everyday sit outside and get their heat through an
extension cord. Except for old Allis. he just sits
in the cold and starts no matter what the weather.
Every day.
 
I keep my 3 tractors in a barn, I cant say the same for my equipment though! brush hogs, discs, plows, hay rakes, 1 baler, haybine, tedder, 1 manure spreader ect, ect, are all outside. I dont like it that way, but I dont have the space for my fleet.
 
Everything here with the exception of the skid steer and feed cart is outside... and those two are parked in the cow barn. Outside would probably be better in most respects... but it is warm enough in there to save a block heater in the skid...
Other than a few things like balers I'm of the opinion that most things should be outside. I've no desire to lose a fleet of equipment to a fire in one hour because it's all under one roof. Seen it happen... Not pretty.

Rod
 
my 2N is kept in the house attached garage year around right along side our chrysler van. we depend on this tractor for part of our making a living; thusly it is kept inside when not in use and in top mechanical condition.
 
Well,

At first, I was more than @n@l about keeping stuff inside (when I had 1 tractor, grain drill, plow, and disc) Then I bought more stuff, and eventually got a little relaxed on it.

Now, after problems with a injection pump, water in hydraulic oil, seats that just don't last, sticky brakes, stolen fuel, cracks in steering wheels (and black hands from said wheels) and water in carbs and fuel lines, OH AND BEES/HORNETS/OTHER STINGING CUTIES!! I'm getting more @n@l about getting everything back inside (tractors at least). A night or 2 here and there don't really hurt imo, it's when they constantly sit outdoors.

I've got rid of a lot of "stuff" just so i can get the tractors back inside, and looking into building a new barn (that will eventually become the shop) in the next year to 2. I've also begun a quest to make sure everything I have with a motor motors under it's own power.. Only thing worse than tractors sitting outside are tractors that have to be constantly pushed and pulled around. I don't care at this point if they don't run their best, just as long as they will run.

Brad
 
Same here with tobacco. When tobacco starts go'n in barns stuff starts set'n out. As the barns empty stuff gets it's home back again.
 
All my tractors and haying equipment go in side unless miles from the shed. Seems like they just run better.
 
My grandpa always kept EVERYTHING he owned in a shed. I always laughed when he went camping because he complained that his truck and camper had to sit outside! But everything he owned looked top notch.
 
Keep tractor inside rest outside as i don't have room inside. but do clean and keep paint on equpment stored outside also clean it when finished working it.
 
everything i own is under a roof. if i can't get it under cover for the winter i would not own it. dump trucks loader and crawlers and tractors all under cover
 
lucky you, spent all my money buying tractors during the summer, forget about putting up a barn/shed/garage for winter. i might find them when the snows melt.
 
All of my equipment is under cover.
I have one trailer I keep a tarp on but everything else is under roof.

Much less trouble with equip kept inside, lasts lots longer.
 
About the only thing that gets a shed is my Dad's 54 Chevy Flat bed, I use to haul my tractor I use for discing. Everything else is outside' but covered with a tarp. Stan
 
Three Tractors and Skid Steer and Lawn Equipment all have designated unheated indoor parking spots.. They can be plugged in if needed... Heated shop usually sits mostly open unless something needs work..Skid Steer is current project(?) Should be working on semi-TRACTOR- and hopper bottom instead.. Peterbilt is sitting outside, and he paid for the shop.. Life isn't always fair for the iron creatures; either.

Shame on me.
 
both in and out 2 are in the shed , 2 are out under tarps, all are used, but with the 2 tractors, a welding trailer,some other machinery, 100 extra bales of hay, and other stuff right now i dont have room to put the other 2 in, fortunatly south central nm, weather is amonst the best in the nation and i dont have any problems, tarping is a pia, but i cant just leave one sitting out uncovered, just isnt right
 
Keep as many as we can in our main shop but since we keep get more tractor we spilled into 2 other buildings. The 80 R 830 BO all stay close to home. I like to sit and look at them
 
Mine is inside an unheated pole bard, I even keep my 3 point mowers inside if possible. I hate to leave any thing in the weather. The sun is wose on things than the rain and snow in my opinion.
 
Mine stays in the basement garage unless snow is called for, then it goes out under a tarp and the car goes in. New truck is too big to fit.

Aaron
 
all the hay equipment stays inside the barn, especially during the
winter. during summer while were doing hay we might just leave
the tractor and rake out for a night but that wont hurt anything. but
we always keep almost everything inside. helps keep things
working good and looking sharp.
 
I keep tools inside a small one car garage. Everything else is outside, scattered, and under those plastic sheet carports or cheesey green tarps. When the barn burnt down with everything in it, most everything I owned in tools, tractors and equipment, the insurance man had a big smile. he said " I bet you are one of those guys that looks down on a farmer that leaves stuff on a stone wall, or the middle of a hayfield. well, by the time you are done here, you will find not only are tarps cheaper than buildings, less tax than buildings, and they don't attract lightning and burn down like buildings. You'll change your mind." I did.
 
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