Without a cover it will be difficult to keep water out of anywhere it doesn't belong. It can find it's way into the most unimaginable places.
If you can come up with some type of shed, a carport, any way to get a roof over it is the best. Sometimes a kit type carport will come up on Craigs List. They are easy to disassemble, move, and modify to take the extra height.
There have been many engines ruined from trusting a rain cap or can to keep water out of the stack. It can track down the side of the muffler through a seam, down around the threads into the manifold, pool beside the manifold and seep into the head ports...
Not just the engine, but the transmission/differential housings can get water inside. It gets in around the shifter, any other place it can find. It's just better to protect the entire tractor from rain and sun if at all possible.
Tarps are only good for temporary storage. They can not be trusted not to tear or blow off. They are also excellent rodent incubators!
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Today's Featured Article - New Hitches For Your Old Tractor - by Chris Pratt. For this article, we are going to make the irrational and unlikely assumption that you purchased an older tractor that is in tip top shape and needs no immediate repairs other than an oil change and a good bath. To the newcomer planning to restore the machine, this means you have everything you need for the moment (something to sit in the shop and just look at for awhile while you read the books). To the newcomer that wants to get out and use the machine for field work, you may have already hit a major roadblock. That is the dreaded "proprietary hitch". With the exception of the
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