Fire Rant

I sure don't want to use poor ol' Harley's misfortune as an excuse to crawl up on my soapbox, but that sort of "fire" thing happens to buildings with tractors parked in 'em too. Steel and cement buildings will indeed burn. Been there and done that.

I'm of the opinion that storing tractors inside just to keep the bird dung off that pretty paint is just about as dumb as it gets.

Sorry Charlie, I'll quit my rant now,

Allan

If I leave my tractors and machinery sit outside I have more repairs and they rust away.And the sun bleaches them away.

All this is at my expense.

If they are in the shed and it burns down it is at my insurance company expense.

I'll let them pay not me.

Gary

I could see in a dry climate like your's but here all tractors go under cover at night (well, most of the time) and most of our implements do too.

K

I restored an old 1945 JD B that I think the guy said came from Montana ? WoW ! you can't believe the difference.

I used to work for a dealer who would buy used, low-mileage, program vehicles out of Minneapolis/St. Paul 'cause he could buy 'em for a song.

These things were only just one year old and they were total wrecks. Corrosion like you wouldn't believe.

Allan

I would never, ever build a house with an attached garage. I care about my family heirlooms, dogs, my computer hard drives, my photos, etc that insurance simply can't replace to avoid walking through a little bit of snow and rain.

I wouldn't mind an covered walkway between them -- the fire would vent nicely instead of going in the main house.

Far too high of a fuel load in them, and seldom will sheetrock manage to prevent smoke and water damage to the main house even if the fire itself is contained.

For my house, I also like to keep a 100' of 3/4" garden hose coiled up by the water tank in the basement. That's enough to reach around the house and the top of my driveway and garage. If the extinguisher doesn't get the fire, at least you're not standing around with a thumb up your butt till the fire trucks can arrive and you have a shot and confining the fire -- you can do a lot without getting into the smoke.

I would rather park the tractors and implements inside and save the rust and water damage and chance that a fire happens ( which I am insured against ) versus leave them all outside and let mother nature do a lot of damage ( which I can't buy insurance for anyhow ).

If I lived in a climate that was dry enough I could leave hay stacked out with no moisture damage, sure I would consider leaving everything outside...

Matter of fact, this summer is about that dry, but thats another story all together....

Good Luck..... ..

pictures speak a thousand words...
Here is another day of rain,,, had to put the front end out to work on the bushhog ,,,and of coarse ,,another bunch of rain came ,,,,,yup gotta get a bigger garage