What are we using to spray on machinery for the winter?

[shumungus]

As above, what are we all using to protect trailers, slurry tankers, machinery etc to preserve and prolong the paint work at lay up?

 

[alomy75]

Nothing beats being undercover; even if it’s a sheet

 

[Oldmacdonald]

Oil and diesel 50/50 mix.

 

[CORK]

Seriously good stuff

Waxy film for long term outdoor corrosion protection - Z 30 Fluid - ROCOL - ROCOL

Waxy film for long term outdoor corrosion protection

www.rocol.com

 

[steveR]

Waxoyl through a sprayer or the waxoyl applicator. Needs to be thinned with white spirit!

I use aerosol cans of a thin, non waxy protectant off eBay on electrics and the like and smart paint work, a cheaper version of ACF-50, which is the gold standard.

 

[2wheels]

Waxoyl through a sprayer or the waxoyl applicator. Needs to be thinned with white spirit!

I use aerosol cans of a thin, non waxy protectant off eBay on electrics and the like and smart paint work, a cheaper version of ACF-50which is the gold standard.

xcp is maybe better but leaves a stickier finish. ,

 

[box]

Diesel and oil, then put it in a shed for the winter. Keep it simple, no point spending hard earned money on fancy products that you don't need.

 

[neilo]

Diesel and oil, then put it in a shed for the winter. Keep it simple, no point spending hard earned money on fancy products that you don't need.

What’s fancier than a shed to put machinery in for the winter?

 

[box]

What’s fancier than a shed to put machinery in for the winter?

A carpeted, heated house furnished with the latest Italian furniture and a granite kitchen countertop? I'm not sure why you've asked that question tbh.

I said there's no point spending hard earned money on fancy products that you don't need. Diesel/waste oil/cheap oil mix does the job as well as anything as long as the machine is under cover, better still it's so cheap it's pretty much free.

I wouldn't call a shed "fancy". Well, nothing around here is anyway.

Seeing equipment rotting away outdoors breaks my heart, unfortunately it's an increasingly common sight as farmers these days seem to have more money than sense.

 

[alomy75]

Seeing equipment rotting away outdoors breaks my heart, unfortunately it's an increasingly common sight as farmers these days seem to have more money than sense.

Do you think maybe if they had more money than sense they would buy more sheds? With tight budgets/rented yards/sheds still full of grain sometimes machinery has to sit outside

 

[box]

Do you think maybe if they had more money than sense they would buy more sheds?

Probably not. If they made more sheds, they'd fill them up with general junk and clutter so nothing fits in there, then they'd finance a new tractor or pickup, and leave them sitting outside in the rain.

Keep in mind I'm surrounded by "rich" dairy farmers.

Sheds are relatively cheap.....I could buy two kitset 3 bay pole sheds for the price of one new tip trailer. Temporary shelters are even cheaper, you can pack them up and take them away if you're on a leased/rented yard. There's no excuse to not look after stuff IMO, especially with the way machinery prices are going. I buy equipment with the expectation that I'm going to work it hard, look after it and sell it later on for the same price (or more?). Some people suck the life out of anything they own.

 

[Henarar]

As above diesel/oil mix and put it in the shed, its suprising what can be got in if its done with a bit of planning and you don't need it for months, our balers and a lot of the silage making equipment has never been soaking wet

 

[alomy75]

Probably not. If they made more sheds, they'd fill them up with general junk and clutter so nothing fits in there, then they'd finance a new tractor or pickup, and leave them sitting outside in the rain.

Keep in mind I'm surrounded by "rich" dairy farmers.

Sheds are relatively cheap.....I could buy two kitset 3 bay pole sheds for the price of one new tip trailer. Temporary shelters are even cheaper, you can pack them up and take them away if you're on a leased/rented yard. There's no excuse to not look after stuff IMO, especially with the way machinery prices are going. I buy equipment with the expectation that I'm going to work it hard, look after it and sell it later on for the same price (or more?). Some people suck the life out of anything they own.

Well under your rules, I have more money than sense as at the moment because of the lorry driver shortage my grain stores are still full leaving a 13m elevator, 12m rolls, 9m end tow beet drill and various other awkward shaped equipment outside. I don’t know which kit form sheds you speak of but I imagine I’d need 3-5 of them to house my outdoor kit until the wheat pool ends at the end of dec and I get my grainstore back. Don’t get me wrong it breaks my heart having stuff outdoors but just driving by doesn’t necessarily give you the full picture. A proper shed would cost 30k to store all that and all of the kit value wouldn’t amount to that so it wouldn’t be sound business sense on my partially rented yard.

 

[Al R]

Well under your rules, I have more money than sense as at the moment because of the lorry driver shortage my grain stores are still full leaving a 13m elevator, 12m rolls, 9m end tow beet drill and various other awkward shaped equipment outside. I don’t know which kit form sheds you speak of but I imagine I’d need 3-5 of them to house my outdoor kit until the wheat pool ends at the end of dec and I get my grainstore back. Don’t get me wrong it breaks my heart having stuff outdoors but just driving by doesn’t necessarily give you the full picture. A proper shed would cost 30k to store all that and all of the kit value wouldn’t amount to that so it wouldn’t be sound business sense on my partially rented yard.

A farm I worked at had everything inside including cleaner loaders, harvester’s etc but not much was washed like the combine and never lived outside, you’d get a tidy day in the winter and get the spring equipment out to have a look at or shuffle machinery around and pub gossip would start talking saying the kit was all left outside

 

[7610 super q]

What would be a fair rate to charge others for machinery storage I wonder ?........

 

[Barleymow]

Have an old machinery shed takes all day with the loader to squeeze all the machinery in once land work is finished. Will stay undercover until the meadow is cut for hay then be let outside for the summer

 

[Lofty1984]

What would be a fair rate to charge others for machinery storage I wonder ?........

You would make a killing you store a fair bit don’t you ?

 

[7610 super q]

You would make a killing you store a fair bit don’t you ?

Yes. Not sure I'm charging enough though.......

 

[Lofty1984]

Yes. Not sure I'm charging enough though.......

Most def not what’s it cost to store a caravan bet it’s allot more than you charge to store kit

 

[Al R]

Most def not what’s it cost to store a caravan bet it’s allot more than you charge to store kit

Caravan is £30/month in Swansea area, I’m letting a friend store one here as he works for me a fair bit and that’s what he was paying.