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Frillylily Mar 26, 2018 10:03 PM CST |
I'm thinking about using a couple of cattle panels and a tarp/stakes to make a shelter for our riding mower. Has anyone done such a thing? I know ideally it should be parked in a building, but we don't really have that option right now, filled the shed up with projects. I was thinking of using a couple of 4x6 rubber horse stall mats as a 'floor' to keep the mower from being on wet ground. I'd love to see any projects or ideas for temp shelter options that are really inexpensive. |
pepper23 Apr 1, 2018 7:15 PM CST |
I think it should work fine for you. Just make sure to use really strong stakes that can hold the tarps down when we get those 50-70 mph winds. The mats would work great too since they are easy to hose off if they get too dirty. |
katesflowers Apr 3, 2018 5:33 PM CST |
Frillylily Great idea. Beats keeping it in the kitchen like a friend did with his motorcycle - that is until his wife got mashed potatoes on it. Or, the livingroom, like another friend, who kept his radial engine on an engine stand, did-that is until he got married. See a trend here? I like your idea. "Things won are done, joy's soul lies in the doing." Shakespeare |
crawgarden Apr 3, 2018 5:55 PM CST |
Radial engine, as in aircraft engine? Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. |
Frillylily Apr 3, 2018 6:23 PM CST |
I knew a guy once that fixed motorcycles in his house, boxes of parts everywhere, needless to say he wasn't married. ![]() mowers are not cheap and they are expensive and time consuming to fix. Even though we may not have a place at the moment to put it, I want to protect it as much as I can. I'm wondering how long a tarp would hold up? |
pepper23 Apr 3, 2018 7:29 PM CST |
Get the thickest one in the biggest size you can (or the size you need) and you should get at least a year assuming the winds or hail don't rip it. You might even get more years out of it but I'm thinking a little on the conservative side knowing how our weather is here in this state. The thicker it is the better it will hold up. |
katesflowers Apr 4, 2018 4:19 PM CST |
Rj - yes. A rare find. I can understand, since that engine would be more valuable than my whole living room full of furniture. His name was Cole Palen. A very, very cool guy. "Things won are done, joy's soul lies in the doing." Shakespeare |
Frillylily Aug 22, 2018 8:15 PM CST |
FINALLY! ![]() ![]() |
plantmanager Aug 22, 2018 8:19 PM CST |
That should work out well to help protect it. Handcrafted Coastal Inspired Art SeaMosaics! |
Frillylily Aug 22, 2018 8:20 PM CST |
My husband smoothed off the edges of the fence posts so they woudln't be sharp and make a hole in the tarp. We used hose clamps to fasten some of it. |
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