Moveable Tractor Shelter
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“I wanted to keep my tractor out of the weather, and this was the cheapest way I could think of to do it,” says Gary Pierman, Perth, Ontario, who used 3-in. dia. steel pipe to build a portable storage shed that he can pick up and move with his Case IH 1285 4-WD loader tractor and 3-pt. mounted snowblower.
The 11 by 24-ft. shed has an 18-ga. corrugated steel roof screwed onto 1 by 4 roof boards. Pierman uses a chain on his loader bucket to lift the front end of the shed, and two 16-in. long chains welded to both ends of an 11-ft. long, 3-pt. mounted crossbar to lift the back end.
“I just lift it straight up about 12 in. off the ground and drive forward,” says Pierman. “I park the shed and tractor in front of our garage during winter so I can quickly back the tractor and out and use the snowblower. Whenever I’m not using the snowblower I enclose all 4 sides with woven poly fabric to keep snow out. During the summer I park the shed out of the way in back of the garage.”
To raise the front end of the shed he tilts the loader bucket down and attaches a chain to the top of it, and also to a pair of hooks welded onto a length of 2 by 6 tubing, which is slid in across the front of the shed. To raise the back end of the shed, he pins the cross pipe with chains onto the tractor’s 3-pt. lower lift arms.
“I put a lot of thought into it before I built it,” says Pierman. “As I lift the shed it goes straight up. I didn’t want to lift the shed at an angle because that would risk pulling the sides in.”
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Gary Pierman, 1032 Powers Road, Perth, Ontario, Canada K7H 3C5 (ph 613 267-5846; gary.pierman@opp.ca).
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Moveable Tractor Shelter BUILDINGS Miscellaneous “I wanted to keep my tractor out of the weather and this was the cheapest way I could think of to do it ” says Gary Pierman Perth Ontario who used 3-in dia steel pipe to build a portable storage shed that he can pick up and move with his Case IH 1285 4-WD loader tractor and 3-pt mounted snowblower The 11 by 24-ft shed has an 18-ga corrugated steel roof screwed onto 1 by 4 roof boards Pierman uses a chain on his loader bucket to lift the front end of the shed and two 16-in long chains welded to both ends of an 11-ft long 3-pt mounted crossbar to lift the back end “I just lift it straight up about 12 in off the ground and drive forward ” says Pierman “I park the shed and tractor in front of our garage during winter so I can quickly back the tractor and out and use the snowblower Whenever I’m not using the snowblower I enclose all 4 sides with woven poly fabric to keep snow out During the summer I park the shed out of the way in back of the garage ” To raise the front end of the shed he tilts the loader bucket down and attaches a chain to the top of it and also to a pair of hooks welded onto a length of 2 by 6 tubing which is slid in across the front of the shed To raise the back end of the shed he pins the cross pipe with chains onto the tractor’s 3-pt lower lift arms “I put a lot of thought into it before I built it ” says Pierman “As I lift the shed it goes straight up I didn’t want to lift the shed at an angle because that would risk pulling the sides in ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Gary Pierman 1032 Powers Road Perth Ontario Canada K7H 3C5 ph 613 267-5846; gary pierman@opp ca
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