I'm curious.. do people cover their lawn tractors?

[KerryAll]

Well, if you ever tried to pull the four foot width of Velcro holding my plywood pouch closed, you would see it's a lot stronger than you might think. I'll ask him to price it both ways, but it's going to mean at least a 16' zipper overall. If it gets a bad tooth or two after a couple years, the whole thing doesn't close well.
Anyway, we'll get the first type done, and see if there's enough interest to pursue.
But don't stop sending those ideas and comments, they've helped me develop my products a great deal so far.

 

[twall]

Well, if you ever tried to pull the four foot width of Velcro holding my plywood pouch closed, you would see it's a lot stronger than you might think. I'll ask him to price it both ways, but it's going to mean at least a 16' zipper overall. If it gets a bad tooth or two after a couple years, the whole thing doesn't close well.
Anyway, we'll get the first type done, and see if there's enough interest to pursue.
But don't stop sending those ideas and comments, they've helped me develop my products a great deal so far.

I'm just thinking if velcro is that close to the ground....in the same time period, what kinda gunk is gonna be in the velcro? Not to mention, let's MISALIGN that velcro, and try and tear it apart.....you said the positive of velcro (with which I agree) is it's forgiving to holding when not aligned right.

Just thoughts....

 

[KerryAll]

OOOOH....you're onto something there. REALLY onto something. Make it so you can somehow cinch it up at the bottom when the bottom is not attached. It'd be expensive, but really worth it for we who have not the blessings of a great big shed/garage!!!

Great thinking!

BTW, you get my email?

Hey, twail, did the lawn mower cover I sent you get there yet? I hope we beat the postal strike up here!

 

[KennyV]

Hey, twail, did the lawn mower cover I sent you get there yet? I hope we beat the postal strike up here!

So this is why twall has been missing....
He has went up there to locate and pick this up....... :smile:KennyV

 

[Black Bart]

I'm curious - what's the "ballpark" price range for a complete lawn tractor enclosure? I'm thinking of something you'd drive the tractor onto, and then zip it up.

This would be something that might be of value to even us "big a$$ shed" owners. Twice in the past I've gotten the tractor out of winter storage, only to find that mice had nested in the engine compartment, and once they'd even chewed through some wires. I'm guessing that one repair bill would have paid for an enclosure.

Ever hear of Decon.:confused2:

I keep all of my mowers in a garage along with 7 cars.
I have some classic cars and sure as hell don't want mice in them.

Every fall I put out fresh Decon and have never had a problem with mice.

I keep a remote control on my mower so when I Finnish mowing I just push the button and drive it in the garage. :thumbsup:

 

[KerryAll]

Ever hear of Decon.:confused2:

I keep all of my mowers in a garage along with 7 cars.
I have some classic cars and sure as hell don't want mice in them.

Every fall I put out fresh Decon and have never had a problem with mice.

I keep a remote control on my mower so when I Finnish mowing I just push the button and drive it in the garage. :thumbsup:

Hmm, Black Bart, methinks you have more pieces of gold than the rest of us! :laughing:
For those others, I hope to offer covers soon for a reasonable price... as long as twail hasn't left town without doing a review of the prototype!!

 

[Black Bart]

Hmm, Black Bart, methinks you have more pieces of gold than the rest of us! :laughing:
For those others, I hope to offer covers soon for a reasonable price... as long as twail hasn't left town without doing a review of the prototype!!

Well it may cost more but I don't think you would argue that my garage which is heated in the winter and air conditioned in the summer is much nicer than putting your mower in a bag and leaving it outside year round. :smile:

I know what it is like to not have a garage when I was young I had to even leave my car outside but when I built my new home I made sure that I also built a nice garage. :thumbsup:

In fact I now have 2 of them and both are heated and have AC in them.
I spend a lot of time in them working on my cars rebuilding old cars is my hobby and I never take my daily drivers to a garage for repairs I do ALL of my own work.

 

[KerryAll]

Hey, if I had the coin, I'd be like you... so, hopefully enough people will find a home for a 'bag' for their lawn mower, and I can save for that heated garage! :thumbsup:

 

[krisbc1]

Its called a garage:laughing:

 

[KerryAll]

...and I'm here to help all those folks who can't afford a garage... :thumbsup: