I use a fitted sheet, not a plastic tarp. It keeps the dust off and the machine clean without trapping humidity. The lawn tractor gets a queen size fitted sheet in the winter as well. Same reason. I'm not too worried about protection from impacts.

In the background of the chipper you can see the lawn tractor wearing it's hoodie.

 

same here

 

Do you use a cover on your snowblower during the off season while stored in your garage?

No cover here. Blower is stored in a cold shed. It can get some grass/tree pollen on it during the summer but this disappears after the first use in winter. I’ve always had the opinion that free airflow trumps cleanliness for OPE. Nothing breathes as well as “no cover whatsoever’

 

I don't have enough covers for my equipment .....

I just park everything, and periodically start and run everything throughout the year ...

 

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No cover. Stored in attached garage.

 

I store mine in the shed under my deck. I put a plastic bag over the engine to keep the occasional drip that may get through to it.

 

no covers on my snowblowers either but i do bring them out and wax a different machine when i wax one of my minitrails

 

I use a sheet over OPE in the garage to avoid dust, etc from projects, and to protect a bit from accidental scratches. In the shed I do not use any covers. Vinyl or plastic covers are an invitation to the critters, esp mice.

 

I have a snow blower cover made to fit anything from a 21" single stage to a 30" two stage. It outlasted my 21" single stage and still looks new.

After every use I dust the snow off my 24" two stage blower and put the cover on it in my side yard, chained to the fence. In the off season I wheel it into my shed and put the cover on, because there's no reason not to, and because it keeps the dust off.

It fits loosely enough that I don't think there's any risk of it trapping moisture.

 

I use a heavy toro cover for my toro 2000 e in garage for off season keeps it clean


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I don't bother with a cover. After blowing the first snowfall it gets put back in the heated garage and the melting snow washes it clean.

 

No cover here. In the winter it's kept in the unheated garage and in the off season it's in the shed for about a week after I drain the fuel system. I leave the cap off the fuel tank so the last vestiges of fuel evaporate and then I move it to unfinished part of the basement. There, in the luxury of the climate-controlled environment I do all the maintenance like greasing & oiling that which needs greasing & oiling, checking the friction wheel and such, and then I just roll it into a corner there. It stays there until the next snow is forecast and then I move it to the garage. I don't actually put fuel in it until there is actual snow on the ground. This isn't Buffalo so there is a good chance that I won't use it at all in a given year, then some other years we get buried, which is why I have a snow blower at all.

 

Breathable black cover for the off season, stored in the garage workbay. It sort of keeps dust away, but is also a visual thing.

The seasonal-storage cars get covers plus moving pads. The snow blower just the thin cover, sits on the mini dolly so it's easy to roll around when needed.

 

Stored in a cold shed winter and summer and no cover.

 

I store mine in a well ventilated shed in the off season under an old breathable car cover.

 

Yep the shed I use for off-season parking ATM can get quite dusty. Also it's a bit of a trek to the staging/launch area so it gets used during the 'on' season too.

The writing says "Yanmar Snowblower". Naturally... 😎

 

I do own a vintage car and I do keep it covered for dust.

But a darn blower that is lucky to be well maintained and stored indoors, why must it be covered indoors?

I respect my Snap-ons enough to keep them clean of water/grease, but I sure don't polish/buff them with chrome polish.

 

No cover. It's stored in an attached, unheated insulated garage all year. I just wipe the dust off if I want to give it an additional coat of wax in the off season.

 

I store mine either in the permanent shed (concrete floor) or in my HF 10' x 10' tent shed which is raised above the ground on pallets. Both can see a problem with humidity at times of the year, so I don't cover the blowers. I used to cover them when they were left out in the yard (before I got the tent shed).

 

@soyabean Similar opinion here. But then I’ve never understood people who manicure lawns either. Life’s just too short to worry.
How many people will lay on their death bed wondering if they let too much dust land on an uncovered blower. Remember this is a machine that usually manages to cover itself in snow and ice during use, and is mainly used during the darkest time of the year, and by a guy wrapped up in his oldest and least stylish winter clothes.

 

I have a shed so I don't use a cover. I worry about mice building nests in the machine if I put a cover on it. They built nests in my lawn tractor, but have left the snow blower alone for 8 years so far.

 

I worry about mice building nests in the machine if I put a cover on it.

That's why I put mine inside the house in the unfinished part of the basement off season. Right now the lawn mower is there for the same reason. Drained of all fuel, of course.

 

Mine is in an attached garage. The auger and scraper rests on a rubber floor mat. I use a medium size towel that is a small bit oily. I cut out a U shaped area where the chute is and that's my cover all year. My riding mower gets an old comforter draped over it.

 

No cover on mine. In winter it's in the unheated garage, summers in the shed.

 

Negative

 

Not enough room in my garage so I store it outside under a cover.

 

No cover.