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I am lucky enough to be able to store my CCI in a heated shop along with the rest of my toys.
The one big downside to that is that no matter how much cleaning and brushing I do, a considerable amount of snow and ice remains on the tractor after doing snow removal work. Inside the heated garage this snow and ice ends up as water all over the shop floor.
I looked at car mats intended for this purpose (and other such systems) and in addition to their high cost I really could not find anyone, save the manufacturer, that thought they worked very well.
My $20 solution was to build a little containment area that would keep the water in one place until it could be mopped up or evaporate on its own.
It works great! Typically I mop up about 2 gallons with a standard string mop.
This system would probably contain a total volume of between 4 and 5 gallons of water.
Materials:
24 ft of 1-1/2 x 3/4 vinyl siding trim - comes in 12 ft lengths
1 tube of construction adhesive
2 tubes of clear silicone caulk
I cut the strips to the desired lengths and glued them to the floor.
After the glue set I caulked the inside floor joint with the silicone all the way around the inside of the strips.
The one big downside to that is that no matter how much cleaning and brushing I do, a considerable amount of snow and ice remains on the tractor after doing snow removal work. Inside the heated garage this snow and ice ends up as water all over the shop floor.
I looked at car mats intended for this purpose (and other such systems) and in addition to their high cost I really could not find anyone, save the manufacturer, that thought they worked very well.
My $20 solution was to build a little containment area that would keep the water in one place until it could be mopped up or evaporate on its own.
It works great! Typically I mop up about 2 gallons with a standard string mop.
This system would probably contain a total volume of between 4 and 5 gallons of water.

Materials:
24 ft of 1-1/2 x 3/4 vinyl siding trim - comes in 12 ft lengths
1 tube of construction adhesive
2 tubes of clear silicone caulk
I cut the strips to the desired lengths and glued them to the floor.
After the glue set I caulked the inside floor joint with the silicone all the way around the inside of the strips.