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All of us that have our cuts and scuts exhausts exiting toward the side are probably aware of the carbon trail left on the boom of the front end loader. I didn't think much of it except to clean it off now and again but the other night, I was made aware of something that could be a problem. It was dark enough to use the tractor lights. I started the tractor and moved forward into the a cloud of exhaust smoke not visible during the day time. I certainly breathed it in and have been for the two years I've owned this tractor (Mahindra 3016). I now notice I'm always smelling exhaust when i'm operating this tractor. Knowing the highly carcinogenic factor of diesel exhaust, I became concerned especially that I have an open station tractor.
The problem as I sees it is that the exhaust is bouncing off the fel and just sort of "bunching up" in the area so one is always driving through exhaust. Also, any head wind will also blow this exhaust toward the operator even with the boom raised as well as simply moving forward on a calm day. As a result of this, I'm ordering the top exit exhaust as I had on my old John Deere feeling it could be better that the exhaust flys over my head. Perhaps I'm overly concerned but I'd rather err on not breathing in as many fumes.
The problem as I sees it is that the exhaust is bouncing off the fel and just sort of "bunching up" in the area so one is always driving through exhaust. Also, any head wind will also blow this exhaust toward the operator even with the boom raised as well as simply moving forward on a calm day. As a result of this, I'm ordering the top exit exhaust as I had on my old John Deere feeling it could be better that the exhaust flys over my head. Perhaps I'm overly concerned but I'd rather err on not breathing in as many fumes.