leonz
Super Member
So do owners of older Kubota 4 cylinder tractors have this problem? If so then maybe it's just inherent in the 4 cylinders. But I've got to believe that there is something else at play here since there is such a drastic difference between my old BX and the B3200.
I've started the BX in sub-zero weather - with no block heater (it never had one) - and I didn't have this much of an issue.
Hello Jim,
You can safely use a salamander where it will only be about 5 feet from the B3200 and it will heat up the engine crankcase, the cooling system and the transmission within 15 minutes or so and then it will roll over quickly. In general a lot of folks who have machines outdoors throw a heavy tarp over their machines and then use a space heater to keep all the heat under the tarp when the machines are out of doors.
EDIT: space heater is facing the rear of the machine blowing the heated air under the rear axle and tarp; this is done quite often with skid loaders where the rear access door is opened fully with the engine and hydraulic systeme exposed to the heat where the trap covers the entire machine and it also heats the radiator at the same time.
In but one of my examples:
I heat up my firewood precessors engine and hydraulic tank after about a half hour to fourty five minutes of running the space heater-25 gallon system with an air cooled Honda engine. I have the space heater about five feet from the front bumper of the truck and after 30-45 minutes its deiced and starts with no dificulty.
You have to remember the mule is nothing more than a heat sink and it will shed heat quickly when it is shut off quickly too. I used to heat my old truck up with a space heater even though it had a block heater plugged in the year round and it helped me keeep it running for 13 years before i took it off the road.
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