Billrog
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Dec 9, 2014
- Messages
- 2,000
- Location
- Armstrong, British Columbia
- Tractor
- Kioti 2610, 580 SuperM Case Backhoe
Using a timer on my backhoe's for many yrs. now to have the block heater come on a few hrs. before use preferably 2 or 3 hrs. melts the snow right off the hood and the heater starts putting out sooner to get some heat in the cab. I don't need a timer on it now because I no longer plow snow contract with it every day so when called for a water leak or other emergency I then plug it in for an hr. or 2 before leaving. At -10 or colder I also had a car warmer inside the cab on a timer to warm up the glass to avoid condensation that took a long time to get rid of otherwise even with a squeegee .
up north where my son lives it's not uncommon for some to use magnetic heaters on their hydraulic tanks or transmissions using a generator. - 40 or colder every thing really stiffens up the equipment would take hrs. to warm up not mins. When hydraulic pumps and motors cost thousands of $ you soon learn how to take care of them. He has to 1/2 million $ processors & down time is very expensive.
up north where my son lives it's not uncommon for some to use magnetic heaters on their hydraulic tanks or transmissions using a generator. - 40 or colder every thing really stiffens up the equipment would take hrs. to warm up not mins. When hydraulic pumps and motors cost thousands of $ you soon learn how to take care of them. He has to 1/2 million $ processors & down time is very expensive.