warming up in the garage and fumes question

[Frankenkubota]

Running at almost full rpm will keep the soot level in check. Running slow will give more regen cycles. I take my Massey for a drive to the highway and back to burn off the accumulation after a lot of fork/ loader work.

This has come up before. It was suggested to research diesel stacking, so i did. Search diesel stacking. I run mine at a pretty high rpm now regardless because of the articles i read, written by the experts........I hope

 

[LouNY]

I almost never run mine at high rpm, normally around 1700-1800 rpm, pto is 2400 rpm.
The farm tractors only see pto speed when needed for pto or heavy loading,
any kind of light work it's gear up, throttle down.
Been doing this for many decades with no issue. The exception being my Detroit 4-53 it needs rpm to run right,
so it is closer to the governed max rpm but not on it.

 

[deezler]

so far so good, start it up in the garage for a little above idle (about 5 minutes) then pull it out of the garage and raise the rpm for about 15 minutes-no issues.

Its why I prefer to run my walk behind snowblower-no warm up time needed no matter how cold.

Are you saying you run your tractor for 20 minutes before you start using it?!? .... why? You would also have "no issues" if you idle for 15 seconds and then just start using the machine. Just sayin'

So it's ok to put load on the internal combustion engine in your snowblower right away, but not the tractor? The engines might run on different fuel, but the internal components are essentially the same, and they can take the same relative abuse. I dont blame you for grabbing the easier starting, cleaner running machine first either, but your tractor can fire up and do work quickly too.

 

[Reb954]

This has come up before. It was suggested to research diesel stacking, so i did. Search diesel stacking. I run mine at a pretty high rpm now regardless because of the articles i read, written by the experts........I hope

I run mine at the higher rpms also which is what I learned to do as a kid. A diesel needs to work to run properly so I work them. With that said though, different diesels are setup different ways for different purposes. Some diesels that get idled a lot are derated for that purpose. It wouldn't surprise me that a lot of the smaller tractors have engines that are derated due to they aren't expected to be run as hard as the bigger tractors.

We found this in the past with the engines in the lower units of cranes. If they were idled around location for a week or two they would load up even though they were derated engines. When we moved them to a new location it took 10 to 20 miles or pushing them hard before they would start to perform like they should. The top speed of those cranes was 45 mph, average speed was between 20 and 25 mph. A loaded up engine could cost up to 5 mph which is 20 to 25% of average so it is a big deal if the crane was going very far.

Oil field rig up trucks were the same way. The rig up trucks needed the engines rebuild more often than the highway trucks due to not being worked as hard.

 

[RalphVa]

Just open up the door and the windows today. Supposed to be 70 F. Wife suggested that I can do the carriage house windows (new windows) buck naked. Guess I will.

Ralph

 

[oosik]

Whew!!! Not around these parts. It's 18F this morning and your brass castanets would freeze ..........

 

[Reb954]

-10 degrees F here. Nippy.

 

[Peter 315]

Its 42F here. Looks like no snow in the near future.....

 

[deezler]

Yeah 47° yesterday, and looks to be pushing past that mark again today here in southern Michigan, with pure and increasingly powerful sunshine. Our snow pack is being rapidly decimated.

 

[Deepdrop]

I guess I'm still somewhat unsure of what I'll do. I agree that it's a pain to attach a pipe to my exhaust each time I use my tractor. And they are not cheap, around $100. But even if I start it up and immediately drive it out of the garage, there are fumes. According to some posters, the initial fumes are the most hazardous.
I recognize that we sometimes overthink things. I guess I'll keep reading about this as I'm not yet sure what I'm going to do.
Thanks for all the suggestions.