ruffdog
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Great point -- if it is a cab model just tap in to the heater hoses. And surely as you say there must be provision for connection heater hoses which should be perfect for one of those self-circulating 1500 watt (some are 1000 watt) heaters I mentioned in post #12.If that tractor comes with a cab, whether you have a cab or not, should have a place for heater hoses. You can get a heater for a heater hose. I would loop it down low. Heat rises and cool sinks, so circulates. Throw a blanket over the hood helps. I'm sure if you look in a freeze plug hole you can get a block heater. All of them I've seen are short in length. I put two in mine and a hose heater. Cranking an engine cold is where the wear happens.
I was asking an old family member about that. I knew where an engine was that rarely was started, but ran a lot when it was running. He said when he was installing that engine, he had his truck door open and the radio was on. News flash came on that said Kennedy had been shot. Engine is still there.Great point -- if it is a cab model just tap in to the heater hoses. And surely as you say there must be provision for connection heater hoses which should be perfect for one of those self-circulating 1500 watt (some are 1000 watt) heaters I mentioned in post #12.
Not to be argumentative at all but I've read several places "Cranking an engine cold is where the wear happens." I do not believe it. There is of course no way to prove it one way or the other. My thinking is that 1) Whatever oil is in there lubes better cold than it does hot. 2) Clearances should be slightly greater cold than hot. Steel too but Esp where any aluminum is involved. 3) Cranking is such a tiny % of total revolutions in the life of an engine -- negligibly small -- that I do not see that being a significant wear factor. My opinion of course but those are my reasons.
I built a 2 outlet pigtail you can see tender plugged in and heater unplugged. I also use end covers on the 2 items to protect plugs.Great minds think alike!
But north of Montreal is colder and in a snow belt.
I also have an 'intelligent maintainer' plugged in 24/24 (as I also do on my standby generator*).
Cheap insurance in my opinion.
*We are at the end of a power grid and experience all too many outages.
Otherwise we are in paradise and would not wish to move.