How often do you clean your tractor?

[escavader]

I must be insane then. I wash it after every magor project is complete,and i touch up all the paint on the bucket and back hoe.painted the btm of the fel 4 times now,why i dont know. I have used three cans of paint and a can of primer in the first 100 hours!!!!.Just cant stand to see something with rust on it.Itouch up the new car hauler,from the dings from the chains and binders,after each use.Never EVER store the bota outside,when it rains,i either put it in,or tarp it.I even wipe the tires down with an oily rag to keep them shiny.Iput armor all on the seat after each use.NUTS HUH?
ESCAVADER

 

[Neil_D]

I wash my BX2230 at a minimum once a week, more often if it has been in the mud or heavy dust. Its just too big of an investment to not take care of it. I bought it in May, and the first thing I did was to wax it with Meguire's carnuba. It will be due for another coat before winter starts. I also use Turtle Wax spray on tire foam after each wash down.

Some of the guys at work think I am nuts, but my wife knows I am, so she doesn't even comment about this kind of thing anymore.

I just experienced the same electrical problem that Volfandt described with the hazard switch. After I dried the BX off and parked it back in the garage Fridau night, I noticed the hazards flashing. I disconnected one of the leads on the switch overnight, and by the time I hooked it back up Saturday the switch must have dried out, because the problem was gone. I guess we will have to look for a way to seal those switches.

As far as the comment about it being too cold in the winter to wash it - that's why I put floor drains in the garage at our new house. All of my vehicles will get washed inside over the winter, the tractor included.

I too have to pay my son sometimes to help out with the chores like washing and drying the tractor. Since he is only 4, his going rate right now is 25 cents.

 

[Alan L.]

I used to pressure wash my tractor down at the car wash pretty regularly up until about 200 hours or so. Lately (635 hours) I rarely get around to washing it. If I get it real muddy I try to rinse the mud off. I also rinse it off good if I have been spreading fertilizer.

Don't think I have ever rubbed it down or anything.

 

[Boomerang1]

I always leave the grease on the zerks because it keeps out the dirt. I wipe them off just before greasing and put a little extra grease on them when I'm done. As I have stated in other posts, I could care less what my machine looks like.

 

[FL_Cracker]

Your just fine. It's good to wash every so often. Just like your car. I hose off the mud when ever I do a wet muddy project. Soap and water wash at 10 hours, 50 hours and now at eighty hours it's getting a bath in the morning.

 

[rdsaustintx]

As often as she gets around to it. Good clean fun /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[zapelectric]

When I die, I want to come back as Volfandt's tractor.

 

[have_blue]

Since I have no water at my land, I have to haul a 55Gal drum of water when I wash it. I use a Sears gasoline power washer, and 55Gal is just enough water to get it sparkling clean, except...

I really get discouraged with my FEL. Every joint is packed full of heavy grease, and they're nearly impossible to clean. I bet I could spend 30 minutes cleaning each joint, and they would still not look good. So I just give each joint a shot with the pressure washer and blast the big globs of grease off. <sigh>

 

[Volfandt]

LMAO, zapelectric, you must mean rdsaustintx's tractor. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Volfandt

 

[bowhunter3030]

You sound like me. I clean & touchup with paint, if needed, after every use. The bucket and toothbar always get painted when used. Everything I own is taken care of that way. My new Kubota will still look like new in 20 years. My JD 216 tractor looks like new after buying it 30 years ago. I may get some knicks on it but they always get touched up. I have a 1976 450 SL Convertable Benz that I only have 68,000 miles on. It looks next to new. I respect people who take care of their stuff.