JakeBrake
Silver Member
I'm working on my final bush hogging of the year after frost has killed the weeds. This year the rag weed (?) chaff is awful. The weeds are 4' to 6' tall with the chaff heads at the top by the air intake.
My Kubota L3830 has a digital temperature gauge. Normal operating temperature is four bars. When the radiator is clean the tractor will operate all day at PTO speed in 95 degree F heat without a problem.
After hours of operation the radiator screen will clog and I will have five bars. So, I clean off the radiator screen and brush off the radiator. The temperature gauge will go down to four bars for a while, but then it goes up to five bars again.
The effect is cumulative. Despite the radiator screen the radiator will become clogged. So my "normal" temperature will be five bars with six bars coming up eventually. I don't let it go any further than that. When I'm through with this year's bush hogging, I will tow the tractor 40 miles to my house and thoroughly wash it down with normal water pressure when the tractor is stone cold.
My question is. How would a gas powered leaf blower work to blow the chaff out of the rear of the radiator in the field? Has anyone tried that? I would get a gas leaf blower small enough to carry on my tractor. The blower would also be handy to blow the chaff off the bush hog and tractor. Chaff will be 6" deep on the bush hog.
Does anyone have a better suggestion?
Thanks.
My Kubota L3830 has a digital temperature gauge. Normal operating temperature is four bars. When the radiator is clean the tractor will operate all day at PTO speed in 95 degree F heat without a problem.
After hours of operation the radiator screen will clog and I will have five bars. So, I clean off the radiator screen and brush off the radiator. The temperature gauge will go down to four bars for a while, but then it goes up to five bars again.
The effect is cumulative. Despite the radiator screen the radiator will become clogged. So my "normal" temperature will be five bars with six bars coming up eventually. I don't let it go any further than that. When I'm through with this year's bush hogging, I will tow the tractor 40 miles to my house and thoroughly wash it down with normal water pressure when the tractor is stone cold.
My question is. How would a gas powered leaf blower work to blow the chaff out of the rear of the radiator in the field? Has anyone tried that? I would get a gas leaf blower small enough to carry on my tractor. The blower would also be handy to blow the chaff off the bush hog and tractor. Chaff will be 6" deep on the bush hog.
Does anyone have a better suggestion?
Thanks.