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[BigD23]

Do you feel better with your tractor dirty from working it, or clean and waxed? Any pics to back it up?

Don

 

[RayCo]

If I ever wax my tractor, I belong in an assisted living facility, because I will apparently be insane.

 

[BigD23]

LOL Ray........

 

[bc realtor]

every couple of weeks mine gets washed and waxed. I spray all the hydrolic lines with wax as well to proctect them. I live a few feet from the ocean and if you don't maintain you pay.

 

[polo1665]

every couple of weeks mine gets washed and waxed. I spray all the hydrolic lines with wax as well to proctect them. I live a few feet from the ocean and if you don't maintain you pay.

Cool tractor
Looks to be in great shape too.

Mark

 

[Dr. Bob]

My 2004 B7800 has never been waxed. Only gets washed after using broadcast spreader with something corrosive (fertilizer, salt). Running a small horse farm leaves no time for the "nice but not necessary" things.

 

[TheFlatlander]

I have no problem getting it dirty when in use, but when it sets it sets clean and shiny.

 

[TRUST]

I feel better with it clean and looking new! (I have a reputation for being ****), so my wife says I don't mind getting it dirty, but I usually clean it up when I'm done. I find that mud dried up in the tires makes an awful mess in the driveway when I take it out of the garage the next time I use it.

 

[beersngars]

OK...I'll confess.

Yes, I have waxed my tractor.......more than once.

I have no running water at my cabin where the tractor is kept (yet), so I have driven it to town and used the car wash......more than once.

In between the trips to town and the wax jobs, I have been known to use spray quick detailer.

And lastly, I do park it in the barn with a car cover over it.

Sad part is, I have NEVER waxed my 2007 F150 and only washed it 3 times.

Do I have my priorities straight????

 

[TripleR]

I leave mine out in the rain every once in a while, does that count?

 

[brandoro]

My last two tractors were waxed occasionally. This one hasn't yet but will be at some point. Have been far too busy lately. This one has been washed a couple of times and the windows cleaned when they were getting hard to see through.

 

[BigD23]

I use an electric pressure washer at times to get inside the body area and clean out grass, dirt and other items that may impede the tractor's functions...Works pretty well on the outside too.

Don

 

[teeravis1]

Wax em? Its a tractor guys!! You guys maintain better than me I guess.

 

[actionaj]

I always clean mine up thoroughly before I do any servicing. Waxing, polishing and detailing makes servicing it allot easier and when your done it feels and looks like a new machine. I don't mind getting it dirty while working but I will spray her off when I am done. Keeping any machine clean and properly maintained always pays off in the long run.

 

[mcnitt]

My property gets pretty dusty in the summer, and the air cleaner shows it. I will hose off the tractor when it gets too dusty, and I wash it a couple of times a year. I wax the hood and fenders when I wash to keep the tracter looking good and to help keep the paint from fading.

 

[rdsaustintx]

Huh?

I do my scheduled maintenance. If it ain't in the manual, it ain't maintenance.

 

[bill in ny]

i agree with actionaj. you would wash and wax your $50,000 car wouldn't you?

 

[thavil]

Rinse off when really dirty/muddy or before maintenance. Waxed the hood once just to see what it would look like. After each use, leaf blower to get the loose dirt/dust/grass/leaves off.

 

[bigballer]

trust - no fair - your machine looks brand new, not even a wear mark on the bucket.

i spray the manure off mine after i turn the piles. the poo can be corrosive to the paint, i have heard. i don't know if there is any truth to it but i do it anyway. plus turds get stuck in that little pocket above the hydraulic attachement on the bucket. other then that, i'll give it a good cleaning once or twice a year or after a good hard day in the mud. i have 175hrs on it and it still looks pretty good save a few surface scratches here and there..

 

[wushaw]

I wash before maint. Wax??? I haven't waxed anything since 1985.