Warm up before driving mini excavator out of garage?

[erlingre]

Hi,

Is it harmful for a mini excavator to be driven carefully out of a garage immediately after startup without a 5 min warm up? Warm up will fill the garage with exhaust or should I use a hose on the exhaust to get the fumes outdoor?

Thanks

Erling

 

[hayden]

I generally start moving mine around right way, but slowly and gently. I don’t really start to work it until it’s warmed up

 

[2manyrocks]

CO poisoning not worth the risk.

 

[steve tym]

You should be fine, just don't put a big load on the engine until it's warm.

 

[newbury]

Keep the hose handy.
Can you idle it out ?

 

[MossRoad]

Hi,

Is it harmful for a mini excavator to be driven carefully out of a garage immediately after startup without a 5 min warm up? Warm up will fill the garage with exhaust or should I use a hose on the exhaust to get the fumes outdoor?

Thanks

Erling

In winter, I let my all hydraulic gas powered machine run in my shed for 10-15 minutes sometimes to get the fluid warmed up. The overhead door is open. Don't know if I'd do that with an attached garage.

 

[Drstrangeglove]

I start moving mine in the first 30 seconds. I wear short sleeves in February because it warm here.

 

[erlingre]

My garage is far from the house, but it is deep with no doors close to the excavator parked rear end towards the rear wall. I may drill a hole in the wall and use a hose to get the exhaust out.
I avoid starting it in very cold weather. To charge the battery I have started it once this winter during a mild period with 2-3 degrees celcius.

 

[RjCorazza]

The best advice is to drive the machine out of your garage and do your short warmup outside. Diesel engines produce significantly LESS carbon monoxide than gasoline engines, but they do still produce some. Plus there's plenty of other bad stuff in diesel exhaust that you don't want to be breathing.

 

[KennyG]

I think we obsess way too much over warm up. I can't imagine there is any difference between sitting and running and driving slowly. I do try to warm my tractor up a bit before I do anything serious, but I drive it around and do light things right away.