Washing Tractor

[RoyJackson]

I don't pull it out to wash the tractor, but it never goes in the garage too dirty.

After each use, I just give it a good hose down to wash off any dirt, mud, grass or anything else that may have gotten on it. I do this to keep the tractor reasonably clean as well as keeping the garage clean.

But to pull it out and wash it with soap and water...no...I don't do that.

By the way, even if I had a pressure washer, I don't think I'd use it on a tractor, unless I could get the pressure down to 70 or 80 psi.

 

[deere755]

I have always used a pressure washer on my equipment, everything from the tiller to the plow to the tractor. I always use an air hose and blow off the access water around the mower deck and the engine and then start up the tractor and mower deck and let them run to dry out. I then give everything a good greasing and oil all chains. When I put away my tiller, plow, or planter for the season I put a light coat of grease on all the groung engaging parts of the equipment to keep them from rusting. I have never had any problems with anything I own doing this.

 

[ejtaylor822]

Use a pressure washer on mine. It sits outside under the trees and the pressure washer really helps get rid of some of the tree gunk and the occasional bird poo. However, I never use the high pressure nozzle nor a direct spray.

Every 10 hours I wash her off, check/refill all fluids and spray WD-40 on all the 3PH moving parts. I use the "Krud Cutter" cleaner degreaser and soak down the hood, wheels, tires, floor board and a light coating on the lower and back part of the engine and transmission. Then rinse it off with medium pressure. Depending upon how much dirt is caked on usually takes 15 to 20 minutes.

I like what GuglioLS once said that the only parts on a tractor that should be clean are new ones, or, ones recently worked on /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif. I use to say about my old truck that a dirty truck is a happy truck, believe the same is true for tractors. But, a clean tractor sure does look nice. Plus, it's fun dirtying them back up again.

 

[NY_Yankees_Fan]

95% of my seat time is grass cutting, so I just fire up the leaf blower and blow off all the grass clipping and dust before I put her away after each use. Then while I have the blower going I blow off the driveway and walkway. It keeps the MMM nice and clean as well as the rest of the tractor. Takes 5 mins but worth it, I hate the smell of rotting grass when I open the shed to get the tractor. Perhaps 1-2 times a year I will use a bucket and some soap, I never use the pressure washer given all the problems with wet switches etc on the BX.

 

[LBrown59]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( given all the problems with wet switches etc on the BX. )</font>

This shoulden't be a problem on any tractor.

Look at all the tractors that set out 24/7 year round on dealers lots and at farms.
Surely this doesn't happen to all those tractors.

 

[LBrown59]

<font color="orange">Washed mine yesterday and shorted out the lite switches.

Never happened before when washing it. </font>
<font color="red"> What went wrong yesterday?</font>

 

[DK35vince]

I have always used a pressure washer to wash my tractors, car, truck, garden tractors, Etc. (including pressure washing the engines).
Works fine for me.

 

[Cottonhawk]

I like to keep my equipment clean so I wash my tractor after each use. A few minutes of hosing off the dirt and other stuff and my tractor looks brand new.