Colder mornings

[huskyxp]

Today is our first morning it has been below freezing and as I sit in harvester waiting for her to warm up I was curious what everyone else's morning procedure is? Let equipment warm up or put it to floor N go? I have heard diff opinions on this but I always wait at least till heat comes out my heater n heat gauge has 3 bars  happy cuttin

[chevytaHOE5674]

Our processor/forwarder both have pre-heaters on them so we set the timers for about 2 hours before we want to start working. Get out to the woods and the pre-heater has the motor/cab/ and some of the hydraulics warmed up, so we just cycle the cranes around to get them warmed up and then go to work.

[sshier]

Above 20 degrees we let them warm for at least 15-20 min below we plug in to generator for while then start and let warm up for 15 - 20 min. Buncher won't throw heat until you run it out for 20 min.

[clww]

We usually warm up each piece of gear (dozer, excavator, track loader) for at least 15 minutes prior to operation year round.

[barbender]

I set the preheater, that's running when I arrive. I start the machine, if it's warmer than 15°F or so, I let the machine run for 15 minutes just to let the hydraulics circulate a bit. If it's colder than that, I raise the crane and leave my grapple rotating (I jam a hydraulic cap or something in the joystick), and let it run for 20 minutes or more, depending on how cold it is.

[Firewood dealer]

I like to get thing running, go back to my truck and drink my coffee. when I get done with that I start working. Never timed it.

[Maine logger88]

X2

[David-L]

X3, better when warm. Me and the machine.

[huskyxp]

Good info, first I heard of preheater but goin to look into it as I run 68 hyd , found old thread on proheat! Thks

[BargeMonkey]

 Just went thru all the batteries last time home, nothing worse than fighting a cold machine and bad batteries. We have alot of wind up here, and the temps can swing 20 degrees in a few miles with the cold setting in the valley. We have 5-6 days a yr i dont even bother, to hard on stuff getting going, spend 1/2 a day chasing machines to get very little done sometimes. We got smart and put our processor / sawmill in a building, never run out of something to do in the cold weather.