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There are dozens of fuel additives on the market designed to prevent or reduce gelling of diesel fuel in cold weather. The problem is there are no mandatory standards for testing the performance of anti-gel additives.
Is it really necessary to add a fuel stabilizer like STA-BIL to the fuel tanks of gasoline-powered engines that won’t be used over the winter?
While gasohol isn’t catastrophically destructive to small engines, it has properties that can create problems.
A pile of parts and a lot of spare time could produce interesting results.
Grease-able bearings come in two designs. One design has no seal on one side. The other design has seals on both sides of the bearing.
Battery disconnect switches, aka “kill switches,” discourage machinery theft and reduce problems with batteries being drawn down during storage.
Milwaukee’s portable air compressor kit sells for around $180 and includes the hose, chuck, battery and carrying case. Not cheap, but worth the money when there’s a flat tire in the far corner of the machine shed.
Here are the answers to common questions about bearings in ag equipment.
I wish the statement, “Oh, it’s just a blown O-ring,” was a simple as it sounds.
It’s almost a rite of passage for a combine operator to snag an unloading auger on a tree or power pole sometime during their career.