Scholsey
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- Location
- Herefordshire
What happens if you put a snowfoam type product just through a standard low pressure chem lance with venturi chemical tank uptake?
How Do You Clean Your Tractor, Or Dont You?
- Thread starter bluebell
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What happens if you put a snowfoam type product just through a standard low pressure chem lance with venturi chemical tank uptake?
ColinV6
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Exhaust brake. A very very good thing!
- Location
- norfolk
Probably not worth more to trade in but theres plenty of folk locally that will buy it off farm as they know its history and it's been looked after, so yes it's worth more then. Personally I couldn't care about resale, from my perspective it's about having some pride in what you do, some might pull the p1ss but I've not lost any sleep about it yet
ACEngineering
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- Location
- Oxon
Nothing much, just like normal TFR, its the foam gun that makes it foam up as it mixes the TRF/snow foam with water and air.
and those who have around 29 lights on tractor 2 cab ariel s flashers , umpteen bottles of stinking shite in the cab
slippers to drive in
- Location
- Darlington
How to blow the cab out?? Case tractor, right hand door basically unopenable so what do you do, Open left door and rear window and stand (without falling off) at the back of the cab and try to blow the dust out of the door or?
Sheep
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- Location
- Northern Ireland
I don't see why everyone is making the comparison that if a tractor is clean they have too much time/not doing any work?
Even after a couple of long days it takes 10 minutes to blow the worst off with the volume washer and brush out the cab.
I appreciate its more difficult if you don't have a dedicated wash area and have to start dragging a power washer out. Definitely the biggest factor in keeping a tractor or machine clean for me, being able to pull up and turn a lever and start washing.
Edit to say in fact, having a dirty tractor would probably reduce my work rate. Dirty windows, things not where they're supposed to be, problems not spotted because it's caked in sh!t.
Even after a couple of long days it takes 10 minutes to blow the worst off with the volume washer and brush out the cab.
I appreciate its more difficult if you don't have a dedicated wash area and have to start dragging a power washer out. Definitely the biggest factor in keeping a tractor or machine clean for me, being able to pull up and turn a lever and start washing.
Edit to say in fact, having a dirty tractor would probably reduce my work rate. Dirty windows, things not where they're supposed to be, problems not spotted because it's caked in sh!t.
- Location
- northumberland
Open the RH catch and unlatch it, the door/window will swing all the way round
ColinV6
Member
They are usually the ones still running about at 8pm “just finishing up” before a quick bite and bed and back out at 5am again. f**k that!!
There's a difference between keeping your tractor clean with a swill down a couple of times a week and obsessively cleaning. If someone wants to go to the levels that @ColinV6 Does then that is up to them, but it is beyond what is financially necessary. You might get a couple of grand back but it won't pay. The dealers all use valeters these say that can make a dirty tractor look good (albeit not to the standard shown above), so it just isn't necessary.
If you like a clean tractor, good for you, everyone needs a hobby. If you aren't bothered, it isn't anyone's right to look down on you. Mine is somewhere in the middle, its nice when its clean, it gets dirty when I use it and sometimes I would rather drive a dirty tractor and go home and see my family. Live and let live.
I might have a go with that ceramic stuff though!
Finn farmer
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Tbf i'm one of them. Although i won't be up before 07:00 an try to go to bed before 11pm, still clean out the cab before quitting.
- Location
- northumberland
- Location
- our house, Norn Iron
20 years old in a month or so…
bit more than polish tho.
bit more than polish tho.
Lakesdigger
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ColinV6
Member
Bloody lovely! Has it seen a full paint job?
kiwi pom
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- Location
- canterbury NZ
It all depends on work load and whether or not you're the boss. Colin's gear is a credit to him but it doesn't have a huge workload.
Start pulling 16 hour days for a few weeks at a time and add in all the daily maintenance of something like a baler and time gets precious.
I don't think many employers would pay someone to go to Colin's levels though.
Personally I don't like too much pressure washing on something with large amounts of electrics, plus every time you wash, you need to re grease.
What do you do in there to need to clean the cab out every day?
ridger
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- Location
- Tyrone, Northern Ireland
The rain washes mine, I wash the windows when I can't see out