Curt how much snow did you get from the last two storms? We got 24" and then 5" (MD-DC beltway)
On Sat, Feb 20, 2016 at 12:30 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > We idle the groomer for about 15 minutes before we take off, that lets the > oil get pushed around and starts warming up the hydraulic fluid. Its got a > hand "throttle" for lack of a better term that you can lock at high idle > for this purpose. > When we're done for the night we idle another 15 minutes to let things > cool off. Considering the machine runs at right about 100% load all the > time this is an important step. While we're grooming we've got about 4 > cubic yards of snow on the move at any given moment. Thats about 50/50 > between stuff on the plow ahead of us and stuff in the drag behind us. > -Curt > > From: Curly McLain via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Cc: Curly McLain <126die...@gmail.com> > Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2016 7:31 AM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Diesel Purge > > > The caveat to the "drive it like you stole it" mantra is this: Drive > softly until the oil us up to operating temp. ~15 min. THEN Drive it > like you stole it. Then either let it idle 5 min before you shut it > down or drive softly the last 15 min. > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
