Equipment Haulers

Yes. It might damage the turbo if you don't cover the exhaust. I usually wrap the end with duct tape.

 

Just remember to remove the duct tape before starting the machine, or it can make one hell of a bang!

 

So let's settle it once and for all----what/why do some equipment (for example trucks, farm tractors in particular) have a flapper valve over the exhaust pipe/ why are some pipes curved at a 90 degree bend at the very end. Etc. etc. etc.?

 

No! Equipment sits out in the open in rain, snow, wind and shine and it doesn;t damage the turbo. What's the diffrence if it sits in a windstorm of 60 MPH wind or on a lowbed doing 60 MPH?

The only way wind would cause a problem is if you had a hole in a piston that allowed the air to flow thru or come thru in the case of a vacuum pressure.

I have hauled hundreds of piecs of equipment of the years.

This is just one the loads. Cat 589 Pipelayer stripped of the counterweights and stick. Still grossing ouit at 188,500 lbs.

 

The 589 boom tracker doesn't have a flapper.

Remember that exhausts for the most part have a small hole at the bottom of the elbow that would allow moisture to fall thru.

If Cat or other equipment operators were concerned they would simply have a flap or other apparatus that would work on the key that would "baffle" the exhaust with the power off or open it up as soon as the power is turned on. Very easy to do with a solenoid if they wanted to.

 

I pulled new cat equiptment out of there factories for four years they made us either tape or use a small pipe bag to cover the exhaust. It can and has ruined the turbos in the past.

 

Exactly how does it ruin them? To make the turbo spin, air would have to enter and EXIT. How can it exit without a hole in a piston?