Equipment Haulers

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I sure will, no sense ruining a piece of equipment when it can be avoided.

 

I all was figured that the wind went in the exhaust and out the intake. There are valves going to be open so that gives the air a place to go. If I'm only going say 50 miles no I won't cover the stack but much farther than that I'm going to cover it weather it has a rain flapper or not 3 dollars in tape is cheap insuance.

 

Take a plastic grocery store bag and put it over the stack then tape over it.

When you get to the other end all you need to do is poke a hole in it and peel it off,no fuss or mess.

There are lots of ways to do it if you have to but this one works great for me.

 

I haul alot of John Deere equipment (ag & Construction) and we got a memo instructing us not to cover the stacks anymore.

I thought maybe it was a safety issue related to climbing up to do it but when i asked i was told the same thing about the clutch,though they werent sure if the reason for it was safety related or otherwise.

 

All of them but I doubt that it plays any part in needing the stack taped up. The amount of airflow that it would alow through would be very small. Atleast thats my guess. I dont know for sure one way or another.

 

Actually the reason the turbo can spin is that at any given time there are valves on an engine that are open. and there is an overlap between the opening and closing of the valves, a point in time in which both are open. When this happens air can flow through the exhaust and out the intake.

Thus you should cover em up.

 

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Why is it OK for a machine to sit outdoors when the wind is blowing at 50 mph and the exhaust isn't plugged?

 

well there are a couple of different things to consider there, the machine loaded on a trailer can be positioned where the pipe is pointing directly into the wind like an air scoop, when sitting outside it is much less likely that the pipe is going to be pointed directly into the wind, and even more so, the 50 mph winds over the ground are not going to be sustained for 1200 miles in 2 days.

If left where the exhaust pipe is pointing directly into the wind, and if left for several days with the wind howling, I could see a real concern that the turbo could become damaged.

Also in this respect, I don't think a manufacturer really cares if a turbo gets destroyed in the field this way because it means they get to sell another turbo.