Is winter or summer harder on machinery? Aired 6/29/24
July 6, 2024Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:00 — 22.1MB)
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Machinery likes temperate weather, but it is important to understand the challenges it faces when the mercury goes one way or the other.
Success on the farm or ranch requires efficient machinery. I am Ray Bohacz, the Hot Rod Farmer from New Jersey, and I want to help you maximize the reliability of your equipment.
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Fantastic presentation Ray. Your examples hit the ball out of the park. Internal combustion engines are nothing more, nothing less than heat engines. People have to hear that there’s a fine balance between efficiency and wear. Weather is unpredictable and varies wildly depending on where you live. Summers can be brutally hot or intensely frigid. Excessive heat breaks down most materials in short order, from metals to synthetics. I like that you passed on the ‘vital’ message to your listeners regarding ventilating the heat sink / heat soak that’s generated after shutting off a piece of equipment. Nothing is simpler that popping open the hood after operating a piece of machinery. I’ve been doing that since I was a young kid. Keep up this most important work you’re doing Ray!