But that's not going to do a whole lot in warming up transmission fluid. My first Super Duty was an F350 7.3L Crew Cab dually with a 6-speed ZF transmission and I installed a temp sender into the case and that trans barely got warm, and that was in Hawaii.
Whats the coldest temps outside you will run your Kubota?
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It will warm the trans up enough to not tear it up or put extreme wear on it. That is about it. Even some sort of light bulb helps at -50. I remember a story out of Nenana Alaska where a drunk trapper one time was riding his snowmobile around town with no boots or socks at -50.
One of the loggers in our area made a comment one day about warming up machinery in the cold.... once running (some preheat with a construction type heater) he would set one of his hydraulic functions (on a skidder blade for instance), to hit relief and leave it there for a bit.... the bypassing would heat up the oil faster than just idling of the machine. Seemed crazy but he made a decent living running equipment....
Some of these guys also just leave the machinery running 24/7. Fuel is cheaper than the warm up time.
Some of these guys also just leave the machinery running 24/7. Fuel is cheaper than the warm up time.