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Post by oldfartbassplayrwalt on Mar 26, 2022 12:05:24 GMT -5
So, I've got around 18 piles of brush I've raked up over my 1 acre property.
I'm almost embarassed to ask this, about my John Deere 22 HP / 44 cu in Lawn tractor
pulling around a lawn cart.
Each brush pile will take a little over 10 minutes to consolidate and load into the cart-
am I better off ramping down the throttle and let the tractor run, or shutting it down and
restarting each time? I'm guessing the stress of stop/restart would not be the solution..
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Post by modbus on Mar 26, 2022 12:11:49 GMT -5
Either way won't matter that much to the engine. If your battery is getting weak, 18 starts without much runtime in between might stress it out to the point of failure. You'll have to weigh that possibility against 180 minutes of wasted gas at idle.
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Post by RufusTeleStrat on Mar 26, 2022 13:49:11 GMT -5
On a side note this sounds like one of those Mensa/SAT test questions. A train leaves station A at 10 am.....
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Post by oldfartbassplayrwalt on Mar 26, 2022 14:52:21 GMT -5
"A train leaves station A at 10 am....."
OFBP Walt attempts to start his tractor for the 18th time,
with a lawn cart FULL of brush.
..Click..
How long does it take him to start up the tractor with his
porta-battery
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Post by bluzcat on Mar 26, 2022 17:19:01 GMT -5
I’m thinking leave it running…
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Post by Leftee on Mar 26, 2022 17:35:29 GMT -5
If it were me I'd let it idle.
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Post by Ricketi on Mar 27, 2022 9:33:38 GMT -5
I’m in the let it idle group
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Post by 009 on Mar 27, 2022 11:28:58 GMT -5
Idle group, also. All that repetitive starting = more stress (‘wearing out”) on the starter as well as battery drain concerns.
But if your tractor has a “cord pull” option, you could go for that. ;-)
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Post by Lesterstrat on Mar 27, 2022 12:29:44 GMT -5
3 hours of idling? Save the fuel and kill it. It’s not going to hurt anything. If you keep your battery on a tender, as you should anyway, no issues there either.
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Post by RufusTeleStrat on Mar 27, 2022 12:33:42 GMT -5
Even better just bulldoze all the debris into one larger pile, add gas and an ignition source, and done.
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Post by K4 on Mar 27, 2022 13:15:09 GMT -5
Shut it off. It is an air cooled engine. 2 or 3 min fine.
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Post by BillytheKidder on Mar 30, 2022 11:54:14 GMT -5
Ours has a seat interlock that I never bothered to defeat. Battery is strong, I let it shut off.
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Post by LTB on Apr 1, 2022 18:40:34 GMT -5
How far are you moving each load? If short run it might not have enough time to charge battery. If Long run then I say you can cut it off
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