Heaters for tractors and combines

Anonymous-0

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Years ago our loader tractor sat outside all winter with a block heater for the water and we used to have a magnet heater we'd put under the pan for the oil.

Anybody know where to buy the magnets anymore?
Last time we used ours it wouldn't work on anything as you need a flat steel surface.
Most pans nowdays are stamped steel with all curved lines or they're made of aluminum and won't stick. We've since then lost the magnet heater.

Seems like somebody was making a heater that was made of a flexible pad you could stick onto any surface. I'd like to find something for the oil pan of my combine but theres no clearance underneath.

Seems like there was also a company making an oil heater that replaced the dipstick. That would also be handy for the pto boxes on the combine or the hydraulic reservoir.

There has to be some way to make live easier on the machine when its below zero every day and lots of corn to harvest yet. Anyone have any ides where to find these items or any other ideas?
 
Kats and Phillips and Temro make several of the products you are asking about. Check out their websites for contact/dealer finder information.

http://www.zerostart.com/coldStart/diesel_cold_Start_technology.asp

http://www.fivestarmanufacturing.com/Kat_s
 
There is such a thing, it's called a shop but unfortunately they cost a lot and even more to heat them. LoL I wish I had one. Dave
 
http://www.phillipsandtemro.com/coldStart/miscellaneous_cold_weather_products.asp

A dipstick heater just doesn't have enough surface area to transfer an appreciable amount of heat into the oil.They also tend to "char" the oil around the dipstick.
With a small engine parked in a shed out of the wind.And the dipstick heater installed when the engine is still hot after use. They maybe marginal.
The link above lists immersion oil heaters as well as coolant and battery heaters.
A warm battery is just as important as a pre-warmed engine. A warm battery charges faster/better too.
Glad to see somebody asking about engine pre-heating instead of inquiring about ether.
 
There are many pad heaters available. A good source for these is Omega or WatlowGordon. They are both in the temperature control business and I deal with their products almost daily. The stickon heaters are a silicone pad heater in many different power outputs and can be bought in many different configurations. They aren't cheap but they are very good. These are often used in industrial applications where it is desireable to maintain a liquid at temperature.
 
I've had the best luck on my JD 310-A diesel with a 1500 watt tank heater on the engine. I just plug it in 30-45 minutes before I want to start it and haven't had a problem. I've seen to many diesels destroyed buy imprudent ether usage. Maybe in an emergency but ether won't do a cold high compression engine any favors.
 
Go on Ebay and type in "block heater" and you will have choices of hundreds of heaters that will be shipped right to your door in a day or two. Any kind for just about any application and very reasonable prices. You can get every style. Here are a couple of examples. Good luck
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