Forced air heaters

Philip d · Dec 16, 2016

I remember growing up we had a Master heater and it was bullet proof for many years. When it finally gave up we replaced it with a Ready heater and we used it for almost 20 years little issues. A few years ago we got a new John Deere and we got about 3 good winters out of it than it would start run for a few minutes than the flame would go out and smoke than trip the reset every time. We took it to Deere they said they fixed it took it home no different. Tried a second shop same thing. My neighbor told me they're made in China,he buys them from Deere new runs them a few years when they start acting up to the dumpster it goes and gets another one. I saw a little 70000 btu at Deere as its enough for our milking room they wanted $400 for it. Saw a Remmington on sale that had a very sneaky resemblance for $250 so we bought it and so far it works great. It says made in China by Pinnicale Solutions (?) and when I googled them they also make Master heater Ready heater and I wouldn't be surprised if they make Deeres as well because they look very similar.

Philip d · Dec 16, 2016

I was also told the original Master and Ready heater went bankrupt years ago and all those brands are made in China now hence Pinnicale

Bryan inIowa · Dec 16, 2016

We repair a ton of torpedo heaters . Usually bad fuel or air lines,plugged fuel filter . pretty simple to fix once you open them up.

Philip d · Dec 16, 2016

I wish I lived closer to you,Deere said they drained and cleaned the tank replaced the plug checked the line and cleaned the filter charged me $100 and when I called them the day I took it home and said it still didn't work they offered to look at it again but said more charges for parts and labour will apply which is why we went to shop #2,shop 2 said they didn't even clean the dirt away from the drain plug and figured they didn't even look at it let alone work on it than he drained and cleaned it and charged us $50. I than called Deere back and told them what shop 2 had said and they said its documented that the work was done so it was. I just paid both shops and threw it out.

retired farmer · Dec 16, 2016

Boss has one, same story. Took it to a repair shop years ago and they repaired it. We went and picked it up and they plugged it in and it ran fine. We got it back to the shop and plugged it in. Would start and run and then trip the reset. Took it back and they worked on it again. Worked fine at the shop and as soon as we brought it back it wouldn't work. Repair shop told us that there was a circuit board in them that sometimes went bad but they never changed it and I never had time to look for it. Parked it in the corner of the shop. I had bought a big John Deere one back in the nineties that had been used in a gas station for years and it worked perfect. So we started using it. One day I decided I should change the little foam air filter and sparkplug. Put in new ones and fired it up and it flamed out. Tried it several times and it wouldn't run. Put the old parts back in and it works fine again. Figure that one out.

ss55 · Dec 16, 2016

Next time you replace the heater consider switching to propane. Propane heaters burn clean and rarely have fuel problems.

JD Seller · Dec 16, 2016

The company that built JD, Ready heaters, Master heaters and many others was DESA International Corp. They went bankrupt 5-6 years ago.

The older heaters are easy to work on. You need CLEAN fuel. A good air pump, which is just some small vanes, Clean air filter and good fuel nozzle. Well the igniter and plug have to work too. LOL

The newer ones with the circuit board are a little harder to fix but not much. The trouble I usually find is water in the fuel and plugged fuel filters. Even small amounts of water make them burn funny and cause them to smoke.

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