Re: Block heater question

Posted by jdemaris on October 15, 2006 at 14:06:14 from (66.218.15.144):

In Reply to: Block heater question posted by brandon a on October 15, 2006 at 12:27:10:

As other's mentioned, the propane-fired block heaters work well but they cost a small fortune. We had a few logger-customers that usually had their crawlers or skidders left in woods - with no electricity. Most had quick-couplers on their heater-hoses on their pickup trucks. Get to the job - plug the truck hoses into the crawler or skidder hoses - and let them share coolant for 15 minutes (or sometimes longer). Those that didn't used a lot of ether.
In your situation - you'd probaby be better off getting a small portable gas-driven generator and hook it to the tractor when needed. That's what I do with a lot of my stuff that's parked far from power. Just make sure you've got - a generator big enough to run your heater. Some tank heaters are 900 watts, some 1500, etc. Frost plug heaters are usually low amp and take a long time - sometimes they're only 100 watt.
I've got a little Chinese 1500 watt generator that only weighs 50 lbs. It works great on the smaller tank heaters - but not on a 1500 watt or larger unit. For bigger heaters I use my Coleman 1850 watt generator. When hooked to a tractor with a 1500 watt heater, is usually takes about 20 minutes to get it warmed up enough to start on a below-zero morning.

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