[Farmall] (no subject)

[Mike Sloane]

For a 340 (if mine is typical of the breed), you are going to be OK with 
the magnetic pan heater, but the biggest problem will be loss of 
efficiency of the 6 volt battery. I would suggest rigging up a standard 
battery heater, along with the pan heater and plugging them both into 
one of those inexpensive thermostats that go on when the temperature 
drops below 30 degrees.

Mike

Larry L Hardesty wrote:

> Folks,   I moved from Texas to Nebraska and now need to think about 
> starting my Farmall 340 in cold weather and my Farmall Super C.  I have 
> looked at three different heaters at the local TSC store:  1)  magnetic 
> heater; 2) external heat tank; 3) heater connected to the bottom radiator 
> hose.   What are folks' recommendations?  The magnetic heater is the most 
> convenient but does it work? The external heat tank looks cumbersome to 
> install and I don't know how it looks on the tractor.  The heater 
> connected to the bottom radiator hose may be a problem since there does 
> not appear to be much room to install it (and maybe not enough room).   I 
> grew up in Nebraska.  While winters seem milder in recent years (or my 
> memory has faded), but we probably regularly get 0 F weather and sometimes 
> colder.
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> Larry Hardesty
> Kearney, Nebraska 
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