while working the RTV do you keep shutting it off and restarting.. or

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hammerhead

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<P mce_keep="true">So so as the subject heading says. Do you keep it running or shut it off. lets say I am out doing trail maintenance.. and I have a tree to cut and move. If it is just a couple of minutes.. do you just leave it running or do you shut it off... or things like loading the bed with a bucket. Is it harder on it to keep starting it.. or to leave it running. </P>
<P mce_keep="true">My tractor I have always seemed to leave running. Lets say I am using the tractor bucket to load gravel into the RTV.. if It is not too far away. I am back in 4 or 5 minutes I just leave the tractor idling. </P>
<P mce_keep="true">What's everyone do .. what do you think?</P>
<P mce_keep="true">thanks </P>
<P mce_keep="true">glenn</P>
 
<P mce_keep="true">No matter what size your diesel is, if you leave it running more than 5 minutes then its money out of your pocket. In this state it is inlegal to let any diesl idle over 5 minutes.</P>
 
Don't know what others do, but if I'm just stepping off doing something, I'll leave it running. But hardly never leave mine running over a minute or two unoccupied . Don't hurt a thing to re-start it . </P>


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If the weather is nice, I almost always shut if off if it's going to be more than a minute or 2. If it's cold and the RTV hasn't been driven in awhile, I may let it run if 5 minutes or so, just to burn off any condensation.</p>

[quote user="hammerhead"]lets say I am out doing trail maintenance.. and I have a tree to cut and move.[/quote]</p>

THAT IS TABOO in my book (letting the RTV run)!!!! If I'm pulling out my chainsaw, I always shut off the RTV. My reasoning is that if I'm thinking about the RTV sitting there running, I have a tendency of moving quicker so I'm not wasting fuel or whatever. When running a chainsaw, I don't want that in the back of my mind and feel I have to rush. That rushing can cause you to make a <u>fatal</u> mistake.</p>
 
<P mce_keep="true">Unless I'm just jumping off and on, like picking up a piece of trash, I always turn it off. Mine is garaged but I do let it warm up for a minute or two. </P>
<P mce_keep="true">Even the railroads are shutting down their locomotives but do temporarily re-start them when the block temp cools to a certain point. </P>
<P mce_keep="true">With today's new lube oils and alloys, and especially Kubota's super short engine lube change interval, I can't think of any productive reason to let it idle under normal conditions. And at $4.19/gal you'd have to be really lazy or rich not to turn the key...</P>
 
<P mce_keep="true">[quote user="bczoom"]


If the weather is nice, I almost always shut if off if it's going to be more than a minute or 2. If it's cold and the RTV hasn't been driven in awhile, I may let it run if 5 minutes or so, just to burn off any condensation.</P>


[quote user="hammerhead"]lets say I am out doing trail maintenance.. and I have a tree to cut and move.[/quote]</P>


THAT IS TABOO in my book (letting the RTV run)!!!! If I'm pulling out my chainsaw, I always shut off the RTV. My reasoning is that if I'm thinking about the RTV sitting there running, I have a tendency of moving quicker so I'm not wasting fuel or whatever. When running a chainsaw, I don't want that in the back of my mind and feel I have to rush. That rushing can cause you to make a <U>fatal</U> mistake.</P>


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Thanks guys. so far it has been basically jump out to toss a branch. The toro I used to let run some because the thing was so bloody coldblooded.. it was always fouling plugs. Brian good point on the chainsaw. The circumstances I was thinking of were I or two small cuts. For example the other day I had a dead limbless birch across the trail.. maybe 5" in diameter. One cut,toss the piece and I am off. but I will be more mindfull of shutting my machine down.. and not rush with the saw. </P>
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glenn</P>
 
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