I‘m gonna have to side with 5030 on this one. A clean piece of equipment is worlds easier to spot problems on when they are small, maintain correctly (and quickly), and I’d say prevents undue wear in some cases like excessive mud/dirt build up in friction areas. I lost my equipment overhang to a storm this year and having them out in the open is driving me bonkers, pollen and subsequent mold growth in GA is crazy hard on equipment. I’m not gonna say it has to be spotless but generally clean is a old idea.
I hear a lot of fellas saying they work their tractor so they can’t be bothered cleaning it…cool story bro. I put several hundred hours on my tractors per year, not a full time farmer but play a strong hobby farmer game. Washing them enough to keep them clean is not a huge deal, hardest part for me to clean is my disc mower just because of all the angles you have to hit.
Honestly to me the two must under talked about and used implements for a professional homeowner are a pressure washer and air compressor. Told my oldest daughter a while back if the guy she’s marrying doesn’t have a good air-compressor that will probably be my wedding gift
Two minutes of air after a job or 5 minutes with a pressure washer takes care of 90% of the cleaning if you keep up with it.
This is actually a picture my neighbor took yesterday when I went down to help him drop some hay, weather has been horrible so I’ve been trying to help him when there’s a weather window. Anyway, I talk crap to him all the time about his equipment. But he also calls the truck when something breaks so maybe that’s the difference
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