Tier 4 idle question

[MAN IN BLACK]

To all of you who don't idle their diesel engines...
What do you do in situations as described below ?
I run a 3 pt hitch wood splitter from the tractor hydraulic system.
I split 20 cords of wood...takes me a few afternoons , tractor idling or almost (1000/1200 rpm's)all the time...not counting the winching part in the woods.
I'm not going to run the winch or the splitter at full throttle...just makes no sense !

 

[RandyT]

Not only that, but companies are being shut down, fined, etc for selling emissions delete kits like the ones mentioned above. I wouldn't put it past them going after somebody publishing a free system for doing the same thing.

And as of 2010 they have the capability and the authority to fine the end user also.

 

[Catchad81]

That seems a lot. What are you burning, fuel oil or high sulphur diesel maybe?

Whatever the dealer put in it.

 

[vtwinhd]

Just a quick update from the original poster(me) I now have 25 hours on my 3901 it went into regen once at 15 hours and once at 24 hours. Seams like a bit much it has been really cold here though in north east Ohio, single digits temps.

 

[GManBart]

Just a quick update from the original poster(me) I now have 25 hours on my 3901 it went into regen once at 15 hours and once at 24 hours. Seams like a bit much it has been really cold here though in north east Ohio, single digits temps.

I don't know if cold outside temps make a huge difference (probably doesn't help), but it sounds like the light loader work you're doing might be causing the more frequent regens. If it were mine, I might try running it at PTO speed for 5-10 minutes every hour and see what happens. That won't hurt anything since the engine is designed to run at that speed for thousands of hours, will only slightly increase fuel usage, and might extend the regen cycle.

 

[RalphVa]

I don't follow manual recommendations regarding idling when cold. I start it up, get it going smothly (usually about a minute or two at most) and start working. Snow plowing work can usually be done at around 1,800 rpm or so. Main thing is to have lo vis hydraulic fluid. If you use high vis hydraulic fluid (maybe in deep south) and it's very cold, maybe you need to warm it up (with a heater directing heat underneath the hydraulic reservoir would be better than letting it idle).

I also don't believe my diesel generator manual when it says to change the cooling fluid after one year or 1,000 hours. GET SERIOUS! I'm going to 1,000 hours! It also says not to use it much until broken in for 50 hours. GET SERIOUS! I'm not going to waste fuel by running it for 2 1/2 days! It'll get plenty of on/off work with the 15 minutes on every 2 weeks until it builds up 50 hours. You have to take manual stuff with a grain of realism and not legalism.

Ralph

 

[pmsmechanic]

To all of you who don't idle their diesel engines...
What do you do in situations as described below ?
I run a 3 pt hitch wood splitter from the tractor hydraulic system.
I split 20 cords of wood...takes me a few afternoons , tractor idling or almost (1000/1200 rpm's)all the time...not counting the winching part in the woods.
I'm not going to run the winch or the splitter at full throttle...just makes no sense !

I would do this the same way you are. I can't say it would make me happy. What I would try to do after the extended idling is do something with the tractor that works it for an hour or so.