Warm up before driving mini excavator out of garage?

   / Warm up before driving mini excavator out of garage? #1  

erlingre

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Hi,

Is it harmful for a mini excavator to be driven carefully out of a garage immediately after startup without a 5 min warm up? Warm up will fill the garage with exhaust or should I use a hose on the exhaust to get the fumes outdoor?

Thanks

Erling
 
   / Warm up before driving mini excavator out of garage? #2  
I generally start moving mine around right way, but slowly and gently. I don’t really start to work it until it’s warmed up
 
   / Warm up before driving mini excavator out of garage? #3  
CO poisoning not worth the risk.
 
   / Warm up before driving mini excavator out of garage? #4  
You should be fine, just don't put a big load on the engine until it's warm.
 
   / Warm up before driving mini excavator out of garage? #6  
Hi,

Is it harmful for a mini excavator to be driven carefully out of a garage immediately after startup without a 5 min warm up? Warm up will fill the garage with exhaust or should I use a hose on the exhaust to get the fumes outdoor?

Thanks

Erling


In winter, I let my all hydraulic gas powered machine run in my shed for 10-15 minutes sometimes to get the fluid warmed up. The overhead door is open. Don't know if I'd do that with an attached garage.
 
   / Warm up before driving mini excavator out of garage? #7  
I start moving mine in the first 30 seconds. I wear short sleeves in February because it warm here.
 
   / Warm up before driving mini excavator out of garage?
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#8  
My garage is far from the house, but it is deep with no doors close to the excavator parked rear end towards the rear wall. I may drill a hole in the wall and use a hose to get the exhaust out.
I avoid starting it in very cold weather. To charge the battery I have started it once this winter during a mild period with 2-3 degrees celcius.
 
   / Warm up before driving mini excavator out of garage? #9  
The best advice is to drive the machine out of your garage and do your short warmup outside. Diesel engines produce significantly LESS carbon monoxide than gasoline engines, but they do still produce some. Plus there's plenty of other bad stuff in diesel exhaust that you don't want to be breathing.
 
   / Warm up before driving mini excavator out of garage? #10  
I think we obsess way too much over warm up. I can't imagine there is any difference between sitting and running and driving slowly. I do try to warm my tractor up a bit before I do anything serious, but I drive it around and do light things right away.
 

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