Do you leave it running??

[Esby]

Just curious as to your thoughts on leaving your mowers running on the trailer between jobs? Do you ever do it? Obviously if you are traveling a long ways you wouldn't but how about if the jobs are realitivly close?

[Eric ELM]

If we are not going far, I leave the diesel running, but I shut the gas air cooled engines off unless it is very hot out I will leave it on at half throttle for short moves like a block.

[VLM]

Never done it, but it doesn't seem like a good idea. What is the upside? Are your mowers hard to start? I suppose if you only had a few blocks to travel it might make sense.

[65hoss]

For an air cooled motor part of the cooling system is the crank turning. On very hot days it is not good to shut the motor off after running at full speed, you cause the temp. to go up very quickly because no air moving. Best to let it run at lower speed for a few min.

[rdh]

were i work at pavers and rollers are loaded on low boy and left running no matter what they are all diesel .we are not supose to shut them off until we no longer need them for the day its easyer on them to run all day and most of the time if we shut one down we cant get started while they are hot with out having to use starting fluid ,and thats not good for hot starts. these are big diesel motors not to shure on the small one .

[DMC300]

Yes,Ileave my mowers run from job to job,must be force of habit from running heavy equip.

[geogunn]

I broke the starter rope on the ole lesco one day and had to leave it running all day. otherwise I shut it off wen not needed.

GEO

[syzer]

I have never heard of this practice before. I may have to try it out =). mow and go =) my new slogan heh.





Chris
Precision Landscaping.

[Eric ELM]

Originally posted by syzer
I have never heard of this practice before. I may have to try it out =). mow and go =) my new slogan heh.

Chris
Precision Landscaping.

I have 2 questions for you.

What is =)

What is heh

You use both of these in a lot of posts, but I have no idea what either are.

[Chopper Lover]

Eric...

=) is a bright eyed smile if you look at it sideways...

"heh" is like a chuckle

[Mowman]

I don't leave it running on the trailer while moving. I do leave it run for about 5 minutes after mowing. kolher dealer said if you leave it run at an idle for 5 minutes or so it will help cool it down. The reason for this is to extend engine life and help it from backfiring. So far this has worked very well.
Good Luck,
Mowman

[Five Star Lawn Care LLC]

once i was a company with a 3 man crew, 2 dixies and one guy to whip edge and blow....they had an enclosed trailer and they would cut a ton of lawns in this one nieborhood, so from job to job the 2 guys would just stay on the dixies in the trailer with the ramp shut but not locked and when the driver parked he would beep the horn and the guys on the dixies would push the ramp open from the inside with the push bar of the rider and come flying out the trailer....scared the crap out of me the first time i drove past when they did this. Its a time saver but i would never try it

[Eric ELM]

I would never leave one running in an enclosed trailer, especially with someone inside it and the doors closed.