Forced air heaters (Herman Nelson’s)

[Taiga]

In my experience you will have to due a lot of hoarding to get any results with the tractor.

Hoarding?

[shtferbrains]

To keep the heat enclosed around the tractor.
Maybe some plywood and tarps.
Guys in the bush used to use smaller parachute.

Is the tractor inside?

[Taiga]

To keep the heat enclosed around the tractor.
Maybe some plywood and tarps.
Guys in the bush used to use smaller parachute.

Is the tractor inside?

Gotcha, yes it is in shed, plugged in. I will tarp it up and get ducting with elbow pointing up at the oil pan.

[shtferbrains]

A heat gun will warm fuel filters and even oil filters if your careful. Warm fuel atomize's better.
The will melt about anything is you leave them unattended.

Can even warm the auger motor if you have a engine cover.

[WiltonRanch]

Have a Deere 175000 btu diesel. Fuel lines definitely need changing every couple years. They do soot up so you have to clean them regularly. Have to be careful you don’t cover the discharge end too much or you’ll burn the eye out. Need to have space between discharge and sock or whatever. Works great if you’re processing or preg testing cattle when cold. Have a covered heavy steel table at the chute. Point the heater at it from behind. Keeps you and the vaccines warm. I have a smaller propane heater but never use it as it’s not too hot. I’d surmise if you like lugging a bottle around they are a lot less maintenance than diesel. Diesel is convenient if you need it intermittently to thaw something out and need lots of heat fast.

[Rinker]

The original herman nelson company was rebranded as Frost Fighter. I have one its 350000btus of indirect heat, so in a pinch could be used to heat a living space safely, or for hoarding concrete without raising C02 levels. The fuel tank holds enough diesel for 14hrs of operation. They are quite reliable but in the event their is an issue local rental stores carry all the necessary parts. Used ones are in the $2500 range, new ones more than double that. I also have both the single outlet flange for a single sock or the double flange for dual socks. No replacement for the quality of a frost fighter imo. A key to their longevity is using 10ga extension cords if you anything over 50' away from a plug.

They work great for adding supplemental heat to air bins for drying, but I wouldn’t dare try it below -10c the raining in the bin would be too much.

I have the same setup. In 19 we took all our crop off tough. Worst was over 19 moisture wheat and 16 canola. We ran the heater for 2 months straight, even through -20's C. I would cycle 3000bu grain through a 5000bu bin, rocket air and 7.5 hp fan. 3 days And the wheat would drop 6 points to dry and I'd store it in another air bin and freeze it. Only had 1 load of canola rejected for moisture (1st load) after that I figured out the system. Good God that was a long 2 months but worth the effort.