For 20 dollars you can buy a Wi-Fi outlet that you can turn on remotely or set up a schedule for on and off and they work great.Leaving the block heater plugged in won't hurt anything on the engine. Just the electricity to run it. We have 2 tractors and a loader that stay plugged in for 8 hours or so every day. We have a guy that comes in at midnight to feed cattle and that equipment has to start for him, and no one is available to plug them in an hour or two before they need to start. So, they get plugged in around 4 or 5pm when we head home so we know they'll be ready for the night guy.
Range should have nothing to do with it as it’s Wi-Fi but not an expert on that.Thanks guys. I've got remote controlled power but currently it's hooked up to some stuff in the shop. I'll have to get another. I guess I should run one out there and test that the range goes that far first.
Also, what I took away from Swetz's post was Hot Shots and Peak are the ones to keep an eye out for, and hope it doesn't gel.
Except when it's lubricating your engine.Stupid wax!
My first backhoe around 2000 was a two wheel drive JD 410. I reasoned a 14000 LB machine would push snow without tire chains. My lot is more level than most of Vermont. Town road (paved) climbs a hill, but each neighbor has a terraced lot. No driveways I plow are steep. My driveway is level, but raised above the adjacent lawn a few feet.I forgot to listen to the check-for-water advice but went out and dumped an ounce or two of the Hot Shots in the fuel tank, gave her a vigorous stir with a bamboo stick and the hoe seemed to run pretty well. I was quite surprised to get nearly stuck, just up on some unlevel snow at the end of my driveway. Even in 4wd I was spinning more than I'd expected. It wasn't really bad but some spinning was surprising.