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Web URL(s):http://grounds-mag.com/mag/grounds_maintenance_equipment_maintenance/index.html
    Last checked: 06/12/2008
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Author(s):Van Deusen, Larry
Author Affiliation:Professor, Department of Agricultural Engineering Technology, State University of New York, Cobleskill, New York
Title:Equipment maintenance: It's not just for winter anymore
Source:Grounds Maintenance. Vol. 39, No. 9, September 2004, p. 22-24, 26, 28-29.
Publishing Information:Overland Park, KS: Intertec Publishing Corporation
# of Pages:6
Keywords:TIC Keywords: Equipment maintenance; Equipment storage; Fuels; Fuel storage; Engines; Maintenance guidelines
Abstract/Contents:Discusses equipment maintenance, focusing on equipment storage. Suggests that "temperature has an effect on how fast fuel will evaporate...which is why [one] should try to keep fuel tanks full and the small fuel bowls on the carburetors drained." Provides potential storage procedures, including storage location, fuel care, fuel system and tank repair, fuel- and oil-injection systems care, and cooling system care. Concludes that "[one] should assign a maintenance schedule to the entire piece of equipment for all seasons...the next piece of equipment [one purchases] should have some key features, such as a plastic fuel tank, a quality fuel system with shut-offs and drains and a quality cooling system with screens to protect the radiator from chaff and dirt."
Language:English
References:0
Note:Includes sidebar, "Common problems & cures", p. 23
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ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Van Deusen, L. 2004. Equipment maintenance: It's not just for winter anymore. Grounds Maint. 39(9):p. 22-24, 26, 28-29.
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    Last checked: 06/12/2008
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