How to fix a frozen Front end loader, skid steer or other snow removal & snowplow equipment

whether you own big loaders like this or smaller loaders like this it's not a matter of if they will freeze up but it's a matter of when so today I'm going to teach you how to thaw out the frozen loader I'm going to teach you how to keep your loners running all winter long without having problems and I'm also going to cover the early warning signs that a loader is starting to freeze up allowing you to catch it and keep it operational before it becomes problematic so let's get started Jay my name is Bailey Sullivan I was saw the lawn service and here watch now you here in this video because probably you'll order is froze up you don't know what to do the answer is simple your fuel lines are frozen you have to thaw out those fuel lines now under optimal conditions you'll have a torpedo heater handy and you put that right where your fuel filter is because that nine times out of ten is where problems occur this is what you're going to need so you need to locate where your fuel filter is on your machine and you've got to thaw the water out of the fuel lines these things do a fabulous job in a very short while you're also going to have an extra set of fuel filters on hand if you don't have them right now carry them with you at least two fuel filter you're going to put the heat right in the area of the fuel filter because that is likely the pinch point where things are freezing up you're gonna need to find that out of your individual machine all these machines are different whether it's a giant deer a cat or Bobcat it doesn't matter you've got to locate that fuel filter and you've got a certain thought on that out you're gonna pop that fuel filter off and you're gonna put a brand new fuel filter in place you also have the option of tinting that machine if you happen to have an old tarp and put that tarp over the engine compartment of the machine that's going to contain that heat you don't have to get a ladder with this you've just got to contain right in the area something similar they're keeping the wind from wicking it away they say windchill doesn't affect machinery but that is an absolute lie it's called convection cooling the wind will actually pull and draw the heat off from the machine and that is our enemy in this case we've got to contain that heat to thaw out those frozen fuel lines so we put the torpedo heater in place and we thought everything else that should give the machine enough fuel to get it to fire you need to then add 9-1-1 into the fuel system if you guys have a different additive I do want to hear about it 911 found across the board to be the best and most effective additive for thawing actual frozen lines out those two things alone should pop off your machine now that you got your frozen machine finally running again let's keep it from freezing up first thing that we're going to be doing is we're going to be going to the gas station and double checking the mixture on the fuel don't trust them it doesn't matter what they say it matters if your equipments running or not so I always add extra number one diesel fuel which is a pure winter blend into the existing winter blend of the diesel fuel on top of that I always add some anti gel into my fuel and I also add 911 right into the main mixture it's not the best for the engines but it's best to keep the equipment running in extreme temperatures today it's a for me negative 19 degrees Celsius up which means my equipment isn't liking me now we've got your equipment running we know how to keep it running by adding extra number one into the system then what is the early warning signs that you're having the problem in the first place your equipment sounds like that it's starting to freeze up it's starting to spit and sputter it's starting to freeze up those are the signs that it does it's starving for fuel the first first signs that that happens you add more 911 the system it's as simple as that are you getting the clue carry 911 with you everywhere you go that is your lifeline in these situations now it's not a perfect world oh my gosh you could believe that you don't have a torpedo here what do you do you have a pickup truck you have the exhaust of any piece of equipment that happens to be running you simply take a four inch pipe if you have that and you hook enough to the exhaust of the equipment and you put it right into the engine compartment of the machine that you want to run we got a four inch solid pipe Andy that's what you need if you've got a steel pipe that's even better yet but you simply slide it up to the exhaust of your truck all that gonna be direction right where I want it right into the machine is going to warm it up then you go inside the truck throttle it down because that's going to pour the exhaust out that much faster it's about thawing out this machine you want to get as much heat pumped into the area where it's froze as possible what to keep those lines thought out that 911 one's going to activate it's going to save the day you have a big dump truck I've used this truck all that warm exhaust right on my frozen fuel lines a big truck like this works amazing machine you don't happen to have a dump truck handy it's not a matter of if your machine will freeze up it's a matter of when your machine freezes up you need to be ready keep your extra fuel filters on hand have your diesel nine-one-one in stock if you have a different attitude that you guys use I want to know about it because I want to keep all of our equipment running because when it's running it's making us money when it's froze it's costing us so I want to hear from you guys what tips what tricks do you guys use put it in the comments down below