An oil and lubricants specialist says spring and fall is not only the busiest time for equipment, but it is also when conditions are right for more breakdowns. Tanner Intveld is with CENEX. He says, “It’s when the machine is getting used, and also, that’s when the biggest temperature swings happen, so yeah, we see a lot of condensation happening as that engine heats up and cools down and that condensation doesn’t go away. It’s just moisture in there, so it has to either get out somehow or that oil has to put up with it to a certain degree.”
Intveld tells Brownfield many farmers are switching to full synthetic or synthetic blends for oil and lubricants because they are made from a better base stock, and are very consistent because they’re made with a chemical reaction.
