What did you do to or on your Kubota today?

[nerwin]

Redo it tomorrow, just outside and I'll give it rave review!
I'm really not trying to knock you at all!
I've seen bad things happen refueling equipment, and doing it inside can really accelerate the bad!

Probably not worth pumping the fuel out of the tractor and back into a can and then back into the tractor for a video nobody cares about haha. Maybe next time I need to fill it, I'll give it a try again....outside.

I just feel like a moron because I been filling stuff inside the garage for YEARS. I guess I just been lucky. I do fuel the lawn mower outside though.

 

[WI_Hedgehog]

....I've seen bad things happen refueling equipment, and doing it inside can really accelerate the bad!

Maybe guys like myself could use some bullet points on why that's bad? I can think of: fumes, spillage (again fumes), "in case of fire" but that's about it. Constructively it might make for great video content.

(Rumor has it when it's "Wisconsin Winter" cold out I fuel my saws on the workbench before taking them outside so they start easier.)

(I start them outside though.)

(Usually.)

 

[Speed25]

Maybe guys like myself could use some bullet points on why that's bad? I can think of: fumes, spillage (again fumes), "in case of fire" but that's about it. Constructively it might make for great video content.

(Rumor has it when it's "Wisconsin Winter" cold out I fuel my saws on the workbench before taking them outside so they start easier.)

(I start them outside though.)

(Usually.)

Reminds me of when I fired up the big backpack Stihl leaf blower in the house. Whoa, the exhaust fumes were strong in there for hours, but there wasn't a speck of dust in the dryer's ductwork after that!

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

I can think of: fumes, spillage (again fumes), "in case of fire" but that's about it.

Is that not enough of a reason?
A fire in a garage can get really bad really fast!

 

[biketopia]

Don't be too hard on yourself Nerwin!! NIW was just making a recommendation from an observation he made. Suggestions like that are how we all learn, or are reminded of safe practices. Complacency is what gets people hurt, or worse. I know I'm for one guilty of it, even small mundane things we've done that way for years can go sideways in an instant. Not saying we need to live wrapped in bubble wrap, the lord knows there are enough people who do that already.

 

[WI_Hedgehog]

Is that not enough of a reason?
A fire in a garage can get really bad really fast!

Well, okay, I'm not completely ignorant of the safety factor--I put cardboard on my bench so if there's spillage I can take it outside to air out a bit. AND I don't put oily rags in a closed container.

AND there's a Forestry Service video on not lighting yourself on fire I watched. (STIHL has some videos too, but any one video gets the point across.)

Plus I don't smoke (unless I'm on fire, and that's something worth minimizing).

 

[OntheRidge]

Hey, it never bothered this guy!

 

[Tarmy]

Hot manifolds, headers or even electrical items can ignite fumes …indoors those fumes are likely to dissipate slower as well.

You can run far and fast, in any direction outside as well