Interesting info. I find there is a lot of conflicting info sometimes regarding BK operations. I know every house is different but in regards to closing the bypass while it is in the inactive zone I thought that was taboo. lol
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Running on an inactive cat is taboo. But the cat probe is a poor indicator of current cat temperature or activity in a quickly-changing environment. They're plenty good enough for steady state, but when the temperature is rising 100F per minute, the probe just can't keep up.
We are not running on an inactive cat, it's just the gauge hasn't caught up with our momentary reality.
Me, too. Although I usually don't go back and forth, if the fire is well established, it'll get hot enough to light off eventually.
I don't dial down immediately, though, to give it a chance to catch up.
It's the ratio of the (axle) weight over the tire area that's on the ground, so both diameter and width, although that is influenced quite a bit by tire pressure. But I found that my front tires leave around the same depth in ruts as the rears do, just narrower.
I tried to keep the machine as light as possible without compromising stability. I think machine weight only really counts when you're running ground-engaging implements like a plow. That's why I don't have liquid in the tires, either, but a ballast box on the hitch (can't really see it in the picture) whenever I use the loader. I can't say for sure, but it's probably around 7-800 lbs.
