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Feedback: Suitable for extremely hot air?

3 April 2013

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Suitable for extremely hot air?

DOES the John Deere company know something we don’t about global warming? The for the small tractor that Graham Worthington bought advises him: “The recommended John Deere greases are effective within an average air temperature range of -29 to 135 ° C (-20 to 275 ° F). If operating outside that temperature range, contact your Servicing dealer for a special-use grease.” We know that engine temperatures can get this high, but we wonder, with Graham, what part of the world experiences air temperatures anything like this high, let alone higher.…

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