WOW! CTD Exhaust can scorch grass!
Parked my 2016 CTD on some short grass for about 15 minutes and let it idle. When I pulled away, the grass was scorched and later died. That exhaust gives off some heat!
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SidecarFlip wrote:Ron3rd wrote:SidecarFlip wrote:
Think if you bother to read your owners manual (most people don't), it will caution you about parking on grass or near potentially flammable shrubs. Any catalytic regenerated exhaust is hot as well as the SCR unit under the truck. In regen, exhaust temps can exceed 1000 degrees.
Fire insurance paid up?
Thanks for the condescending, self-serving, and rude comment, and yes, I read the manual; it warns against parking in TALL grass, which can be set on fire. This was a short cut lawn. Point is, the radiant heat off these exhausts is very great.
Apologies all round guys if I wasted somebody's time. Thought somebody might be interested.
No problem.:) Glad you read it. Most people don't. Wasn't being rude, just factual. Have a good day and water the lawn. Wet grass won't burn as quick.
No worries! Watered every day via automatic sprinklers! Never any chance of fire, just over-heated the grass and killed it in that small spot.
Folks; just to clarify here; we're talking grass a little taller than a putting green. No chance of a forest fire, thought we have plenty of those in So Cal!
