Like today’s automobiles, the cabs of modern off-road equipment are climate-controlled. After all, a comfortable operator is more productive. Unlike automotive heaters, some off-highway vehicles have red-hot electrical resistance or diesel or propane fuel fired heaters. However, many jobsites—particularly petrochemical plants and underground mines—now restrict or prohibit heaters that involve open flames. Some sites even require the removal of the fuel source from these heaters from the machine before it can enter the area...
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