For years I've used my grain vac to blow off the combine before winter storage. I made an adapter so I can attach a 3-inch flexible rubber hose to the discharge pipe on the vac (after the cyclone is removed). I remove all shields and run the header and separator at idle speed blow off both the outside and the internals of the combine. Of course you want to be upwind (it helps if there's a good breeze blowing) so I do one side then turn the combine around to do the other side. It cleans off probably 95% of the dirt and straw, usually I just vacuum the hopper and the auger bed with a shop vac afterwards. I run the tractor at idle speed as well - the vac creates a large volume of pressurized air.
Jon Hagen got quite a laugh when I described my method on Agtalk years back. I think he envisioned me hanging onto the hose like an old cartoon character hanging onto a fire hose! Ha!
During harvest I blow out the rad and engine compartment with a regular shop compressor. I had a couple fire scares years back so always make time each morning.
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