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OT wow can straw ever burn!

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Barbara Shannon

07-29-2006 08:22:41




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Man what a crazy week around here. Last Wednesday Iwas appraising a house & tumbled down the basement steps, after a helicopter ride & 4 days in the hospital, a littlepeace &quiet would be nice. BUT, husband went out & baled 2 loads of straw w /IH tractor (there I got the tractor part in;) & NH kickerbaler. Baled 2 loads, unhooked baler & wagon & hauled the first load home 3 miles down the road. 1 neighbor saw him go past 1/2 way home, didnt seen anything strange. As he pulls into driveway at home though, he sees a couple bales on top burning, Tried to pull them off, andwhole load erupted into flames. We got the tractors all moved. But when all was over the siding on the house was melted & the wagon & load were a total loss. But am grateful, it ould have been sooo much worse!

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Barbara Shannon

07-29-2006 16:34:55




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 Re: OT wow can straw ever burn! in reply to Barbara Shannon, 07-29-2006 08:22:41  
Nobody knows for sure, but consensus seems to be either baler had a hot bearing, or morelikely, picked up a rock or piece of metal creating a spark. The trip home in road gear gave enough oxygen to get things going. Its really dry here, heard today that a 55 acre field burned from a hot bearing on round baler.



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trw

07-29-2006 15:59:28




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 Re: OT wow can straw ever burn! in reply to Barbara Shannon, 07-29-2006 08:22:41  
"siding on the house was melted" Yet another reason to NOT use plastic or "vinyl" siding!!!!



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Tom Windsor

07-29-2006 14:22:33




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 Re: Has your husband quit smoking? in reply to Barbara Shannon, 07-29-2006 08:22:41  
I was just wondering if the driver smoked and if he had now quit? :-)



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Fromjb2

07-29-2006 14:06:30




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 Re: OT wow can straw ever burn! in reply to Barbara Shannon, 07-29-2006 08:22:41  
Hi Barbara,sorry to hear about your problems.
Same thing happened to me about 40 years ago with a load of baled hay being pulled by JD 420.
Hot spark out of exhaust. Luckily happen in an area where nothing else caught fire but wagon and load. After that experience switched muffler on JD to exit at the side.

JB2



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Brownie 45

07-29-2006 13:37:17




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 Re: OT wow can straw ever burn! in reply to Barbara Shannon, 07-29-2006 08:22:41  
Carbon/ hot sparks out of the muffler. Happened to us too with a 350 diesel on the front end.



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Janicholson

07-29-2006 08:47:05




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 Re: OT wow can straw ever burn! in reply to Barbara Shannon, 07-29-2006 08:22:41  
Has the cause been figured out? What a series... JimN



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