Tractor fire somewhere locally... Cause is unknown.

Will Herring · Jul 20, 2013

http://wlds.com/news/1334-tractor-fire-creates-lots-of-smoke-no-injuries

The guy was out mowing when it caught on fire right by the edge of the road. Unsure what happened to cause it. Picture in the article of the damage.

Royse · Jul 20, 2013

Looks bad, glad no one was hurt and I hope he had insurance that will cover it!
Link - Tractor Fire

Bob Bancroft · Jul 20, 2013

I have heard of possible exhaust heat/leak (shield maybe?) being a fire hazard on some models of that color/vintage/size.

Ray · Jul 20, 2013

Electrical wire harness on some of those models caused fires.Also on a hot day the plasic fuel tanks on the 5000 series tractors could cause fires.The fuel tank was directly over the tranny hydraulic system and could get so soft they would melt.

fixerupper · Jul 20, 2013

How many tractors from the old days self-combusted? Not nearly as many as the new ones. Jim

David G · Jul 20, 2013

Bet JD will want to look at that one.

Anonymous-0 · Jul 20, 2013

Nothing burns like a deer....

2x4 · Jul 20, 2013

often on newer tractors a hydraulic line breaks & sprays hot oil on a hot manifold & poff! the black smoke rolls & it's gone.

Will Herring · Jul 21, 2013

It rather disturbs me that newer equipment seems so flammable...

Ken Macfarlane · Jul 21, 2013

The gas tractors of the 40's/50's had a bad rep for burning and
setting fields on fire here. The horsemen never trusted them.

WGM · Jul 21, 2013

Doubt it.

Leroy · Jul 21, 2013

Those are all I grew up around and I have never heard of that. Only one I ever heard of burning was during refulling at tank and a bad wire started it, tractor was repaired in a short while and back to work.

Dan T in MO · Jul 21, 2013

I driving my Farmall H back from the July 4th parade this year. The generator had been acting squirrely as of late, so I was keeping one eye on the road and one eye on the ammeter. About 1/2 mile from the farm, I look down and see smoke rolling out of my ammeter box. I shut her down and got off then pulled the wires off the generator.

Now the County Fair parade is coming up on Tuesday. I still haven't rewired my box, so I'm thinking I might invest in a second battery to keep her lit for the 4 miles there, the parade and the 4 miles back home.

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