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vscummins · Dec 4, 2014

If you don't have fire extinguisher on yer equipment get some

JMS/.MN · Dec 4, 2014

My renter"s wife had a hard time getting the fire extinguisher unlatched when her corn head was on fire. I told him my idea- the extinguisher is sitting loose, inside a short piece of auger tube mounted outside the cab door. Easy access on the way by, nothing to unlatch. And the catwalk I installed over the unloading auger is a direct path back to the engine compartment (Gleaner M2).

jm. · Dec 4, 2014

Just that half minute that it takes to get the extinguisher unlatched could make a lot of difference. You tube mount is a good and easy way. I prefer the outside mount also. Man need one as large as you have. Sometime a hot bearing is hard to knock down with those small ones.

vscummins · Dec 4, 2014

My combine Has a holder for the fire extinguisher that it just sits in without being tied it

Bob Harvey · Dec 4, 2014

Kinda like what folks do with extinguishers at home, just have them 'someplace'. Around here we have units at EVERY exit from the house and shop AND large dedicated units (20#) just out side the exits, AND a dedicated fire hose that covers 90% of the house and shop (independent water tanks and Honda pump). Thankfully no serious fire yet.

oldtanker · Dec 4, 2014

Big thing to remember is your limits! You can replace a tractor of combine. You can't be replaced. Lot of people have been seriously injured or killed trying to fight a fire without the training or knowledge of when to stay back. Some times it may be better to let it burn and wait for the FD who does have training. Your stuff should be insured anyway!

Rick

Chris Jones · Dec 4, 2014

nice catwalk too.

fixerupper · Dec 4, 2014

Some way to stop a fire before it gets big should be part of the tools you carry on a machine. Have a couple of 2 1/2 gallon jugs of water somewhere on the combine where you can get to them. A pump garden sprayer full of water is another idea. Keep a chemical fire extinguisher too. That way you have two methods to fight the fire. The water douses the flame and cools down the hot bearing or whatever. The chemical extinguisher gets the fuel, oil, hoses, belts. A dry extinguisher blows hot embers around. Water puts them out. A carbon dioxide extinguisher doesn't harm circuit boards. Dry powder does. Even a dirt shovel can do a little good. Been around a few combine fires on the harvest and we never lost a machine. Hoses, belts, wiring and one $5000 computerized circuit board have had to be replaced but we never had a machine down for more than a day because of fire. It's always scary and does get the old heart a thumpin.

showcrop · Dec 5, 2014

(quoted from post at 21:56:41 12/04/14)
Some way to stop a fire before it gets big should be part of the tools you carry on a machine. Have a couple of 2 1/2 gallon jugs of water somewhere on the combine where you can get to them. A pump garden sprayer full of water is another idea. Keep a chemical fire extinguisher too. That way you have two methods to fight the fire. The water douses the flame and cools down the hot bearing or whatever. The chemical extinguisher gets the fuel, oil, hoses, belts. A dry extinguisher blows hot embers around. Water puts them out. A carbon dioxide extinguisher doesn't harm circuit boards. Dry powder does. Even a dirt shovel can do a little good. Been around a few combine fires on the harvest and we never lost a machine. Hoses, belts, wiring and one $5000 computerized circuit board have had to be replaced but we never had a machine down for more than a day because of fire. It's always scary and does get the old heart a thumpin.

The most often used equipment on our fire dept. trucks used to be 2.5 gal. loaded stream extinguishers. They are very effective because you add detergent to them to make the water wetter, and enhance penetration, so that they are effective on both ordinary combustibles as well as petroleum, rubber etc. You can refill them yourself with water then just add detergent and air.

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