I shut down the self-propelled walk-behind mower and headed for the shed. Noticed a whiff of smoke from just above the muffler soon more smoke,,, more smoke and so on. I keep 3 fire extinguishers just inside my garage door,, by now flames about 4 inches tall. Put it out with a couple puffs from the fire extinguisher. The cause was dry dusty chaff/grass clippings.
Recommendations:
Blow old dry grass clippings out from under the cowling covering the engine once in awhile.
Keep fire extinguishers at a couple different locations around the place.
I had to run 200 feet to the nearest extinguisher.
Now I have an extinguisher on the tractor (fits perfectly in the round document holder that came with the tractor) just behind the tractor seat (Bobcat CT 120).
So now I have an Extinguisher in the House, Garage, Boat and the Tractor.
Thinking of getting more if I see a spot that needs one.
Recommendations:
Blow old dry grass clippings out from under the cowling covering the engine once in awhile.
Keep fire extinguishers at a couple different locations around the place.
I had to run 200 feet to the nearest extinguisher.
Now I have an extinguisher on the tractor (fits perfectly in the round document holder that came with the tractor) just behind the tractor seat (Bobcat CT 120).
So now I have an Extinguisher in the House, Garage, Boat and the Tractor.
Thinking of getting more if I see a spot that needs one.