hawkeye08
Elite Member
NO way I would risk my equipment that way. Just too many risk factors for me.
I think running along side of the fire line with the side discharge hitting the flames to blow them out might work, and would sure be a heck of a lot safer.
James K0UA
That's what I was doing. I had mowed a barrier around the CRP but the fire started creeping across that barrier. I ran along the fire, throwing trash back into the burn area. Not sure how, but eventually I got embers up on top of the trash covered deck. Once it started burning there was no putting it out. I learned my lesson.
I saw a d9 stall out in a field/brush fire outside of Wenatchee, small town in Eastern Washington state. All the metal looked like it survived, but anything flammable burned. An old timer advised the driver to not to try and put it out because the equipment wasn't equipped with a "snorkel" type air intake and would probably stall. Drive said he felt pretty safe until the engine died. I don't recall what the repair cost was but remembered it wasn't cheap.