lennyzx11
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- Dec 20, 2015
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- Bennington Vermont
- Tractor
- Kubota L3301 HST/LA525 & 1964 Ford 2000 gas
My Brother in law was mowing with our mower yesterday and came running to me screaming fire. I saw our purchased in April new John Deere mower engulfed in flames under a big maple tree.
I grabbed the shop fire extinguishers and tractor and pushed it away from the tree out in the clear. Both extinguishers empties, I buried the mower with dirt using the tractor.
Not sure what happened. He said he heard a pop from under the front and flames came up from underneath.
He wasn’t in high grass or leaves also and was moving so I don’t think it was a spark from exhaust on the ground that did it.
He’s safe. A little shook up. He has cystic fibrosis and that mower has been his way of getting outside in the sun a little.
I think it had 40 or so hours. I remember doing the 25 hour service in August.
I grabbed the shop fire extinguishers and tractor and pushed it away from the tree out in the clear. Both extinguishers empties, I buried the mower with dirt using the tractor.
Not sure what happened. He said he heard a pop from under the front and flames came up from underneath.
He wasn’t in high grass or leaves also and was moving so I don’t think it was a spark from exhaust on the ground that did it.
He’s safe. A little shook up. He has cystic fibrosis and that mower has been his way of getting outside in the sun a little.
I think it had 40 or so hours. I remember doing the 25 hour service in August.