Bleach Burn Out

[DAP]

For those who think there can never be enough horsepower!



Doug

 

[cowboydoc]

That's over $100k up in flames.

 

[IllMarty]

I want to hear the story about that one. Marty

 

[TerryinMD]

DAP,

Any background on this. What happened?

Is that a large square baler behind the MF?

Terry

 

[MikePA]

It's the August, 2000 picture at http://www.profi.com/local/english/profiset05i.html

 

[Thomas]

Talk about spoiling day in the field..yikes. /w3tcompact/icons/frown.gif

Thomas..NH /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

 

[cowboydoc]

I can tell you exactly what happened without even knowing the story. The guy was baling straw in a big round baler and some straw got hot and started on fire. I've seen it happen a few times. That stuff is just like gasoline when it gets a flame or spark to it. We always carry two extinquishers when baling straw.

 

[MikePA]

Does the straw get hot because it gets stuck somewhere in the baler or for some other reason?

 

[Thomas]

I thought by the looks of the picture the tractor was towing the other unit{tractor etc..} and maybe the tractor over heated the motor or transmission,which came a part than cause the fire.
For the main fire looks to be around the tractor transmission,also flames coming from the rear of the motor.
Now that must be some scary not knowing at any given moment something like that could happen.
Thank for the info.

Thomas..NH /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

 

[cowboydoc]

Tom,
No that's a square baler and I doubt the tractor got hot. If you look at the back end that straw bale is already burned. I imagine you don't see much on the outside of the baler as they usually burn on the inside. I think what you're seeing on the tractor is probably the tires burning. The pickup is right behind there so my guess is that the fire started at the pickup.

Mike,
Usually what happens is the chafe off of there will accumulate and just static electricity or a spark from the pickup can be caused from the metal hitting against metal can set it off. We had it happen to us a couple times when I was back home.

 

[DAP]

Was thinking that this fire may have been caused by loaded tires. Alcohol based additives to tire loading are flammable.

Doug

 

[Robert_in_NY]

Most of the people on this board do not understand the joys of baling. You could have a great discussion about why you don't bale hay when it is wet and why so many barns burn down each year. I think in this pic the straw built up next to a belt or some moving part and the friction ignited the blaze.
One of my favorite scenes I wish I had my camera for was when I was driving down one of the back roads and there was one round bale smoking in the middle of the field, the next day it was completly engulfed in flames. Haying is a wonderful thing isn't it.

<font color=blue>Robert Turk Jr.</font color=blue>
<font color=blue>Whitetail Splendor Deer Farms</font color=blue>
<font color=blue>Silver Creek, NY</font color=blue>

 

[RichZ]

That's exactly why I'm afraid to store hay in my barn next year, once I start haying. As a newbie, there's a lot I can do wrong. My barn is 200 years old, and I don't want to burn it down, and probably kill some of my critters, too.

Rich

 

[Robert_in_NY]

That is one of the reasons most of the farms around me are just building pavilions to store their hay under and hang tarps on the side to help protect the hay. I still see some people bale hay after a light rain and it makes you wonder. Good luck with you baling.

<font color=blue>Robert Turk Jr.</font color=blue>
<font color=blue>Whitetail Splendor Deer Farms</font color=blue>
<font color=blue>Silver Creek, NY</font color=blue>