Skid steer fire.

[4570Man]

My 75-3 Kubota caught on fire today. The engine bay on this machine was completely clean. It’s never even been in the woods before. It flashed an error code about the injectors and a minute or so later and it was in flames. It had 55 hours on it.

 

[svenu]

What the….

 

[lsgreg]

 

[lsgreg]

Matching orange, I wonder if a John Deere makes green flames when it burns?

I assume and hope no injuries?

 

[Lineman North Florida]

Glad you are okay and hope you had it insured or KTAC, if so I would have let that mother burn to the dirt, I bet it will trace back to something in the emissions system, gotta love all these regulations on diesel equipment.

 

[LittleBill21]

Glad you are okay and hope you had it insured or KTAC, if so I would have let that mother burn to the dirt, I bet it will trace back to something in the emissions system, gotta love all these regulations on diesel equipment.

agreed if the unit is insured. I would purposely wait until the unit is destroyed before calling the fire department or trying to stop it (as long as it could be done safely) last thing you want is for insurance to want to repair it.

 

[4570Man]

Glad you are okay and hope you had it insured or KTAC, if so I would have let that mother burn to the dirt, I bet it will trace back to something in the emissions system, gotta love all these regulations on diesel equipment.

It is insured. And it’s definitely totaled but the dirt saved the tracks that only have 50 hours use, the forestry door, the seat and the attachment that wasn’t insured.

 

[4570Man]

Matching orange, I wonder if a John Deere makes green flames when it burns?

I assume and hope no injuries?

My dad was running it at the time and he escaped fine.

 

[4570Man]

agreed if the unit is insured. I would purposely wait until the unit is destroyed before calling the fire department or trying to stop it (as long as it could be done safely) last thing you want is for insurance to want to repair it.

I don’t think anyone will deny it’s totaled. I won’t accept the machine back “fixed” but I don’t think they’ll suggest that. Those tracks are about 3 grand each that I successfully saved and the seat is probably a grand that is unharmed and I paid $2200 to upgrade the forestry door that’s unharmed. And the mower that’s on the front is uninsured. Besides being covered in dirt it’s unharmed.

 

[ruffdog]

Fire is so destructive...dang....glad everyone is fine though.