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ericlb

01-05-2005 17:24:38

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hi sloroll, sounds like you had as much fun as i did, [see ot hard lesson on the 9-2-8n board] but ya burned the shed with a 966 and a vacuum cleaner? c'mon, i gotta hear this purtty please? ericlb

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SLoroll

01-05-2005 18:00:54

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Long story for an act of stupidity in reply to ericlb, 01-05-2005 17:24:38

Hey I was treated to an awful picture of a damaged leg. Got a W4 myself and looked the situation over good. I believe. Well it was again in high school our farm finally got into the big league as we were doing all our farming with a 300U "ALL OUR FARMING". Being typical teenager I was embarassed our neighbor had a Stieger and we both farmed just along the highway right outside of town. The 966 had a nasty habbit of the fuel line plugging when the fuel got to about 1/4 tank. I surmised it was a corn or bean leaf floating in it. I carried a basketball pump under the tractor seat to blow the line back when the tractor stopped. This got annoying as I never saw that Stieger stop. One fall day I saw a woman had left an old Eurica (I called em a weiner vac) vacuum out for the trash man. I got a great idea. As we were done with the 966 for the winter (harrvest was done) and the Utillity would be used for choring I drained all the fuel out of the big tractor's tank by way of the drain plug, unscrewed the fuel line and drained all I could out of her. I left the cap off the tank to evaporate any fuel out and walked away. Four months later and about time to spring till I crawlled up on my proud mount with the wiener vac under my arm With the cab on the tractor there was nowhere to hold except lean over the tractor hood with my feet precariously ballanced on the frame. One handreached over the hood and the other held the vac nosel. I flipped the toggle with my nose and proceded to suck. Who ever placed the drain plug in a 966 must have flunked engineering or let his little brother eat over the drawings. I can attest that there was at least a quart of diesel in that tank even after evaporating for 4 months. To create a propper jet engine the fuel must be vaporised (drawn through a vaccuum bag). Run through a turbine (vaccuum fan blades) and be ignighted by a shower of sparks (The powerful Eurica electric motor). That Wiener vac roared to life under my armpit pushing flame out the back side a good 12 feet or more. I was screaming the vaccuuum was reving up and getting louder I couldn't let go of anything to jump because I couldn't let the flame shoot around the shed and I was so ballanced the thing would have fell on me as I fell anyway. Finally the motor burned up after what felt like 30 min but probably 20 seconds or so. I left a big sooty spot on the shed wall and filled the Lester building with smoke. I set it all down and sat outside for a long time to stop shaking. I don't reccomend anyone try to replicate the situation. The good news I FIXED IT! The better news... Our snooty neighbor had triples on his Stieger when he sunk it in the mud and snapped an axel. Now ar age forty two I feel bad about that but in highschool... it was sweet revenge.

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Nebraska Cowman

01-06-2005 04:45:18

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Re: Long story for an act of stupidity in reply to SLoroll, 01-05-2005 18:00:54

Reminds me of bees in the house. I thought I could put a smoke bomb in the vacuum cleaner and use the hose on the exhaust side. It worked real good for just a few seconds! Then like you say. the vacuum went into "turbo boost" and I had flames instead of smoke.

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G.King

01-06-2005 01:50:25

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Re: Long story for an act of stupidity in reply to SLoroll, 01-05-2005 18:00:54

Years ago , my sister little boy put sand into gas tank of lawn mower, big brother(10) vacuum it out . 20 minutes later the vacuum went" BANG " with parts all over the place They were in eating Dinner. Same boy fill House Fuel tank with water , Father wanted to know why no heat, OUT OF FUEL???? Boy said cant be i fill it .He did become a mam. LUCK i guess.

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Jay (ND)

01-05-2005 18:55:18

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Re: Long story for an act of stupidity in reply to SLoroll, 01-05-2005 18:00:54

OMG - I peed I think.

You must have really raised he11 with your parents emotions when you were a kid.

They must have been somewhat proud when you would put in the extra time and effort in to trouble shooting a problem, however they must have been disappointed when your successes come at losses to property. Gilligan?

The caption under your senior photo must have read something like:

Most likely to miss prom due to bowtie stuck in fan belt.

Slo, you ever get up to ND, give me a yell. Right now I have a keg in the garage with my name on it, but I'll put your name on it for a day if I can hear more of these Darwinisms.

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Sloroll

01-05-2005 20:17:53

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Re: Long story for an act of stupidity in reply to Jay (ND), 01-05-2005 18:55:18

Dad was / is a heck of a veterinarian and one great cattleman(the best) but no mechanic. He left all the wrench turning to me shortly after I turned ten. Only now that I am able to out run him and he knows It have I started to tell him all the things I did. My first prom... My date and I were so bored with each other we lied to one another about having to get up early and ended the date early.... We met each other again about fortyfive minutes after I dropped her at her home and ran to the woodsie prom party. She musta ran through her house and out the back door.

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ericlb

01-05-2005 18:29:53

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Re: Long story for an act of stupidity in reply to SLoroll, 01-05-2005 18:00:54

good story, sloroll, i never would have thought that would happen either, its a wonder i didn't do that to, i wont do it now i assure you, the closest i came was last year with the cutting torch in the shop [ the one with the leaky acetaline hose] anyway it got to burning about halfway to the tank, and stupid me just reached up and turned the tank off, went outside, then it occured to me that there was absolutly nothing preventing the tank from blowing up, while i was turning the knob off, i still get the shakes when i think of it, and havent touched the thing since, i have no idea why it didnt blow up, ericlb

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Andy Martin

01-06-2005 05:48:23

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Re: Long story for an act of stupidity in reply to ericlb, 01-05-2005 18:29:53

As much as flashback preventers are recommended for oxygen and acetylene tanks, there is no way a flame can burn down a closed line UNLESS there is a combustible mixture in the tank to start with. Backflow of oxygen into the acetylene tank is why you need a flashback preventer.

If you have only acetyelene in the tank, and only oxygen in its tank, if you get a fire in a hose the products of combustion (co2, co h2o) prevent the fire from going far down the line.

A little like dropping matches in a jar to make a lantern when you were a kid.

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Sloroll

01-05-2005 18:34:47

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Re: Long story for an act of stupidity in reply to ericlb, 01-05-2005 18:29:53

As long as there was possitive pressure feeding to the outside of the tank there wasn't any O2 getting in the tank so no combustion. My Brother in law is a pipeline welder. Always welds them when full!

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Dick Davis

01-06-2005 01:15:09

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Re: Long story for an act of stupidity in reply to Sloroll, 01-05-2005 18:34:47

Great story. It is amazing most of us are still here. I know I would have taken better care had I known I would need this body so long.

Yesterday with 12" of new snow over 1/2 inch of ice, 18 degrees strong north wind and my 65 year old brother's first deer ever, slid to the bottom of a steep ravine. Boy I'm sore from the exertion of getting it up out of there, but going to go do it again today. My nickel Dick Davis

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