Posted by Bob Kerr on September 25, 2007 at 07:55:27 from (64.12.116.73):
In Reply to: Re: Combine fire! posted by Wardner on September 25, 2007 at 07:27:10:
This one I think happened from soybean dust building up on the manifold and smouldering and then falling further down into a pile of chaff that had built up. I have heard of some getting started from a bad bearing getting hot and from just plain old sparks from the exhaust. If you think about it, they are prime sorces of getting a fire started. Heat source, fuel, and air movement. Those guys were really scrambling yesterday because we are supposed to get rain for the next couple of days. First rain here in over a week and the last rain we got was not much. Ground is dry as a bone 2 feet down. I think most plants are living on morning dew!
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