Posted by rusty6 on October 05, 2020 at 19:37:05 from (142.165.85.215):
In Reply to: Combine fire posted by MSD on October 05, 2020 at 12:05:24:
I've watched some of his but didn't realize he was in Sask. I've seen the results of combine fires but thank goodness never in my fields. Came close to it with flax straw wrapping but got lucky, saw it in time and able to stop the burning straw. There was smoke coming down the top of the feeder chain into the header on the 7721 JD pull type combine that time. Straw had wrapped on the shaft just above and in front of the cylinder. It had nowhere to go but rub on the sheet metal above it. The paint is still burnt off that spot on the combine as a reminder to me. That was one of the reasons I quit growing flax. I've heard certain types of mould dust in peas can accumulate on the engine and cause fires.
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