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Cause of Tractor Fire?
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Posted by Gramps544 on November 30, 2003 at 11:42:22 from (65.178.144.88):
At the local tractor salvage yard, it appears that most tractors there were in some sorta fire. I do not what my I-544 to suffer a similar fate. What cause fires on tractors? My nieghbor had his combine burned to the ground this summer. He was harvesting his wheat and it appears to have started at his front wheel (JD combine so no big loss....just about $75,000). I can see grasses getting stuck in the PTO cover or the wheel bearings causing heat and starting a fire. This summer I added lights to my tractor and the hot lead got pinched between the clutch pedal and frame. This smoked my wire (was at night so I noticed my glowing wire, no fuse on circuit). Are electrical problems the major fire causes? If fires are such a major potential problem, why do most tractor not have fire extinguishers on them (mine included)? Just looking for some information to keep my tractor out of the salvage yard.
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