Re: Cause of Tractor Fire?

Posted by Hugh MacKay on November 30, 2003 at 16:43:16 from (216.208.58.138):

In Reply to: Cause of Tractor Fire? posted by Gramps544 on November 30, 2003 at 11:42:22:

Gramps: One other fire source to watch closly for is fueling a hot gas tractor. The only fire I ever had was from this. The young operator had forgotten to fuel in morning and ran out of gas. It was a Cockshutt 540 with Continental flat head engine. He was fueling in a hurry from a 5 gallon jerry can, spilled some and the gas followed hood to engine and hit the hot engine. Caused quite an explosion, caught his clothing on fire. Luckily he semi burried himself in fresh cut corn silage, and received only minor burns. In this case tractor was clean, no oil leaks in dirt, so a few burned wires was extent of tractor damage. One thing I should point out he had gas cap back on before gas hit the engine. I hate to imagion what may have happened if that tank had stiil been open. BE CAREFUL FUELING HOT TRACTORS.

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