Combine fires

[makar]

So its started 32 degrees 1 combine half section up in smoke. Most damaging to the neighbours.

[makar]

At least this time its not me. Yet. Again. So far.

[goalieguy847]

Are they red machines? Those 8120s like to go up.....

[makar]

Green like s something or other.

[makar]

What lights up the red ones?

[sumdumguy]

Lentils have an oily black dust that sticks all over the back of the combines. When you smell smoke, heading for the water truck. We’ve put out more fires than we can count on two hands. Gotta be constantly vigilant and water truck with hydrant hose in the field.

[ajl]

What lights up the red ones?

Cheap plastic fuel line. At least that was the culprit in the one 8120 fire I was involved with. Fire was fought and combine saved.

[TSIPP]

Leaf blower is your friend, blow the dust off the engine area often.

[bucket]

I wish insurance companies would go after the manufacturers for causes .

Deere had a back beater bearing that could not be greased because the bearing had the hole to allow grease in on the inboard side while the grease nipple was on the outboard side of the flanges that held the bearing. Poof , I think a lot of back end fires started there.

Then manufacturers do updates that second or third owners don't know about. Had an updates not done on a combine , saved the combine after smelling smoke all day . Cost about 5000 then to update , should have been free, asked for insurance - they said its a known update so no. When talking to the insurance person I said - so it would have been better to let it go up in flames?

Claas has a front feeder house drum that is prone to failure even with sealed up design for the bearings. one of these times in mid season we won't catch the heat.

[Old Cowzilla]

Lots of high pressure hyd lines going everywhere now on combines that can turn your machine into a giant flamethrower if they hit the right spot. Soybean and Sunflower dust is quite nasty for combines too.