Harvest , Fires, be prepared

[Guest]

had a close call today
we blow combines off faithfully every morning and do a good job
somehow today something hot musta fell off turbo
we were done field getting ready to move to next field
all of a sudden in the far corner where we had finished 5 mins before stubble was on fire and moving fast
disc and water truck were still in the field
i think it took 7 or 8 minutes to get tractor and disc running and to the fire
it was under control within ten minutes, my point is , you don't have 15 or 20 minutes to go get it somewhere else
no crop loss , injuries or machine loss because we were ready for once
its scary shit guys , we were 33 here today with a strong south wind
no room for error
a friend said 3 combines burnt in his area today northwest of here
one burnt here a couple days ago
she's tinder dry here in the swamp
don't take chances, get what you need in the field , no excuses , fire dept can't help you
you need water to put combine out , disc to put stubble or crop out , cultivator NFG cause you might be in standing crop
oh , and blacken a fire guard around grain bags
that was scary seeing that hot bitch heading for grain bag plus 2 combines, grain cart , grain bagger, 2 semis , half tons, service truck, 2 tractors , water truck , etc
your own crop is not covered on your public liability, only the neighbours
incidentally , apparently hail ins covers you for fire , who knew?

[TOM4CWB]

had a close call today
we blow combines off faithfully every morning and do a good job
somehow today something hot musta fell off turbo
we were done field getting ready to move to next field
all of a sudden in the far corner where we had finished 5 mins before stubble was on fire and moving fast
disc and water truck were still in the field
i think it took 7 or 8 minutes to get tractor and disc running and to the fire
it was under control within ten minutes, my point is , you don't have 15 or 20 minutes to go get it somewhere else
no crop loss , injuries or machine loss because we were ready for once
its scary shit guys , we were 33 here today with a strong south wind
no room for error
a friend said 3 combines burnt in his area today northwest of here
one burnt here a couple days ago
she's tinder dry here in the swamp
don't take chances, get what you need in the field , no excuses , fire dept can't help you
you need water to put combine out , disc to put stubble or crop out , cultivator NFG cause you might be in standing crop
oh , and blacken a fire guard around grain bags
that was scary seeing that hot bitch heading for grain bag plus 2 combines, grain cart , grain bagger, 2 semis , half tons, service truck, 2 tractors , water truck , etc
your own crop is not covered on your public liability, only the neighbours
incidentally , apparently hail ins covers you for fire , who knew?

Didn't start till 8pm... was 36c and didn't want 42c grain in bin... wheat swathed for 3 days 13% tonight at 20c. If cooled from 42c would lose 2 points moisture shrink... by the time cooled to 10c can't afford that!

Blessings and safe harvesting!

[Sodbuster]

We keep our water trailer rolled with a fire nozzle on the hose close by. In the last 15 years we have put out 4 stubble fires, two of them were the neighbours. It doesn’t take long for a fire to spread, be careful out there and stay safe.
On a side note, the oats we were doing yesterday would of been pretty hard to burn with the amount of moisture still left in the straw but the oats were testing under 10%.