Subject: Fw: How to cook a deer....... Here are some instructions on how to properly cook a deer. Start with a nice flame. If you need further instructions, refer to photos. As you can tell from the last photo, the deer is thoroughly cooked. :d Tim --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
That totally sucks. Love the first photo of the extinguisher sitting on the ground. Guess nobody thought of picking it up and trying to use it! LOL
I got this in an email a while ago. These pictures are pretty crazy but I can tell you exactly how anyone would feel who has owned or operated one of these machines, looking at these pictures.....sick to their stomach..when I saw them it honestly made me upset. lol. That's only 1/4 million burning before your eyes :d
Tim..... Thanks for sharing these photos. I believe I have seen them before but it definitely gives cookin' a "Deere" a whole new meaning. I know I have heard of multiple 9630 (4 wheel drive) Deere's starting on fire when stalks and other material collected up around the turbo.
That is insane! I never realized the whole thing could go up in flames....I bet once those huge tires catch a flame, there is no turnin back...Tires burn HOT and for a long time too. Especially tires the size of a compact car, lol. I'm guessing these machines are properly insured being worth so much?
I know that 1 extinguisher won't put out a blaze like that. Just think it's funny seeing it sit on the ground next to the blaze!
Not really, rather sad If you ask me. Farmers will look at these pictures different then some others (non farmers) will.
Steve Actually both the boss and I got a chcukle out of that. We both have had our combines on fire a few times but were able to get them put out before any real damage. There has been a few Case burn to the ground too so not just a Deere problem. Flax and sunflowers can be a real joy to combine. We had one tractor catch on fire. A newbie was discing a dried out slough and the cattail fluff caught on fire on top of the engine. No biggie... you stop, shut the tractor off, pop the hood and put it out. Not the newbie. He stopped the tractor and ran !!! Apparently he watched one too many movies where you have only sceconds to get away before the vehicle blows up. I was combining soybean in the next field but behind the hill out of sight. What a joy to pop over the hill and see the tractor in flames. As I drove over to it... there was a big puff of white smoke and the fire went out. A radiator hose burned through and put the fire out when it burst. We got lucky there. The sad deal was the guy didn't shut the tractor off when he bailed. The oil line burnt/burst and dumped all the oil wrecking the engine. Nothing $60,000 couldn't fix when experience and common sense weren't to be had. :huh: Tim
Ouch Tim!! Damn city slickers eh??!! I've seen a few start on fire myself, both times It happened I got the fire out right away but one of my dairy farmers wasn't that lucky. He tried to put the fire out on his and It blew up and killed him on the spot. Sad day It was.
That would be bad and sorry to hear that. It is a little unnerving trying to put a fire out on the back of the rotor and the sieves when you have a 150 gal fuel tank right above you. Been there 3 times in two days and didn't like it any of the times. Especially the one time when the swath had caught on fire behind me ( flax ). You are trying to watch the field while tending to business on the combine to get that fire out while the truck driver is trying to get the swath fire put out so the field doesn't go up in smoke. Smoke is rolling out of the combine and you can't see a damn thing as your spraying it down with your itty bitty fire extinguisher just hoping you are doing some good. The **** we do to pay the bills. Tim edited... forgot to add, two other combines burned up that night in our area. It was a tough flax year for some reason that year. Nobody got hurt though.