[AT] Tractor fire

Howard R. Weeks weeksh at bellsouth.net
Thu Jan 6 18:35:42 PST 2005


Watched a warehouse at Fort Polk, La burn down in the early 60s.
It had about 6 new telephone line trucks parked in it.  During the fire,
two of those trucks started on their own and motored out of the burning
building, crossed
an alley way and stopped up against a building next door.  Both trucks were
fully engulfed in flame and would have set the other building on fire if the
fire dept
hadn't been there to put them out.  Presume the fire melted the starting
system in a way
that engaged the starters.

Howard Weeks
Harlem, GA




----- Original Message -----
From: "Len Rugen" <lrugen at c-magic.com>
To: "tractor" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 5:42 PM
Subject: [AT] Tractor fire


My son come home today with a siding/soffet repair story.  Apparently
someone had a tractor parked near, but not that close to the house.  One of
his kids heard something during yesterday's rain and ice storm, so they go
outside to check.  The tractor is running, burning and up against the house
spinning.  The house might have burned except the rain comming off the roof
was putting the fire out.  A fire apprently started somewhere and started
the tractor, it was in Reverse, backed up hitting a grain tank that
redirected it to the house.

I would guess prank or tall tail, but in the middle of a rain storm...

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