[AT] Tractor fire

[charlie hill]

Years ago there was a Brockway truck dealership here.  They were repairing a 
wrecked truck and had it in their paint booth.  They came to work one 
morning, heard an engine running and a bunch of beating and slamming.  When 
they got back to the paint booth the Brockway was jammed into  and partly 
through the back corner of the building with the rear tires jumping up and 
down on the concrete floor.  Seems that something had shorted out the 
starter circuit and the Cummins diesel had come to life sometime during the 
night.

Charlie
----- 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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