[AT] OT Fires

[Cecil Bearden]

I watched one fire start up about 6pm last night and it burned thru the 
night about 7 miles NE of here.  TV crews never mentioned it, but it showed 
up on their radar.

saturday morning I bought 8 Hale Fire pumps off of brush pumpers.  For some 
reason everyone had water and mud in the engines.  I have spent the last 2 
days disassembling the engines to have them bored.  they are Briggs Twin 
L-head engines about 12 to 16 HP.  I still need tghe bases or sump for one 
of them.  Water froze inside and pushed out the sump.  One is on a 2 
cylinder wisconsin, and three are on CCK Onan engines.  I am going to need a 
lot of parts.  sheet metal etc, it looks like.....

Wish I was still off work, I would bore them on the Bridgeport...

cecil in OKla


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "H. L. Staples" <hlstaples at mcloudteleco.com>
To: "Antique tractor" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2006 9:09 PM
Subject: [AT] OT Fires




We have had a bad day in the area winds gusting to 50 mph. and temperatures
in the high 70's, with extremely low humidity.

Five or six structures have been burned about 15 miles north west of here.
No rain for several weeks, with something over 12"s  short for the year of
2005.

The TV camera crews have been reporting showing mini blasts as the cedar
trees explode as the grass fires overtake them.

The Red Cedars have really taken over in the last 25 years.

Luckily so far no bad fires real close.

H. L. Staples
McLoud, Oklahoma
USA
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