[AT] OT Fires

[Steve W.]

Yeah exhaust priming can be interesting IF you don't close the priming
port. We have 5 of them that are exhaust primed and three new units that
are self priming (Honda powered and aluminum cases make them MUCH
lighter than the cast iron Hales they replaced)
If you really want to see a strange priming system look at many of the
early fire engines, you will find a vacuum primer. It uses direct engine
vacuum to draw the water in. We have one engine that still has this one
it. That primer is NEVER used on an actual call it is strictly a backup
now, the main priming system is a primer pump now. It is VERY easy to
suck water into the engine and shut it down, not what you want at a
working fire....

Steve Williams
Near Cooperstown, New York


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cecil Bearden" <crbearden at copper.net>
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Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 8:45 AM
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> Either in a flood (Katrina ????) or the primer that is hooked to one
side of
> the exhaust outlet sucked water into the engine....  Interesting setup
for
> ppriming...
>
> Cecil
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Richard Fink Sr" <nancydick at pennswoods.net>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
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> Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 9:14 AM
> Subject: Re: [AT] OT Fires
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> >
> > Cecil sounds like they were in a flood some time some where.
> > R Fink
> > PA
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > At 05:40 AM 1/2/2006 -0600, you wrote:
> >>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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