[AT] Fire Damged tractors

[Cecil Bearden]

I have restored forklifts that were in a fire.  Everything low that has 
gear oil in it is usually OK.  If the aluminum isn't melted, It did not 
get too hot.  If the radiator does not have the solder melted out of it, 
It is usually salvageable. The sheet metal will be really soft after the 
fire.  There were a lot of tractors on dealers lots in the 70's that had 
been in a fire when I worked in a tractor dealership. 

Cecil in OKla

John Slavin wrote:
> Hello all:
>
> Haven't posted in quite a while, but have a question.  My sister and  
> her husband had a fire this spring that took their machine shed.   
> Inside were a 6620 JD Combine, a Farmall 560 and my dad's beloved  
> Super H.  The hottest part of the fire was at the north end and the  
> fire seems to have drawn air from the south end which was where the  
> wind was coming from. The 560 was at the south end and still has some  
> original paint showing. The Super H was next to it, and still looks  
> straight, but the sheet metal is discolored.  Both tractors lost the  
> tires and anything that wasn't metal.
>
> Has anybody tried to restore a fire damaged tractor, or is all lost?
>
> John Slavin
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