[AT] late model Deere tractor fire discussion

[charlie hill]

Back in the late '70's a guy who farmed a few miles from our place got rid 
of the WD 45's he and his brother  had relied on for 25 years or so and 
bought a 7xxx Ford with a cab and air.  One not so terribly hot Saturday 
morning he came running into the local store/truck stop/equipment supply 
place and wanted to know where he could  buy an Air Conditioning hose for 
the Ford.  He was hoping it could  be replaced with hydraulic hose that the 
guy at the store could make.  They told him he'd have to go to the tractor 
place for a replacement.  He looked at his watch, it was pushing 12 noon, 
the Ford place closed at noon and he was 15 miles away.  He left burning 
rubber.

The guy had kids my age.  I'd known him most of my life and I'd never seen 
him move much faster than a snail before.  Apparently that cab was much 
hotter than an open station WD 45 and completely unbearable without the AC.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cecil Bearden" <crbearden at copper.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2007 6:57 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] late model Deere tractor fire discussion


>I think that was me.  The oil line to the turbo got chewed by a rat and
> it blew in the field.  It was pulling a 467 mega wide baler that I
> almost set on fire 2 night ago when the slip clutch kept slipping.  The
> clutch was red hot (glowing) and never gave an indication it was
> slipping.  Boss kept telling me you could feel it in the seat.  told him
> my butt was so tired that night that the command center had shut
> down....  Got my first experience with a hay tedder.  For such a mickey
> mouse looking contraption, it sure does a job of conditioning hay.  We
> had 30 acres of rained on hay and made nearly grade a hay out of it.  It
> had been rained on for 2 weeks.
>
> Cecil in OKla
>
> Jason wrote:
>> Someone down south was talking about a recent experience with a fire on a
>> 6420? What model was it again? And was is the rubber hose to the pipe
>> connection to the turbo.
>>
>> I'm on another list and they had a 6420 burn to the ground. Wondering if 
>> it
>> was the same model.
>>
>> Tried to search the archives but it won't connect.
>>
>> Jason
>> Eagan, MN
>>
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