[AT] late model Deere tractor fire discussion

[Cecil Bearden]

I checked the number of the tractor.  I have been driving it most of the 
day until the boss got into the fence with the mower...  Shut things 
down for a while...
It is a 6420..  Good tractor, but not a lot of fun to work on..  Gotta 
add some freon to it also, after I get the 1/4 mile of twisted horse 
fence wire off of it....

Cecil in OKla

charlie hill wrote:
> 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
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>   
>> 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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