[AT] List trafic fires and other off topic stuff

[Ralph Goff]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Len Rugen" <rugenl at yahoo.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 7:01 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] List trafic fires and other off topic stuff


> Speaking of fire; a SE Kansas / Missouri farmer told me a story about 
> wheat
> field fires and I don't know if I believe him or if he was just 
> entertaining
> himself.
>
> He said that you could "combine fire".  If your wheat caught fire, just 
> run
> the fire line thru the combine, it would put it out as you drove.  I could
> see how this might work,  but I could also see loosing a combine with the
> field.
>
> Has anyone ever heard of this?

I've never tried that or seen it done but definitely heard of it. Worked 
best on swaths which were always more common here when I started farming. 
Not sure how it would work on standing crop though.

Ralph in Sask.