[AT] Jim Erdle Auction

[Steve W.]

charlie hill wrote:
> Ralph these guys didn't normally store hay under that shed but just got in a
> jam for space that year.  It cost them.  My guess is that pile of hay was 
> 20' x 40'
> x 15' or so high in square bales.  Of course, since a hay fire like that 
> starts in the
> middle of the stack there is no real way to put it out unless you have a big 
> piece of
> equipment to tear down the stack and that is dangerous.
> 
> I enjoyed that video.  This is my favorite time of year on the farm.  The 
> work is coming
> to and end.  Things are getting cleaned up and some money is in the bank and 
> you can
> start to think about next years crop.  All is good.
> 
> I don't know a thing about Canola, what is an average bushel per acre yield 
> for the stuff?
> They have just started growing some Canola here recently.  A friend sent me 
> a pint of honey
> from his hives the other day and told me the farms around his hives were 
> planted in Canola this
> spring so it is Canola honey.  It's nice honey.  Smooth and not overly 
> sweet.
> 
> Charlie
> 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Ralph Goff
> Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 11:27 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Jim Erdle Auction
> 
> On 9/18/2013 9:02 AM, charlie hill wrote:
>> A couple of brothers I know are very successful farmers.  A few years
>> ago they got in a bind with their hay and stored some under an open
>> sided combine shed
>> other than to keep the shop cool.  it was one of the more impressive fires
>> I've ever seen.
>>
>> Charlie
> I've seen a few bale fires here. Once a big stack or row of round bales
> gets burning about all they can do is try to make a break in the row of
> bales and hope the fire does not jump. There is a lot of energy going up
> in smoke when bales burn.
> I keep bales in the barn loft but no machinery in there.
> 
> Ralph in Sask.
> 

Something that I put together for hay fires works really well, and it 
was not real expensive to build.

First you need a BRASS 2.5" female coupler to match the fire hose 
threads your dept. uses. (I get mine off the old antique lines we toss out.)
Next visit your local auto parts store and get a section of straight 
exhaust tubing that your coupler fits tight on.(depending on the coupler 
that can be 2.5 or 2.75 inch pipe)
Braze the coupler to the pipe. On the other end you need a point, I made 
ours from an old tire balancer cone. But you could easily fish mouth the 
tube and weld it up.

Now make two collars that will slide on the pipe. Weld a couple pipes 
and braces so the handles are stiff. Then weld a stop on so the handle 
is able to rotate but still push the point in. Set up your drill press 
and drill 1/4" holes around and up the pipe.

You now have a high flow piercing nozzle for hay fires!

-- 
Steve W.