[AT] Tractor Lightning Strike?

[Carl Szabelski]

If it was a lightning strike, there should be some evidence of lightning
hitting the tractor. The starter wire should also show a short that allowed
the starter to engage. Also, if the starter was engaged due to a short, I
would imagine that it was engaged all the time the engine was running and
is possibly burned out from being engaged for so long.

 I had the H take off on me once when I tried to do a start and realized
that the battery was dead. I connected the jumper cables before before
putting it in neutral and as soon as I made the last connection, off it
went. Had to jump on while it started heading for the pond. Turns out that
I left the kill switch off from the previous start attempt and the starter
switch had also stuck in the closed position from the previous start
attempt. So when I made the last jumper cable connection, the starter
kicked in and off it went. Didn’t realize the starter switch was stuck in
the on position until I made the next jumper cable connection, this time in
neutral with the kill switch on, and heard the starter engage and run. So
it is possible for a tractor to take off if it’s in gear with the kill
switch off, and the starter is somehow engaged.

Carl

On Tuesday, July 13, 2021, Stephen Offiler <soffiler at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm not sure who can see this, but I hope it is available to the general
> public, whether you have a Facebook account or not...
>
> https://www.facebook.com/soffiler/posts/10225960016456420
>
> Not MY tractor.  It's on my Facebook page because I'm sharing it.  You can
> read commentary from the owner, Lapsley Orchard, and you can also see what
> I came up with.  I am really curious to hear input from ATIS members.
>
> Steve O.
>
>
>
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