Combine fire

MSD · Oct 5, 2020

This guy, Mike Mitchell is a big time Canadian farmer. They are running 7 Ideal 9 combines this year. A couple weeks ago they had one catch fire. Video shows it going up in flames. If you ever
seen any of his videos, he is quite the character.
combine fire.

OregonAaron · Oct 5, 2020

There's a couple bucks up in smoke!

MSD · Oct 5, 2020

It's a long video-42 min.- but he shows it later at the end when it was all out and what they think caused it.

dcarp · Oct 5, 2020

That was a fire for sure.

fixerupper · Oct 5, 2020

He is right, all combines can catch fire. New combines have so many computer controlled parts it is best if the machine turns completely to toast. Replacing hardware in a partially burned combine is fairly easy but getting the electricals working again without constant error codes and glitches will be a never ending battle. When I watched the video I was more concerned about the field going up in smoke than I was about the combine.

rusty6 · Oct 5, 2020

I've watched some of his but didn't realize he was in Sask. I've seen the results of combine fires but thank goodness never in my fields. Came close to it with flax straw wrapping but got lucky, saw it in time and able to stop the burning straw. There was smoke coming down the top of the feeder chain into the header on the 7721 JD pull type combine that time. Straw had wrapped on the shaft just above and in front of the cylinder. It had nowhere to go but rub on the sheet metal above it. The paint is still burnt off that spot on the combine as a reminder to me. That was one of the reasons I quit growing flax. I've heard certain types of mould dust in peas can accumulate on the engine and cause fires.

big tee · Oct 6, 2020

WOW--HOT---Thanks for the post---Tee

DoubleO7 · Oct 6, 2020

So do any of these machines utilize any type of onboard fire suppression other than a dinky hand held extinguisher?

rusty6 · Oct 6, 2020

(quoted from post at 07:18:27 10/06/20) So do any of these machines utilize any type of onboard fire suppression other than a dinky hand held extinguisher?

I carry a garden water sprayer on mine all the time. It holds about 3 gallons of water. Pump it up with the hand pump and pull the trigger. It would be adequate on a small fire just starting but on a major conflagration might just as well stand back and watch it burn.

Ozlander · Oct 6, 2020

Combine was OK until they added the oil cooler.

Just saying.

Lyndon - AB · Oct 6, 2020

(quoted from post at 08:59:21 10/06/20) Combine was OK until they added the oil cooler.

Just saying.

So, you're saying that the oil cooler is what popped the seal out of the rotor gearbox? Sorry, sounds like weak logic to me.

MSD · Oct 6, 2020

From his past videos, they were having trouble with the gear boxes overheating so Ideal added the oil coolers and it took care of it till this. I think what he was saying is the seal went out and it
lost all it's oil which sprayed on the chaff around the gear box and the fire started there. Plastic fuel tank was inches away from the gear box and once that melted it was over for sure. By the
time the operator noticed it on fire, he just had time to jump out before it was totally burning. I thought he said there are 3 fire extinguisher on board but little they would have done if you even wanted to get that close with one.

Lyndon - AB · Oct 6, 2020

(quoted from post at 12:11:16 10/06/20) From his past videos, they were having trouble with the gear boxes overheating so Ideal added the oil coolers and it took care of it till this. I think what he was saying is the seal went out and it
lost all it's oil which sprayed on the chaff around the gear box and the fire started there. Plastic fuel tank was inches away from the gear box and once that melted it was over for sure. By the
time the operator noticed it on fire, he just had time to jump out before it was totally burning. I thought he said there are 3 fire extinguisher on board but little they would have done if you even wanted to get that close with one.

MSD, my comment was aimed at Ozlander, he seemed to imply that the oil cooler caused the fire, whether directly or indirectly. Sorry for any confusion. I watched the video last night, pretty terrifying how quickly it went up, I hope Fendt designs a steel fuel tank for the Ideal.

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