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<blockquote data-quote="hurleyjd" data-source="post: 389594" data-attributes="member: 4674"><p>I think if you dumped the bale, closed the tailgate and kept the baler moving it might shake out the burning hay. This would keep the belts moving and keep them from getting hot enough to burn. I burned one baler, I did not keep it moving, I drove as fast as possible to a water hose with the tail gate up. The baler belts were then on fire. I caught another on fire three years later, hot bearing, I dumped the bale and moved away from the bale with the baler, lifted the gate and found what little hay left that was burning, I had gloves on so I just raked it out. Another story with a tragic ending. An older gentlemen in our community had a new Vermeer and a new John Deere. Caught the baler on fire. He drove across the hay medow with it on fire, he was trying to get to some green grass to keep from burning the meadow. The hay built up in front as he was going.The fire ruptured the fuel tank under the cab that was full of diesel. Needless to say the man died in the accident.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hurleyjd, post: 389594, member: 4674"] I think if you dumped the bale, closed the tailgate and kept the baler moving it might shake out the burning hay. This would keep the belts moving and keep them from getting hot enough to burn. I burned one baler, I did not keep it moving, I drove as fast as possible to a water hose with the tail gate up. The baler belts were then on fire. I caught another on fire three years later, hot bearing, I dumped the bale and moved away from the bale with the baler, lifted the gate and found what little hay left that was burning, I had gloves on so I just raked it out. Another story with a tragic ending. An older gentlemen in our community had a new Vermeer and a new John Deere. Caught the baler on fire. He drove across the hay medow with it on fire, he was trying to get to some green grass to keep from burning the meadow. The hay built up in front as he was going.The fire ruptured the fuel tank under the cab that was full of diesel. Needless to say the man died in the accident. [/QUOTE]
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