Feed mill fire

[coachg]

Family I get my feeder calf feed from had a bad fire Tuesday night. Owner , young man , left his small loader running under the bulk feed bins while he delivered a load of mixed feed locally. Loader caught fire . Lost his personal pickup , a tractor , the loader , maybe a larger loader , tons of feed ingredients, tons of mixed feed and all his storage. I had just filled my feed truck on Tuesday morning. Calves will have feed till first of next week and then we’ll have to find from another source. Say a prayer for the Jones family . No one hurt that I know of .

 

[Mrcopier]

Dang, prayers

 

[kenny thomas]

So sad. That will impact a lot of people in your area. Better find a replacement fast because every place will be behind now.

 

[jltrent]

Wonder if that loader has regen? A local feed mill burnt a few years ago here. There luckily were others near to take up the slack.

 

[kenny thomas]

Good point about the regen. There is so much dust around a feed mill that anything is possible.

 

[mwj]

Dust on manifolds or hot bearings is all it takes. Look at the amount of combine fires every year! A smoldering hot spot can easily become a disaster if you are not around to catch it.

 

[coachg]

He left the loader running because it had got hard to crank . I’m pretty sure it didn’t have regen ; it was an older one .

 

[mwj]

He left the loader running because it had got hard to crank . I’m pretty sure it didn’t have regen ; it was an older one .

Could have easily been electrical they go up quick. When a fire has dry material and airflow it is a furnace. Look at the fire in Hongcong? this week. The high rise buildings and wooden scolding were impossible to put out.

 

[Ky hills]

That’s bad, things can happen like that such a tragedy when they do
Prayers for them.

 

[coachg]

Young couple, 2 young kids . Opened in the old Gold Kist building. Slowly had built a good business selling fertilizer and feeds . Didn’t loose the office part of the business and had over $125,000 worth of lawn mowers stored there his father said .

 

[farmerjan]

So sorry to hear it, prayers for the family. Thankfully no one hurt or loss of lives... Hope they had insurance on things to help a bit...

 

[coachg]

Insurance; can’t not have it , can’t live with it . Different insurance on loader , his tuck and tractor from insurance on building. Neither one wants to pay . Second hand information, haven’t talked to the feed mill owner .