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Jogeephus

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I was wondering how many days it might take 87 rolls of hay to burn completely up if the initial moisture content was about 12% and they were all ignited within 8 minutes of one another. If it matters, this was last year's hay. Anyone care to guess or cypher it out?
 
Dont matter if it is lasts years hay or whenever its the 12% moisture and how tightly they are stacked together that matters. Tell us about it.
And let us know if it has started yet or you are just thinking about it. hahaha
 
Oh, its started and has been going for about 8 hours so far. Anyone like to sing? In unision, I thought we might sing, "It only takes a spark to get a fire going".
 
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Jedstivers sent me some pictures of rolls of cotton on fire a few months ago. Hundreds maybe thousands. Maybe he will see this and chime in.
I have seen a lot of rolls on fire in the past. Sure makes me feel sad for the owner and his cows.
 
42.87234 hrs without rain and dry.

54.39874 hrs with a little rain.

Sorry for your loss, I worry about the same thing every year.
 
kenny thomas":1ilsurt3 said:
Sure makes me feel sad for the owner and his cows.
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Thanks, but no need to feel sorry as I've always felt stupidity ought to be painful and I could have avoided this IF I had remembered that fire is a sneaky snake. On a good note, I will not have to move the hay. :lol2:
 
You don't even need a spark to set hay on fire. A over loaded steel decked trailer with dry peanut hay burns good to. Thank you Mr. Padgett, if not for him I would of burnt Riverbend Ga. up. I hope this was your hay?? At least the winds not blowing and the weather liars are calling for rain. I am not good in math or physics, but it should be out by the weekend.
 
Jogeephus":z6h29t5p said:
I was wondering how many days it might take 87 rolls of hay to burn completely up if the initial moisture content was about 12% and they were all ignited within 8 minutes of one another. If it matters, this was last year's hay. Anyone care to guess or cypher it out?
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Was this YOUR baler?

Hard to smell a bearing in the cab.
 
I can tell you that 200 bales of love grass takes ~ 56 hrs if you use a dozer to knock it down and push dirt, without the dozer- not sure.

Somebody was nice enough to perform the experiment at 2 a.m. on a Friday night. :mad:

Lesson was learned and all hay has been stored out of sight from that point on.
 
I built a nozzle for our fire dept. several years ago that you could stick in the bale to foam it from the inside out. Knock on wood we havent had a problem in a couple of years. and a stack of 100 rolls will smolder for 7 days if untouched
 
They are gone. Nothing but a big pile of ash. I reckon the moisture content was lower than I estimated. I was surprised. I figured three days.
 

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