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I brought this picture over from another site.Here we see the farmer's wife sweeping up the foam the fire department used to save the building.   The sprayer in the background is probably a total loss.How it happened:This guy was torching off a sprayer boom and didn't take any precautions.  He managed to burn thru a hydraulic line, and the machine basicly became a flame thrower.Fortunately, the fire didn't take the building, and he managed to save other machines while the fire department was on the way.Sadly, it could have been prevented by using a fireproof blanket, or minimized with appropriate safety equipment and procedures.THERE IS NO JOB THAT CAN'T AFFORD TO BE DONE SAFELY! Attached ImagesAppreciation Gains You Recognition-
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Reply:Good tip Franz!
Reply:i have to turn down jobs cause of safety issues but w.t.f. i dont want to be held acountable for someone elses mistakes........or impaitance !!!great pointer, and the pics are worth a 1000. words franz !!dawg
Reply:I once saw this posted in a machine shop.....Stupidity is forever,Ignorance can be cured.Ron ShopFloorTalk Millermatic 350P, M-25, M-40 gunsDynasty 300DX, Coolmate 3, Crafter CS-310 TorchTrailblazer 302, 12RC, WC-2430A spoolgunSpectrum 2050Thermal Arc Plasma Welder PS-3000/WC-100B
Reply:Good tip Franz.My parents know some --they're not Amish but the Oregon version -- farmers who were bringing in hay bales to their barn.  The semi was stacked about as high as it could go and one of the bales caught on fire while leaning against the exhaust stack.  When the driver pulled in front of the barn, he realized there was a bale on fire and instead of driving into the field and dealing with it, he jumped on the trailer and pulled the burning bale off right in front of the barn.Did I mention it was windy and hot that July?When that bale hit the ground, it scattered embers all over the place.  When I drove by two days later, the barn remains were still smoking and the semi trailer was burnt to the ground.I think I'll go buy an extinguisher for my truck tomorrow.
Reply:Ouch.  Sorry to hear that david.  My grandpartents have a dairy in Tillamook, OR and I have bucked hay over the years for them and I know how it gets when it's dry.  There used to be this old fart running around the farm that like to smoke 50 cigarettes a day.  That was fine and dandy, but he like to take little naps on bails of hay with burning smoke in hand.  I caught him a few times and scolded him but beings that he was older, he was wiser, he hollared at me back.  Sure enough, I found him asleep again with his smoke in the loose grass below and a nice little fire brewing.  I stomped it out and woke him up.  He actually learned from that and quit doing it, which suprised me that old dogs can learn new tricks.Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.