locomuttLets not forget the "farmers" that always have their tractor, and other various gasoline powered equipment stored in the same 'building"; along with all kinds of "nice" chemicals......always makes for some interesting excitement!
The farmer I knew best had a different system. He kept his gasoline tank between his house and his garage, and filled not only the tractor's tank, but his cars' tanks and his sister filled her car's tank from it.(no road tax on farm gasoline).
All the farm buildings were across the road from the house, and he kept his tractor in a separate building (I think it was the one he had kept his T-Model in),
Johnny
cherokee womanLurkers need to check in once in awhile, so we know you're still alive and kicking.
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Yep, still here...
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Randy; you got that right bout them lawmakers . While they were busydoing that , I wonder if they were cool enough.~~~ Gotta go ( big brother is watching ) (~~~~~~~ , ~~~~~~~ ~~~.
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rvos1979Saw the thermometer hit 116 degrees today in Waco, TX, went inside the truck stop about 6pm, came back out at 8, and temp was still 103
Randy, that's hot...! Your story reminds me of many years ago we were running truck tests {transmissions}, out of Kingman, Az., and on our route we went out across route 68 and up over the pass and dropped down to Bullhead City. We would turn there at the Dam and start back to the top of the pass....What was it, about 9 miles if I remember correctly and I remember seeing amb. temps climbing that grade at a 100 degrees at 10 oclock at night....Warm. {And down at Bullhead City it wasn't "dry" heat}...ha.
Quentin
Big thing where I live right now are the big square bales (3'x3'x8'), they stack nicely, and are somewhat easier to transport. I know of one person in our area who does custom baling for the area, as the equipment is not cheap (he told us several years ago his tractor, baler, and accumulator cost about 250k total.). Big savings in labor, farm families are not as big as they used to be....
Saw the thermometer hit 116 degrees today in Waco, TX, went inside the truck stop about 6pm, came back out at 8, and temp was still 103, and it took over a half hour to get the truck comfortable inside again. Headed back towards Cincinnati tomorrow, going to try a different route, see if it's shorter or quicker than the way I came out.
Randy Vos
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I believe the large round bails are predominant in many areas now. Some are even wrapped in plastic and remain outside.
And cows. One thing that often gets saved, though, is the milkhouse - location of some of the more expensive equipment on a dairy farm.
We used to count on several barn fires in a season. Any more, though, most such barns are either no longer used, or have been replaced with structures less likely to burn. Hay is often baled in large round or square bales (which pose a problem all by themselves, even if there's no buildings nearby), rather than the standard bales that will fit in the usual hay mow.
Better make sure I know where my gear is. We'll probably go out tonight...
Larry Resident Microferroequinologist (at least at my house) Everyone goes home; Safety begins with you My Opinion. Standard Disclaimers Apply. No Expiration Date Come ride the rails with me! There's one thing about humility - the moment you think you've got it, you've lost it...
ModelcarAlong with the obvious fast burning hay, barns contain dried out timbers that should ignite quickly as the heat builds. Space between barn siding {cracks between boards}, particularly old building should provide incoming oxygen for a fast moving fire too.....Open at some spots on main floor down to lower section of barn provides good draft as well. And not to mention main floor, open barn doors of large size. Most barns that I remember back in our home area that had spontaneous combustion fires started, were totally destroyed, even with multiple fire co.'s on site....
Along with the obvious fast burning hay, barns contain dried out timbers that should ignite quickly as the heat builds. Space between barn siding {cracks between boards}, particularly old building should provide incoming oxygen for a fast moving fire too.....Open at some spots on main floor down to lower section of barn provides good draft as well. And not to mention main floor, open barn doors of large size.
Most barns that I remember back in our home area that had spontaneous combustion fires started, were totally destroyed, even with multiple fire co.'s on site....
Lets not forget the "farmers" that always have their tractor, and other various gasoline powered equipment stored in the same 'building"; along with all kinds of "nice" chemicals......always makes for some interesting excitement!
Being Crazy,keeps you from going "INSANE" !! "The light at the end of the tunnel,has been turned off due to budget cuts" NOT AFRAID A Vet., and PROUD OF IT!!
Mookie Joe - we don't have that many barns any more, so people put their grills on their balconies (a strict no-no from fire dept) and burn their houses, condos, apts and garages down! Well done on that burger, please!
Joe - we don't have that many barns any more, so people put their grills on their balconies (a strict no-no from fire dept) and burn their houses, condos, apts and garages down! Well done on that burger, please!
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Gee - had one of those this morning.....(Better story was the bear tearing apart a parked Harley hog to get at a piece of leftover pizza in the saddlebag storage bin)
Have not been around much, but things appear to be back to normal (however that's defined)....corporate people shortage is creating a wierd set of dynamics compounded by the financial times we are in.
Got to help Uncle Pete fend off a bogus damage claim compounded by a City/County GIS blunder and people putting too much faith in GIS....never dull around here.
Going for an extra large portion of #3 with a #2 salad chased down by several gallons of gatorade. (as for #1, CANNIBALS!)
Justin, good luck starting 8th grade tomorrow. Make sure you get to bed early tonight, and get a very good nights sleep and rest. You'll more than likely need it for tomorrow.
Supper menu tonight:
1. Chefs salads (two, one with turkey, one with chicken)
2. Garden salad
3. Hamburger Helper Beef Noodles (and #2 will go very well with this)
I'm very glad I gave our flowers, shrubs, and garden a very good soaking this morning, as it looks like the only ones in our area getting any of the thundershowers is well south of us, south of Elizabethtown and heading east.
Everyone have a good evening, and stay as cool as possible. Out of courosity, any of you been watching the Who Wants to be a Millionaire? with Regis Philbin? We've been watching it. It's a nice break from all the reruns that are on this time of year.
Afternoon.
Larry, We are beginning to get suspicious because the guy was laughing about it and showed no unhappy emotion at all as stated by our fire chief. Maybe it was set on purpose???
Have any of you herd of the book Little Sandy Sleigh Foot? When the excavator operator was tearing it down about ohhh… 2 or three hundred copies fell out. Most all soaked with oil, and water. We saved 5, I got one too. Dr. Crane wrote this book.
Well, THE LAST DAY OF SUMMER VACATION FOR ME… Tomorrow we will mount the cream filled Twinkie with a flashing strobe light on it, and ride it to the place of doom. I’m going to double, and triple check all my stuff tonight. But… There’s still time for a little MSTS before that!
Have a good evening all, and if you have time, wish me luck tomorrow as I start my first day of 8th grade.
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afternoon
well mother nature has provided us with some thunderboomers this afternoon.Matt and I got a little wet when coming home from running errands.As for barn fires I have heard about people with burn barrels to close to the barn and they catch the barn on fire.Cw thanks for supper.Time to get things around for work.
stay safe
joe
Deshler Ohio-crossroads of the B&O Matt eats your fries.YUM! Clinton st viaduct undefeated against too tall trucks!!!(voted to be called the "Clinton St. can opener").
Baled. Tightly packed and tightly stacked.
Some years ago we were dispatched to assist with a barn fire. I was driving our tanker (tender to our western friends) and as I approached the scene I was looking for the sizeable smoke column I just knew a burning barn would be producing.
No such animal. The fire was in the hay mow, well seated in the hay, and (at the time) not producing much smoke. Despite efforts to get as much hay as possible out of the mow to get to the fire, the barn eventually burned to the ground.
I wonder which, bailed or loose hay in a loft inside a barn that has not been completely dried, has more fire potential.......?
Lots of farms around my home area of western Pennsylvania and over the course of my lifetime, there has been quite a few barns lost to such a fire...And I agree, the barn filled with hay {in any form}, is a fire just about impossible to stop until it consumes the barn and contents.
tree68Nothing like a barn fire to make your day (and night, and part of the next day). I've been to a few...
Yes, indeed, especially if you did not get your hay completely cured before you put it away in the loft, and it sets itself on fire as it continues to cure When I was at 4-H camp sixty-one years ago, we were told of the danger of putting green hay up. We also were told of using fans to move air through the loft to help prevent fires.
Modelcar ...but I suppose popups can happen quickly.
...but I suppose popups can happen quickly.
Frighteningly so. We often have the conditions for such popups travel across Lake Ontario, prevented from growing by the relatively cooler waters of the lake. Once ashore, they grow amazingly fast. It's not unusual for such a system to pass over me (just six miles off the lake) with some rain and a few bumps and rumbles, only to grow to the point that NWS is issuing warnings by the time they're 15 miles inland.
Attendance is up a bit this morning and a surprising number seem to have rain potential in their area. We do. All week in fact....Potential for rain each day until the weekend.
Right now the radar seems to show it going north of us and nothing west for a while, but I suppose popups can happen quickly.
Started out with 77 plus degrees this morning....For us, that's pretty warm to start the day. So windows remain closed to ward off humidity too.
Wish a good week to all.
MookieCW - garden? Coffee in the sunshine?
Mookie, I'm right behind you, with our coffee mugs and a thermos of coffee!!
Good morning. 78 and sunny at present in Carolina. Not sure of the high today, but as usual, they are calling for thunder. Spent a good Sunday and caught up on some sleep. Think I will try that again... Everyone take care.
Tom
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Puter threw up this morning and wouldn't get out of bed. Called tech support - have no clue what state it is in but not this one. Internet was off until just a few min ago and he said we had no outages in the neighborhood. Tech can't come until Thurs afternoon - and since we have been having some issues with the internet, will let him check it all over. Meanwhile, will type like mad in case it goes out again!
I would have jumped out a basement window had I been w/o internet all week.
Rain all around us. Rain predicted all week. This is our very dry time of year, so don't understand rain, but at 61 degrees - who's complaining!
CW - garden? Coffee in the sunshine?
Looks to be a nice day again today - of course, my office is air conditioned due to the equipment that's in it...
Weatherguessers apparently think that Joe's thunderstorms will be here tomorrow.
Got more to do at home than I do at work, but I don't want to burn off any vacation time. It'll all get done eventually. Better mow the lawn soon, though. All that rain we got is still paying "dividends."
I'll be in the corner with my bearclaw and tea.
Morning
Muggy outside and a red sunrise.thunderstorms possible this afternoon.A guy at work almost took out the boss.Not a good way to work on a monday.Cw thanks for breakfast.
nap time
Good Monday morning, everyone. Hope you all have a good weekend. Here is Louisville, KY, we're looking for a projected high today of 89, with a chance of afternoon popup thundershowers/storms. That will be a couple of degrees "cooler" than yesterday. Our official high was 91, with a heat index of 94, or 95.
Coffee, juices, lemonade, Gatorade, iced teas are freshly made this morning, and there's hot water for hot tea. For breakfast, I've made some biscuits, and fixed bacon, sausage, fried eggs for biscuit breakfast sandwiches. If you want to add cheese to your biscuit sandwiches, there's some sliced cheddar cheese in the cooler.
Taking roll call this morning, to see whose here. Seems like several regulars have been absent for quite awhile. Lurkers need to check in once in awhile, so we know you're still alive and kicking.
Everyone have a great morning, stay as cool as possible, and take care.
tree68bubbajustinThe guy said that he was originally going to put it in the hay barn….. Nothing like a barn fire to make your day (and night, and part of the next day). I've been to a few...
bubbajustinThe guy said that he was originally going to put it in the hay barn…..
Nothing like a barn fire to make your day (and night, and part of the next day). I've been to a few...
And night, and day, and night, and day. Only good way to put one out is to remove the hay from the barn, and a few tank car loads of water. Think there is a fire department in northern WI that had a special hay grapple made for a crane, which are both on standby. They saved quite a few barn structures with this rig.....
Think it was hot enough today to fry an egg or two here in the parking lot in Weatherford, TX. Not sure how hot it got, but the Idleaire could not keep up with it untill the sun got low enough. Supposed to hit 100 here tomorrow, also just found out Texas has a new 'no idle' law, apparently those lawmakers never tried to sleep in a hot truck in 100 degree heat before......
switch7frg Quentin; with corn doing so well , how is the soybeans doing also???
Quentin; with corn doing so well , how is the soybeans doing also???
Cannonball.....By coincidence, just this early evening, Jean and I were driving up 600W near Cammack and I commented to her how nice the soybean fields look....So they too, seemed to have survived the long dry spell in our area here. 93.4 degrees this afternoon...That dries moisture up rather fast.
Evening all! Wow have things been busy!
Well, to start things off tonight, I must say that I’ve missed not being on here as much. However, things have been busy around the Sandlin Family home.
First off, the past 2 days, I’ve been helping tear down the old Mellott IN. School building. It once housed the headquarters of Dr. George W. Crane. I guess he was a really famous Dr. It actually collapsed. It didn’t hurt anyone.
We knew the guy who tore it down. He’s a good guy. He took his John Deere 200C and tore it down. It was all brick. The chimney’s were the most dangerous part standing about 75 feet. We wrapped a 4’’ cable around it and tore them down. It want off without a hitch. I really enjoy helping on things like that.
Dad got his first 2 calls for the VFD. The one was the building collapse, and the other was a truck fire. It melted the hood off, and the engine was totally melted. Dad says that when they got done they could hear the oil still in the cylinders boiling. The guy said that he was originally going to put it in the hay barn…..
Well, I’m sure that I will post this, and then remember something I was going to tell you all…. Oh! One day of free summer left for me. I go back Tuesday. It’s been fun!
See you all later!
Justin
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