Combine Fires
Grain combine fires are responsible for millions of dollars of loss each year. Fires usually start near the engine where dust and dry crop debris accumulate. From 1984 to 2000, 695 major grain combine fires were reported to local fire departments. Dragging chains to reduce static electricity was one method of preventing harvester fires.
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Famous quotes containing the words combine and/or fires:
“All the powers of imagination combine in hypochondria.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“Looks like we got a trial ahead of us. But it’s not the first time. We’ve had to go it alone before, and we’ll have to go it alone again. We’re tough. We’ve had to be tough ever since Brother Brigham led our people across the plain. Well, they survived and I dang it, we’ll, well, we’ll survive too. Now put out your fires and get to your wagons.”
—Frank S. Nugent (1908–1965)