In Reply to: Combine Fires posted by JerBear on February 14, 2002 at 16:27:30:

5 R-75's had the bearing on the engine pulley go out. We could have walked away but put the fire out. Back left tire was even on fire. $20,000 insurance claim. It looked like a giant grinding wheel spewing sparks throughout the internals of the combine. Put it out with compressed air.