That is my grandpa’s combine, that was his dads combine that he bought back in the day (My great grandpa Howard). Crazy you made a video, that is my grandparents discing the field for the fire. Sad I didn’t work this season since this is their last year farming.
@combinelover89884 ай бұрын
I'm so sorry for their loss. Just because she wasn't the only combine, doesn't mean there wasn't a big hole left in the harvesting team! Everyone is important, and it's just going to take that much longer for completion of the harvest, and then having to deal with the insurance and mounds of paperwork. My heart still hurts for the poor combine, too.
@TrevorStruthers4 ай бұрын
Man that is really sad. A lot of history in these old machines. I am glad this doesn't happen as often as it could.
@anthonybeardmore54134 ай бұрын
So much destruction from one combine, it's amazing just how far and how fast fire can spread.
@johannbuer17274 ай бұрын
Trevor it's hard to see, burning down the wheat . Thank you for sharing the video. Greetings from a german farmer 🇩🇪
@TrevorStruthers4 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching
@williskinder77944 ай бұрын
Another interesting subject of what can happen and does on the farm thanks Trevor.
@patwalgamott48674 ай бұрын
Your great coverage of a terrible event is fantastic. and the dramatic guitar work is amazing. Thank you for the documentary. Be safe out there!
@rupps_timber4 ай бұрын
Been there done that. Couple of old Challengers getting after it. Cool video; They always happen every year and you hate to see farmers lose standing grain and equipment in these situations.
@haykelhermi5074 ай бұрын
Great video
@TrevorStruthers4 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@WheelingDairyFarmer4 ай бұрын
Wow I am glad we don't have such fire dangers around here. It is not so dry here. Good job of showing the scale of the fire and what would happen if it wasn't contained. Thanks and good job Trevor
@Bearded_Tall_Guy4 ай бұрын
i work on a wet lands area in denmark just last year i had to stop a fire starting 3 times.. a larger rock in grass when mowing. set a water trench on fire. with a wheat field getting harvested besides it. it happens even when you don't expect it.
@AK-FS3 ай бұрын
Another excellent video - thank you! Just tragic to lose the 1470. They don't make them like that anymore; it was an excellent hillside harvester! Do you happen to know what caused the fire? Was it caused by something in the combine itself, or some other source?
@TrevorStruthers3 ай бұрын
No. I didnt hear the how it started
@joegotz19714 ай бұрын
Been there in the fires a few times. It really gets your blood pressure up because you are not sure if the wind will kick up and get the fire really burning.
@joelg80044 ай бұрын
Glad no one was hurt!
@combinelover89884 ай бұрын
THAT is the MOST IMPORTANT thing of all! Albeit it tragic for the farmer and his combine, HE or the operator, CANNOT be replaced. Another farmer, with his own combines, will fill his shoes after he's retired.
@Bepositive-0i04 ай бұрын
its sad to see all of those fields burning
@rickdavidson35344 ай бұрын
The best drone footage. I would have liked more commentary about why they are doing the discing the way they did. Explain the tankers at the road intersection. Many dont see wildland fires and dont understand how rural firefighting works. But!! its still a great video with a positive end..
@TrevorStruthers4 ай бұрын
Next time! This winter I could use some fire footage to explain the tenders and all that. You even see them running out of water up in the field in one of the F-Series trucks.
@joescheller66803 ай бұрын
Sad to see a lot went into that crop and now its gone up in smoke
@jiggyquinn56354 ай бұрын
Hope the recovery from the loss is speedy and of minor setback.
@flanacre4 ай бұрын
Oh, I'm very sorry that so many hectares of fields were burned even with a combine harvester ((
@John-nc4bl4 ай бұрын
Impressive video, thanks Trevor. I wonder why he didnt fold the outer gangs of the disk down when he was going down the hill which would have made a wider fire barrier. Going uphill with them folded down may have made the Cat spin the tracks as the hill looked to be steep.
@dougfalstad52274 ай бұрын
He wanted to get better penetration in the hard dry soil. Turn up more dirt.
@John-nc4bl4 ай бұрын
@@dougfalstad5227 Thanks for your reply. I was just thinking that a while after I wrote the question. The two outer disk gangs would put more weight on the center gang and make it cut deeper. Hopefully he has max angle cut on the center gang blades to bury more wheat stalks and turn more topsoil up on to the top. It must have taken quite a while to get the Cats with the disks in action from looking at the amount of wheat ground burn tafter the combine went on fire.
@TrevorStruthers4 ай бұрын
It was probably a half hour before the cats started rolling. Even if they're at the edge of the field, that may be a mile away. Thanks John! I have never seen anyone else do the folded up drill, but what do I know. Doug may have gotten it right with the penetration being better from the added weight.
@Dapalm244 ай бұрын
Excellent video was that the small combine ?
@TrevorStruthers4 ай бұрын
I haven't verified but it looked a lot like a 1470
@spike30824 ай бұрын
Definitely is a 14 series IH/CaseIH combine as the 16 series CaseIH combines had the fan as I call it on the back of the combine instead of the side that's the easiest way to tell the difference between a 14 series and a 16 series
@michadudek404916 күн бұрын
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@luisnunes79334 ай бұрын
Hello! Prevention is a must! On board automatic extinguishers instalation should be considered...
@ElsaLay4 ай бұрын
That's a good point... Here in Australia on our farm, our harvesters are fitted with a fire suppression system.. Harvesting sunflowers is a very hight risk for fire in a combine...
@luisnunes79334 ай бұрын
@@ElsaLay You're quite right.Greetings from Portugal.
@combinelover89884 ай бұрын
I have advocated this for 32 years now. It's just a thing with airplanes. Back then, a small single engine plane was only about half the price of a big combine, too! All the greedy combine companies care about, is selling more $100, $200, $400 K...$1,250,000 combines, but they don't give a darn about the combines themselves!!! Really sad, because each generation of them are bigger, stronger, more advanced and just more beautiful than the previous, and they should have the utmost care and respect, because each one carries the responsibility of its owner's ENTIRE FISCAL INVESTMENT AND ROI, on its back!!! God bless the combines, as well as the farmers and their families!!!
@combinelover89884 ай бұрын
Sunflowers are sooooo FREAKING DANGEROUS!!! I actually don't use that oil, for that very reason. I use CANOLA, instead, because it's just more combine-friendly.
@luisnunes79334 ай бұрын
@@combinelover8988 👌
@samkf2504 ай бұрын
Pretty scary.
@dypk-x3n4 ай бұрын
tragic
@TrevorStruthers4 ай бұрын
Irreplaceable, each one of these old machines.
@dypk-x3n3 ай бұрын
@@TrevorStruthers 👍
@YacIne-t8j4 ай бұрын
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@charlestibbey26664 ай бұрын
Thanks Trevor, very scary. Is this the farm you are working on and this year's harvest?
@TrevorStruthers4 ай бұрын
No, this was about three miles from my house up in the skyrockets.
@HasanAli551234 ай бұрын
I'm very sorry bad news .
@AnthonyJonas-eh4fu4 ай бұрын
Was it a 1670 that was lost??
@threetwomotorsports4 ай бұрын
1470. It's my dad's combine. Grandpa bought it brand new in 84
@AnthonyJonas-eh4fu4 ай бұрын
@@threetwomotorsports that sucks
@threetwomotorsports4 ай бұрын
@AnthonyJonas-eh4fu definitely sub optimal. It was his last year before retirement and the combine decided to retire with him I guess.