Hard to believe this...

[Jack.P]

Been lawn mowing today and the machine seemed to have overheated  with loads of  white smoke and oil coming out of exhaust .next thing I realise  the nearby dead and dry hedge a few foot away caught on fire but managed to put it out in time .possibly caused from hot oil ?

anyway the mower still works but think it is time to offload onto ebay before it goes bang 

[Stubby]

4 minutes ago, Jack.P said:

Been lawn mowing today and the machine seemed to have overheated  with loads of  white smoke and oil coming out of exhaust .next thing I realise  the nearby dead and dry hedge a few foot away caught on fire but managed to put it out in time .possibly caused from hot oil ?

anyway the mower still works but think it is time to offload onto ebay before it goes bang 

Not going to investigate the engine ?

[Stefan Palokangas]

Why not repair it ? Would be a bad thing to do to pass it in to someone else ?

[eggsarascal]

4 minutes ago, Stefan Palokangas said:

Why not repair it ? Would be a bad thing to do to pass it in to someone else ?

Blast from the past, Stefan.

[Stubby]

5 minutes ago, Stefan Palokangas said:

Why not repair it ? Would be a bad thing to do to pass it in to someone else ?

How you doing Stefan . Not heard from you in a coons age !

[Stere]

Quite a big fire locally.Was told by an old boy that somebody set a load of fly tipped rubbish alight in the middle of a conny platation. Aparrently being burning since last night.

 

2 fire engines there doing relays for water.

 

Everywhere is tinder dry atm.

 

 

 

 

Edited May 25, 2020 by Stere

[trigger_andy]

1 hour ago, Jack.P said:

anyway the mower still works but think it is time to offload onto ebay before it goes bang 

With an honest description I assume? 

[difflock]

Safe enough to say now, but last spring, during a very hot dry spell,

I lit a bonfire some 15m upwind and South of my log pile which had been toasting in the Sun for some days after a prolonged dry spell.

I was watching keenly with the hose ready once I saw both the bonfire flames and the wind pick up.

A very rotten conifer stump, sitting positively toasty in the strong Sun, was easily kindled by a spark carried on the wind, I then misted the area with the hose and kept an eye on it till dark.

Frightening how easy a fire is to start when stuff is truely dry.

Marcus