New Firewood Heater on Teleporter!

[Billhook]

Just rounding up a bonfire with the Matbro at what I thought was a safe distance with 6 metre boom extended and a muck grab on the end.

No flames near the cab end of the machine.  Set out across the field to where my colleague was working, turned the engine off and chatted for a bit.  Climbed back into the cab and woof!  Major flames out of the engine compartment.  No water nearby and no fire extinguisher stupidly so it burned for a couple of minutes before we could put it out

Been having fun today cutting burnt wires and rejoining with those plastic joiners with low temperature solder inside that you heat with a heat gun

it melted the starter solenoid, and it burned a fuel filter and several hoses. As they say in Lincolnshire “ I coulda done wiyout it!”

Edited October 11, 2022 by Billhook
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[openspaceman]

Lucky you managed to put it out at all

[Billhook]

I think that an ember must have blown out of the bonfire and been sitting in the grass and some how a wheel picked it up and threw  it into the oily sump area. Big day tomorrow when I try to start it!  Two people standing by with fire extinguishers!

Another irritation is that it burnt the throttle cable and welded the thing together and I cannot fit a new one until the boom is raised right up out of the way which should work on idle.

Edited October 10, 2022 by Billhook

[Sutton]

Good Luck!

[Billhook]

15 hours ago, Sutton said:

Good Luck!

thanks, I will have fire extinguishers nearby!

[sandspider]

Whoops. How did you put it out?

[Billhook]

Thought about unzipping the no.1 firehose but I had not had the six pints of beer necessary to make it work!.

Somebody ran for a bucket of water which did work luckily.

[Billhook]

Bingo!  She started first time and is now down at the farm workshop where I can complete the repairs in comfort.  All the electric joystick and shuttle functions work.  The new throttle cable (£90!) was two feet too short!  So I tie wrapped the lever on top of the pump to 3/4 throttle for the short journey.