A JD combine with a full load

Anyone know where this pic was taken? It looks exactly like a 9650 Walker that burned in a cornfield east of Clarkfield Mn. only when we saw it they had removed the cornhead from it.A guy we know had a fire on his 9650W that caused $6000 damage to it this fall but after a little layup and use of a "loaner",they were able to keep runnin'.

Our Deere dealer told us there was an unusual amount of combine fires this fall due to extremely dry conditions.It's one of the reasons rental combines were scarce since if a customer's combine burned,they felt obligated to let them use the "loaner"combines before they would rent them out.That's understandable.Everybody got their harvesting done anyway.

OMG, Cogleaner....you lost your L? I did not know that, since you sent no PM to let me know. I'm really sorry for such a thing happened.
Poor old L.

Yes, I am rather deeply saddened by the news, Cogleaner. I was also on top of your story last winter on just getting this beautiful 1976 L and remember how happy you were to get her and I was, too. I'm still in shock just knowing she's gone now. I suppose the worst of it, is knowing you actually only got to spend only part of this summer's wheat season with her before the accident.

Hello , heres the story of a 50 series combine, this machine burnt because of a non common problem. Due to how close i'm to this machine i can garantee that this was no electrical fire. It was not a so called common deere problem. Leaves piled up under cab, and ignited due to a non common bearing failure , causing the above issue. Hate to ruffle feathers but there was a r62 burnt outside of Bellingham last season. BOTTOM LINE, all colors will burn, plenty of good machine in the slavage yards that should have never happened.

Combine fires SCARE ME! All that dry material moving through a piece of equipment loaded with warm/hot bearings, and tons of other moving (friction-causing) parts...YIKES!!

strawboss: the pics show a BAD fire, huh? No, it is not around here..in fact, I do not know who's it is WAS!

JoJo: You are right. There was quite a debate about the fire. Just so others know, the debate had to do with the way the combine was parked (fire is going with the wind), the way the duals were removed, the lunchbox , water jug, [position of the]fire extinguisher and other stuff that was removed from the cab, and other BS. Bottom line is that there is always someone that will cry 'foul'. I have not ever speculated as to what happened in those pics...I was not there, and will not pretend to know what happened!

Deerefever, you are so right about combines. Fires do not discriminate by color. In fact, seeing how the second combine ever, also burned, it's just as TXFarmers says--a matter of physics. We humans have our own gamit of cardiovascular disease, diabetes and cancer. Combines have their fires.

OOOUUUCCCHHH!!!!!!

Dang, Russ....that's a sad story! Sad-looking 16, also!

I know a lot of you have seen the pics that I posted above of the combine on fire, but for those of you that have not, here is one more. This pic is after the FD arrives...looks as though they are way late..

Holy cow! That WOULD have been a catastrophe! I'm glad your machine was okay, but especially glad to see you did not lose your house--and possibly someone still home, too.