Yep, that's my yard! I was mowing some dried grass/straw into piles for the chicken house today to save some money, straw bales are $5 each. The wind was right, the grass was dry as a bone and enough built up on top of the mower deck until friction from the serpentine belt ignited it and started a flamethrower under my butt.
I can't believe how many people showed up to help put it out! It was awesome and humbling! I live in a small town(population like 350) so about 10 different volunteer firefighters came and an old firetruck and a truck with a tank on the back full of water to spray the flames. We were all out there raking flames, it was pretty crazy!
EDIT: Fixed spelling/grammar- words, brain and fingers are still trying to get back into gear.
Yep, that's my yard! I was mowing some dried grass/straw into piles for the chicken house today to save some money, straw bales are $5 each. The wind was right, the grass was dry as a bone and enough built up on top of the mower deck until friction from the serpentine belt ignited it and started a flamethrower under my butt.
I can't believe how many people showed up to help put it out! It was awesome and humbling! I live in a small town(population like 350) so about 10 different volunteer firefighters came and an old firetruck and a truck with a tank on the back full of water to spray the flames. We were all out there raking flames, it was pretty crazy!
EDIT: Fixed spelling/grammar- words, brain and fingers are still trying to get back into gear.