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Why do Bobcats catch fire?
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<blockquote data-quote="bobcatguy" data-source="post: 102264" data-attributes="member: 11457"><p>Most that I have heard about involved bird nests on the turbo/exhaust manifold. One I had happen to me personally involved someone replacing a factory steel line to a lift cylinder with a flexible hydraulic line (not me... seriously). The line was right next to the battery and rubbed the positive terminal. Once it wore through the rubber coating and got to the steel braiding it acted as an electric heater which melted the line and caught fire. Oh what fun! I have seen others in sawdust applications that caught fire because the owner didn't take time to blow sawdust out of the machine once they were done spreading the sawdust. It amazes me that people let a 15 or 20 minute job cost them thousands of dollars. "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" The plus side is the people who don't take preventative measures keep guys like me who make a living selling low hour used machines in business.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bobcatguy, post: 102264, member: 11457"] Most that I have heard about involved bird nests on the turbo/exhaust manifold. One I had happen to me personally involved someone replacing a factory steel line to a lift cylinder with a flexible hydraulic line (not me... seriously). The line was right next to the battery and rubbed the positive terminal. Once it wore through the rubber coating and got to the steel braiding it acted as an electric heater which melted the line and caught fire. Oh what fun! I have seen others in sawdust applications that caught fire because the owner didn't take time to blow sawdust out of the machine once they were done spreading the sawdust. It amazes me that people let a 15 or 20 minute job cost them thousands of dollars. "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" The plus side is the people who don't take preventative measures keep guys like me who make a living selling low hour used machines in business. [/QUOTE]
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