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Alberta, Canada | lol well forgetting the fact of it being clean, and empty, to me, it appears the machine was driven there when it was wet, so either during or after a rain, you can also note the vehicle tracks behind the combine. As well, it's in the middle of nowhere, directly off a road, with the field finished.
On top of that, if your machine was on fire, say he was driving down the road at the time, machine started to catch fire, once he noticed it, he slowed down, pulled off the road, jumped off the machine ---- after making sure he got not one, but four items of lunch ---- set them down perfectly, got around there and opened up that side panel, got the ladder down, ran to get the fire ext. that was no doubt left strapped in/by the cab ---- because face it, everyone thinks they should see the actual fire first and evaluate the situation, then go get water or an ext. afterwards ---- scramble up the ladder carrying the fire extinguisher which, i don't know if you've tried it but i can tell ya i nearly killed myself twice climbing up the ladder at the farm show a few weeks ago carrying my camera in one hand, don't even want to talk about coming down in a hurry with only one hand. ---- gets up there, opens up the panels up there ---- which would either be engulfed in flames by now, or at least be extremely hot metal, which once opened would explode into his face ---- fully empty the extinguisher on the fire, which obviously didn't work, proceed to yell and scream and trip over himself coming down the ladder, gently set the extinguisher on the ground, ---- making sure it's upright and in the picture ---- then calmly stand there and take a very nice picture of it. By the time he takes the second picture the platform where he was just standing is now fully engulfed in flames, and by the time he took the third shot the unloading auger was drooping, and the header had fallen because the fire had already gotten to the hydraulic lines.
So sure, if you believe all that, and that's what happened, I'd like to hire that operator, who achieved so much in so little time, and who obviously held his composure in a rather nerve-wracking situation, that I know of a few operators personally that would have fallen off the ladder trying to flee the cab in their panic. He achieved everything except put out the fire, which is understandable since I doubt that tiny thing would have done anything by the time he did all that and finally put it to use.
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The operator parked the machine there, probably during or after a rain, possibly because there was a problem with the machine. This would explain why he only pulled mostly off the road, and didn't go right into that low-spot in front of the combine. This would also explain the muddy tracks from a vehicle that came to pick up the operator. The next day or so, he came to the combine, either to fix it or more likely he didn't realize there was a problem until after his ride left as there are no tools, other vehicles etc. He goes up there, maybe to service it, maybe to fix a problem which just happened when he tried to start/operate it. Maybe it catches fire while he's playing with something up there, maybe he rigs it and it catches once he goes to try something in the cab. Either way, suddenly there's a lot fewer things he did from the time it caught fire until the time he took the pictures.
Just my flawed thoughts,
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