Trainman Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 (edited) Well, it was not a good day today for one of my clients. At 10:30 AM his buncher was working as normal (that is snow in the picture): But 20 minutes later it looked like this: Then a few more minutes like this: At 2 hours it looked like this: I will be going back to the site tomorrow to make sure the timber is OK and take a few more pictures. Day after photos: The exterior: Inside the cab: The motor: Lots of the motor ended up on the ground as pools of metal. Anything cast or alloy essentially just melted away. Edited October 18, 2006 by Trainman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLApathy Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 Damn, bet that cost some coin, the driver make it out ok? Yall should have a an old Deuce and a half tanker truck and a brush truck to pump from it if something were to ever catch fire, like a vehicle or the forest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trainman Posted October 17, 2006 Author Share Posted October 17, 2006 Damn, bet that cost some coin, the driver make it out ok? Yall should have a an old Deuce and a half tanker truck and a brush truck to pump from it if something were to ever catch fire, like a vehicle or the forest. Operator was shaken up but OK. Fire season is over so we are not required to have that amount of stuff on site. And it went so fast that by the time anything would have set up, it would be too late anyway. Question is why did the built in suppression system not go off? And new these are about $500,000 CDN. Ouch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedPath88 Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 Wow... glad the crew members (driver any everyone else) are all ok. Question is why did the built in suppression system not go off? So... depending on the reason, it may be covered by insurance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbopath Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 500,000 CDN...wow. The sad part is the dollar sucks so bad that it's almost that much in USD now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trainman Posted October 17, 2006 Author Share Posted October 17, 2006 (edited) Wow... glad the crew members (driver any everyone else) are all ok. So... depending on the reason, it may be covered by insurance? Only one crew on site (not including me, I was there for something else). The rest of the crew was 80 km away finishing another area and were not scheduled here until later in the week. Usually the suppression system is a requirement for insurance. May be an interesting discussion between the owner and the insurance company. And it was almost (2 months) paid off. Edited October 17, 2006 by Trainman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maz Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 Funny thing is we had TK feller buncher go up too this week. IT was one of our customers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trainman Posted October 18, 2006 Author Share Posted October 18, 2006 Has been updated with day after photos in the first post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maz Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 Ill take some pics tomorow if I remeber it'in our yard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Precise1 Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Damn... So what was the cause ? Electrical short due to the weather ? B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
navygz19 Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Yeah...any word on the malfunction of the supression system? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trainman Posted October 19, 2006 Author Share Posted October 19, 2006 Damn... So what was the cause ? Electrical short due to the weather ? B No real idea. The fire was VERY hot, the foreman (who has seen a few other pieces of burnt equipment) has not seen anything so destructive to the engine area. 2 thoughts on cause: one, a ruptured fuel line that sprayed fuel onto the exhaust/turbo. This does not explain however the total, sudden loss of all functions (including electrical) at once. The other thought is an electrical short that was able to burn for a while, developing the heat but without shutting the systems down before it was too late (may explain why the suppression system did not kick in). Final call will be the insurance company's. These things can work in very sever weather without issue, Monday was a piece of cake compared to some days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
govols74n Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 Looks like it hit an I.E.D. in iraq!!!! except 4 the scenery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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