[tuffydoodle]

Ahhhh the fire story. Once upon a time, Christmas eve, I was mowing down my driveway, on either side. It's a very long pavement driveway and I have a neighbor directly in front of my house and her pasture runs the length of mine, to the road. I was finished mowing and going up the driveway towards the house, about an eighth of a mile away. My son was riding with me and he suddenly screams, "Fire!" jumps off and takes off running. I look down at my tractor and fire was licking at my jeans. I got off and started running for the house, a long way when you are 40 years old and out of shape. By the time I got to the house the fire had spread into the grass and was getting into my neighbors pasture. I called 911, they were here in minutes and put the fire out. It went up so fast it was unbelievable. 5 more minutes and my neighbors house would have gone up in flames. The were incredibly nice about the whole thing, even asking the firemen to let it burn a little further and get a big sticker patch. That next summer was the greenest their pasture had ever been, at least.

I'm terrified of fire, now that I see how quickly it spreads.

It'll be a cold day in hell before I buy another John Deere riding mower. I now use a Kubota. I do have a big John Deere tractor that I've never had problems with. The little one caught on fire because of a fuel leak, we think, but it was hard to tell since by the time the fire was out, it was just a lump of charcoal.

[Duchess47]

Confirms my opinion that fire is dangerous and belongs only in hell. :) My husband won't even start one around me, I can't handle them.

I can't imagine how terrified you must have been.

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

I wouldn't put it to the test, but really I don't think a grass fire would catch a house on fire. They burn real fast and go out real fast.

I was at a place last yeat and the people were burning , they did let it get up next to the house, and it did melt some of their siding, but by the time they got there to put it out with water, it had already gone out on it's own.

IF you could get leaves to burn, they might burn long enough to get a house going, but I doubt even that.

There was a grass fire burning out here once, and the local volunteer fireman came by and put it out. After they left we started it again:), to finish off what had been left.
Becky

[HairOfTheDog]

They were incredibly nice about the whole thing, even asking the firemen to let it burn a little further and get a big sticker patch. That next summer was the greenest their pasture had ever been, at least.

Heh... That's Becky... let it burn... I was gonna have to mow all that anyhow...