Somebody from LaSalle

[Captain Happy]

Rained here today so the fields are calm, but for the last week we have hade many more field fire in a long time. We needed that!!! Now I hope we can get the races in at La Salle as scheduled.

Hey HH, be carefull not to bundle up to tighty or POOF you will go up in smoke... Spontaneous Combustion!!!

[Captain Happy]

Friday is still iffy but better!! Tonight's test and tune looks real good, and Saturday... Time to go racing boys!!!! 0% chance of rain, sunny 61 for the high, and 40 for the low. Little windy tho so bundle up... but not to tight!!!!!

[Highside Hustler25]

no, but they wouldn't allow that short of a reply. Have you ever been standing there when that bolt of lightening struck? Yes or no will do.

yes!!!!!!!!!!!

[Highside Hustler25]

Yes, was mowing a few years back and seen smoke coming from the middle of a cut corn feild. Nobody was there, not lightning, maybe a butt was dropped from outer space Don't see how this has you puzzled, but anyway Bubster called it... Spontaneous combustion! Spontaneous combustion, 3rd grade science class ole buddy...



Here's a brief discretion... Spontaneous combustion... Is a type of combustion which occurs by self heating (increase in temperature due to exothermic internal reactions), followed by thermal runaway (self heating which rapidly accelerates to high temperatures) and finally, ignition.

Like I said... Mother Nature Man.... "

I'm callin Bullschnitz on that one

Rained here today so the fields are calm, but for the last week we have hade many more field fire in a long time. We needed that!!! Now I hope we can get the races in at La Salle as scheduled.

Hey HH, be carefull not to bundle up to tighty or POOF you will go up in smoke... Spontaneous Combustion!!!

ha ha, good one

[Captain Happy]

Call it what ya will HH, but you can do the research and see for yourself it ain't bs, I wish it was tho bro...

[Captain Happy]

yes!!!!!!!!!!!

So you're that guy from the Midwest who lived through a lightning strike!!!! WOW!! You're one lucky nugget!! Xtra crispy!!!!!

[Highside Hustler25]

So you're that guy from the Midwest who lived through a lightning strike!!!! WOW!! You're one lucky nugget!! Xtra crispy!!!!!

yep, thats a story for another day. time to hit the road

[Captain Happy]

yep, thats a story for another day. time to hit the road

Heading that way to in a bit!!! YeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeHaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!

[plunks7]

Yes, was mowing a few years back and seen smoke coming from the middle of a cut corn feild. Nobody was there, not lightning, maybe a butt was dropped from outer space Don't see how this has you puzzled, but anyway Bubster called it... Spontaneous combustion! Spontaneous combustion, 3rd grade science class ole buddy...

Here's a brief discretion... Spontaneous combustion... Is a type of combustion which occurs by self heating (increase in temperature due to exothermic internal reactions), followed by thermal runaway (self heating which rapidly accelerates to high temperatures) and finally, ignition.

Like I said... Mother Nature Man.... "

Is this classified under F A R T? You all know what happens when you light one of those babies. There goes the neighbor hood or field in this case. Weather does look good thanks Captain Happy!

[Barbecueboy]

If you watch closely, your about to see DC spontaneously combust very soon!!!!!

[Captain Happy]

You're welcome!

Is this classified under F A R T? You all know what happens when you light one of those babies. There goes the neighbor hood or field in this case. Weather does look good thanks Captain Happy!

Yep, gonna be a good two days of racing!!!! Clear sky's all the way through Sunday. Still a slight chance of rain tomorrow but that will be gone mid afternoon. Gonna be a bit cold tomorrow night so bundle up HH25!!! Sat looks GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Captain Happy]

You all pumped about this or WHAT!!!! Lets hear it!!!!

[t3r3e3]

BBQ, has nothing to do with friction, or cost. It's as simple as striking a match to gas... The stubble (the uncut portion of the corn stalk) becomes so dry this time of year (especially this year with little to no rain), and the sun heats it up to a very high level it ignites. Add just a little wind and the next thing you know the whole dam field is burning!!! Crazy as hell, but it's natures way of putting it all aside to plant again. Most of the fields do get turned over but with crop rotation farmers leave some fields alone (no till) for a soybean crop. It's not rocket science, it's mother nature man!!!

As most farmers on here will tell you, no till actually involves using a no till seed drill to plant crops, and is usually done in concert with a winter cover crop. You are referring to leaving a field fallow/ crop rotation, which is far more common. FWIW I use a no till drill at work for wildlife habitat enhancement. As for the field burning/ spontaneous combustion, I have a veeerrrry hard time buying what your selling. Its far more likely someone is igniting and walking away, a piece of glass is catching sunlight and concentrating it, or equipment is starting the fire. I've worked prescribed fire in several states for about ten years. Never heard of spontaneous ignition of corn stubble. Even Southern Rough (palmetto, gallberry, yaupon), chaparral, tall grass prairie, and pine barrens don't spontaneously ignite from sun exposure, and they're far more flammable than corn stubble.


As for the race, I hope LaSalle gets it in. I'll be at the Pond and Florence.

[CIRF]

As most farmers on here will tell you, no till actually involves using a no till seed drill to plant crops, and is usually done in concert with a winter cover crop. You are referring to leaving a field fallow/ crop rotation, which is far more common. FWIW I use a no till drill at work for wildlife habitat enhancement. As for the field burning/ spontaneous combustion, I have a veeerrrry hard time buying what your selling. Its far more likely someone is igniting and walking away, a piece of glass is catching sunlight and concentrating it, or equipment is starting the fire. I've worked prescribed fire in several states for about ten years. Never heard of spontaneous ignition of corn stubble. Even Southern Rough (palmetto, gallberry, yaupon), chaparral, tall grass prairie, and pine barrens don't spontaneously ignite from sun exposure, and they're far more flammable than corn stubble.


As for the race, I hope LaSalle gets it in. I'll be at the Pond and Florence.

Add me to the list of skeptics who find it extremely difficult to believe that there is spontaneous combustion happening in harvested corn fields. I was born, raised, lived and worked on the Illinois prairie from day 1 'till this minute and have NEVER heard of a field of corn fodder ignited due to spontaneous combustion. I have also never heard of a field of corn fodder being ignited by a lightning strike, although logic would dictate that a lightning strike ignition is entirely feasible.