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Old 24-12-19, 11:20
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Tony, that looks fearsome!

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The remarkable thing is that 4 months from now it will all be thick, dense green again and you would never guess the intensity of the fire.

It will only be the condition of the wrecked vehicles that will indicate the heat involved.

A Ferguson TEA20 tractor is likely to be the most common tractor to be found on Australian rural smallholding properties. They are also designed with an aluminium gearbox, of thick enough cross-section that it forms a structural part of the tractor's chassis, or "spine".

The heat of the fire was enough to completely melt the gearbox casing (and there is no magnesium in the alloy!), and break the back of this old Fergy.
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