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 Having Smokin Bandits
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Location: Woodstown, NJ | My daughter turned my manure pile on Saturday. It's about 5 feet high and 8 feet in diameter. It's close to the barn. Every so often we move this pile to the "big" manure pile in the back of the field. This morning I noticed it was smoldering. I didn't think it was steam because it was pretty warm out, about forty this morning. I turned a hose on it for five minutes, just in case. Tonight when I went out to feed, I was shocked to see it still smoldering. It's about 70 now so it definitely can't be steam. I'm concerned because it's close to the barn. My husband is due home soon. Should I ask him to move it? Am I having a fire? He's going to be tired. P.S. No, I can't drive the tractor.
Edited by SmokinBandits 2017-03-27 5:28 PM
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  Ms. Marine
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Location: Texas | Yes, they can and will catch fire. It usually depends on how deep the pile is and your pile is HUGE. |
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 Fact Checker
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Location: Displaced Iowegian | Yes...it can .....tjhis is from an article...no way would I ever pile manure close to the barn.
Basically when you have organic matter, such as manure, hay grass, et cetera, when it gets wet it tends to generate heat," explained Chino Deputy Fire Marshal Kevin Smith. "There's a chemical reaction that will cause the heat to increase, especially if it is all piled up together and that heat will continue to rise. Now as the heat continues to increase, especially if this is in a deep-seeded pile where the manure in the center of the pile doesn't have the ability to cool down by being exposed to cooler air on the surface, it will continue heating up until it hits what's called 'ignition temperature.' At that temperature it catches on fire without being exposed to a spark or a flame." |
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Having Smokin Bandits
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Location: Woodstown, NJ | Yikes! I sent poor hubby out there. Thank you! |
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 Proud to be Deplorable
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| They sure can catch fire and they are hard to putout been there done that not fun. |
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 A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | I have seen the biger manure piles smolder for weeks. |
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A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Back in the olden days the Indians and Cowboys used Buffalo poop for their fires because they lasted so long. |
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Location: North Dakota | Ours has caught on fire a few times over the years. We give the manure away on craigslist.. every month I post it so it goes away before the pile ever gets that big. They are a bugger to put out and STINK. |
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"Heck's Coming With Me"
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Location: Kansas | I burned our feed sacks in an area where there was just a light layer of manure and was shocked when several hours later the ground was smoking and smoldering. I'm talking about a very light layer of manure here. I'm careful to burn away from any areas like that now. |
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 To the Left
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Location: Florida | I had a forest fire go around my place except for an ember that landed in the manure pile. Fortunately I was already out there with a hose. That is why I don't use shavings anymore, it went up like a bonfire.
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Location: Bastrop, Texas | Don't some people actually deliberately burn their manure piles sometimes? |
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 It's not my fault I'm perfect
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Location: Where the long tails flow, ND | Yes for sure it can! And yes some people use it as smudge for bugs- we do. Just have to be careful if it gets windy etc. just typical fire protocal! |
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| YES! When the flies get really bad in the summer we will put a poop on top of small piles of old hay and light it on fire and let it smolder and smoke. The horses love it because the horse flies GO AWAY. Gives them a bit of relief!! |
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