And for safety I recommend driving as fast as you can, less time spent
touching individual pieces of grass.
EB
On 9/4/07, Peter Shute <> wrote:
> After a little web research it appears that hot catalytic converters are
> mostly, but not entirely, to blame. There's a little article on it
> here:
> http://www.westprint.com.au/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/archive/Friday_Five/20
> 070706152512/
> About 1/3 of the way down. The heading is "4WDs on fire".
>
> For those who can't be bothered following the link, grass can also get
> caught on the guard over the converter, and build up till it touches the
> hot bit. Diesels are apparently a bit safer because they don't get as
> hot.
>
> This ignoramus will be a bit more careful about driving over long grass
> in future.
>
> Peter Shute
>
> wrote on Tuesday, 4 September 2007
> 11:54 AM:
>
> > Depends mainly on how dry the grass is, but yes, more likely
> > to catch fire under your car if you stop. Then you've got twp
> > problems - one is you've started a bushfire, and secondly
> > your car could easily go up too.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:
> > On Behalf Of Bill Stent
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 10:20 AM
> > To: Birding-Aus
> > Subject: RE: [Birding-Aus] RFI: NW Victoria Mallee
> >
> >
> > Could it happen in the short time while your car is passing
> > over, or would you have to be stationary for the grass
> > temperature to build up enough?
> >
> > If the latter, then the rule is to watch where you park.
> >
> > Bill
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:
> > On Behalf Of Tony Russell
> > Sent: Tuesday, 4 September 2007 10:46 AM
> > To: 'Peter Shute'; 'Chris Sanderson'; 'Birding-Aus'
> > Subject: RE: [Birding-Aus] RFI: NW Victoria Mallee
> >
> > Very easily, in fact is one of the major causes of fire.
> > It's the hot exhaust pipe which does it.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:
> > On Behalf Of Peter Shute
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 10:10 AM
> > To: Chris Sanderson; Birding-Aus
> > Subject: RE: [Birding-Aus] RFI: NW Victoria Mallee
> >
> >
> > No idea. I assume that all cars must at least lightly brush
> > against it, or it wouldn't get trimmed down like it does. I
> > never thought of that aspect of it.
> >
> > Does anyone have any experience with this sort of thing?
> > Under what circumstances can grass ignite under a car?
> >
> > Peter Shute
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Chris Sanderson
> > Sent: Tuesday, 4 September 2007 10:22 AM
> > To: Peter Shute; Birding-Aus
> > Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] RFI: NW Victoria Mallee
> >
> >
> > Hi Peter,
> >
> > You say you had grass constantly brushing the
> > undercarriage? As I understand it, that would make the
> > Forester a considerable fire risk?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Chris
> >
> >
> > On 9/4/07, Peter Shute <> wrote:
> >
> > wrote on
> > Sunday, 2 September 2007 7:25
> > PM:
> >
> > > Some sites I've considered are Little Desert NP,
> > Murray
> > > Sunset NP and Hattah Kulkyne NP, but I'm open
> > to suggestions.
> > > I'll be travelling in a Subaru Forester, so I'd
> > prefer to
> > > stick to 2WD tracks where possible.
> >
> > A few years ago I drove around Little Desert a
> > bit in a Forester. No
> > idea where I really went or what birds were around - I
> > wasn't birding
> > then and was just having a look around. It did
> > ok, considering we had
> > no idea what we were doing, but having a lower clearance
> > than most other
> > 4WDs you have to put up with the continuous
> > sound of the grass in the
> > middle of the track brushing against the bottom. I
> > guess if any car is
> > going to to bottom out on the raised centre of the
> > track, it will be
> > yours. But as I mentioned, ours didn't hit anywhere.
> >
> > Peter Shute
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