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Tim Steele
PostPosted: Wed Aug 12, 2015 5:16 pm 
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We have no idea what caused this. We thoroughly inspected the tractor and the hay cutter and surrounding area with negative results. Nothing is missing or loose. A new piece of glass is $226 and will be here Friday...
Thank God my partner and his young grandson weren't hurt...

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BarryB
PostPosted: Wed Aug 12, 2015 5:20 pm 
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wholly buckets tim!

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Tim Steele
PostPosted: Wed Aug 12, 2015 5:33 pm 
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Yep he was cutting hay and heard the glass pop
Nothing wrong with the tractor or hay cutter....

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Jim
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Sniper.

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Jackman
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Looks bad :o WOW did it break the fenders too???

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Tim Steele
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No the fiberglass fenders have been broke up for years
Actually we had that thought briefly. But no projectile.
It is odd however that a tractor we had parked in the same field last night came up with a set of keys missing this morning and we had to go to the Kubota dealer and replace them...

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Jim
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Hmmm, it might have been better to get a new ignition switch and keys.

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Tim Steele
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Different tractor same field

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Ja-Moo
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There was a news story the other night about the tempered glass in sunroofs just shattering. It might be the same thing.

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Jim
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Yeah, with tempered glass sometimes all it takes is a scratch to make it turn to little cubes. When my wife was working in the display department of a Sears store, she'd sometimes have to assemble glass shelves. Occasionally one of the shelves would just collapse into small bits for no apparent reason.

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