Bad Product at Tractor Supply.

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hosspuller

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Didn't intend to have a Deere fleet - it just happened 310C, F915,102, 5200 & 5065E
Any body want to sit around a fire breathing ZINC fumes with your wine?

Enjoy a bout of Metal Fume Flu ...

See at link the danger >> https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/81-123/pdfs/0675.pdf


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Kinda like passing out blankets with small pox.........Darwin will be running his course through Tractor Supply!
 
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No problem with those fire rings, as long as you stand up wind from them.:laughing:
 
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They are also selling their oblong versions of that (basically a water trough with no bottom) as a raised garden bed. The zinc will also leech into your soil which is not good for your veggies! :(
 
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Oh come on. Even in the referenced warning you have to inhale large quantities of it...and the main fix is dilute it with ventilation....say being outside.

So if you plan to have a campfire in your sealed garage, yes you have a problem.

But the real problem here is only city folk would buy these. These, just like those in many parks, do not make for a good fire. If you have to ask why, then you need to get out of the city.
 
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We have a show on the PBS station that highlights country cookin. One of the guest showed how to cook a turkey in a galvanized trash can. Nothing like zinc oxide flavored bird.
 
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Are we sure a camp fire will have high enough temp to burn it off? Gee, for $40 we we might need to get one for our camp....
 
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The zinc fever will be gone before the hangover.....
 
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Are we sure a camp fire will have high enough temp to burn it off? Gee, for $40 we we might need to get one for our camp....

Have you noticed when a fence row burns how the fence starts rusting or a barn burn and the roofing rust the next day. Charcoal and or wood gets plenty hot enough to burn the zinc off.
 
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Re: Bad Product at Tractor Supply.j

We have a show on the PBS station that highlights country cookin. One of the guest showed how to cook a turkey in a galvanized trash can. Nothing like zinc oxide flavored bird.
That reminds me of an outdoor party we attended several years ago where the host served HoBo stew as a part of the party theme.
Of course, the concoction was brewed and served from a new galvanized garbage can and, as one would predict, it took about two hours for a steady parade of party goers to the bathroom. It wasn稚 until several weeks post party that someone figured out what what was wrong.

B. John
 

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