Rough night for my neighbor

[sandman2234]

Won't be putting a tarp over the hole in the roof on this barn, as we loaded all the galv. tin on my trailer over the weekend, and the owner had somebody haul it to the scrap yard today. Not much in money for a trailer load of scrap, but it beats paying to have it sent to the dump! I also knocked down the last of the standing walls today, so most of it is history.
We should know something about the loader on the tractor in the next few days, and if I also get the tractor with the loader, then I will strip it of the parts that are fire damaged and put the rest up in storage. Things like the front and rear ends are probably still good, or at least the ring and pinions of each, transmission or at least the gears in the transmission, etc. There really is a little bit of green paint still left on it, so maybe it isn't as bad as it looks in the picture. Although the engine took a beating, I am wondering about saving it, as I know if I came across a JD 4100 with a blown engine, I might be able to strip two of them and make one, since the parts internally are probably still good. No since making decisions about it until I actually have it, and can start stripping it down to see how far the damage went.
David from jax

 

[sandman2234]

Matt, and did the person or company not push the insurance company on the negligence issue? It would also seem they had to prove the gas tank was 100% the cause. Was it normal business to have a gas tank there, if so would help their case with the insurance company. But my guess is by not lawyers have been talked with based upon the size of the loss.

Before I lost all of my tools in a shop, I would probably be contacting an attorney also. I would think that intentional negligence, not an accidental mistake would be grounds for refusal to pay, but that is why people pay lawyers, either to make them pay, or for the insurance company's side, a way to get around paying.
I was involved in a minor way of an electronic's store fire, as I had a piece of equipment in their shop. They told me the insurance company refused to pay, and that I would need to just contact my own homeowners insurance. Since I was in the Navy, and living on base, I had none, so I did some asking around and found out who the shop had for insurance. I called them, and they said they had already paid off, so I went back to the shop and they had packed up and left town. So much for my stuff, but if I ever catch up with the guy, I am going to get my money!!!
David from jax

(that has been 35 years ago!!)

 

[Kfbeal]

That's the bad part. Insurance is for a case of accident, which that was regardless of what caused it. Insurance companies tend to tap dance around paying a lot of times. I'm glad nobody was hurt and that the damage was contained to the shop although that was bad enough.

 

[Renze]

We used to have an agricultural doing work for us. Once upon a time when he was drinking coffee here, he said that his car was stolen. Some thieves were "working" nearby, and the police chased them so they had to abandon their car. They walked a mile and a half, stole this guys car from the equipment shed by breaking into the shed, but not breaking into the car because the keys were in it.

Insurance said he wouldnt get it back because the theft insurance policy said that leaving the vehicle locked at all times was a condition.

The guy was very very angry at them, because he had a fire insurance, at the same insurance company. The policy said that in a locked barn, vehicles that were locked, would not be insured because there would be no time to drive the vehicles out of the barn when the fire had just begun...

Lucky for him, the car was found back near a highway parking lot, a month later, with little or no damage.

Off course, he took all his insurances away from aforementioned insurer and put them into another insurance agency....

 

[JoelD]

I have seen some pretty nasty vehicle fires, and the vehicles were rebuilt. Not something I would want to buy, but it has been done, and ended up looking pretty good.

Jaybrad may actually have hit something on the head with his comment about if it is dead, paint it orange...
I am negotiating with the owner to purchase the remains of the JD, and will attempt to put it on a Kubota (grey market) B6000 tractor that belongs to a friend. The first consideration will be if the insurance company declines to remove it for their own benefit. The second will be how long it takes to make a decision, as the longer it sets, the more the rust will take over. It won't take much to completely ruin what is left (which isn't much)
The rear ends and transmisson are still untouched,and don't appear to have gotten very hot, and if somebody pops a gear in the front axle, this little jewel might just be the one they are dreaming about, and wishing for. I may try to save the mower, but it had better be done quick, as there isn't much paint left on it.
More on this as time goes by...
David from jax

For what it is worth, I've owned two B6000e's and neither was grey market, they were sold in the US in the late 70's. Great little tractors.
Good luck with the project if it pans out.

For what it is worth the pump on the B6000 will not run the loader very quickly, mine ran a supplemental pump run off a belt off of a crank pulley.

Joel

 

[MikeD74T]

The guy was very very angry at them, because he had a fire insurance, at the same insurance company. The policy said that in a locked barn, vehicles that were locked, would not be insured because there would be no time to drive the vehicles out of the barn when the fire had just begun...quote]

Saw a movie a while ago, based on a supposedly true story, "The Man That Sued God". About an insurance company, in Au or NZ ?, that refused many claims as they were "acts of God" which were not covered in the policy. So the lawyer, a part time fisherman who's boat was sunk by lightning, sued God's representatives -the church - who ultimately pressured the insurance company into reversing many claim rejections. Very funny movie. Another Erin Brockovich story. MikeD74T

 

[Philscbx]

watching one of my neighbours get chased down the beach by a rocket that fell over just as it was launching.

I saw it happen the same way. The rocket was propped up, vs in a tube. Sure enough, that scud missile took off horizontal, hitting roof tops of homes below the hill.

It could of gone through a window. Don't do that again, or something more military vocabulary came out.