1999 - Volume #23, Issue #3, Page #09
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Readers Respond To Exploding Toolbar Story
Last issue's editorial, "Exploding Toolbars: Truth or Hoax", stated that some bars are filled with metal punchings for ballast and that mix with water to somehow form hydrogen gas.A leading manufacturer of tillage equipment stated that he could not understand how water got inside a sealed frame, unless a weld were cracked. I feel he is wrong. If an implement is parked outdoors in the sun, moisture could condense inside the frame much the same as an overturned glass on a table in sun does. Over time, I believe enough moisture could collect to create a problem.
Perhaps in the future, vents could be installed in these frames at the date of manufacture. (Charles F. Weyrough, Hidden Acres, 12238 Genesee St., Alden, N.Y. 14004; ph 716 937-9613)
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