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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 w
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Readers Respond To Exploding Toolbar Story TOOLBARS Toolbars 23-3-9 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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