They are quick too. Amazing to see how a grader can fight grass fire. As long as it’s mostly flat.
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They are used a lot in the plains states (TX, OK, KS etc) just for those reasons.
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Been on a few fires in the plains of TGU where a private grader took the heat out of a wind-driven rapid rate of spread faster than a principal walking into the room of a middle school fight. Insane smoke and header to clear blue skies and right flank mobile attack catching up to a beautiful “new” dirt road.
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As long as the winds don’t shift when they are near the head… Hopefully the private guys have the appropriate PPE and experience to protect themselves.
That being said, seen many a grass fire taken care of by a grader or private dozer in the lowlands by good operators
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