Looking at the oil spill on the ground it is apparent that may have been the catalyst.
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Looking at the oil spill on the ground it is apparent that may have been the catalyst.
In the first photo there are two black lumps on fire away from the vehicle that the fluid has not yet reached, that looks a little bit unusual.
On grass fires caused by vehicles, several years ago in the middle of summer I was driving from Sydney to Newcastle when I saw a bloke stopped on the side of the freeway near Mount White yacking on his mobile.
He had stopped on what looked like recently mowed grass, while he was yacking his exhaust had started quite a decent sized grass fire under his car and he was totally oblivious to it. I often wondered how long he sat there with his car on fire before he realised what was going on.
Thankfully this summer apart from being wet it hasn't been that hot so the grass has not dried out here in Goulburn as otherwise we wouldn't be able to drive around the farm we live on. Right now for the first time in many years the grass is that long that it is up over the bonnet of the D1.
If a fire got started in it on a hot windy day there would be massive damage to propertys and live stock with so much fuel around.
cheers,
Terry
Seeing any vehicle burn, regardless of manufacturer, is not a pleasant site.
I did however, Goggle for burning Land Cruisers and Land Rovers. I suppose that there are more Toyotas out there then Land Rovers so the fact U Tube shows more Cruisers on fire than Rovers, I should not be surprised.
I might add that the Toyota's were not all "conflict vehicles". I also ran across a particularly entertaining video of a Land Cruiser pickup cresting a dune and doing the lawn dart thing. It was particularly noteworthy for the individual who was previously standing in the box and holding on to the to headache rack, Beau Geste style. The sand about 50 feet in front seemed fairly soft though, and it was a downslope.
This is a good reminder of why it is a good idea to carry a fire extinguisher or two.
That will not buff out either!!!
Sorry to hear about the demise though.
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Originally Posted by bbyer
One of my all time favorite youtube videos...
Anyways, we digress. Loss of drive and then catching on fire.. It would appear that most of this sort of thing is happening towing something. Perhaps this could be the "key". More load = more pressure so it makes me wonder if there is some problems there with the associated pipework on all of the coolers on these beasts?
Did they actually have an extinguisher ?
I know it's easy to secondguess a situation from afar but the situation looks "saveable" in the first picture (I may be wrong) so it's a good lesson in being "prepared" and having an extinguisher (or two) handy at all times.....I'm very sorry for their loss of course but it does raise some interesting questions.
I'll be very interested in any further developments.
Regardless of whether they did of not, the vehicle would (or should) be a writeoff either way. DCP extinguishers are extremely corrosive, so even if the fire was extinguished early and any fire damaged parts replaced, who knows what electrical gremlins would be waiting down the track.Quote:
Originally Posted by oldsalt
Relatives who work in IT have told me that if the DCP extinguishers in computer labs ever go off, all the computers need to be replaced. Whether fire damaged or not.
[QUOTE=oldsalt;1454255]Did they actually have an extinguisher ?
Mandatory in boats, (QLD anyway), with a name like oldsalt you should be on to that.
Personally I wouldn't like a car back if it had been on fire.
The other side of this is fighting fires like this can be complex and the available extinguisher may not be the right one to use.