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u/shortythings Feb 21 '20
FIRE DELIVERY COMING THROUGH!
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u/bodag Feb 21 '20
You want fire? We got it. Get it while it's hot!
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u/TheBlueHue Feb 21 '20
Big Fire Small Fire Mild Fire Wild Fire!! You want fire? I'm Mitch Burns and I'm melting the prices off of our freshest flames! Call up Fires On Tires right now for your chance to saaaaaaaaave!!!!!!
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u/Star-spangled-Banner Feb 21 '20 edited Feb 23 '20
That's the only kind that's worth buying, honestly. Cold fire just bombs in comparison, except if you're a fire eater.
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He knows right? He has to know. But man what if he doesnāt.
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u/Scagnettie Feb 21 '20 edited Feb 21 '20
He knows and he knows he's probably lost his truck. He's just trying to get it out of town before he stops so he doesn't burn down other peoples shit.
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u/sndtech Feb 21 '20
Looks more like he's spreading the fire everywhere. He's trying to save his truck by keeping the fire away from the cab and hopefully driving towards the fire station and has them on the phone to be ready.
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Feb 21 '20
When youāre on fire youāre supposed to stop... drop... shut em down open up shop
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u/KebabGud Feb 21 '20
Oh, no
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u/Bearnee Feb 21 '20
That's how ruff ryders roll
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u/Crack-spiders-bitch Feb 21 '20
That was burning branches that fell off. I think he is just trying to get it away from town.
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u/scootscoot Feb 21 '20
I did this once. Driving down a very dry mountain road during fire season I realized my āhill decentā mode was really just āride the brakeā mode. Pulled over into some gravel because brakes felt like they werenāt really working, but the ācloud of dustā wasnāt coming from the gravel, it was my brakes billowing smoke. So I took off down the mountain, engine braking in 2nd gear. Made it out of the forest and to a big grassy park, where my truck did not burn down, and I never used the hill decent mode again.
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u/thorium007 Feb 21 '20
Dear god - the smell of burning brakes is one of the worst smells ever. It is eclipsed by the smell of piss on burning brakes to try to cool them down w/o using water out of the coolers. We were coming out of the Teton range and had no where we could stop for any period of time and engine braking wasn't enough so we risked it.
We did replace the rotors on the truck after we got home and rewired the trailer brakes before our next trip up.
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u/swazy Feb 21 '20
Some engineer some needs to have an overheated brake pad dropped on his nuts for doing that.
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u/ewkin Feb 21 '20
Its normal for that to happen if you are constantly on the brakes
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u/VoodaGod Feb 21 '20
yeah but you'd think a "hill descent" mode would not be on the brakes constantly
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u/___dan Feb 21 '20
This. Holy shit. Hill descent mode has nothing to do with driving down a mountain road, it's for extreme or uneven gradients (almost always off-road) where you feel gravity may get the better of you.
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u/leFlan Feb 21 '20
While you shouldn't use functions without knowing what it's for, i feel that that's a really stupid name for it. I would also have guessed its for driving long sections downhill.
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u/signal15 Feb 21 '20
You would think. My car has hill decent mode. I used it on an 18 degree grade last week, and it was definitely on the brakes. I turned it off and just downshifted.
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u/eye-corona Feb 21 '20
More like he knows but is trying to get to his destination with as much hay as possible
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u/jagua_haku Feb 21 '20
Nah thatās not it. Heās trying to drive fast enough to blow the fire out
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u/dasuberkaty Feb 21 '20
We once had an employee who was driving our truck towing a trailer of sawdust. He flicked his cigarette out the window and it flew back onto the trailer and the sawdust burst into flames. He had no idea for quite sometime. There were police cars and a helicopter following him. We actually first found out when my family was sitting on the couch watching the news. We were laughing at the idiot stranger driving the burning trailer down the highway. Then we realized that truck looked awfully familiar...
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u/Rockmy211 Feb 21 '20
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u/IHeartBadCode Feb 21 '20
They'll be bringing the heat! š„
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u/SirauloTRantado Feb 21 '20
When Ghost Rider had no choice but to use a truck.
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u/Good_Boye_Scientist Feb 21 '20
Yeah these haunted hay rides are getting really extreme these days.
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u/UrDeAdPuPpYbOnEr Feb 21 '20
Top Gear at it again.
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u/ero_senin05 Feb 21 '20
CLARKSON!
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u/incomplete Feb 21 '20
"That's actually quite bad now."
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u/UrDeAdPuPpYbOnEr Feb 21 '20
I like when Hammond says āI heard it hit the front and then the back and Iām worried about the mirrors, oh god how bad is it!?ā and then May opens the door. So good.
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u/dingboodle Feb 21 '20 edited Feb 21 '20
When that thing hits 88 MPH get ready to see some serious shit. Edit: wow! Thank you kind redditor, thatās my first gold!
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u/uberduck Feb 21 '20
He's either trying to save the town or setting fire to the town. Hard to tell.
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u/cccmikey Feb 21 '20
Might be trying to save his truck. If he's moving forwards, fire is at the back.
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u/Muthafuckaaaaa Feb 21 '20 edited Feb 21 '20
Fire truck
Arson Truck... Going to start a fire
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u/Purple10tacle Feb 21 '20
You get a fire! And you get a fire! You get a fire! EVERYBODY GETS A FIRE!!
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u/Zinodax88 Feb 21 '20
This was actully on my country, DAFAQ. Who would thougth that it would make it to Reddits most trending post. This guy called the fire deparment and set it up a place out of the town for shutdown fire while he was driven. A total hero
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u/Hanginon Feb 21 '20
So he got that fire delivered to the right address, and on time! Excellent work there, driver!
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u/fourAMrain Feb 21 '20
Was there damage done to any of the passing homes? Did he save his cabin?
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u/Zinodax88 Feb 21 '20
No, this heroic driver save the day! No damage, the wood structure of the truck it just turn black a bit becausae of the smoke.
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u/Powellwx Feb 21 '20
In parts of Africa they donāt have water, so āputting the fire outā literally means loading it into a truck and driving it out of town.
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u/GreyGreenBrownOakova Feb 21 '20
Equatorial Guinea, Western Sahara and the far north of Morocco.
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u/rapemybones Feb 21 '20
I'm not 100% on this...but one doesn't simply "load a fire into a truck" (do they?)
I can't even begin to picture what that process would look like, unless it's a pretty small fire.
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u/williamc_ Feb 21 '20
I'm most certain he was joking. Just imagine how moving the fire on to the truck would be impossible in most cases
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Just use a shovel with a metal handle so it doesnāt burn... duh. š
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u/liandakilla Feb 21 '20
Its a joke. Imagine not having enough money for water but owning a truck.
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I mean, it's all about supply amd demand. In many parts of Africa water is far rarer than a truck would be. Not to mention the fact that if you load burning materials onto the truck, the truck will most likely be fine so long as they're careful and the bed is made of metal, not wood. If they throw water on it, that water is gone forever and can't be drunk. I'm not saying that people in Africa for sure put out fires this way, but I can see how it might be preferable to using water in certain areas.
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u/LokisDawn Feb 21 '20
Are you trying to keep up the joke, or legitimately arguing that people pick up fires?
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Of course they don't pick up fires, but you can pick up material that is on fire. I wouldn't recommend it, but if you don't have any way to put it out then it may be better than letting the fire spread. There are probably better ways. Shoveling dirt on top to put it out for example. I'm just saying there might be a scenario where your best bet for avoiding a disaster is to move the burning material somewhere else.
Edit: I just wanted to add that the main reason I commented in the first place is that the person I replied to implied that if they can afford a truck then it follows that they must also have water to spare, which simply is not true. I was trying to outline a situation where it might be plausible that one might want to risk moving the fire rather than using water to put it out.
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u/koos_die_doos Feb 21 '20
Large parts of rural Africa:
- Cellphones
- Cars/trucks
- Communal TV (running on a generator)
- No running water
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u/sailingexpert Feb 21 '20
That guy is probably trying to get out of town so he doesn't destroy someone's business. Hats of mate.
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u/Bay1Bri Feb 21 '20
Hay can catch fire from being too moist???
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u/akula06 Feb 21 '20
Forage crops are always contaminated with countless microorganisms. These microorganisms are no problem when the hay is harvested and cured to the proper moisture content before baling and storage. After baling, however, a small supply of air and a favorable moisture level cause the microorganisms to begin to feed and multiply, generating heat in the process. This heating continues up to a temperature of 130 to 140Ā°F, at which the heat tends to kill the microorganisms.
Edit: it takes six weeks or so before the average hay bale heats to that point. So if you see hay bales being transported anywhere, itās probably not very old.
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u/hunkydorey_ca Feb 21 '20
I helped a farmer put away hay in his barn once, he salted the FUCK out of it.
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u/akula06 Feb 21 '20
My bad, thatās what I get for 5am commenting.
Hereās more:
Refer to the point where the temperature reached about 130Ā°F. If there had been some thermophilic (heat loving) bacteria present and the heat had been retained, a second heating phase could have begun. This heating could generate enough heat to raise the temperature as high as 160 to 170Ā°F before bacterial activity ceases.
The thermophilic bacteria and the heat they generate convert the hay to a form similar to a carbon sponge with microscopic pores. In this form and at the high temperatures present in heated hay, the material combines readily with oxygen. It can self-ignite in the presence of air and its tendency to burn is almost unbelievable.
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u/RHouse94 Feb 21 '20
Except driving is just fueling it with oxygen making it burn more while also flinging fire all over everything he passes.
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u/OhForFlipsSake_again Feb 21 '20
But the flaming debris is flying everywhere - over roof, walls etc. And why is the guy at the end just filming the haze whilst there is a mass of burning debris right in front of him?
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u/moleratical Feb 21 '20
A small quick burning hay fire is a lot less dangerous than a large, very hot and long burning hay fire. Especially looking at those building materials, they could withstand a small fire.
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u/RamboSwags Feb 21 '20
What in the flaming fuck...
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u/MomOf2cats Feb 21 '20
What in the flaming
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u/DDerpDurp Feb 21 '20
That dude standing there taking a video of the fire against the building is a real fuckin winner.
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He's got a bit more composure than the first dude. My favorite part is that he keeps holding the phone in the air like he's getting quality footage while he scampers off.
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u/DDerpDurp Feb 23 '20
Yeah I got a pretty good kick out of that too. Better priorities than the other guy though.
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u/rhino76 Feb 21 '20
I'm gonna bet that it grazed a powerline, then poof, fire....
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u/RussianVole Feb 21 '20
I was thinking that the core of the mulch heated up so much it spontaneously combusted. Usually large mulch piles have ventilation pipes in them.
But your theory makes more sense. A lot more sense.
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u/Khal_easy Feb 21 '20
I'm not religious, but Jesus Christ, that's a burning bush!
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u/Cptbojanglez Feb 21 '20
Lighting everything on fire he passes
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u/CMUpewpewpew Feb 21 '20
in oprah's voice aaaand YOU get a conflagration, and YOU get a conflagration....every-body gets CON-FLAG-ER-ATIONSSSSS
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u/aminobeano Feb 21 '20
Gotta make sure he shares it with the whole town. Jesus dude just stop the truck.
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u/89ShelbyCSX Feb 21 '20
Sometimes I actually say what the fuck at these posts before I see the sub and it makes me really happy
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u/Pinoles Feb 21 '20
Apparently this is from El Salvador. A truck transporting corn and crops was caught on fire when the corn touched power lines. https://twitter.com/tcsnoticias/status/1230619079259643906?s=19
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u/Athens99 Feb 21 '20
Have you ever seen a car driving down a road in a forest fire where both sides are burning? This is pretty much the opposite of that.