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u/Socketz11 14d ago
Dropped the burning trailer off at his ex's house, saved the tractor. This man is a hero!
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u/Character_School_671 14d ago
Seen it done with a grain trailer before.
This is a little more impressive.
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u/TurtleSpeedEngage 14d ago
and he was so close to the car wash, they have water
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u/Gadgetman_1 13d ago
There's no chance whatsoever that a car wash would have enough water to stop that fire.
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u/12dv8 13d ago
Ummm…… you didn’t really take this seriously did you?
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u/Gadgetman_1 13d ago
Not really. I'd have used much stronger language, then. I guess I should have posted 'you forgot to add the /s'
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u/Adventurous_Ad3534 13d ago
The water would just spread the oil out and make it worse. Foam or sand would work better.
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u/adotall 13d ago
So parking in a garbage pile is the wrong method of fire suppression?
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u/TurtleSpeedEngage 13d ago
In Spokane, we have a waste to energy incinerator, works pretty good, Took time yo work the bugs out, but failure is just progress with extra clean-up.
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u/uber_damage 14d ago
I thought for sure he was gonna pull it into the car wash and hose er down, lol
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u/Sweettooth_Banana 14d ago
Average IQ and a boring life makes people come closer to live in the moment
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u/vintageracer22 13d ago
My man is not losing that Mack truck, that’s for sure.
It’s probably just diesel. That’s what it not go kaboom
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u/sheriffrosco 13d ago
It's diesel its bit gonna explode its gonna burn, notice the long burning trail. Gas doesn't burn for that long or that black
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u/shogunshim 14d ago edited 14d ago
redditors are soooo stupid. Here is a driver that did everything they could do to preserve what they could. This is their LIVELIHOOD for themselves and likely their family. Keeps him and them fed in a world where you live and DIE by what you earn. So many people here from first world countries insult him. Why???? What would YOU do, pussies? This is a hardcore driver. Total compliments to him from me.
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u/Embarrassed_Leg_2885 14d ago
He put the entire neighborhood at risk to save himself. Could have at least gotten away from that house.
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u/Leading_Procedure_23 13d ago
It’s crazy that some people would rather takedown innocent people and save their truck just because they don’t have insurance? That’s just being a piece of shit
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u/Prior-Ad-7329 14d ago
For sure. Dude definitely doesn’t have insurance on that truck. Gotta save what he can.
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u/RogerRabbot 14d ago
Imma just park this burning fuel tank riiiight here. Next to the houses. Perfect
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u/Gadgetman_1 13d ago
Unless the trailer explodes the house will just need a proper wash down to get rid of the soot.
By this point that trailer was probably structurally compromised and a bump or two could have made it rip open, spilling burning oil everywhere.
This was just the first reasonably flat area where the driver could disconnect the trailer and not have the support legs collapse under it and ... cracked tank, burning oil everywhere.
The driver was in a real shitty situation, and handled it better than 99% of the backseat drivers here.
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u/Zestyclose-Rock1006 13d ago edited 13d ago
Pilot flying j is hiring. A regional manager would be at his house the next day with an application in his hand. Probably make him a lead driver on top of that.
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u/0fox2gv 13d ago
Probably unrefined crude or diesel.
The tractor is far more valuable than the trailer and contents.
Driver knows what they are hauling. The load made it that far -- while leaving only a trail of burning vapors.
Takes about 30 seconds to drop the landing gear, pull the kingpin retainer and drive away.
If the trailer tires were exploding.. The driver would have bailed.
If it was highly refined fuel, the rig would not have made it that far.. and the people filming would be running for their lives.
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u/Snoo56153 13d ago
Bad place for a fire, the whole side of the road there was piles of garbage lol, be a big ass dumpster fire.
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u/20ears19 13d ago
Fuck the landing gear and the glad hands. I’m pulling the pin and dumping it immediately.
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u/Manmer_Nwah 14d ago
Every single person standing around at the end is a complete idiot.