purplepeep
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Post by purplepeep on Sept 6, 2014 21:02:56 GMT -8
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John Palmer
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Hi, From a vintage trailer guy located in Santa Ana, CA. It's good to see lots of activity here.
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Post by John Palmer on Sept 6, 2014 22:02:06 GMT -8
It was a fire in a modern vehicle, which is all too common today. Glad everyone got out safely.
It looks like a Chevrolet Suburban 1500 1/2 ton (six lug wheels). The story does not state what caused the fire.
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Post by vikx on Sept 6, 2014 22:28:30 GMT -8
Thanks, Purplepeep. Always good to know there could be a problem with a tow vehicle...
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SusieQ
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Post by SusieQ on Sept 7, 2014 5:10:02 GMT -8
Wow! They were fortunate they did not lose their camper but most fortunate that no one was hurt!
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Post by swirlygirls on Sept 8, 2014 3:52:47 GMT -8
This is definitely scary. Many years ago I had a little Nissan. One night after I came home, parked, turned the ignition off and went into the house it burst into flames. Apparently it was a carburetor problem. At least I was home and not on a highway towing something.
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Post by bigbill on Sept 8, 2014 8:58:50 GMT -8
A friend of mine had a ford and was towing a closed trailer with his Harley in it when it blew a transmission cooler line spraying fluid on exhaust which caught fire and burned the Ford to the ground. They think one of the snap together fittings failed.
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Post by Hamlet on Sept 8, 2014 14:49:15 GMT -8
Any number of things could have gone wrong, and as John Palmer noted, the article didn't give the cause of the fire. The commenter who brought up the load factor gave just as legit a reason as the ones who thought it was caused by superheated substances that caught a tire, etc on fire. At any rate, we're glad there were no injuries, and, if the truck had been poorly maintained (as another commenter suggested), hopefully the owners will have learned their lesson. We suspect they have already gotten an earful from the Highway Patrol about the load they were towing.
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Post by bigbill on Sept 8, 2014 20:01:06 GMT -8
Any number of things could have gone wrong, and as John Palmer noted, the article didn't give the cause of the fire. The commenter who brought up the load factor gave just as legit a reason as the ones who thought it was caused by superheated substances that caught a tire, etc on fire. At any rate, we're glad there were no injuries, and, if the truck had been poorly maintained (as another commenter suggested), hopefully the owners will have learned their lesson. We suspect they have already gotten an earful from the Highway Patrol about the load they were towing. That appears to be a Suburban and if it is, it mostly likely as a tow capacity of 9000lbs. or more that trailer doesn't look that heavy to me, but I could be wrong. If it is like my Chevy it has a readout on the dash that shows you transmission temperature but that doesn't mean they were watching it. My vote would be a line failure also superheated transmission fluid gives off a white smoke that looks like steam. The truth might be on the front of the trailer in the form of little drops. The biggest problem with all late model vehicles is they have so much plastic that once they start to burn they are a bear to extinguish. One of the first things a fireman learns is to never open the hood of a burning vehicle.
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