Argo Titan.......... Oppps

[Rock Doctor]

I see they make good Fire Starter


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RD

[rodp]

Do you think his cab heater was maybe a tad too efficient ?

[Andyman]

Boy is that sad looking

[Rusty-Gunn]

Ouch! The wallet just got a lot thinner.

[Normable1973]

How do you actually let it go that far.... Norm

[ARGOJIM]

New Project for you RD ?

from the looks of the background, good thing it happened there and not 20 foot to the right.

[mike d]

Scary. I think I'll start carrying a fire extingwisher ( spell check) or drink a lot more beer.

[Rock Doctor]

Glad it's not mine, it's a friends machine at his worksite.
Regardless of who it belongs too, it's a good lesson, this is what can happen if you dump a Jerry Can of liquid soap into the fuel tank. ;-)

RD

[Sol]

Oh My! Soap? This has to be a good story.

[Rusty-Gunn]

Soap in the gas? Gives new meaning to "carb cleaner" I think.

[Rock Doctor]

Haaahahahaha
OK, it's not a good story really..............
My Buddy runs out of gas, and has 2 partially full Jerry Cans in the machine with him. He pours both cans into the gas tank, before he realizes that one of those Partial Jerry Cans is soap, not gas.
While he is messing with Gas Cans, another 2 guys from another company come along and offer to help. (This second company was just reciently bought out by the company my buddy works for.) OK, So my buddy, heads off to get more gas, leaving the other 2 guys to siphon out the Gas/Soap mixture in the Titan Tank. These guys were thinkers though, and they thought they could avoid a little effort if they used the Titans fuel pump to "pump" the Fuel/soap mixture out, rather than Siphon it.................. and, you know, it's easier to just pump the Fuel/Soap into the tub of the machine rather than into some other empty jug, like, Oh, I don't know, one of the empty Jerry Cans that were lying on the ground beside them. As they were pumping out the Gas Tank, they noticed that the Fuel/Soap mixture was starting to look more like Gas and less like soap. This is a good indication that it's time to try to fire up the machine............ Right?
Anyway, they hooked up the fuel line, touched the key, and she fired right up................ Yup, the gas in the Tub fired right up.
So, with a lot of screaming, and many "handfulls" of water, they managed to put out the fire just as my buddy was returning with some fresh gas.

And yes, I too believe they were lucky the machine was not sitting in the dead grass/brush along the sides of the trail.

lol, well there you have it. Soap in the Gas Tank equils possible fire......... Be careful out there guys

RD

[Rock Doctor]

The next morning, this is sitting out on a Hotshot Truck, fueled up, and ready to head out and check some Wells.
.4 hrs on it.
As you can imagine, my buddy is all torn up over the whole deal
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RD

[Surfer Dude]

The next morning, this is sitting out on a Hotshot Truck, fueled up, and ready to head out and check some Wells.
.4 hrs on it.
As you can imagine, my buddy is all torn up over the whole deal
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RD

Ya I am sure he's very upset haha

[hydromike]

You know, if you guys are just going to throw the old burnt one out, maybe I'll have a look at it before it heads to the scrap yard.

[Rock Doctor]

You know, if you guys are just going to throw the old burnt one out, maybe I'll have a look at it before it heads to the scrap yard.

I honestly don't know what they will do with the machine, but if I have any say in the matter.......... Which I don't, since I don't work for that company.......... But if I did, I would have the machine left out in the bush to quietly just go away...........
Preferably someplace close to my house, but I would still consider anything within about a 300 mile radius.

RD