http://coloradok5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=291529
use common sense and stay safe out there!
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Dec. 8, 2011 4:16 p.m. Strizzo SuperDork
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Dec. 8, 2011 4:21 p.m. Donebrokeit Reader
That is one lucky SOB !
Paul B
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Dec. 8, 2011 4:30 p.m. EastCoastMojo SuperDork
Common sense like don't use the power windows when you car is filled with an explosive gas?
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Dec. 8, 2011 5:45 p.m. benzbaron Dork
Too bad they don't make a cap to protect the nozzle on the gas bottles, oh wait they do! Honestly anyone who transports gas and doesn't use any common sense should expect consequences for their actions.
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Dec. 8, 2011 5:58 p.m. cwh SuperDork
Transporting a filled gas cylinder without the cap is against federal law. When I took welding classes, we got a demonstration of how powerful an explosive acetylene is. Please don't tell any terrorists.
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Dec. 8, 2011 6:03 p.m. Streetwiseguy Dork
That happened in Regina, which is a government town, so that may explain some of it...There were so many layers of Stupid to get to that result it boggles the mind.
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Dec. 8, 2011 6:04 p.m. Cone_Junky HalfDork
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Dec. 8, 2011 6:29 p.m. doc_speeder Reader
In reply to Streetwiseguy:
Hey easy now! Oh wait, I don't live there anymore...! Haha, I didn't see the Sask tags on the truck in the first picture. All I thought was - Hey, that looks like the SGI yard!!!
Super lucky to be alive. Stupid, but lucky.
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Dec. 8, 2011 6:51 p.m. Gearheadotaku Dork
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Dec. 8, 2011 7:04 p.m. Grtechguy SuperDork
Damn!
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Dec. 8, 2011 7:23 p.m. Curmudgeon SuperDork
WTF is it with people blowing their cars up with acetylene?
http://www.autoblog.com/2006/02/13/todays-darwin-moment-acetylene-balloon-plus-sta...
Heh - a pair of unnamed Colorado residents were introduced to the fun of blown-out windows (and eardrums) after making the discovery that balloons will pick up a lot of static electricity when sliding across a car seat. Normally this isn't a problem, but when a balloon is filled with, say, acetylene, problems ensue.
Autoblog does not endorse the idea of filling balloons with a highly combustible mixture of oxygen and acetylene, but if one feels the need to do such a thing (we've all been there), then let's be somewhat intelligent and not attempt to transport these accidents waiting to happen.
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Dec. 8, 2011 8:56 p.m. John Brown SuperDork
That will not buff out.
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Dec. 8, 2011 9:02 p.m. nderwater SuperDork
the photos from that thread are unbelievable. holy hell!
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Dec. 8, 2011 9:14 p.m. rob_lewis Dork
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Dec. 8, 2011 9:54 p.m. peter Reader
Wait, so it didn't explode when he backed it out of the garage, but it did explode when he touched the power window button?
I don't know where to begin...
What's really amazing is you can see where the gas permeated into the body structure. Before I clicked, I was wondering how they essentially skinned the top layer of metal off the truck. This was a very effective way of doing that.
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Dec. 8, 2011 9:59 p.m. Zomby woof SuperDork
Curmudgeon wrote:
I made an acetylene bomb with a balloon once. You wouldn't believe how powerful that thing was.WTF is it with people blowing their cars up with acetylene?
http://www.autoblog.com/2006/02/13/todays-darwin-moment-acetylene-balloon-plus-sta...
Heh - a pair of unnamed Colorado residents were introduced to the fun of blown-out windows (and eardrums) after making the discovery that balloons will pick up a lot of static electricity when sliding across a car seat. Normally this isn't a problem, but when a balloon is filled with, say, acetylene, problems ensue.
Maybe you would,.
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Dec. 8, 2011 10:01 p.m. Osterkraut SuperDork
Goodyear Wrangler Duratracs are a hell of a tire, FYI.
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Dec. 8, 2011 10:55 p.m. mad_machine SuperDork
like was said in that thread.. if he had just opened the doors and hatch and let it sit.. he wouldn't have had a problem.
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Dec. 9, 2011 6:55 a.m. Hocrest HalfDork
My BIL used to fill trash bags with acetylene and tape a strip of newspaper to it as a fuse...
He'd set it out in the middle of a field and run like hell. It made a hell of a bang but never really made much of a crater.
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Dec. 9, 2011 8:09 a.m. JoeyM SuperDork
Hocrest wrote:
My BIL used to fill trash bags with acetylene and tape a strip of newspaper to it as a fuse...
He'd set it out in the middle of a field and run like hell. It made a hell of a bang but never really made much of a crater.
It worked for pink floyd http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animals_(Pink_Floyd_album)#Tour
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Dec. 9, 2011 8:18 a.m. 16vCorey SuperDork
Hocrest wrote:
My BIL used to fill trash bags with acetylene and tape a strip of newspaper to it as a fuse...
He'd set it out in the middle of a field and run like hell. It made a hell of a bang but never really made much of a crater.
We used to do that at an old junk yard I worked at shortly after high school.
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Dec. 9, 2011 8:20 a.m. 16vCorey SuperDork
We also used to shoot tennis balls out of old drive shaft tubes with oxy/acetylene. Think potato gun, with a LOT more bang. It would shoot a tennis ball nearly a 1/4 mile.
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Dec. 9, 2011 8:34 a.m. pinchvalve SuperDork
That was an excellent example of Darwinism. While not sucessful this time, that guy will eventually remove himself from the gene pool.
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Dec. 9, 2011 9:43 a.m. hotrodlarry Reader
pinchvalve wrote:
That was an excellent example of Darwinism. While not sucessful this time, that guy will eventually remove himself from the gene pool.
Looks like he almost did there.. damn.
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Dec. 9, 2011 10:26 a.m. Strike_Zero HalfDork
. . .Wow
