JTFormula Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 I was in Bayonne yesterday dropping in a 75 Eldorado I sold going to Denmark and there were 4 trucks there that were quite crispy. Two were basically frames with engines the other two were scorched. I tried to get pics but I had a cop starring me down and since I had a dealer plate in the truck and missing plate on the trailer I didn't want to give him reason to stop me. But fear not I found this on the interwebs. http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2012/12/wind-blown_fire_damages_six_tr.html Quote ~ JT Burkard ~ AKA Sweaty Mackwww.jtresto.com www.wickedreputation.netwww.jonathanthomasmotorcars.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 Don't those Voleos have a self destruct mechanism if they work to hard?? 1 Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 Look at how that plastic tootsie toy junk melts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2stacksuperdog Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 We had that happen at a Kenworth dealer up here all that was left were frames Quote Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigdogtrucker Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 Good start anyways.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 Spontaneous Combustion?.............................................Mark Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmer52 Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 The Technology and Maintenance Council (TMC) has a Task Force to investigate "underhood thermal events" (nice name for fires) in newer trucks with EGR engines. Quote Ken PRR Country and Charter member of the "Mack Pack" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 The Technology and Maintenance Council (TMC) has a Task Force to investigate "underhood thermal events" (nice name for fires) in newer trucks with EGR engines.Are you trying to say maybe volvos are the Ford Pinto's of the truck world?..................................................Mark 1 Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 I actually laughed today in the car because we were going to the Vintage Snowmobile races in Boonville NY, and in Port Leyden NY at Lock 96 gas station there was a burned up 379 Pete. Hahahahaha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post yarnall Posted January 26, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted January 26, 2013 I heard about those burned up Volvos on the radio. They said it was arson and a terrorist group calling themselves BMT has claimed responsibility. They are trying to determine just who is bmt and what is their agenda. Mike 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 The Technology and Maintenance Council (TMC) has a Task Force to investigate "underhood thermal events" (nice name for fires) in newer trucks with EGR engines.I've seen those characters all over the place! I thought it stood for The Mickow Corporation and their mission was to keep freight rates cheap. So that's what they're up to,eh? 2 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmer52 Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 Are you trying to say maybe volvos are the Ford Pinto's of the truck world?..................................................MarkThis applies to any EGR equipped engine not just Vulvas. This is a hot (no pun intended) topic at TMC. Quote Ken PRR Country and Charter member of the "Mack Pack" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hatcity Posted January 27, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted January 27, 2013 I actually laughed today in the car because we were going to the Vintage Snowmobile races in Boonville NY, and in Port Leyden NY at Lock 96 gas station there was a burned up 379 Pete. Hahahahaha.That was probably some ones life that burned up. Despite the fact that it was a Peterbilt, does not take away from the fact that a mans lifeblood was destroyed.Myself, i do feel sorry for the owner and driver that he lost his work.But thats just me. Maybe I care about people, not the vocation. 5 Quote Success is only a stones throw away.................................................................for a Palestinian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 That was probably some ones life that burned up. Despite the fact that it was a Peterbilt, does not take away from the fact that a mans lifeblood was destroyed.Myself, i do feel sorry for the owner and driver that he lost his work.But thats just me. Maybe I care about people, not the vocation.I doubt it. It was gone when we came back through. I think if somebody died in it it wouldn't be sitting in a gas station parking lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 2stacksuperdog Posted January 27, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted January 27, 2013 I doubt it. It was gone when we came back through. I think if somebody died in it it wouldn't be sitting in a gas station parking lot.I think what he means is that the person who owned or drove the truck can not work any more because they do not have a truck to make money with anymore 5 Quote Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatcity Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 Thanks for explaining that.Just what I meant Quote Success is only a stones throw away.................................................................for a Palestinian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 The company most likely has more 379's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 2stacksuperdog Posted January 27, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted January 27, 2013 The company most likely has more 379's.Yeah but if they had 10 trucks and 10 drivers and one truck burned that means one driver doesn't have a job or if it was a owner/operator they lost probably their only truck 3 Quote Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Dash Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 Careful with the brand related comments. I think the one with the Mack mudflaps is actually a Mack. Quote Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatcity Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 The company most likely has more 379's.You just don't effing get it do you?How do you know it was a fleet?Don't matter anyway, A man cannot work today. He will have some difficulty providing for those that depend on him. His next load will have to be delayed to locate another trucker. Maybe when you get older, you will understand.Until then, maybe show some respect for others 1 Quote Success is only a stones throw away.................................................................for a Palestinian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 The Mack looks more intact than the Volvos though. Yes maybe it's sad that the guys truck burned, I just thought it was funny that I saw a burned Peterbilt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTFormula Posted January 27, 2013 Author Share Posted January 27, 2013 Actually the last two were freightliners. I don't know what the one next to the Mack was since that one was toast. Vin - Whether Mack, Pete, freightshaker etc its still a truck, some ones livelyhood, and its money lost. APA might have insurance to cover the trucks for current value but now you have to replace lets say $200,000 in used equipment, there are multiple people not driving which mean not working. Not everyone here has a Mack they drive everyday. Show respect. Quote ~ JT Burkard ~ AKA Sweaty Mackwww.jtresto.com www.wickedreputation.netwww.jonathanthomasmotorcars.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry T Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 Back in '99 when I worked for Evans Equip one of our drivers was traveling near Sulphur Springs, TX on I-30 in a new IHC company truck. An illegal driving an un-insured pickup truck crossed the median and hit our truck in the left steer tire and fuel tank, the IHC burst into flames. Killed the illegal instantly, our driver got out of the truck with minor burns. He had recently filed for divorce and had everything he owned in the truck, tax papers, titles, clothes. Everything burned up. It took him more than a year to get everything squared away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike69mackman Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 Hey vinny had that been your U model that burned up, would it still be funny? I think not! How would u like it if a person laughed at something bad happening to your truck. We've supported and helped u this whole time vinny how about showing some support for those drivers that can't work because they lost their livelihood . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike69mackman Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 Hey vinny had that been your U model that burned up, would it still be funny? I think not! How would u like it if a person laughed at something bad happening to your truck. We've supported and helped u this whole time vinny how about showing some support for those drivers that can't work because they lost their livelihood . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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