Mack Technician Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 (edited) No heavy equipment destruction this round, but worth sharing..... Guy shows up to go fishing with my brother-in-law. Has a Frabill soft-top portable fishing shack strapped to the back of his vehicle, on a receiver rack. It's folded down and bell sled base contains two 12-volt Vexlar batteries charge for business. It also contains four small propane cans charged for business. Rest is just equipment, the total of which is $1K to $1.5K in electronics and equipment. Everyone is fed'n'bed, dreaming of Lake Superior trout flopping on the ice. Middle of the night, about 2AM they awake to the sound of “boom” with a flame reaching 20 feet on occasion. Neighbor said he woke to his dog barking, saw a fire at rear of the vehicle and then the first of four explosions. First blew the hold-down straps off and launched the Frabill chassis onto the lawn. His equipment and shack were ripped apart and burned by the propane bottles. The Suburban was splattered with blobs of melted plastic, but otherwise did surprisingly well. The fire department chief was called to investigate and ruled "foul play", then recanted to "no evidence of foul play" and then finally to "cause unknown"...…..? Only energy source was batteries, but the vehicle was sitting still for hours? Edited January 14, 2019 by Mack Technician Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/55248-beautiful-catastrophe-iii/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
h67st Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 What a mess! That's a shame. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/55248-beautiful-catastrophe-iii/#findComment-412844 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDog Trucking Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Wow! That's awesome (and sad). The only source of ignition had to have been the battery. Something (the frame of the shack) must have sparked the battery by touching both terminals. Otherwise, how do you explain? Subsequent explosions came from LP tanks after the shack and battery acid were burning. Amazing the vehicle wasn't more damaged! 1 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/55248-beautiful-catastrophe-iii/#findComment-412847 Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Some times Deep Cycle gel batteries under the right conditions "go off" 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 https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/55248-beautiful-catastrophe-iii/#findComment-412851 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mack Technician Posted January 10, 2019 Author Share Posted January 10, 2019 News people must be cut from the same piece of cloth? The town of Ashland was "Rocked!!!!",...…...I.O.W. -neighborhood dogs were barking. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/55248-beautiful-catastrophe-iii/#findComment-412888 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyGunner Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Wow that’s crazy. I’m guessing one of the propane tanks had a leak and somehow one of the batteries caused an ignition source. Quote The problems we face today exist because the people who work for a living are outnumbered by the people who vote for a living.The government can only "give" someone what they first take from another. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/55248-beautiful-catastrophe-iii/#findComment-412890 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KDog Trucking Posted January 11, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted January 11, 2019 Ashland, post ice shack blast. 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/55248-beautiful-catastrophe-iii/#findComment-412931 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 41chevy Posted January 11, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted January 11, 2019 I here police brought in this toughie for questioning. 3 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 https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/55248-beautiful-catastrophe-iii/#findComment-412935 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayseed Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 On 1/10/2019 at 9:05 AM, Mack Technician said: No heavy equipment destruction this round, but worth sharing..... Guy shows up to go fishing with my brother-in-law. Has a Frabill soft-top portable fishing shack strapped to the back of his vehicle, on a receiver rack. It's folded down and bell sled base contains two 12-volt Vexlar batteries charge for business. It also contains four small propane cans charged for business. Rest is just equipment, the total of which is $1K to $1.5K in electronics and equipment. Everyone is fed'n'bed, dreaming of Lake Superior trout flopping on the ice. Middle of the night, about 2AM they awake to the sound of “boom” with a flame reaching 20 feet on occasion. Neighbor said he woke to his dog barking, saw a fire at rear of the vehicle and then the first of four explosions. First blew the hold-down straps off and launched the Frabill chassis onto the lawn. His equipment and shack were ripped apart and burned by the propane bottles. The Suburban was splattered with blobs of melted plastic, but otherwise did surprisingly well. The fire department chief was called to investigate and ruled "foul play", then recanted to "no evidence of foul play" and then finally to "cause unknown"...…..? Only energy source was batteries, but the vehicle was sitting still for hours? Pure W.A.G. is that the "dog" or some other "wildlife" walked over the Top of everything on the rack & shorted a Battery out causing a Spark & a chain reaction.. maybe??? 1 Quote "Be who you are and say what you feel...Because those that matter...don't mind...And those that mind....don't matter." - Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/55248-beautiful-catastrophe-iii/#findComment-413014 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mack Technician Posted January 12, 2019 Author Share Posted January 12, 2019 4 hours ago, Hayseed said: Pure W.A.G. is that the "dog" or some other "wildlife" walked over the Top of everything on the rack & shorted a Battery out causing a Spark & a chain reaction.. maybe??? Heck yeah, best theory yet H.Seed! A Landfill Monkey(Raccoon). If the portable shack smelled at all like fish....or snack food, etc, naturally the raccoon are going to screw around with it. You always have food in your shack. It’s been unseasonably warm this winter so the coon have been out of hibernation, especially in the city where there’s always a lot to eat. They have monkey hands, 4 fingers + thumb and dexterity to dig, claw, pull and hold. Things love to walk on vehicles like a cat. It easily fills the missing piece of the puzzle, “what shorted the batteries?”. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/55248-beautiful-catastrophe-iii/#findComment-413028 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quickfarms Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 We're the batteries properly secured and all of the terminals insulated?We're the four propane tanks the small screw on ones? I had an issue with the valve on a partial one leaking Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/55248-beautiful-catastrophe-iii/#findComment-413058 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mack Technician Posted January 13, 2019 Author Share Posted January 13, 2019 (edited) 3 hours ago, Quickfarms said: We're the batteries properly secured and all of the terminals insulated? We're the four propane tanks the small screw on ones? I had an issue with the valve on a partial one leaking Yup, small, screw on thread top, for little Mr.Heater type heaters. No, from my understanding not secured or capped. Noah read this post and said “nope”, not a coon. He sent a pic of the shack. It had a hard shell, top and bottom. When collapsed it looks like a closed clam. Nothing but hard shell. He gave credit to the theories that rolled out though, lol. If science can’t explain it, BMT likely will !!! Edited January 13, 2019 by Mack Technician Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/55248-beautiful-catastrophe-iii/#findComment-413071 Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 13 hours ago, Mack Technician said: Heck yeah, best theory yet H.Seed! A Landfill Monkey(Raccoon). If the portable shack smelled at all like fish....or snack food, etc, naturally the raccoon are going to screw around with it. You always have food in your shack. It’s been unseasonably warm this winter so the coon have been out of hibernation, especially in the city where there’s always a lot to eat. They have monkey hands, 4 fingers + thumb and dexterity to dig, claw, pull and hold. Things love to walk on vehicles like a cat. It easily fills the missing piece of the puzzle, “what shorted the batteries?”. 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 https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/55248-beautiful-catastrophe-iii/#findComment-413073 Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 1 hour ago, Mack Technician said: Yup, small, screw on thread top, for little Mr.Heater type heaters. No, from my understanding not secured or capped. Noah read this post and said “nope”, not a coon. He sent a pic of the shack. It had a hard shell, top and bottom. When collapsed it looks like a closed clam. Nothing but hard shell. He gave credit to the theories that rolled out though, lol. If science can’t explain it, BMT likely will !!! One cylinder was leaking in to the sealed shell, coons had sex under let rack, finished and when the male coon lit a cigarette the propane gas exploded. look in the bushes and snow around the site, probably find a little teensy weensy coon condom. 1 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 https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/55248-beautiful-catastrophe-iii/#findComment-413076 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 16 hours ago, 41chevy said: One cylinder was leaking in to the sealed shell, coons had sex under let rack, finished and when the male coon lit a cigarette the propane gas exploded. look in the bushes and snow around the site, probably find a little teensy weensy coon condom. I'm out of "like"s, but that is one of the funniest things i've ever heard! 1 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/55248-beautiful-catastrophe-iii/#findComment-413159 Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 7 hours ago, other dog said: I'm out of "like"s, but that is one of the funniest things i've ever heard! Forgot to tell him the odor Propane gas is an aphrodisiac for northern male raccoons. 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 https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/55248-beautiful-catastrophe-iii/#findComment-413199 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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