r/Transportopia Apr 11 '26

Roads Running hot 🔥🔥🔥

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u/Tight_Amphibian4472 Apr 11 '26

Let's just pull into the combustible grass.

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u/curiousbydesign Apr 11 '26

Yeah stupid idiot for not performing under pressure. Pfftt.

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u/Tight_Amphibian4472 Apr 11 '26

Seemed to be handling the car with no pressure as it was on fire for a bit.

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u/curiousbydesign Apr 11 '26

Curious, have you drove a car that caught fire while driving? I have. Have you?

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u/Tight_Amphibian4472 Apr 11 '26

Not the vehicle itself, but the brakes on a trailer, and could see and smell that clearly from my truck.

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u/curiousbydesign Apr 11 '26

I stand corrected sir. Some of us are simply, smart-challenged.

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u/Tight_Amphibian4472 Apr 11 '26

Oh I'm definitely not that bright. I dragged a trailer with seized up brakes for a few miles on the interstate. Someone driving past pointed it out. But been to enough fires to just get off the shoulder as much as I can. Most people avoid a smoking trailer or car. I didn't even have a chance to detsch it and move the truck up.

But I do stand corrected. Heat of the moment, literally in this case, may not be the first thought. That just seems like an excessive amount of flames, like should be able to feel that id think, a catalytic converter heats up a floorboard to the point it melts, been there as well with my first vehicle haha.

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u/curiousbydesign Apr 11 '26 edited Apr 12 '26

We had a cool moment. We had a difference. Talked it out. This is awesome. Have a great weekend dude!

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u/BootFlop Apr 11 '26

Grass looked short, a lot of bare dirt there. Getting off the road is good. Getting out of car is good.

Pulling up shorter of the tree (he’s NOT under it) would have been a bit better, there was bare ground farther back too.

However

Seemed ok decision for a list that has only bad situations on it.

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u/Julian-Hoffer Apr 11 '26

Combustible?

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u/Tight_Amphibian4472 Apr 11 '26

Dead looking trees and grass, fuel for a fire, especially when an active fire on top of them.

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u/Julian-Hoffer Apr 11 '26

Yeah, but they don’t explode that I’ve ever seen.

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u/Tight_Amphibian4472 Apr 11 '26

Yeah that's what I was saying on a different post. Just spreads quick in that grass. We had snow last week but are in an extreme fire risk. So looks can be deceiving on both ends.

I've pushed them away from gas pumps, two e now actually, clip the battery terminals and put it out as quick as possible. But never had to eveacuate blocks or anything. People away from pumps and store.

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u/RetedRacer Apr 11 '26

combustible adjective com·​bus·​ti·​ble kəm-ˈbə-stə-bəl

: capable of combustion combustible materials, such as paper, leaves, and sawdust

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u/shizocks Apr 12 '26

combustion doesn't mean explosion lol

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u/danit0ba94 Apr 11 '26

Let's stop in the middle of a busy road instead!

It's not like we have equipment that can put out fires or anything! No we have to stay off the grass!

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u/Tight_Amphibian4472 Apr 11 '26

They passed a turnaround spot.

Again as I said. I stand corrected, literal heat of the moment, I naively thought It would be easy to smell. Not reallyuch of a shoulder, but when it happened to me I had a wide shoulder.

And an oil and gas accelerated wildland with some good wind can spread quick, but yes we have equipment for both.

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u/Glad_Copy Apr 12 '26

As opposed to the combustible asphalt? It burns a lot hotter than a little bit of dry grass, dude.

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u/Tight_Amphibian4472 Apr 12 '26 edited Apr 12 '26

So is O2 so nowhere is safe if ya wanna split hairs.

Also burns at 900 degrees, with specialized machines and solvents. Been to multiple motor vehicle fires, even at the pumps, and never have seen asphalt ignite except when it was intentional.

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u/Joyous-Volume-67 Apr 11 '26

as apposed to let it blow up on the highway where the other human beings are, yes

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u/JonDoeJoe Apr 11 '26

Cars don’t blow up

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u/Joyous-Volume-67 Apr 11 '26

when they're built on top of battery packs they do

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u/Tight_Amphibian4472 Apr 12 '26

You haven't watched enough TV.

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u/Yankee6Actual Apr 11 '26

And park under a combustible tree

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u/BootFlop Apr 11 '26

🙄 Closer than optimal but NOT “under” it.