Fire Truck

Oct 5, 2020 2:36 AM

Moretolife

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Fire Truck

What begins with an "f" and ends with a "k"? What this guy said when the cab exploded.

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Not only is 2020 just a huge dumpster fire, it's taking the truck, the bins and the whole street down with it.

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

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5 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 0

So Waste Management are cheap fools... instead of investing in residential side loaders, they repurpose front end loaders like this...

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

People, people. The recycling was picked up though.

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

"...but you're gonna finish your route, right?" Boss, probably

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

But.... why were they filming?

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

oh yea. 2020 the movie

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

5 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Me: The hydraulics are handling rough... that smoke doesn't look right. Well that spray isn't supported to...HOLY SHIT!

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Well, farts are combustible.

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Somebody just HAPPENED to be filming? And didn't drop the camera when the fire started? Set up.

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

This design seems needlessly complex

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

super confused by the title....then not confused at all.

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Why was someone even taking a video of this anyway?

5 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

Video ended too soon. what happen and is the driver okay?

5 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

The king of Thailand. No it doesn't.

5 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 1

I completely screwed up that comment, but I'm tired, so I'm leaving it there. Goodnight.

5 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

5 years ago | Likes 95 Dislikes 0

There it is

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

2020! Bringing the dumpster fire to YOUR doorstep!

5 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

That's not a fire tru— ooh

5 years ago | Likes 453 Dislikes 1

You took the words out of my keyboard. Oooh

5 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

This is a really inefficient design. Out trucks empty straight into the crusher

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Oh shit!

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

dumping garbage to truck, then fluid comes out somehow, then sudden fire. The driver is so lucky to save him otherwise would been burned

5 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

That's pretty much it.

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I know I'm not the only one thinking "Cool they incinerate the trash in the truck!" Only to find out I was definitely wrong..

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I was actually thinking that might be the case.... then woosh

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

They did this time, at least!

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Why were they filming this?

5 years ago | Likes 49 Dislikes 0

Well I definitely never seen this kind of garbage truck before (besides the other times it was posted), seems reason enough for me.

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

And with cinematic accuracy.

5 years ago | Likes 20 Dislikes 0

People often film the truck picking stuff up

5 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 0

I don't know for sure, but little kids love to watch the trucks, maybe filming for a child.

5 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Why you askin', you a cop?

5 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

All a'm sayin' is that the OTHER company's trucks don't catch fire, eh?

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

People film everything everywhere all the time

5 years ago | Likes 14 Dislikes 1

True, but what are the chances this particular person was filming this particular day? I doubt everyone films their trash truck every week

5 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

That’s the thing with chance.

5 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 1

the same as any other. They happened to catch it so it got posted. If nothing happened, you'd never see it.

5 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Seems like they totally complicated the simple idea of getting trash from the can to the truck.

5 years ago | Likes 34 Dislikes 5

Right ?! How long does it take ? 8 hours for each street ?

5 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

they can usually do a whole neighborhood into the large bin and then dump it all at once

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Naw it looks like the hook on conversions for our PITs at our warehouse. Its often easier to just throw the conversion on than to pack the

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

whole machine up to pull out another machine. Could be that this machine is similar, it might even be possible that they can pick up

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

both dumpsters and residential with just a bit of work to attach and detach.

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

at a guess, conversion kit to turn a dumpster truck into a residential truck.

5 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 1

it's a blue bin, so recycling, and it looks like one of those compactor containers like from a supermarket on the back

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

the style seen here is really common by me, also allows thing not in the bin to be easily dumped, yard waste, bulky items

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

May be because that is recyclables, and the driver can see what is being dumped, easier to insure it's not actual garbage.

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

Yeah that setup seems odd. Seen plenty of trucks that use the arm, but dump it right into the truck. Extra dumpster attachment seems dumb.

5 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 1

the style seen here is really common by me, also allows thing not in the bin to be easily dumped, yard waste, bulky items

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Not only is it extra time, but uses more energy, more maintenance*, etc. (* especially when it MAKES THE TRUCK GO UP IN FLAMES)

5 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 1

It also seems a lot less safe to have that in front of your vehicle, but america does not care about vehicle safety.

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Fuel line or hydraulic fluid?

5 years ago | Likes 140 Dislikes 0

Fueldraulic Fluid obviously

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Hydraulic. Very dangerous.

5 years ago | Likes 39 Dislikes 2

you go first

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

Def Hydra fluid there's too much under too much pressure for fuel I think.

5 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Hydraulic line blew.

5 years ago | Likes 86 Dislikes 0

What's in it?

5 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

What's in a hydraulic line? Hydraulic Fluid which is usually a type of mineral oil.

5 years ago | Likes 19 Dislikes 0

Y it go fwoof?

5 years ago | Likes 13 Dislikes 0

A hydrolic line is under significant pressure. When a line blows there is 2 dangers 1: it disperses into a cloud and is at high risk of

5 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 1

Sprayed on the hot exhaust.

5 years ago | Likes 18 Dislikes 0

Diesel is not that explosive

5 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 1

Look up fuel air explosion. That will change your outlook on things that are not that explosive.

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 2

Once it’s atomized it’s very flammable. If it hits a hot surface (i.e exhaust pipes etc) it will burn even easier than gasoline.

5 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 2

Diesel will absolutely burn like this if you atomize it through a pinhole leak under several thousand psi

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

In this case it is an even less flammable substance, hydraulic oil. Fuel injectors are carefully designed to do the exact same thing

5 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

...with diesel or gasoline as the leaking hydraulic line is doing here. Only more, you know, controlled.

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Most WM trucks now are CNG. Hard to tell but probably hydraulic fluid

5 years ago | Likes 17 Dislikes 0

Certified natural gravy?

5 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 0

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Compressed Natural Gas. The decomposing waste in landfills produces methane, they reuse it to power their garbage trucks.

5 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 0

Granger does the same thing in Lansing.

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Is that efficiency or irony?

5 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Yes.

5 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

I suspect it's mostly "in pursuit of state funding available if you look green enough"

5 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

They need to close down wherever that truck came from. Badly designed and poorly maintained.

5 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

China?

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

They are not closing down WM any time soon. I think they do garbage collection all over much of the U.S. and parts of Canada.

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Yeah there's no chance in hell. I wonder what their profits look like? Its gotta be insane. I mean I paid 300 per every 6 months for 2 cans

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I'm not a stock broker. I have no clue at what I'm looking at aside from the fact that their stock has dropped pretty significantly

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Hydraulic fluid?

5 years ago | Likes 533 Dislikes 2

Release the schmoo

5 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

Looks like skydrol. Which basically is hydro but will burn your skin.

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Garbage truck tech here- the truck is fueled by natural gas. My guess is hydraulic leak ignited the fire, but an issue with the NG /1

5 years ago | Likes 33 Dislikes 0

Blinker fluid

5 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

"...but you're gonna finish your route, right?" Boss, probably

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Hydraulic. A dump truck blew a line at one of my campuses. Huge mess. Took several hours to clean up. Had to pressure wash the area after.

5 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Fire fluid.

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Certainly is not ATF

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Yes.

5 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

No thank you. I'm not thirsty

5 years ago | Likes 165 Dislikes 0

Stay hydrated

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Did I mention that this is the limited edition "Picante-Style" hydraulic fluid?

5 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Tempting, but still no.

5 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Side fueled the fire. Atomized oil will burn, but you can see a fog come from behind the cab just before the hyd leak /2

5 years ago | Likes 18 Dislikes 0

once your hydraulic fluid is at its flash point its as flammable as gasoline, why the hydraulic coolers need fixing sooner than later...

5 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Yep exactly. Good chance that truck doesn't have a cooler though. 250-300L reservoir to allow for cooling

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

yea those dont always account for extra heat from things wearing out. or bad repair creating a restriction or anything else.

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Perhaps they should add a cooler?? seems like a design flaw without one..

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Hydraulic fluid.

5 years ago | Likes 218 Dislikes 0

Halas Hydraulics.

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Flammable?

5 years ago | Likes 14 Dislikes 0

Flammable

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Hydraulic fluid is extremely flammable when turned into mist. Previous place of work had an accident during a pressure test. 1/2

5 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

2/? a small leak in a hydraulic line, caused the fluid to mist and fill up the garage. When they opened the gate, air rushed in and when

5 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

3/? It reached the right stoichiometric scale, a halogen lamp on a camera caused it to ignite. One life threatening, six with serious burns.

5 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Inflamable

5 years ago | Likes 14 Dislikes 0

What a country. https://youtube.com/watch?v=Q8mD2hsxrhQ

5 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 0

almost everything is flammable if you vaporize it fine enough

5 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

Including people!

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