Thought I would pass this along for others with similar rigs. A person I know has a horse trailer with living qtrs. He had two new 40lb tanks installed with all new mounting on front of trailer under the overhang.While driving on the interstate he heard a loud bang like a blowout only much louder. Seems the mount on one tank broke and tank hit pavement sparks ignited leaking gas. The truckers that stopped told him that there was a fireball that engulfed the entire trailer.
He suggested if you have a similar setup to run a chain through the tank handle and secure to crankshaft.
Trailer did not actually catch fire and horses were alright.
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I too had a brain $art when I was younger and decided that the 40# drawband was too tight, so I loosen them up so I could wiggle the LP cyl out when they needed filled.
I'm heading East bound I-90 outside of Wallace,Id when I hit a sharp 6 inch pavement drop off and the drop off extended accross the concrete Interstate thus my tag hitching bottomed on the concrete and threw out one LP bottle onto the pavement while doing 60mph.
I caught the tank in the mirror cornner as it spun on concrete on the flexable LP pipe. As it was, it only put a few scratchs in the tank wall paint before I could stop.
I had not strapped down the tank to the frame. (the BF)
Thanks to the ID DOT, there were NO warning signs of any construction being done. There were more than six such crossing on down the road. This was before cell phones or the ID-DOT would have got a piece of my mind and I'd be in jail right now [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/shocked.gif[/img]
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I am guessing either the ball was too small or the hitch did not hook to the ball.
I have lost three trailers. One, the whole receiver hitch broke under the truck from too much weight on it. The second was a snomobile trailer with sleds on it. The hitch froze closed and did not hook on the ball properly. Made it 10+ miles before it popped off and went to the median of the interstate. Both sleds stayed on the trailer. The last time was the same trailer. Empty and doing 80 on the interstate that trailer popped up from hitting the edge of a bridge abutment. I am assuming this pried the hitch off the ball. You have no idea how far a trailer rolls after the chains wear through!!!!
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1996 F-250 extended cab long box five speed. Home made Tymar, 203 Stat, 60 gal in bed fuel cell, 315/75's, no muffler, ebpv welded open 3" to 3" DP, Babies. 290K, still chugging, and still smoking when cold.
UPDATED 8/1/08 Replace so far. 1 LUK flywheel+clutch, 2 thermostats, 2 set of brakes, 1 set of calipers, 5 CPS, 3 sets of tires, 2 Transfer pumps, 1 Injector modual, 1 Computer, 2 Alt, 2 sets of batteries, 1 Water pump, 6 Belts, 1 PS hose, 2 Sets ball joints, 2 set u-joints, 2 carrier bearing, 2 Speed sensors, 1 oil pres sender, 1 temp sender, 4 sets of e-break cables, 1 front fuel tank, 2 rear fuel tanks, 2 set of glow plugs, 6 Glow plug relays, Oil galley o-rings, Turbo pedistal o-rings, EBPV o-rings, 3 sets of Injector O-rings, 1 Vac-pump, 1 new carpet.Total $$$ in repairs v/s miles driven = 3.0 cents per mile. Add fuel to that it jumps to 14.8 cents per mile over the life of the truck.
Mark, I think you were responding to the dropped-horse trailer thread, not this great-balls-o-fire one..
Man, those horses must have been some put out for a few moments!!!! I bet those truckers' scrotums also tightened up a wad or two.
Glad everyone was okay.
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Sold: 2001 Bright Amber Lariat CC LB F-250 with 4 million candlepower of LightForce lights in the bow. Line-X bedliner. Dual alternator. Clearance lights. Glass-tite cap. 250-gallon auxiliary tank for trips to the Lesser 48. 70-gallon auxiliary for trips around Alaska. Rec'd Dec'07: '08 ForestGreen/Gold F-350 CC LB. Handshaker, as always, Rear stabilizer, rear static video, rear step, dual alternators. B&W turnover ball on its way; soon to be Line-X'd. LightForces on their way.
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1996 F-250 extended cab long box five speed. Home made Tymar, 203 Stat, 60 gal in bed fuel cell, 315/75's, no muffler, ebpv welded open 3" to 3" DP, Babies. 290K, still chugging, and still smoking when cold.
UPDATED 8/1/08 Replace so far. 1 LUK flywheel+clutch, 2 thermostats, 2 set of brakes, 1 set of calipers, 5 CPS, 3 sets of tires, 2 Transfer pumps, 1 Injector modual, 1 Computer, 2 Alt, 2 sets of batteries, 1 Water pump, 6 Belts, 1 PS hose, 2 Sets ball joints, 2 set u-joints, 2 carrier bearing, 2 Speed sensors, 1 oil pres sender, 1 temp sender, 4 sets of e-break cables, 1 front fuel tank, 2 rear fuel tanks, 2 set of glow plugs, 6 Glow plug relays, Oil galley o-rings, Turbo pedistal o-rings, EBPV o-rings, 3 sets of Injector O-rings, 1 Vac-pump, 1 new carpet.Total $$$ in repairs v/s miles driven = 3.0 cents per mile. Add fuel to that it jumps to 14.8 cents per mile over the life of the truck.
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