DEF cookers starting fires?

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  1. bandit74

    bandit74 Light Load Member

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    Seems like there are more truck fires now. Word on the street, hot cookers are to blame, especially afer wrecks.
     
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  3. blairandgretchen

    blairandgretchen Road Train Member

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    Anything producing or deling with that kind of heat is bound to be a fire risk.

    I witnessed a truck catch fire in the parking lot last week - APU under the bunk caught fire - ruined the guys truck.
     
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  4. bzinger

    bzinger Road Train Member

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    hmmm ...il start prayin for a dpf fire on my maxxforce powered prostar .
     
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    Bakerman Road Train Member

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  6. Vilhiem

    Vilhiem Road Train Member

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    Not sure I would wish a truck fire in my worst enemy. My luck would be that it'd start blazing up right as I went to sleep...

    Burned alive is not a way I would want to go.

    On the positive side (and far less morbid) epic weenie roast! Who brought the chocolate and graham crackers?

    I did some reading on the dpf filters a bit back for another thread. The fires are commonly caused, so they were originally just meltdowns, buy the cheaper kind of DPF filter. Cheaper kind has a much much lower melting point that the more expensive kind. Obviously, if it's hot enough to melt then it's hot enough to start a fire.
     
  7. bzinger

    bzinger Road Train Member

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    no vilheim i was thinkin more like at the fuel island in front of a couple prime trucks lol
     
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  8. Cranky Yankee

    Cranky Yankee Cranky old ######

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    i think we here about every thing today in this dash cam internet world. I dont believe there are more truck fires
    but if you want to blame def be my guest
     
  9. RetiredUSN

    RetiredUSN Medium Load Member

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    DEF......
    Don't even get me started!
    We trade off one form of pollution to produce another form of pollution.
     
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  10. G.Anthony

    G.Anthony Road Train Member

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    I blame the ice cream truck driver, going all of about 60 mph in my neighborhood.....so what some kids have Uzzi's and AK-47's, I want my ice cream damit.....!!!!!!!!
     
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  11. MACK E-6

    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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    Sounds like you need to buy your own Uzi or AK-47. :)
     
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